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:    811-03336
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:    Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.
Address of principal executive offices:    655 Broad Street, 6th Floor
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and address of agent for service:    Andrew R. French
   655 Broad Street, 6th Floor
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    800-225-1852
Date of fiscal year end:    8/31/2024
Date of reporting period:    2/29/2024


Item 1 – Reports to Stockholders –

 


LOGO

PGIM JENNISON BLEND FUND

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

Letter from the President

   3  

Your Fund’s Performance

   4  

Fees and Expenses

   7  

Holdings and Financial Statements

   9  

 

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

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

The accompanying financial statements as of February 29, 2024 were not audited and, accordingly, no auditor’s opinion is expressed on them.

Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, member SIPC. Jennison Associates LLC is a registered investment adviser. Both are Prudential Financial companies. © 2024 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. Jennison Associates, Jennison, PGIM, and the PGIM logo are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.

 

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Letter from the President

 

LOGO  

Dear Shareholder:

 

We hope you find the semiannual report for the PGIM Jennison Blend Fund informative and useful. The report covers performance for the six-month period ended February 29, 2024.

 

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

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

At PGIM Investments, we provide access to active investment strategies across the global markets in the pursuit of consistent outperformance for investors. PGIM is the world’s 14th-largest investment manager with more than $1.3 trillion in assets under management. Our scale and investment expertise allow us to deliver a diversified suite of actively managed solutions across a broad spectrum of asset classes and investment styles.

Thank you for choosing our family of funds.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Stuart S. Parker, President and Principal Executive Officer

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund

April 15, 2024

 

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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 pgim.com/investments or by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

    

Total Returns as of 2/29/24

(without sales charges)

Six Months* (%)

  

Average Annual Total Returns as of 2/29/24

(with sales charges)

     One Year (%)    Five Years (%)    Ten Years (%)    Since Inception (%)

Class A

   15.26    21.99    10.86     8.97   

Class C

   14.69    26.83    10.96     8.62   

Class Z

   15.42    29.49    12.44     9.90   

Class R6

   15.46    29.54    12.45     N/A    11.41 (10/26/2017)

Russell 3000® Index

           
   13.76    28.60    13.94    12.03   

S&P 500 Index

           
     13.93    30.45    14.76    12.70   

 

Average Annual Total Returns as of 2/29/24 Since Inception (%)
    

Class R6 

(10/26/2017) 

Russell 3000® Index

   12.67

S&P 500 Index

   13.35

*Not annualized

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

 

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

 

       
     Class A   Class C     Class Z     Class R6  
         

Maximum initial sales charge

 

5.50% of the public offering price

  None   None   None
       

Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption)

 

1.00% on sales of $1 million or more made within 12 months of purchase

 

1.00% on sales made within 12 months of purchase

  None   None
       

Annual distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets)

 

0.30%

  1.00%   None   None

Benchmark Definitions

Russell 3000 Index—The Russell 3000 Index is an unmanaged index which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest US companies representing approximately 98% of the investable US equity market. The Russell 3000 Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive, unbiased, and stable barometer of the broad market and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are reflected.

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

*The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates and has been licensed for use by PGIM, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Copyright © 2024 S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Redistribution or reproduction in whole or in part are prohibited without written permission of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. For more information on any of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC’s indices please visit www.spdji.com. S&P® is a registered trademark of S&P Global and Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC.

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

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (continued)

 

Presentation of Fund Holdings as of 2/29/24

 

 Ten Largest Holdings    Line of Business    % of Net Assets 

Microsoft Corp.

   Software    3.8%

NVIDIA Corp.

   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    2.9%

Amazon.com, Inc.

   Broadline Retail    2.9%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A Stock)

   Interactive Media & Services    2.8%

Broadcom, Inc.

   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    2.3%

Eli Lilly & Co.

   Pharmaceuticals    2.3%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    2.2%

Apple, Inc.

   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals    1.9%

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   Banks    1.4%

Salesforce, Inc.

   Software    1.3%

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

 

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Fees and Expenses

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

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 held through the six-month period ended February 29, 2024. The example is for illustrative purposes only; you should consult the Prospectus for information on initial and subsequent minimum investment requirements.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

provided in the expense table. Additional fees have the effect of reducing investment returns.

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

 

     
   PGIM Jennison Blend Fund  

Beginning
Account Value

 September 1, 2023 

 

Ending

Account Value

 February 29, 2024 

 

Annualized

Expense

Ratio Based on

the

 Six-Month Period 

 

 Expenses Paid 

 During the 

 Six-Month 

 Period* 

     

Class A

   Actual   $1,000.00   $1,152.60   0.95%   $ 5.08
     
   Hypothetical   $1,000.00   $1,020.14   0.95%   $ 4.77
     

Class C

   Actual   $1,000.00   $1,146.90   1.92%   $10.25
     
   Hypothetical   $1,000.00   $1,015.32   1.92%   $ 9.62
     

Class Z

   Actual   $1,000.00   $1,154.20   0.65%   $ 3.48
     
   Hypothetical   $1,000.00   $1,021.63   0.65%   $ 3.27
     

Class R6

   Actual   $1,000.00   $1,154.60   0.65%   $ 3.48
     
     Hypothetical   $1,000.00   $1,021.63   0.65%   $ 3.27

*Fund expenses (net of fee waivers or subsidies, if any) for each share class are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each share class (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the 182 days in the six-month period ended February 29, 2024, and divided by the 366 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending August 31, 2024 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying portfolios in which the Fund may invest.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

as of February 29, 2024

 

 Description      Shares          Value    

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 97.4%

     

COMMON STOCKS

     

Aerospace & Defense 1.5%

                 

Airbus SE (France)

     21,327      $ 3,528,748  

Boeing Co. (The)*

     31,052        6,325,914  

Hexcel Corp.

     14,557        1,083,914  

RTX Corp.

     54,220        4,861,907  
     

 

 

 
          15,800,483  

Automobile Components 0.5%

                 

Adient PLC*

     22,103        750,176  

Aptiv PLC*

     32,746        2,602,979  

Dorman Products, Inc.*

     8,026        756,210  

Modine Manufacturing Co.*

     10,774        966,536  

Visteon Corp.*

     5,276        596,821  
     

 

 

 
        5,672,722  

Automobiles 1.4%

                 

General Motors Co.

     141,353        5,792,646  

Tesla, Inc.*

     44,645        9,012,933  
     

 

 

 
        14,805,579  

Banks 6.8%

                 

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

     52,013        1,729,952  

Bank of America Corp.

     291,855        10,074,835  

Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The) (Bermuda)

     23,055        689,114  

BankUnited, Inc.

     75,398        2,022,174  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

     263,699        2,576,339  

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

     64,767        836,790  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

     57,626        2,300,430  

First Bancorp

     69,102        2,357,760  

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     80,087        2,107,890  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

     67,883        2,096,227  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     78,139        14,538,542  

NU Holdings Ltd. (Brazil) (Class A Stock)*

     320,338        3,549,345  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

     53,800        4,450,336  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     49,867        7,340,423  

Truist Financial Corp.

     201,040        7,032,379  

Western Alliance Bancorp

     39,787        2,296,904  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     22,096        2,128,950  

WSFS Financial Corp.

     58,275        2,470,277  
     

 

 

 
        70,598,667  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 29, 2024

 

 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Beverages 0.4%

                 

PepsiCo, Inc.

     27,934      $ 4,618,608  

Biotechnology 4.3%

                 

AbbVie, Inc.

     52,967        9,324,840  

Alkermes PLC*

     43,032        1,277,620  

Amgen, Inc.

     14,916        4,084,448  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     38,968        2,414,847  

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.*

     243,205        2,500,148  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.*

     100,019        768,146  

Cabaletta Bio, Inc.*

     78,778        1,802,441  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     53,985        2,210,146  

Editas Medicine, Inc.*

     97,421        980,055  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.*

     27,815        893,418  

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.*(a)

     48,044        764,380  

Krystal Biotech, Inc.*

     15,179        2,420,595  

Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc.*

     42,610        1,157,714  

REGENXBIO, Inc.*

     39,119        682,235  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     25,621        750,695  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     49,652        1,163,843  

Tourmaline Bio, Inc.

     15,477        600,817  

Twist Bioscience Corp.*(a)

     23,673        930,112  

Vaxcyte, Inc.*

     33,838        2,497,921  

Veracyte, Inc.*

     58,388        1,375,038  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     12,711        5,348,026  

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.*

     7,003        539,581  
     

 

 

 
          44,487,066  

Broadline Retail 4.0%

                 

Amazon.com, Inc.*

     171,159        30,254,065  

MercadoLibre, Inc. (Brazil)*

     7,419        11,835,531  
     

 

 

 
        42,089,596  

Building Products 1.0%

                 

Hayward Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     106,872        1,580,637  

Johnson Controls International PLC

     82,764        4,905,422  

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

     4,825        1,006,881  

UFP Industries, Inc.

     8,844        1,013,788  

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.

     61,569        1,954,816  
     

 

 

 
        10,461,544  

Capital Markets 2.2%

                 

AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.*

     59,701        2,110,430  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Capital Markets (cont’d.)

                 

Blackstone, Inc.

     44,656      $ 5,707,930  

Bridge Investment Group Holdings, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     121,005        907,538  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

     96,482        2,186,282  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     23,872        9,287,402  

Hamilton Lane, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     13,213        1,517,513  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

     13,090        1,684,159  
     

 

 

 
        23,401,254  

Chemicals 1.4%

                 

Avient Corp.

     55,007        2,226,683  

Ingevity Corp.*

     20,372        930,593  

Linde PLC

     25,845        11,599,753  
     

 

 

 
          14,757,029  

Commercial Services & Supplies 0.6%

                 

ACV Auctions, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     173,571        3,080,885  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     18,218        1,641,442  

CoreCivic, Inc.*

     75,614        1,151,601  
     

 

 

 
        5,873,928  

Communications Equipment 0.5%

                 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     116,906        5,654,743  

Construction & Engineering 0.7%

                 

API Group Corp.*

     35,008        1,227,030  

Construction Partners, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     59,647        2,867,828  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.*

     287,826        2,573,164  

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc.*

     9,565        1,020,012  
     

 

 

 
        7,688,034  

Construction Materials 0.2%

                 

Summit Materials, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     40,884        1,746,156  

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail 1.9%

                 

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)*

     62,126        2,361,409  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     10,540        7,840,601  

Walmart, Inc.

     159,771        9,364,178  
     

 

 

 
        19,566,188  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 29, 2024

 

 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Diversified Consumer Services  0.2%

                 

Frontdoor, Inc.*

     30,594      $ 959,428  

Perdoceo Education Corp.

     54,481        970,306  
     

 

 

 
        1,929,734  

Diversified REITs  0.1%

                 

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

     47,618        709,984  

Diversified Telecommunication Services  0.3%

                 

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

     43,529        3,521,931  

Electric Utilities  0.6%

                 

PG&E Corp.

     369,469        6,166,438  

Electrical Equipment  0.3%

                 

Atkore, Inc.

     6,916        1,171,570  

Encore Wire Corp.

     2,886        695,526  

EnerSys

     6,901        634,064  

NEXTracker, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     10,246        576,235  
     

 

 

 
        3,077,395  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components  0.7%

                 

Belden, Inc.

     13,731        1,169,606  

Knowles Corp.*

     55,752        910,988  

Littelfuse, Inc.

     5,951        1,417,766  

Sanmina Corp.*

     26,603        1,681,310  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     77,409        1,683,646  
     

 

 

 
        6,863,316  

Energy Equipment & Services  0.9%

                 

Cactus, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     86,533        3,971,865  

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.*

     69,452        770,223  

ProPetro Holding Corp.*

     93,610        692,714  

RPC, Inc.

     95,948        709,056  

Weatherford International PLC*

     33,650        3,452,826  
     

 

 

 
          9,596,684  

Entertainment  1.1%

                 

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.*

     44,504        774,815  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Entertainment (cont’d.)

                 

Netflix, Inc.*

     15,762      $ 9,503,225  

Sphere Entertainment Co.*

     15,151        656,038  
     

 

 

 
        10,934,078  

Financial Services  2.8%

                 

AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.*

     53,633        712,782  

Essent Group Ltd.

     48,568        2,601,788  

Flywire Corp.*

     39,893        1,132,562  

Mastercard, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     18,239        8,659,148  

NMI Holdings, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     49,220        1,480,538  

Radian Group, Inc.

     24,435        712,036  

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (Class A Stock)*(a)

     49,917        4,104,176  

StoneCo Ltd. (Brazil) (Class A Stock)*

     42,148        725,367  

Visa, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     32,896        9,297,725  
     

 

 

 
        29,426,122  

Food Products  1.0%

                 

Adecoagro SA (Brazil)

     210,552        2,113,942  

Freshpet, Inc.*

     29,491        3,333,368  

Hershey Co. (The)

     17,231        3,238,049  

Utz Brands, Inc.(a)

     111,408        1,970,808  
     

 

 

 
        10,656,167  

Gas Utilities  0.1%

                 

New Jersey Resources Corp.

     37,121        1,544,605  

Ground Transportation  1.1%

                 

Uber Technologies, Inc.*

     72,398        5,755,641  

Union Pacific Corp.

     20,502        5,201,152  
     

 

 

 
        10,956,793  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies  1.3%

                 

CONMED Corp.

     21,513        1,727,924  

Inari Medical, Inc.*

     40,677        1,876,023  

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*(a)

     8,232        1,473,857  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*

     17,883        660,062  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

     14,360        5,537,216  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*

     12,882        981,608  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.*

     65,358        1,740,484  
     

 

 

 
          13,997,174  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 29, 2024

 

 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Health Care Providers & Services  2.2%

                 

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*

     28,528      $ 2,380,661  

Cigna Group (The)

     18,341        6,165,144  

Guardant Health, Inc.*

     56,918        1,081,442  

LifeStance Health Group, Inc.*(a)

     218,489        1,824,383  

NeoGenomics, Inc.*

     70,583        1,101,095  

Option Care Health, Inc.*

     58,918        1,901,284  

Progyny, Inc.*

     69,624        2,542,668  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     11,478        5,665,541  
     

 

 

 
          22,662,218  

Health Care REITs  0.1%

                 

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

     39,906        900,279  

Health Care Technology  0.1%

                 

Phreesia, Inc.*

     26,985        667,879  

Hotel & Resort REITs  0.1%

                 

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

     155,449        997,983  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure  2.5%

                 

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     27,580        4,343,023  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     103,612        2,816,174  

Cava Group, Inc.*(a)

     29,675        1,733,317  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

     581        1,562,175  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.

     45,986        1,704,241  

Marriott International, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     14,853        3,711,319  

McDonald’s Corp.

     24,770        7,239,775  

Shake Shack, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     8,737        928,918  

Wingstop, Inc.

     5,815        2,041,356  
     

 

 

 
        26,080,298  

Household Durables  0.9%

                 

Century Communities, Inc.

     52,892        4,564,051  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

     33,532        1,120,975  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.*

     19,380        1,133,730  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.*

     59,528        2,106,100  
     

 

 

 
        8,924,856  

Household Products  0.7%

                 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     46,930        7,459,054  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Industrial Conglomerates  0.6%

                 

General Electric Co.

     36,597      $ 5,741,703  

Industrial REITs  0.2%

                 

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

     115,978        2,501,646  

Insurance  2.9%

                 

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

     38,738        2,423,837  

Chubb Ltd.

     39,399        9,915,546  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

     75,819        2,023,609  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     34,573        6,993,081  

MetLife, Inc.

     100,098        6,980,834  

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.*

     50,367        1,842,929  
     

 

 

 
        30,179,836  

Interactive Media & Services  4.2%

                 

Alphabet, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     52,818        7,313,180  

Alphabet, Inc. (Class C Stock)*

     36,285        5,071,918  

Cargurus, Inc.*

     26,192        579,891  

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     60,216        29,513,668  

Yelp, Inc.*

     27,093        1,041,455  
     

 

 

 
        43,520,112  

IT Services  1.3%

                 

Fastly, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     72,188        1,026,513  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.*

     208,884        2,817,845  

MongoDB, Inc.*

     10,759        4,815,513  

Snowflake, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     25,406        4,783,442  
     

 

 

 
          13,443,313  

Leisure Products  0.1%

                 

Brunswick Corp.

     17,193        1,502,668  

Life Sciences Tools & Services  0.1%

                 

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.*(a)

     167,867        689,933  

Machinery  2.4%

                 

Energy Recovery, Inc.*

     61,286        957,900  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

     102,248        3,446,780  

Enpro, Inc.

     10,795        1,682,077  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

     19,750        1,014,755  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

     58,440        5,569,332  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 15


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 29, 2024

 

 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Machinery (cont’d.)

                 

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     12,891      $ 6,902,486  

Terex Corp.

     25,850        1,482,497  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

     145,033        3,680,938  
     

 

 

 
        24,736,765  

Marine Transportation  0.5%

                 

Kirby Corp.*

     43,636        3,827,750  

Matson, Inc.

     8,368        929,266  
     

 

 

 
        4,757,016  

Media  0.3%

                 

Trade Desk, Inc. (The) (Class A Stock)*

     37,239        3,181,328  

Metals & Mining  0.9%

                 

B2Gold Corp. (Canada)

     402,048        964,915  

Commercial Metals Co.

     19,946        1,077,084  

Constellium SE*

     242,272        4,697,654  

ERO Copper Corp. (Brazil)*

     49,350        841,911  

Materion Corp.

     8,926        1,198,940  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

     102,570        1,098,525  
     

 

 

 
        9,879,029  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)  0.5%

                 

Ladder Capital Corp.

     362,108        3,914,387  

Ready Capital Corp.

     89,072        786,506  
     

 

 

 
        4,700,893  

Multi-Utilities  0.8%

                 

NiSource, Inc.

     338,183        8,813,049  

Office REITs  1.1%

                 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

     63,829        7,961,391  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

     65,479        1,493,576  

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.(a)

     128,812        816,668  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     222,128        1,392,743  
     

 

 

 
          11,664,378  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  3.4%

                 

Chord Energy Corp.

     23,175        3,764,779  

ConocoPhillips

     109,996        12,378,950  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (cont’d.)

                 

Dorian LPG Ltd.

     21,590      $ 780,478  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     127,002        13,274,249  

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (Ghana)*

     373,765        2,294,917  

Murphy Oil Corp.

     35,446        1,406,143  

SM Energy Co.

     27,632        1,209,453  
     

 

 

 
        35,108,969  

Passenger Airlines  0.2%

                 

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.*

     112,603        1,689,045  

Personal Care Products  0.6%

                 

elf Beauty, Inc.*

     14,944        3,116,272  

L’Oreal SA (France)

     6,420        3,066,637  
     

 

 

 
        6,182,909  

Pharmaceuticals  4.9%

                 

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom), ADR

     171,453        11,000,425  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     101,379        5,144,984  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     31,121        23,455,275  

Innoviva, Inc.*

     51,397        785,346  

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*

     8,381        582,647  

Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark), ADR

     65,144        7,802,297  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.*

     19,849        1,381,094  

Verona Pharma PLC (United Kingdom), ADR*

     46,882        807,308  
     

 

 

 
          50,959,376  

Professional Services  0.9%

                 

ASGN, Inc.*

     22,412        2,225,960  

HireRight Holdings Corp.*

     84,246        1,193,766  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*

     31,474        3,088,544  

Parsons Corp.*

     9,087        732,503  

Paycor HCM, Inc.*(a)

     50,831        1,073,551  

TriNet Group, Inc.*

     5,440        696,374  

Verra Mobility Corp.*

     27,623        597,209  
     

 

 

 
        9,607,907  

Real Estate Management & Development  0.1%

                 

Redfin Corp.*

     85,993        610,980  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 17


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 29, 2024

 

 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Residential REITs  0.4%

                 

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

     188,283      $ 2,756,463  

UMH Properties, Inc.

     82,607        1,272,148  
     

 

 

 
        4,028,611  

Retail REITs  0.3%

                 

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

     122,678        1,586,226  

Urban Edge Properties

     120,079        2,042,544  
     

 

 

 
        3,628,770  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  9.3%

                 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

     120,229        23,147,689  

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

     1,978        1,882,423  

Broadcom, Inc.

     18,570        24,150,099  

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd.*

     91,612        1,973,323  

Lam Research Corp.

     4,753        4,459,502  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.*

     32,140        2,838,926  

MaxLinear, Inc.*

     52,185        1,014,477  

NVIDIA Corp.

     38,433        30,405,115  

Onto Innovation, Inc.*

     4,265        785,442  

Photronics, Inc.*

     27,394        788,673  

Rambus, Inc.*

     21,295        1,261,516  

SiTime Corp.*

     13,833        1,279,553  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel)*

     57,019        1,874,785  

Universal Display Corp.

     8,467        1,476,814  
     

 

 

 
          97,338,337  

Software  9.5%

                 

Adobe, Inc.*

     14,855        8,322,960  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*

     21,929        6,674,749  

Clear Secure, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     85,995        1,655,404  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     14,607        4,734,859  

Descartes Systems Group, Inc. (The) (Canada)*

     12,201        1,057,461  

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.*

     33,528        1,035,680  

Freshworks, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     34,248        700,029  

Intapp, Inc.*

     63,874        2,505,777  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.*

     50,164        1,754,737  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.*

     21,066        545,609  

Microsoft Corp.

     95,565        39,529,507  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*

     9,935        3,085,314  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.*

     85,493        3,952,341  

Riskified Ltd. (Class A Stock)*

     235,604        1,079,066  

Salesforce, Inc.*

     45,402        14,021,046  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Software (cont’d.)

                 

Sprout Social, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     68,768      $ 4,251,238  

Varonis Systems, Inc.*

     72,303        3,672,992  

Zuora, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     82,892        669,767  
     

 

 

 
          99,248,536  

Specialized REITs  0.5%

                 

American Tower Corp.

     11,075        2,202,374  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

     28,805        696,505  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

     67,000        2,399,270  
     

 

 

 
        5,298,149  

Specialty Retail  1.5%

                 

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

     13,821        1,032,705  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     34,792        3,218,260  

Buckle, Inc. (The)

     26,039        1,066,037  

Carvana Co.*

     9,176        696,734  

Citi Trends, Inc.*(a)

     33,474        1,037,694  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     13,504        5,139,757  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     10,852        2,611,751  

Warby Parker, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     63,636        808,813  
     

 

 

 
        15,611,751  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals  3.2%

                 

Apple, Inc.

     109,939        19,871,474  

Dell Technologies, Inc. (Class C Stock)

     115,833        10,964,752  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.*

     2,502        2,167,032  
     

 

 

 
        33,003,258  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods  1.5%

                 

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

     47,355        2,799,154  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*

     9,034        4,219,691  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France)

     5,136        4,687,810  

NIKE, Inc. (Class B Stock)

     32,314        3,358,394  

Steven Madden Ltd.

     14,564        623,631  
     

 

 

 
        15,688,680  

Trading Companies & Distributors  0.6%

                 

GMS, Inc.*

     16,838        1,503,802  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 19


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 29, 2024

 

 Description      Shares          Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Trading Companies & Distributors (cont’d.)

                 

Herc Holdings, Inc.

     19,722      $ 3,129,487  

Rush Enterprises, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     29,100        1,417,170  
     

 

 

 
        6,050,459  

Water Utilities  0.1%

                 

SJW Group

     18,720        1,030,723  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $610,161,373)

        1,014,692,714  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS  4.4%

     

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS

     

PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.545%)(wb)

     29,327,561        29,327,561  

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.683%)
(cost $16,689,122; includes $16,576,598 of cash collateral for securities on loan)(b)(wb)

     16,724,930        16,718,240  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $46,016,683)

        46,045,801  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS  101.8%
(cost $656,178,056)

        1,060,738,515  

Liabilities in excess of other assets  (1.8)%

        (19,152,110
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS  100.0%

      $  1,041,586,405  
     

 

 

 

 

 

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

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

REITs—Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR—Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $16,266,486; cash collateral of $16,576,598 (included in liabilities) was received with which the Fund purchased highly liquid short-term investments. In the event of significant appreciation in value of securities on loan on the last business day of the reporting period, the Fund may reflect a collateral value that is less than the market value of the loaned securities and such shortfall is remedied the following business day.

(b)

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

(wb)

Represents an investment in a Fund affiliated with the Manager.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20


 

 

Fair Value Measurements:

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices generally in active markets for identical securities.

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

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 29, 2024 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3

Investments in Securities

        

Assets

        

Long-Term Investments

        

Common Stocks

        

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 12,271,735      $  3,528,748      $— 

Automobile Components

     5,672,722            

Automobiles

      14,805,579            

Banks

     70,598,667            

Beverages

     4,618,608            

Biotechnology

     44,487,066            

Broadline Retail

     42,089,596            

Building Products

     10,461,544            

Capital Markets

     23,401,254            

Chemicals

     14,757,029            

Commercial Services & Supplies

     5,873,928            

Communications Equipment

     5,654,743            

Construction & Engineering

     7,688,034            

Construction Materials

     1,746,156            

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

     19,566,188            

Diversified Consumer Services

     1,929,734            

Diversified REITs

     709,984            

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     3,521,931            

Electric Utilities

     6,166,438            

Electrical Equipment

     3,077,395            

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     6,863,316            

Energy Equipment & Services

     9,596,684            

Entertainment

     10,934,078            

Financial Services

     29,426,122            

Food Products

     10,656,167            

Gas Utilities

     1,544,605            

Ground Transportation

     10,956,793            

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     13,997,174            

Health Care Providers & Services

     22,662,218            

Health Care REITs

     900,279            

Health Care Technology

     667,879            

Hotel & Resort REITs

     997,983            

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 21


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 29, 2024

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3

Investments in Securities (continued)

        

Assets (continued)

        

Long-Term Investments (continued)

        

Common Stocks (continued)

        

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

   $ 26,080,298      $      $—

Household Durables

     8,924,856              —

Household Products

     7,459,054              —

Industrial Conglomerates

     5,741,703              —

Industrial REITs

     2,501,646              —

Insurance

     30,179,836              —

Interactive Media & Services

     43,520,112              —

IT Services

     13,443,313              —

Leisure Products

     1,502,668              —

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     689,933              —

Machinery

     24,736,765              —

Marine Transportation

     4,757,016              —

Media

     3,181,328              —

Metals & Mining

     9,879,029              —

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     4,700,893              —

Multi-Utilities

     8,813,049              —

Office REITs

     11,664,378              —

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     35,108,969              —

Passenger Airlines

     1,689,045              —

Personal Care Products

     3,116,272        3,066,637       —

Pharmaceuticals

     50,959,376              —

Professional Services

     9,607,907              —

Real Estate Management & Development

     610,980              —

Residential REITs

     4,028,611              —

Retail REITs

     3,628,770              —

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     97,338,337              —

Software

     99,248,536              —

Specialized REITs

     5,298,149              —

Specialty Retail

     15,611,751              —

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     33,003,258              —

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     11,000,870        4,687,810       —

Trading Companies & Distributors

     6,050,459              —

Water Utilities

     1,030,723              —

Short-Term Investments

        

Affiliated Mutual Funds

     46,045,801               —
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

   $ 1,049,455,320      $ 11,283,195      $—
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22


 

 

Industry Classification:

The industry classification of investments and liabilities in excess of other assets shown as a percentage of net assets as of February 29, 2024 were as follows:

 

Software

     9.5

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     9.3  

Banks

     6.8  

Pharmaceuticals

     4.9  

Affiliated Mutual Funds (1.6% represents investments purchased with collateral from securities on loan)

     4.4  

Biotechnology

     4.3  

Interactive Media & Services

     4.2  

Broadline Retail

     4.0  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3.4  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     3.2  

Insurance

     2.9  

Financial Services

     2.8  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.5  

Machinery

     2.4  

Capital Markets

     2.2  

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.2  

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

     1.9  

Aerospace & Defense

     1.5  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.5  

Specialty Retail

     1.5  

Automobiles

     1.4  

Chemicals

     1.4  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     1.3  

IT Services

     1.3  

Office REITs

     1.1  

Ground Transportation

     1.1  

Entertainment

     1.1  

Food Products

     1.0  

Building Products

     1.0  

Metals & Mining

     0.9  

Professional Services

     0.9  

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.9  

Household Durables

     0.9  

Multi-Utilities

     0.8  

Construction & Engineering

     0.7  

Household Products

     0.7

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     0.7  

Personal Care Products

     0.6  

Electric Utilities

     0.6  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.6  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.6  

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.6  

Automobile Components

     0.5  

Communications Equipment

     0.5  

Specialized REITs

     0.5  

Marine Transportation

     0.5  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     0.5  

Beverages

     0.4  

Residential REITs

     0.4  

Retail REITs

     0.3  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.3  

Media

     0.3  

Electrical Equipment

     0.3  

Industrial REITs

     0.2  

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.2  

Construction Materials

     0.2  

Passenger Airlines

     0.2  

Gas Utilities

     0.1  

Leisure Products

     0.1  

Water Utilities

     0.1  

Hotel & Resort REITs

     0.1  

Health Care REITs

     0.1  

Diversified REITs

     0.1  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.1  

Health Care Technology

     0.1  

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.1  
  

 

 

 
     101.8  

Liabilities in excess of other assets

     (1.8
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 23


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 29, 2024

 

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

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

Offsetting of financial instrument/transaction assets and liabilities:

 

Description   

Gross Market

Value of

Recognized
Assets/(Liabilities)

     Collateral
Pledged/(Received)(1)
   Net
 Amount 

Securities on Loan

   $16,266,486      $(16,266,486)    $—

 

(1)

Collateral amount disclosed by the Fund is limited to the market value of financial instruments/transactions.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24


Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

as of February 29, 2024

 

Assets

        

Investments at value, including securities on loan of $16,266,486:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $610,161,373)

   $ 1,014,692,714  

Affiliated investments (cost $46,016,683)

     46,045,801  

Receivable for investments sold

     27,893,826  

Dividends receivable

     1,299,473  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     306,826  

Tax reclaim receivable

     69,797  

Prepaid expenses

     4,627  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     1,090,313,064  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable for investments purchased

     30,429,009  

Payable to broker for collateral for securities on loan

     16,576,598  

Payable for Fund shares purchased

     631,218  

Management fee payable

     393,404  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     340,876  

Distribution fee payable

     236,554  

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     118,170  

Directors’ fees payable

     830  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     48,726,659  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 1,041,586,405  
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Common stock, at par

   $ 436,871  

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     584,983,712  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     456,165,822  
  

 

 

 

Net assets, February 29, 2024

   $ 1,041,586,405  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 25


Statement of Assets and Liabilities  (unaudited)

as of February 29, 2024

 

Class A

            

Net asset value and redemption price per share,

    

($990,924,155 ÷ 41,495,117 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 23.88    

Maximum sales charge (5.50% of offering price)

     1.39    
  

 

 

   

Maximum offering price to public

   $ 25.27    
  

 

 

   

Class C

            

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

    

($7,361,282 ÷ 389,591 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 18.89    
  

 

 

   

Class Z

            

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

    

($42,818,497 ÷ 1,782,297 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 24.02    
  

 

 

   

Class R6

            

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

    

($482,471 ÷ 20,079 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 24.03    
  

 

 

   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

26


Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended February 29, 2024

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

        

Income

  

Unaffiliated dividend income (net of $13,725 foreign withholding tax)

   $ 6,303,584  

Affiliated dividend income

     547,349  

Income from securities lending, net (including affiliated income of $54,519)

     95,203  
  

 

 

 

 Total income

     6,946,136  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fee

     2,300,818  

Distribution fee(a)

     1,376,376  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $304,457)(a)

     604,928  

Custodian and accounting fees

     46,599  

Shareholders’ reports

     31,646  

Registration fees(a)

     25,871  

Professional fees

     21,926  

Audit fee

     12,296  

Directors’ fees

     10,767  

Miscellaneous

     15,693  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     4,446,920  

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

     (4,811
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     4,442,109  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     2,504,027  
  

 

 

 

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

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions (including affiliated of $4,846)

     54,865,412  

Foreign currency transactions

     (6,810
  

 

 

 
     54,858,602  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments (including affiliated of $(5,161))

     81,930,835  

Foreign currencies

     14  
  

 

 

 
     81,930,849  
  

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     136,789,451  
  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

   $ 139,293,478  
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

Class specific expenses and waivers were as follows:

 

    

 Class A 

  

Class C

  

Class Z

  

Class R6

Distribution fee

      1,346,526         29,850               —   

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses

     578,986         6,304        19,498        140   

Registration fees

     9,200         5,718        5,981        4,972   

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

     —                       (4,811)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 27


Statements of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

 

 

   

Six Months Ended

February 29, 2024

 

Year Ended

August 31, 2023

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

                                 

Operations

             

Net investment income (loss)

     $ 2,504,027          $ 4,592,958    

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

       54,858,602            22,659,546    

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

       81,930,849            92,766,324    
    

 

 

        

 

 

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       139,293,478            120,018,828    
    

 

 

        

 

 

   

Dividends and Distributions

             

Distributions from distributable earnings

             

Class A

       (27,902,209          (15,493,592  

Class C

       (196,286          (106,867  

Class Z

       (1,298,186          (756,643  

Class R6

       (16,693          (13,340  
    

 

 

        

 

 

   
       (29,413,374          (16,370,442  
    

 

 

        

 

 

   

Fund share transactions (Net of share conversions)

             

Net proceeds from shares sold

       8,542,340            11,187,741    

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

       28,974,428            16,115,720    

Cost of shares purchased

       (53,194,432          (98,148,393  
    

 

 

        

 

 

   

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

       (15,677,664          (70,844,932  
    

 

 

        

 

 

   

Total increase (decrease)

       94,202,440            32,803,454    

Net Assets:

                                 

Beginning of period

       947,383,965            914,580,511    
    

 

 

        

 

 

   

End of period

     $ 1,041,586,405          $ 947,383,965    
    

 

 

        

 

 

   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

28


Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

   

Class A Shares

                 
      Six Months
Ended

February 29,
2024
      

 

Year Ended August 31,

      2023   2022   2021     2020   2019
                                  
   

Per Share Operating Performance(a):

                                                     

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

     $21.38            $19.07       $28.66       $22.84       $19.81       $23.31  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                     

Net investment income (loss)

     0.06            0.10       0.06       (- )(b)(c)      0.07       0.09  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions      3.12            2.56       (4.98     7.70       4.36       (1.39

Total from investment operations

     3.18            2.66       (4.92     7.70       4.43       (1.30

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                     

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.11          (0.06     -       (0.08     (0.10     (0.09

Distributions from net realized gains

     (0.57          (0.29     (4.67     (1.80     (1.30     (2.11

Total dividends and distributions

     (0.68          (0.35     (4.67     (1.88     (1.40     (2.20

Net asset value, end of period

     $23.88            $21.38       $19.07       $28.66       $22.84       $19.81  

Total Return(d):

     15.26          14.23     (20.65 )%      35.59     23.38     (4.69 )% 
   

                                                     
   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                                     

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

     $991            $903       $872       $1,205       $966       $869  

Average net assets (in millions)

     $903            $855       $1,049       $1,082       $860       $889  

Ratios to average net assets(e):

                                                     

Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     0.95 %(f)           0.97     0.94     0.92     0.96     0.96

Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     0.95 %(f)           0.97     0.94     0.92     0.96     0.96

Net investment income (loss)

     0.53 %(f)           0.51     0.25     (- )%(c)      0.37     0.43

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

     22          46     42     70     66     50

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

The per share amount of net investment income (loss) does not directly correlate to the amounts reported in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses.

(c)

Amount rounds to zero.

(d)

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

(e)

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

(f)

Annualized.

(g)

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 29


Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

 

   

Class C Shares

                 
      Six Months
Ended

February 29,
2024
      

 

Year Ended August 31,

      2023   2022   2021   2020   2019
   

Per Share Operating Performance(a):

                                                     

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

     $17.03            $15.36       $24.19       $19.67       $17.32       $20.77  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                     

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.04 )(b)           (0.08 )(b)      (0.15 )(b)      (0.22 )(b)      (0.11     (0.08
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions      2.47            2.04       (4.01     6.54       3.76       (1.26

Total from investment operations

     2.43            1.96       (4.16     6.32       3.65       (1.34

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                     

Distributions from net realized gains

     (0.57          (0.29     (4.67     (1.80     (1.30     (2.11

Net asset value, end of period

     $18.89            $17.03       $15.36       $24.19       $19.67       $17.32  

Total Return(c):

     14.69          13.04     (21.43 )%      34.16     22.08     (5.60 )% 
                                                       
   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                                     

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

     $7            $6       $6       $6       $6       $6  

Average net assets (in millions)

     $6            $5       $6       $6       $6       $14  

Ratios to average net assets(d):

                                                     

Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     1.92 %(e)           1.98     1.97     1.95     2.01     1.81

Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     1.92 %(e)           1.98     1.97     1.95     2.01     1.81

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.44 )%(e)           (0.50 )%      (0.78 )%      (1.03 )%      (0.67 )%      (0.46 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

     22          46     42     70     66     50

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

The per share amount of net investment income (loss) does not directly correlate to the amounts reported in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses.

(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, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to GAAP. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(d)

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

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

30


 

   

Class Z Shares

               
     Six Months
Ended
February 29,
        Year Ended August 31,
     2024         2023     2022    2021     2020     2019  

Per Share Operating Performance(a):

                                                       

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $21.53               $19.21       $28.77       $22.91       $19.87       $23.38  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                       

Net investment income (loss)

    0.09               0.16       0.13       0.07       0.13       0.14  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     3.14               2.58       (5.01     7.72       4.37       (1.39

Total from investment operations

    3.23               2.74       (4.88     7.79       4.50       (1.25

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.17             (0.13     (0.01     (0.13     (0.16     (0.15

Distributions from net realized gains

    (0.57             (0.29     (4.67     (1.80     (1.30     (2.11

Total dividends and distributions

    (0.74             (0.42     (4.68     (1.93     (1.46     (2.26

Net asset value, end of period

    $24.02               $21.53       $19.21       $28.77       $22.91       $19.87  

Total Return(b):

    15.42             14.59     (20.41 )%      35.96     23.68     (4.42 )% 
   
                                                         
   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                                       

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

    $43               $38       $36       $48       $35       $30  

Average net assets (in millions)

    $39               $35       $43       $41       $31       $31  

Ratios to average net assets(c):

                                                       

Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement

    0.65 %(d)              0.66     0.64     0.63     0.68     0.69

Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement

    0.65 %(d)              0.66     0.64     0.63     0.68     0.69

Net investment income (loss)

    0.82 %(d)              0.81     0.55     0.28     0.65     0.70

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    22             46     42     70     66     50

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

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

(c)

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

(d)

Annualized.

(e)

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 31


Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

 

   

Class R6 Shares

                 
      Six Months
Ended
February 29,
           Year Ended August 31,  
      2024            2023     2022     2021     2020     2019  

Per Share Operating Performance(a):

                                                         

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

     $21.53                $19.21       $28.77       $22.91       $19.87       $23.38  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                         

Net investment income (loss)

     0.09                0.17       0.13       0.05       0.13       0.14  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions      3.15                2.57       (5.01     7.74       4.37       (1.39

Total from investment operations

     3.24                2.74       (4.88     7.79       4.50       (1.25

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                         

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.17              (0.13     (0.01     (0.13     (0.16     (0.15

Distributions from net realized gains

     (0.57              (0.29     (4.67     (1.80     (1.30     (2.11

Total dividends and distributions

     (0.74              (0.42     (4.68     (1.93     (1.46     (2.26

Net asset value, end of period

     $24.03                $21.53       $19.21       $28.77       $22.91       $19.87  

Total Return(b):

     15.46              14.59     (20.41 )%      35.96     23.69     (4.42 )% 
   
                                                           
   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                                         

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $482                $352       $1,215       $1,202       $14       $11  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $457                $520       $1,212       $324       $12       $11  

Ratios to average net assets(c):

                                                         

Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     0.65 %(d)               0.66     0.64     0.63     0.68     0.68

Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     2.76 %(d)               2.09     1.49     5.61     130.02     165.48

Net investment income (loss)

     0.83 %(d)               0.87     0.56     0.17     0.65     0.71

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

     22              46     42     70     66     50

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

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

(c)

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

(d)

Annualized.

(e)

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

Organization

Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc. (the “Registered Investment Company” or “RIC”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The RIC is organized as a Maryland Corporation and PGIM Jennison Blend Fund (the “Fund”) is the sole series of the RIC. The Fund is classified as a diversified fund for purposes of the 1940 Act.

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

 

2.

Accounting Policies

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

Securities Valuation: The Fund holds securities and other assets and liabilities that are fair valued as of the close of each day (generally, 4:00 PM Eastern time) the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading. As described in further detail below, the Fund’s investments are valued daily based on a number of factors, including the type of investment and whether market quotations are readily available. The RIC’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has approved the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures for security valuation and designated PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments” or the “Manager”) as the “Valuation Designee,” as defined by Rule 2a-5(b) under the 1940 Act, to perform the fair value determination relating to all Fund investments. Pursuant to the Board’s oversight, the Valuation Designee has established a Valuation Committee to perform the duties and responsibilities as Valuation Designee under Rule 2a-5. The valuation procedures permit the Fund to utilize independent pricing vendor services, quotations from market makers, and alternative valuation methods when market quotations are either not readily available or not deemed representative of fair value. Fair value is the estimated 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.

For the fiscal reporting period-end, securities and other assets and liabilities were fair valued at the close of the last U.S. business day. Trading in certain foreign securities may occur when the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays). Because such foreign securities trade in markets that are open on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

of the Fund’s foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot purchase or redeem Fund shares.

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

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

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

Investments in open-end funds (other than ETFs) are valued at their net asset values as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation. These securities are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy since they may be purchased or sold at their net asset values on the date of valuation.

Securities and other assets that cannot be priced according to the methods described above are valued based on policies and procedures approved by the Board. In the event that unobservable inputs are used when determining such valuations, the securities will be classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Altering one or more unobservable inputs may result in a significant change to a Level 3 security’s fair value measurement.

 

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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; and any available analyst media or other reports or information deemed reliable by the Valuation Designee regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates. Using fair value to price securities may result in a value that is different from a security’s most recent closing price and from the price used by other unaffiliated mutual funds to calculate their net asset values.

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

(i) market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rate as of the valuation date;

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

Although the net assets of the Fund are presented at the foreign exchange rates and market values at the close of the period, the Fund does not generally isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities held at the end of the period. Similarly, the Fund does not isolate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities sold during the period. Accordingly, holding period unrealized and realized foreign currency gains (losses) are included in the reported net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and net realized gains (losses) on investment transactions on the Statements of Operations.

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

Master Netting Arrangements: The RIC, on behalf of the Fund, is subject to various Master Agreements, or netting arrangements, with select counterparties. These are agreements which a subadviser may have negotiated and entered into on behalf of all or a portion of the Fund. A master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty permits the Fund to offset amounts payable by the Fund to the same counterparty against amounts to be received and by the receipt of collateral from the counterparty by the Fund to cover the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. However, there is no assurance that such mitigating factors are easily enforceable. In addition to master netting arrangements, the right to set-off exists when all the conditions are met such that each of the parties owes the other determinable amounts, the reporting party has the right to set-off the amount owed with the amount owed by the other party, the reporting party intends to set-off and the right of set-off is enforceable by law.

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

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

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

 

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

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

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations and which may differ from GAAP, are recorded on the ex-date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and gain (loss) are reclassified between total distributable earnings (loss) and paid-in capital in excess of par, as appropriate. The chart below sets forth the expected frequency of dividend and capital gains distributions to shareholders. Various factors may impact the frequency of dividend distributions to shareholders, including but not limited to adverse market conditions or portfolio holding-specific events.

 

   
 Expected Distribution Schedule to Shareholders*    Frequency  

Net Investment Income

     Annually  

Short-Term Capital Gains

     Annually  

Long-Term Capital Gains

     Annually  

 

*

Under certain circumstances, the Fund may make more than one distribution of short-term and/or long-term capital gains during a fiscal year.

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

3.

Agreements

The RIC, on behalf of the Fund, has a management agreement with the Manager pursuant to which it has responsibility for all investment advisory services, including supervision of the subadviser’s performance of such services, and for rendering administrative services.

The Manager has entered into a subadvisory agreement with Jennison Associates LLC (“Jennison” or the “subadviser”). The Manager pays for the services of Jennison.

Fees payable under the management agreement are computed daily and paid monthly. For the reporting period ended February 29, 2024, the contractual and effective management fee rates were as follows:

 

 Contractual Management Rate   

 Effective Management Fee, before any waivers 

and/or expense reimbursements

 

0.50% of average daily net assets to $500 million;

     0.49%  

0.475% of average daily net assets over $500 million to $1 billion;

        

0.45% of average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion

        

The Manager has contractually agreed, through December 31, 2024, to limit total annual operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. This contractual waiver excludes interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales.

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

 

   
 Class   

Expense

Limitations 

A

    —%

C

    — 

Z

    — 

R6

   0.68  

 

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The RIC, on behalf of the Fund, has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Class A, Class C, Class Z and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Fund compensates PIMS for distributing and servicing the Fund’s Class A and Class C shares, pursuant to the plans of distribution (the “Distribution Plans”), regardless of expenses actually incurred by PIMS.

Pursuant to the Distribution Plans, the Fund compensates PIMS for distribution related activities at an annual rate based on average daily net assets per class. The distribution fees are accrued daily and payable monthly.

The Fund’s annual gross and net distribution rates, where applicable, are as follows:

 

     
 Class     Gross Distribution Fee      Net Distribution Fee 

A

   0.30%    0.30%

C

   1.00      1.00  

Z

   N/A     N/A 

R6

   N/A     N/A 

For the reporting period ended February 29, 2024, PIMS received front-end sales charges (“FESL”) resulting from sales of certain class shares and contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) imposed upon redemptions by certain shareholders. From these fees, PIMS paid such sales charges to broker-dealers, who in turn paid commissions to salespersons and incurred other distribution costs. The sales charges are as follows where applicable:

 

     
 Class    FESL      CDSC  

A

   $ 97,157      $  

C

            96  

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

 

4.

Other Transactions with Affiliates

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

The Fund may invest its overnight sweep cash in the PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (the “Core Government Fund”), a series of the Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc., and its securities lending cash collateral in the PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, each registered under the 1940 Act and managed by PGIM Investments. PGIM Investments and/or its affiliates are paid fees or reimbursed for providing their services to the Core Government Fund and the Money Market Fund. In addition to the realized and unrealized gains on investments in the Core Government Fund and the Money Market Fund, earnings

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

from such investments are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Affiliated dividend income” and “Income from securities lending, net”, respectively.

The Fund may enter into certain securities purchase or sale transactions under Board approved Rule 17a-7 procedures. Rule 17a-7 is an exemptive rule under the 1940 Act that, subject to certain conditions, permits purchase and sale transactions among affiliated investment companies, or between an investment company and a person that is affiliated solely by reason of having a common (or affiliated) investment adviser, common directors/trustees, and/or common officers. For the reporting period ended February 29, 2024, no Rule 17a-7 transactions were entered into by the Fund.

 

5.

Portfolio Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government securities) for the reporting period ended February 29, 2024, were as follows:

 

   
Cost of Purchases    Proceeds from Sales

$207,544,604

   $250,753,137

A summary of the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of shares of affiliated mutual funds for the reporting period ended February 29, 2024, is presented as follows:

 

               

Value,
Beginning
of

Period

   Cost of
Purchases
   Proceeds
from Sales
  

Change in
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)

  

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

  

Value,
End of
Period

  

Shares,

End

of

Period

   Income  

 Short-Term Investments - Affiliated Mutual Funds:

 

 PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.545%)(1)(wb)

 

 $25,504,196

   $ 53,234,735    $ 49,411,370    $  —    $  —    $29,327,561    29,327,561      $547,349  

 PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.683%)(1)(b)(wb)

 

  38,154,517

    110,157,459     131,593,421     (5,161)     4,846     16,718,240    16,724,930      54,519 (2)  

 $63,658,713

   $163,392,194    $181,004,791    $(5,161)    $4,846    $46,045,801           $601,868  

 

(1)

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

(2)

The amount, or a portion thereof, represents the affiliated securities lending income shown on the Statement of Operations.

(b)

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

(wb)

Represents an investment in a Fund affiliated with the Manager.

 

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6.

Tax Information

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of February 29, 2024 were as follows:

 

       
  Tax Basis  

Gross

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Gross

Unrealized

Depreciation

    

Net

Unrealized

Appreciation

 $661,742,952

  $427,822,209      $(28,826,646)       $398,995,563 

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

The Manager has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state and local income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements for the current reporting period. Since tax authorities can examine previously filed tax returns, the Fund’s U.S. federal and state tax returns for each of the four fiscal years up to the most recent fiscal year ended August 31, 2023 are subject to such review.

 

7.

Capital and Ownership

The Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class Z and Class R6 shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.50%. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a CDSC of 1%, although they are not subject to an initial sales charge. The Class A CDSC is waived for certain retirement and/or benefit plans. A special exchange privilege is also available for shareholders who qualified to purchase Class A shares at net asset value. Class C shares are sold with a CDSC of 1% on sales made within 12 months of purchase. Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a monthly basis approximately eight years (ten years prior to January 22, 2021) after purchase. Class Z and Class R6 shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charges and are available exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

The RIC is authorized to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, designated as shares of the Fund. The authorized shares of the Fund are currently classified and designated as follows:

 

   
 Class    Number of Shares

A

     200,000,000    

B

     5,000,000    

C

     25,000,000    

Z

     340,000,000    

T

     100,000,000    

R6

     330,000,000    

The Fund currently does not have any Class B or Class T shares outstanding.

As of February 29, 2024, Prudential, through its affiliated entities, including affiliated funds (if applicable), owned shares of the Fund as follows:

 

     
 Class    Number of Shares    Percentage of Outstanding Shares 

R6

     826           4.1 %  

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

 

     
      Number of Shareholders    Percentage of Outstanding Shares

Affiliated

     —             %  

Unaffiliated

     2             30.9  

Transactions in shares of common stock were as follows:

 

     
 Share Class    Shares     Amount  

Class A

                

Six months ended February 29, 2024:

                

Shares sold

     289,478     $ 6,271,383  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     1,296,086       27,477,019  

Shares purchased

     (2,286,441     (49,433,877

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (700,877     (15,685,475

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     11,031       241,311  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (63,536     (1,375,188

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (753,382   $ (16,819,352

 

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 Share Class    Shares     Amount  

Year ended August 31, 2023:

                

Shares sold

     414,783     $ 8,177,943  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     824,769       15,249,974  

Shares purchased

     (4,599,896     (88,960,660

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (3,360,344     (65,532,743

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     24,461       481,063  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (148,093     (2,893,617

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (3,483,976   $ (67,945,297

Class C

                

Six months ended February 29, 2024:

                

Shares sold

     88,410     $ 1,549,965  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     11,674       196,233  

Shares purchased

     (22,999     (389,865

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     77,085       1,356,333  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (19,546     (335,590

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     57,539     $ 1,020,743  

Year ended August 31, 2023:

                

Shares sold

     67,003     $ 1,058,037  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     7,204       106,841  

Shares purchased

     (81,081     (1,247,691

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (6,874     (82,813

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (24,793     (386,840

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (31,667   $ (469,653

Class Z

                

Six months ended February 29, 2024:

                

Shares sold

     31,049     $ 693,912  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     60,248       1,284,483  

Shares purchased

     (145,995     (3,210,178

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (54,698     (1,231,783

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     63,506       1,379,325  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (4,711     (100,805

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     4,097     $ 46,737  

Year ended August 31, 2023:

                

Shares sold

     90,781     $ 1,830,133  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     40,127       745,565  

Shares purchased

     (345,596     (6,696,865

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (214,688     (4,121,167

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     138,661       2,729,424  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (6,931     (139,978

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (82,958   $ (1,531,721

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

     
 Share Class    Shares     Amount  

Class R6

                

Six months ended February 29, 2024:

                

Shares sold

     1,300     $ 27,080  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     783       16,693  

Shares purchased

     (7,131     (160,512

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (5,048     (116,739

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     8,772       190,947  

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     3,724     $ 74,208  

Year ended August 31, 2023:

                

Shares sold

     6,238     $ 121,628  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     718       13,340  

Shares purchased

     (64,649     (1,243,177

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (57,693     (1,108,209

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     10,821       209,948  

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (46,872   $ (898,261

 

8.

Borrowings

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

 

     
      Current SCA   Prior SCA

Term of Commitment

   9/29/2023 - 9/26/2024   9/30/2022 – 9/28/2023

Total Commitment

   $ 1,200,000,000   $ 1,200,000,000

Annualized Commitment Fee on

the Unused Portion of the SCA

   0.15%   0.15%

Annualized Interest Rate on Borrowings

   1.00% plus the higher of (1)

the effective federal funds

rate, (2) the daily SOFR

rate plus 0.10% or (3) zero

percent

  1.00% plus the higher of (1)

the effective federal funds

rate, (2) the daily SOFR

rate plus 0.10% or (3) zero

percent

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

 

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

The Fund did not utilize the SCA during the reporting period ended February 29, 2024.

 

9.

Risks of Investing in the Fund

The Fund’s risks include, but are not limited to, some or all of the risks discussed below. For further information on the Fund’s risks, please refer to the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

Blend Style Risk: The Fund’s blend investment style may subject the Fund to risks of both value and growth investing. The portion of the Fund’s portfolio that makes investments pursuant to a growth strategy may be subject to above-average fluctuations as a result of seeking higher than average capital growth. The portion of the Fund’s portfolio that makes investments pursuant to a value strategy may be subject to the risk that the market may not recognize a security’s intrinsic value for long periods of time or at all, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced or overvalued. Issuers of value stocks may have experienced adverse business developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the stock to be out of favor. If the Fund’s assessment of market conditions or a company’s value is inaccurate, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. Historically, growth stocks have performed best during later stages of economic expansion and value stocks have performed best during periods of economic recovery. Therefore, both styles may over time go in and out of favor with the markets. At times when a style is out of favor, that portion of the portfolio may lag the other portion of the portfolio, which may cause the Fund to underperform the market in general, its benchmark and other mutual funds. Growth and value stocks have historically produced similar long-term results, though each category has periods when it outperforms the other.

Economic and Market Events Risk: Events in the U.S. and global financial markets, including actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth or the functioning of the securities markets, or otherwise reduce inflation, may at times result in unusually high market volatility, which could negatively impact performance. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative effects on the level of economic activity. Relatively reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets could adversely affect issuers worldwide.

Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risk: Equity and equity-related securities may be subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. In addition to an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. Different parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers (including those denominated in U.S. dollars) may involve more risk than investing in securities of U.S.

 

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 45


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

issuers. Foreign political, economic and legal systems, especially those in developing and emerging market countries, may be less stable and more volatile than in the United States. Foreign legal systems generally have fewer regulatory requirements than the U.S. legal system, particularly those of emerging markets. In general, less information is publicly available with respect to non-U.S. companies than U.S. companies. Non-U.S. companies generally are not subject to the same accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards as are U.S. companies. Additionally, the changing value of foreign currencies and changes in exchange rates could also affect the value of the assets the Fund holds and the Fund’s performance. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise. Investments in emerging markets are subject to greater volatility and price declines.

In addition, the Fund’s investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to the risks of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation of non-U.S. currency, confiscatory taxation and adverse diplomatic developments. Special U.S. tax considerations may apply.

Increase in Expenses Risk: Your actual cost of investing in the Fund may be higher than the expenses shown in the expense table in the Fund’s prospectus for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile. Active and frequent trading of Fund securities can increase expenses.

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

Management Risk: Actively managed funds are subject to management risk. The subadviser will apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but the subadviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or sector or about market movements may be

 

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incorrect. Additionally, the investments selected for the Fund may underperform the markets in general, the Fund’s benchmark and other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Capitalization Risk: The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization. Generally, the stock prices of small- and mid-cap companies are less stable than the prices of large-cap stocks and may present greater risks. Large capitalization companies as a group could fall out of favor with the market, causing the Fund to underperform compared to investments that focus on smaller capitalized companies.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks: Market disruption can be caused by economic, financial or political events and factors, including but not limited to, international wars or conflicts (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war), geopolitical developments (including trading and tariff arrangements, sanctions and cybersecurity attacks), instability in regions such as Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, terrorism, natural disasters and public health epidemics (including the outbreak of COVID-19 globally).

The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions cannot be predicted, but could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to the Fund. These and other similar events could adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets and lead to increased market volatility, reduced liquidity in the securities markets, significant negative impacts on issuers and the markets for certain securities and commodities and/or government intervention. They may also cause short- or long-term economic uncertainties in the United States and worldwide. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively impacted. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities, the value of certain securities held by the Fund could be significantly impacted, which could lead to such securities being valued at zero.

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

Small and Medium Sized Companies Risk: Small and medium sized companies usually offer a smaller range of products and services than larger companies. Smaller companies may also have limited financial resources and may lack management depth. As a result, their prices may fluctuate more than the stocks of larger, more established companies. Historically, small and medium sized companies have sometimes gone through extended periods when they did not perform as well as larger companies. Small and medium sized companies generally are more illiquid than larger companies, which may make such investments more difficult to sell at the time and price that the Fund would like.

 

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund 47


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

10.

Recent Regulatory Developments

Effective January 24, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rule and form amendments to require mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information deemed important for retail investors to assess and monitor their fund investments (the “Rule”). Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in the funds’ streamlined shareholder reports but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The Rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the Rule and its impact to the Fund.

 

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 MAIL     TELEPHONE     WEBSITE

655 Broad Street

  

(800) 225-1852

  

pgim.com/investments

Newark, NJ 07102

         

 

 

PROXY VOTING

 

The Board of Directors of the Fund has delegated to the Fund’s 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 or by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website.

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Ellen S. Alberding · Kevin J. Bannon · Scott E. Benjamin · Linda W. Bynoe · Barry H. Evans · Keith F. Hartstein · Laurie Simon Hodrick · Stuart S. Parker · Brian K. Reid · Grace C. Torres

 

 

OFFICERS

 

Stuart S. Parker, President and Principal Executive Officer · Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President · Christian J. Kelly, Chief Financial Officer · Claudia DiGiacomo, Chief Legal Officer · Andrew Donohue, Chief Compliance Officer · Russ Shupak, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer · Kelly Florio, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer · Andrew R. French, Secretary · Melissa Gonzalez, Assistant Secretary · Kelly A. Coyne, Assistant Secretary · Patrick E. McGuinness, Assistant Secretary · Debra Rubano, Assistant Secretary · George Hoyt, Assistant Secretary · Devan Goolsby, Assistant Secretary · Lana Lomuti, Assistant Treasurer · Elyse M. McLaughlin, Assistant Treasurer · Deborah Conway, Assistant Treasurer · Robert W. McCormack, Assistant Treasurer

 

MANAGER    PGIM Investments LLC   

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

SUBADVISER    Jennison Associates LLC   

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

DISTRIBUTOR    Prudential Investment Management Services LLC   

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

CUSTODIAN    The Bank of New York Mellon   

240 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10286

TRANSFER AGENT    Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC   

PO Box 534432

Pittsburgh, PA 15253

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   

300 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10017

FUND COUNSEL    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP   

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019


 

An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund. An investor may obtain the prospectus and summary prospectus by visiting our website at pgim.com/investments 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 pgim.com/investments/resource/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, PGIM Jennison Blend Fund, PGIM Investments, Attn: Board of Directors, 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Director by writing to that Director at the same address. Communications are not screened before being delivered to the addressee.

 

 

AVAILABILITY OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the Commission’s website at sec.gov.

 

 Mutual Funds:         
     

ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC OR ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY

  MAY LOSE VALUE    ARE NOT A DEPOSIT OF OR GUARANTEED BY ANY BANK OR ANY BANK AFFILIATE


LOGO

 

 

PGIM JENNISON BLEND FUND

 

 SHARE CLASS

   A    C    Z    R6

 NASDAQ

   PBQAX    PRECX    PEQZX    PBQQX

 CUSIP

   74441T108     74441T306     74441T405     74441T603 

MF101E2


Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

 

Item 5 –

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not applicable.

 

Item 6 –

Schedule of Investments – The schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

Item 7 –

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

 

Item 8 –

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

 

Item 9 –

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not applicable.

 

Item 10 –

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 

Item 11 –

Controls and Procedures

 

  (a)

It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b)

There has been no significant change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12 –

Controls and Procedures - Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

 

Item 13 –

Exhibits

     (a)(1)   Code of Ethics – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.
     (a)(2)   Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – Attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.CERT.

(a)(2)(1) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not applicable.

(a)(2)(2) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant – 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 Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.
By:    /s/ Andrew R. French
   Andrew R. French
   Secretary
Date:    April 16, 2024

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 16, 2024

By:

  

/s/ Christian J. Kelly

  

Christian J. Kelly

  

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date:

  

April 16, 2024


ATTACHMENTS / EXHIBITS

ATTACHMENTS / EXHIBITS

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906