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Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc. – ‘N-CSRS’ for 2/28/23

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Semi-Annual Certified Shareholder Report by an Investment Company   —   Form N-CSR   —   ICA’40

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‘N-CSRS’   —   Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.

Document Table of Contents

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"Letter from the President
"Your Fund's Performance
"Fees and Expenses
"Holdings and Financial Statements

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  Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.  

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number:    811-03336
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:    8/31/2023
Date of reporting period:    2/28/2023


Item 1 – Reports to Stockholders

 


LOGO

PGIM JENNISON BLEND FUND

 

    

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

 

LOGO

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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 28, 2023 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. © 2023 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 28, 2023.

 

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 11th-largest investment manager with more than $1.5 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

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund

April 14, 2023

 

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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 2/28/23

(without sales charges)

Six Months* (%)

  

Average Annual Total Returns as of 2/28/23

(with sales charges)

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

Class A

   1.99    -16.75    5.72      9.06   

Class C

   1.42    -13.73    5.86      8.74   

Class Z

   2.13    -11.66    7.23      9.99   

Class R6

   2.13    -11.66    7.23     N/A    8.31 (10/26/2017)

Russell 3000® Index

           
   1.51      -8.07    9.42    11.87   

S&P 500 Index

           
     1.26      -7.68    9.82    12.24   

 

Average Annual Total Returns as of 2/28/23 Since Inception (%)
     Class R6 
(10/26/2017) 

Russell 3000® Index

     9.91

S&P 500 Index

   10.40

*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 96% 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 stock prices 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 © 2023 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 2/28/23

 

 Ten Largest Holdings    Line of Business    % of Net Assets  

Apple, Inc.

   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals    3.4%

Microsoft Corp.

   Software    3.0%

ConocoPhillips

   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    2.6%

Eli Lilly & Co.

   Pharmaceuticals    1.8%

Amazon.com, Inc.

   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail    1.7%

NVIDIA Corp.

   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    1.5%

AstraZeneca plc (United Kingdom), ADR

   Pharmaceuticals    1.5%

Tesla, Inc.

   Automobiles    1.5%

MercadoLibre, Inc. (Brazil)

   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail    1.2%

Schlumberger Ltd.

   Energy Equipment & Services    1.2%

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 28, 2023. 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, 2022  
  Ending
Account Value
    February 28, 2023    
 

Annualized

Expense
Ratio Based on

the

    Six-Month Period    

 

    Expenses Paid    
During the
Six-Month

Period*

     

Class A

   Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,019.90   0.97%   $  4.86
     
   Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,019.98   0.97%   $  4.86
     

Class C

   Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,014.20   2.05%   $10.24
     
   Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,014.63   2.05%   $10.24
     

Class Z

   Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,021.30   0.67%   $  3.36
     
   Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,021.47   0.67%   $  3.36
     

Class R6

   Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,021.30   0.67%   $  3.36
     
     Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,021.47   0.67%   $  3.36

*Fund expenses (net of fee waivers or subsidies, if any) for each share class are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each share class (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the 181 days in the six-month period ended February 28, 2023, and divided by the 365 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending August 31, 2023 (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 28, 2023

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS     97.9%

     

COMMON STOCKS     97.7%

     

Aerospace & Defense     2.0%

                 

Airbus SE (France)

     44,232      $ 5,793,090  

Hexcel Corp.(a)

     14,022        1,022,905  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     4,850        2,250,933  

Parsons Corp.*

     18,707        842,376  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     65,160        6,391,544  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (Class A Stock)(a)

     42,776        1,462,084  
     

 

 

 
                17,762,932  

Air Freight & Logistics     0.1%

                 

Air Transport Services Group, Inc.*

     53,135        1,112,116  

Airlines     0.2%

                 

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.*

     84,686        1,697,954  

Auto Components     0.6%

                 

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.*

     72,114        634,603  

Aptiv PLC*

     32,746        3,807,705  

Modine Manufacturing Co.*

     37,091        905,391  
     

 

 

 
        5,347,699  

Automobiles     1.9%

                 

General Motors Co.

     105,477        4,086,179  

Tesla, Inc.*

     62,295        12,814,704  
     

 

 

 
        16,900,883  

Banks     6.1%

                 

Bank of America Corp.

     192,301        6,595,924  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

     30,346        881,855  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

     181,109        2,347,173  

CVB Financial Corp.

     55,919        1,338,142  

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

     82,623        1,295,529  

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

     37,964        2,067,519  

First Bancorp

     66,924        2,776,677  

First BanCorp. (Puerto Rico)

     128,265        1,861,125  

First Financial Bancorp

     61,711        1,520,559  

First Foundation, Inc.

     118,577        1,786,955  

Fulton Financial Corp.

     31,359        539,375  

Hancock Whitney Corp.

     28,048        1,377,718  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

     22,989        762,545  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     71,124        10,195,625  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2023

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Banks (cont’d.)

                 

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

     31,019      $ 735,771  

OFG Bancorp (Puerto Rico)

     37,700        1,146,834  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

     32,690        2,422,002  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     36,510        5,765,659  

Truist Financial Corp.

     94,188        4,422,126  

UMB Financial Corp.

     9,824        890,644  

United Bankshares, Inc.

     21,319        869,176  

Valley National Bancorp

     79,532        920,980  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     18,453        1,700,075  
     

 

 

 
                54,219,988  

Beverages     0.6%

                 

PepsiCo, Inc.

     27,934        4,847,387  

Biotechnology     3.5%

                 

AbbVie, Inc.(a)

     42,449        6,532,901  

Amgen, Inc.

     13,784        3,193,202  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     54,588        3,574,422  

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.*

     60,991        986,834  

Avid Bioservices, Inc.*(a)

     140,853        2,318,440  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.*

     95,258        1,087,846  

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.*

     33,014        1,412,669  

Editas Medicine, Inc.*(a)

     88,283        798,078  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*

     15,848        760,546  

ImmunoGen, Inc.*

     265,211        1,029,019  

REGENXBIO, Inc.*

     39,370        875,983  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     70,795        1,794,653  

Vaxcyte, Inc.*

     31,583        1,293,956  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     14,960        4,342,738  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.*

     30,917        704,908  
     

 

 

 
        30,706,195  

Building Products     1.2%

                 

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

     11,692        921,914  

Hayward Holdings, Inc.*

     19,512        240,193  

Johnson Controls International PLC

     101,770        6,383,014  

UFP Industries, Inc.

     20,799        1,778,939  

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.

     47,319        1,088,337  
     

 

 

 
        10,412,397  

Capital Markets     2.6%

                 

Blackstone, Inc.

     33,171        3,011,927  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Capital Markets (cont’d.)

                 

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

     124,140      $ 1,687,063  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

     62,963        1,578,482  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     26,787        9,419,649  

Hamilton Lane, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     16,123        1,254,369  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

     15,896        1,521,247  

Lazard Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     45,205        1,688,859  

Moody’s Corp.

     4,191        1,216,019  

Open Lending Corp. (Class A Stock)*

     165,718        1,173,283  
     

 

 

 
                22,550,898  

Chemicals     1.4%

                 

Avient Corp.

     59,183        2,582,154  

Linde PLC (United Kingdom)

     25,845        9,003,623  

Livent Corp.*

     26,978        632,634  
     

 

 

 
        12,218,411  

Commercial Services & Supplies     0.4%

                 

ACV Auctions, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     149,473        1,829,549  

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

     24,462        1,903,633  
     

 

 

 
        3,733,182  

Communications Equipment     0.6%

                 

Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)

     81,145        3,929,041  

Harmonic, Inc.*

     49,713        655,714  

NetScout Systems, Inc.*

     24,834        706,279  
     

 

 

 
        5,291,034  

Construction & Engineering     0.4%

                 

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.*

     335,880        1,926,272  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.*

     31,162        1,601,727  
     

 

 

 
        3,527,999  

Construction Materials     0.4%

                 

Summit Materials, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     121,316        3,583,675  

Consumer Finance     0.1%

                 

Nelnet, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     9,968        935,696  

Containers & Packaging     0.2%

                 

O-I Glass, Inc.*

     60,694        1,348,621  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2023

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Diversified Telecommunication Services     0.2%

                 

Iridium Communications, Inc.*

     30,333      $ 1,861,536  

Electric Utilities     0.6%

                 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     57,238        4,065,615  

PNM Resources, Inc.

     20,618        1,010,282  
     

 

 

 
        5,075,897  

Electrical Equipment     0.3%

                 

Atkore, Inc.*

     6,226        909,120  

Bloom Energy Corp. (Class A Stock)*

     31,408        681,240  

Encore Wire Corp.

     5,076        979,719  
     

 

 

 
        2,570,079  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components     0.6%

                 

Belden, Inc.

     12,034        1,015,429  

Littelfuse, Inc.

     9,371        2,424,559  

Sanmina Corp.*

     26,633        1,610,231  
     

 

 

 
        5,050,219  

Energy Equipment & Services     2.1%

                 

Cactus, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     59,933        2,753,921  

Liberty Energy, Inc.

     51,403        783,896  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

     212,247        2,907,784  

RPC, Inc.(a)

     150,577        1,320,560  

Schlumberger Ltd.

     194,409                10,344,503  
     

 

 

 
        18,110,664  

Entertainment     0.5%

                 

Netflix, Inc.*

     13,434        4,327,494  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)     2.3%

                 

American Assets Trust, Inc.

     52,138        1,315,442  

American Tower Corp.

     16,795        3,325,578  

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

     69,441        1,146,471  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     27,132        689,967  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

     20,541        503,049  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

     174,789        3,161,933  

LTC Properties, Inc.

     41,604        1,490,255  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

     53,652        2,269,480  

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

     86,444        790,963  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

     31,745        1,465,349  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

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

                 

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

     63,006      $ 896,575  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

     266,805        1,974,357  

UMH Properties, Inc.

     89,006        1,513,992  
     

 

 

 
        20,543,411  

Food & Staples Retailing     2.0%

                 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     15,398        7,455,403  

Performance Food Group Co.*

     63,096        3,570,603  

Walmart, Inc.

     47,182        6,705,978  
     

 

 

 
        17,731,984  

Food Products     1.1%

                 

Adecoagro SA (Brazil)

     261,457        2,123,031  

Freshpet, Inc.*(a)

     17,052        1,060,293  

Mondelez International, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     72,941        4,754,294  

Utz Brands, Inc.

     131,589        2,158,060  
     

 

 

 
                10,095,678  

Gas Utilities     0.2%

                 

New Jersey Resources Corp.

     35,992        1,836,672  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies     2.1%

                 

Abbott Laboratories

     26,153        2,660,283  

Haemonetics Corp.*

     9,086        706,618  

Inari Medical, Inc.*

     21,768        1,224,668  

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*

     10,687        2,777,872  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*

     24,815        1,380,210  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

     18,674        4,283,629  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.*

     7,825        578,737  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*

     10,030        707,917  

Outset Medical, Inc.*(a)

     66,025        1,506,030  

Shockwave Medical, Inc.*

     4,360        829,447  

Silk Road Medical, Inc.*

     33,721        1,786,876  
     

 

 

 
        18,442,287  

Health Care Providers & Services     1.9%

                 

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*

     48,855        3,542,476  

Cigna Group (The)

     11,520        3,364,992  

Option Care Health, Inc.*

     42,577        1,305,837  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    13


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2023

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Health Care Providers & Services (cont’d.)

                 

Progyny, Inc.*

     66,122      $ 2,483,542  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     12,037        5,728,890  
     

 

 

 
        16,425,737  

Health Care Technology     0.4%

                 

American Well Corp. (Class A Stock)*(a)

     250,956        700,167  

Definitive Healthcare Corp.*

     68,965        787,580  

Phreesia, Inc.*

     58,107        2,138,338  
     

 

 

 
        3,626,085  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     3.0%

                 

Airbnb, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     27,452        3,384,282  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     71,248        1,859,573  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

     678        1,010,952  

Denny’s Corp.*

     112,766        1,315,979  

Everi Holdings, Inc.*

     67,048        1,273,241  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*

     22,244        1,061,929  

International Game Technology PLC

     26,701        709,179  

Marriott International, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     32,316        5,469,160  

McDonald’s Corp.

     24,770        6,537,051  

Rush Street Interactive, Inc.*

     213,794        895,797  

Sweetgreen, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     66,494        579,828  

Wingstop, Inc.(a)

     13,775        2,346,571  
     

 

 

 
                26,443,542  

Household Durables     0.8%

                 

Century Communities, Inc.

     29,080        1,739,275  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

     44,082        1,302,623  

Green Brick Partners, Inc.*

     33,437        1,043,234  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.*

     37,379        1,339,290  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.*

     55,920        1,333,133  
     

 

 

 
        6,757,555  

Household Products     0.7%

                 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     46,930        6,455,691  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers     0.3%

                 

NextEra Energy Partners LP

     43,825        2,903,844  

Insurance     3.0%

                 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

     20,508        854,158  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

14


    

 

    

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Insurance (cont’d.)

                 

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

     54,994      $ 3,339,236  

Chubb Ltd.(a)

     41,135        8,680,308  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

     55,495        1,421,782  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     34,573        5,605,666  

MetLife, Inc.

     75,965        5,448,969  

RLI Corp.

     9,304        1,283,115  
     

 

 

 
        26,633,234  

Interactive Media & Services     2.6%

                 

Alphabet, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     97,255        8,758,785  

Alphabet, Inc. (Class C Stock)*

     71,195        6,428,909  

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     46,426        8,121,764  
     

 

 

 
        23,309,458  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail     2.9%

                 

Amazon.com, Inc.*

     163,240        15,382,105  

MercadoLibre, Inc. (Brazil)*

     8,626        10,523,720  
     

 

 

 
                25,905,825  

IT Services     3.6%

                 

Adyen NV (Netherlands), 144A*

     2,258        3,200,557  

CSG Systems International, Inc.

     11,792        662,710  

EVERTEC, Inc. (Puerto Rico)

     25,887        952,900  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.*

     4,942        813,008  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.*

     176,109        2,051,670  

Mastercard, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     21,186        7,527,174  

Shift4 Payments, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     47,750        3,079,875  

Snowflake, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     25,296        3,905,197  

Visa, Inc. (Class A Stock)(a)

     45,073        9,913,356  
     

 

 

 
        32,106,447  

Leisure Products     0.3%

                 

Brunswick Corp.

     34,874        3,048,685  

Life Sciences Tools & Services     2.0%

                 

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.*

     177,595        1,518,437  

Azenta, Inc.*

     14,536        637,985  

BioLife Solutions, Inc.*

     61,646        1,433,886  

Danaher Corp.

     38,936        9,637,828  

Olink Holding AB (Sweden), ADR*(a)

     54,617        1,280,223  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    15


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2023

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Life Sciences Tools & Services (cont’d.)

                 

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.*

     74,282      $ 674,481  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     4,378        2,371,825  
     

 

 

 
        17,554,665  

Machinery     2.9%

                 

Deere & Co.(a)

     9,450        3,961,818  

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

     108,941        2,933,781  

Fortive Corp.

     66,970        4,464,220  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

     16,412        1,213,996  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

     58,440        4,945,193  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     8,583        3,019,928  

Terex Corp.

     13,525        800,815  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

     157,423        4,393,676  
     

 

 

 
                25,733,427  

Marine     0.3%

                 

Kirby Corp.*

     36,633        2,656,991  

Media     0.3%

                 

Gray Television, Inc.

     84,523        988,919  

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

     24,315        1,360,668  
     

 

 

 
        2,349,587  

Metals & Mining     0.6%

                 

B2Gold Corp. (Canada)

     203,482        689,804  

Commercial Metals Co.

     22,970        1,188,698  

Constellium SE*

     108,172        1,729,670  

ERO Copper Corp. (Brazil)*

     47,321        740,574  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

     60,067        571,237  
     

 

 

 
        4,919,983  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)     0.6%

                 

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

     110,732        1,272,311  

Dynex Capital, Inc.

     59,916        792,689  

Ladder Capital Corp.

     257,604        2,910,925  
     

 

 

 
        4,975,925  

Multi-Utilities     0.8%

                 

Ameren Corp.

     16,135        1,334,526  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

16


    

 

    

 

  Description           Shares                   Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

   

Multi-Utilities (cont’d.)

               

Black Hills Corp.

    22,607     $ 1,388,296  

NiSource, Inc.

    170,091       4,665,596  
   

 

 

 
      7,388,418  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     4.0%

               

Chord Energy Corp.

    28,694       3,862,786  

ConocoPhillips

    221,091       22,849,755  

Dorian LPG Ltd.

    30,232       663,593  

Golar LNG Ltd. (Cameroon)*

    45,699       1,043,308  

Matador Resources Co.

    13,932       749,402  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    25,691       1,002,463  

PDC Energy, Inc.

    65,478       4,394,229  

SFL Corp. Ltd. (Norway)

    72,426       747,436  
   

 

 

 
                  35,312,972  

Personal Products     1.3%

               

elf Beauty, Inc.*

    75,752       5,662,462  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) (Class A Stock)

    6,633       1,612,151  

L’Oreal SA (France)

    10,252       4,052,338  
   

 

 

 
      11,326,951  

Pharmaceuticals     5.8%

               

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom), ADR

    198,692       12,950,745  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    135,001       9,309,669  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    50,848       15,824,914  

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*

    14,865       728,831  

Novo Nordisk A/S (Denmark), ADR

    37,828       5,333,370  

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.*

    38,481       1,226,005  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.*

    42,437       2,556,829  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc.*

    78,987       2,740,849  

SIGA Technologies, Inc.

    76,306       522,696  
   

 

 

 
      51,193,908  

Professional Services     0.9%

               

ASGN, Inc.*

    24,079       2,138,215  

CBIZ, Inc.*

    20,376       1,020,634  

HireRight Holdings Corp.*

    78,262       862,448  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*

    43,032       3,020,416  

Kforce, Inc.

    15,331       958,034  
   

 

 

 
      7,999,747  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    17


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2023

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Real Estate Management & Development     0.2%

                 

DigitalBridge Group, Inc.

     82,916      $ 1,017,379  

Redfin Corp.*(a)

     118,432        877,581  
     

 

 

 
        1,894,960  

Road & Rail     1.5%

                 

Marten Transport Ltd.

     49,002        1,081,474  

Saia, Inc.*(a)

     8,323        2,254,451  

Uber Technologies, Inc.*(a)

     175,617        5,841,021  

Union Pacific Corp.

     20,502        4,249,655  
     

 

 

 
        13,426,601  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment     5.7%

                 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*(a)

     81,669        6,417,550  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

     49,949        1,286,686  

Broadcom, Inc.(a)

     9,936        5,904,865  

Lam Research Corp.(a)

     9,575        4,653,546  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     36,831        2,524,397  

MaxLinear, Inc.*

     46,461        1,589,431  

NVIDIA Corp.

     58,689        13,625,238  

NXP Semiconductors NV (China)

     25,384        4,530,536  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     37,291        4,606,557  

Rambus, Inc.*

     16,133        713,563  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Israel)*

     73,764        2,991,868  

Universal Display Corp.

     7,819        1,062,211  
     

 

 

 
                49,906,448  

Software     8.0%

                 

8x8, Inc.*(a)

     176,924        941,236  

ACI Worldwide, Inc.*

     32,276        834,335  

Adobe, Inc.*

     21,792        7,059,518  

Atlassian Corp. (Class A Stock)*(a)

     19,414        3,190,303  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*

     13,991        2,699,424  

Clear Secure, Inc. (Class A Stock)(a)

     67,204        2,065,851  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     15,203        1,834,850  

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

     31,330        2,308,394  

Intapp, Inc.*

     48,080        1,903,006  

Microsoft Corp.

     105,693        26,361,948  

PagerDuty, Inc.*

     62,218        1,857,829  

Paycor HCM, Inc.*(a)

     74,932        1,856,066  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.*

     60,160        1,941,965  

Salesforce, Inc.*

     59,396        9,717,780  

Sprout Social, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     44,360        2,705,073  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

18


    

 

    

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Software (cont’d.)

                 

Varonis Systems, Inc.*

     66,631      $ 1,804,367  

Zuora, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     144,322        1,222,407  
     

 

 

 
        70,304,352  

Specialty Retail     1.2%

                 

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     13,905        1,076,942  

Buckle, Inc. (The)

     18,037        735,729  

Foot Locker, Inc.(a)

     33,385        1,459,592  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     11,794        3,497,393  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     14,223        2,926,382  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     33,835        1,264,076  
     

 

 

 
                10,960,114  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals     3.5%

                 

Apple, Inc.

     201,861        29,756,330  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.*

     9,411        921,996  
     

 

 

 
        30,678,326  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods     2.4%

                 

Crocs, Inc.*

     4,702        572,281  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

     66,775        3,482,316  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*

     13,373        4,134,932  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France)

     11,898        9,891,131  

NIKE, Inc. (Class B Stock)

     18,235        2,166,136  

On Holding AG (Switzerland) (Class A Stock)*

     32,198        704,170  
     

 

 

 
        20,950,966  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance     0.3%

                 

NMI Holdings, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     50,142        1,170,314  

WSFS Financial Corp.

     37,102        1,851,761  
     

 

 

 
        3,022,075  

Trading Companies & Distributors     0.6%

                 

Core & Main, Inc. (Class A Stock)*(a)

     61,376        1,430,675  

GMS, Inc.*

     15,757        956,607  

Herc Holdings, Inc.

     8,719        1,251,961  

Rush Enterprises, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     28,678        1,625,469  
     

 

 

 
        5,264,712  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    19


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2023

 

  Description            Shares                    Value          

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Wireless Telecommunication Services     1.0%

                 

T-Mobile US, Inc.*

     60,856      $ 8,652,506  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(cost $622,402,901)

        861,932,725  
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK     0.2%

     

Automobiles

                 

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany) (PRFC)*
(cost $1,319,635)

     16,378        1,973,783  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $623,722,536)

        863,906,508  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS     8.6%

     

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUND     7.0%

     

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund
(cost $61,682,548; includes $ 61,389,026 of cash collateral for securities on loan)(b)(we)

     61,765,428        61,746,898  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED FUND     1.6%

     

Dreyfus Government Cash Management (Institutional Shares)
(cost $13,994,070)

     13,994,070        13,994,070  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $75,676,618)

        75,740,968  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS     106.5%
(cost $699,399,154)

        939,647,476  

Liabilities in excess of other assets     (6.5)%

        (57,381,256
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS     100.0%

      $      882,266,220  
     

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

LP—Limited Partnership

PRFC—Preference Shares

REITs—Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR—Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20


    

 

    

 

(a)

All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $60,141,643; cash collateral of $61,389,026 (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.

(we)

PGIM Investments LLC, the manager of the Fund, also serves as manager of the PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund.

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 28, 2023 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3

Investments in Securities

            

Assets

            

Long-Term Investments

            

Common Stocks

            

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 11,969,842        $   5,793,090        $—

Air Freight & Logistics

     1,112,116                   —

Airlines

     1,697,954                   —

Auto Components

     5,347,699                   —

Automobiles

     16,900,883                   —

Banks

     54,219,988                   —

Beverages

     4,847,387                   —

Biotechnology

     30,706,195                   —

Building Products

     10,412,397                   —

Capital Markets

     22,550,898                   —

Chemicals

     12,218,411                   —

Commercial Services & Supplies

     3,733,182                   —

Communications Equipment

     5,291,034                   —

Construction & Engineering

     3,527,999                   —

Construction Materials

     3,583,675                   —

Consumer Finance

     935,696                   —

Containers & Packaging

     1,348,621                   —

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1,861,536                   —

Electric Utilities

     5,075,897                   —

Electrical Equipment

     2,570,079                   —

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     5,050,219                   —

Energy Equipment & Services

     18,110,664                   —

Entertainment

     4,327,494                   —

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     20,543,411                   —

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    21


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2023

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3

Investments in Securities (continued)

            

Assets (continued)

            

Long-Term Investments (continued)

            

Common Stocks (continued)

            

Food & Staples Retailing

   $ 17,731,984        $        $—

Food Products

     10,095,678                   —

Gas Utilities

     1,836,672                   —

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     18,442,287                   —

Health Care Providers & Services

     16,425,737                   —

Health Care Technology

     3,626,085                   —

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     26,443,542                   —

Household Durables

     6,757,555                   —

Household Products

     6,455,691                   —

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     2,903,844                   —

Insurance

     26,633,234                   —

Interactive Media & Services

     23,309,458                   —

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     25,905,825                   —

IT Services

     28,905,890          3,200,557          —

Leisure Products

     3,048,685                   —

Life Sciences Tools & Service s

     17,554,665                   —

Machinery

     25,733,427                   —

Marine

     2,656,991                   —

Media

     2,349,587                   —

Metals & Mining

     4,919,983                   —

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     4,975,925                   —

Multi-Utilities

     7,388,418                   —

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     35,312,972                   —

Personal Products

     7,274,613          4,052,338          —

Pharmaceuticals

     51,193,908                   —

Professional Services

     7,999,747                   —

Real Estate Management & Development

     1,894,960                   —

Road & Rail

     13,426,601                   —

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     49,906,448                   —

Software

     70,304,352                   —

Specialty Retail

     10,960,114                   —

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     30,678,326                   —

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     11,059,835          9,891,131          —

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     3,022,075                   —

Trading Companies & Distributors

     5,264,712                   —

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     8,652,506                   —

Preferred Stock

            

Automobiles

              1,973,783          —

Short-Term Investments

            

Affiliated Mutual Fund

     61,746,898                   —

Unaffiliated Fund

     13,994,070                   —
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

Total

   $ 914,736,577        $ 24,910,899        $—
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

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 28, 2023 were as follows:

 

Software

    8.0

Affiliated Mutual Fund (7.0% represents investments purchased with collateral from securities on loan)

    7.0  

Banks

    6.1  

Pharmaceuticals

    5.8  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    5.7  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    4.0  

IT Services

    3.6  

Biotechnology

    3.5  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    3.5  

Insurance

    3.0  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    3.0  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    2.9  

Machinery

    2.9  

Interactive Media & Services

    2.6  

Capital Markets

    2.6  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    2.4  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    2.3  

Automobiles

    2.1  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    2.1  

Energy Equipment & Services

    2.1  

Aerospace & Defense

    2.0  

Food & Staples Retailing

    2.0  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

    2.0  

Health Care Providers & Services

    1.9  

Unaffiliated Fund

    1.6  

Road & Rail

    1.5  

Chemicals

    1.4  

Personal Products

    1.3  

Specialty Retail

    1.2  

Building Products

    1.2  

Food Products

    1.1  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

    1.0  

Professional Services

    0.9  

Multi-Utilities

    0.8

Household Durables

    0.8  

Household Products

    0.7  

Auto Components

    0.6  

Communications Equipment

    0.6  

Trading Companies & Distributors

    0.6  

Electric Utilities

    0.6  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    0.6  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    0.6  

Metals & Mining

    0.6  

Beverages

    0.6  

Entertainment

    0.5  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    0.4  

Health Care Technology

    0.4  

Construction Materials

    0.4  

Construction & Engineering

    0.4  

Leisure Products

    0.3  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

    0.3  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

    0.3  

Marine

    0.3  

Electrical Equipment

    0.3  

Media

    0.3  

Real Estate Management & Development

    0.2  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    0.2  

Gas Utilities

    0.2  

Airlines

    0.2  

Containers & Packaging

    0.2  

Air Freight & Logistics

    0.1  

Consumer Finance

    0.1  
 

 

 

 
    106.5  

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (6.5
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    23


Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2023

 

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

   $60,141,643      $(60,141,643)    $—

 

(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 28, 2023

 

Assets

        

Investments at value, including securities on loan of $60,141,643:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $637,716,606)

   $ 877,900,578   

Affiliated investments (cost $61,682,548)

     61,746,898  

Cash

     145,846  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $8)

     8  

Receivable for investments sold

     25,220,848  

Dividends receivable

     1,036,676  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     268,016  

Tax reclaim receivable

     54,683  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     3,548  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     966,377,101  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable to broker for collateral for securities on loan

     61,389,026  

Payable for investments purchased

     20,968,394  

Payable for Fund shares purchased

     543,511  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     498,678  

Management fee payable

     338,744  

Distribution fee payable

     203,255  

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     168,392  

Directors’ fees payable

     881  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     84,110,881  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 882,266,220  
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Common stock, at par

   $ 462,836  

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     638,871,562  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     242,931,822  
  

 

 

 

Net assets, February 28, 2023

   $ 882,266,220
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    25


Statement of Assets and Liabilities   (unaudited)

as of February 28, 2023

 

Class A

       

Net asset value and redemption price per share,

   

($842,900,888 ÷ 44,164,464 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

  $19.09  

Maximum sales charge (5.50% of offering price)

  1.11  
 

 

 

Maximum offering price to public

  $20.20       
 

 

 

Class C

       

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

   

($5,076,225 ÷ 332,265 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

  $15.28  
 

 

 

Class Z

       

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

   

($34,087,417 ÷ 1,776,316 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

  $19.19  
 

 

 

Class R6

       

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

   

($201,690 ÷ 10,510 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

  $19.19  
 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

26


Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended February 28, 2023

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

        

Income

  

Unaffiliated dividend income (net of $32,544 foreign withholding tax)

   $ 6,599,791  

Income from securities lending, net (including affiliated income of $99,576)

     103,519  
  

 

 

 

  Total income

     6,703,310  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fee

     2,141,751  

Distribution fee(a)

     1,279,821  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $402,257)(a)

     656,339  

Custodian and accounting fees

     45,012  

Registration fees(a)

     30,499  

Shareholders’ reports

     28,139  

Professional fees

     12,797  

Audit fee

     11,802  

Directors’ fees

     10,741  

Miscellaneous

     15,344  
  

 

 

 

  Total expenses

     4,232,245  

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

     (5,463
  

 

 

 

  Net expenses

     4,226,782  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     2,476,528  
  

 

 

 

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

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions (including affiliated of $19,019)

     3,804,635  

Foreign currency transactions

     (1,249
  

 

 

 
     3,803,386  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments (including affiliated of $20,579)

     10,381,956  

Foreign currencies

     3,062  
  

 

 

 
     10,385,018  
  

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     14,188,404  
  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

   $ 16,664,932  
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

Class specific expenses and waivers were as follows:

 

    

  Class A  

 

Class C

 

Class Z

 

Class R6

Distribution fee

     1,252,953         26,868                    

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses

     628,626       6,881       20,719       113  

Registration fees

     11,316       7,329       5,903       5,951  

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

                       (5,463

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    27


Statements of Changes in Net Assets   (unaudited)

 

    

 

   

Six Months Ended

February 28, 2023

 

Year Ended

August 31, 2022

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

                               

Operations

                       

Net investment income (loss)

    $ 2,476,528         $ 2,822,134    

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

      3,803,386           28,129,400    

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

      10,385,018           (278,382,313  
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      16,664,932           (247,430,779  
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

Dividends and Distributions

           

Distributions from distributable earnings

           

Class A

      (15,493,592         (192,656,134  

Class C

      (106,867         (1,332,737  

Class Z

      (756,643         (7,847,962  

Class R6

      (13,340         (197,591  
   

 

 

       

 

 

   
      (16,370,442         (202,034,424  
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

Fund share transactions (Net of share conversions)

           

Net proceeds from shares sold

      4,632,339           20,666,445    

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

      16,115,720           198,619,251    

Cost of shares purchased

      (53,356,840         (115,053,743  
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

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

      (32,608,781         104,231,953    
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

Total increase (decrease)

      (32,314,291         (345,233,250  

Net Assets:

                               

Beginning of period

      914,580,511           1,259,813,761    
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

End of period

    $ 882,266,220         $ 914,580,511    
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

28


Financial Highlights   (unaudited)

 

   

Class A Shares

                 
      Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2023
      

 

Year Ended August 31,

      2022   2021   2020   2019   2018
                                
   

Per Share Operating Performance(a):

                                                     

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

     $19.07            $28.66       $22.84       $19.81       $23.31       $21.09  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                     

Net investment income (loss)

     0.05            0.06       (- )(b)(c)       0.07       0.09       0.08  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions      0.32            (4.98     7.70       4.36       (1.39     4.07  

Total from investment operations

     0.37            (4.92     7.70       4.43       (1.30     4.15  

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                     

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.06          -       (0.08     (0.10     (0.09     (0.02

Distributions from net realized gains

     (0.29          (4.67     (1.80     (1.30     (2.11     (1.91

Total dividends and distributions

     (0.35          (4.67     (1.88     (1.40     (2.20     (1.93

Net asset value, end of period

     $19.09            $19.07       $28.66       $22.84       $19.81       $23.31  

Total Return(d):

     1.99          (20.65 )%      35.59     23.38     (4.69 )%      20.90
   

    

                                                     
   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                                     

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

     $843            $872       $1,205       $966       $869       $998  

Average net assets (in millions)

     $842            $1,049       $1,082       $860       $889       $960  

Ratios to average net assets(e):

                                                     

Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     0.97 %(f)           0.94     0.92     0.96     0.96     0.93

Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     0.97 %(f)           0.94     0.92     0.96     0.96     0.93

Net investment income (loss)

     0.56 %(f)           0.25     (- )%(c)       0.37     0.43     0.36

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

     23          42     70     66     50     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 28,
2023
      

 

Year Ended August 31,

      2022   2021   2020   2019   2018
   

Per Share Operating Performance(a):

                                                     

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

     $15.36            $24.19       $19.67       $17.32       $20.77       $19.10  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                     

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.04 )(b)           (0.15 )(b)      (0.22 )(b)      (0.11     (0.08     (0.08
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions      0.25            (4.01     6.54       3.76       (1.26     3.66  

Total from investment operations

     0.21            (4.16     6.32       3.65       (1.34     3.58  

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                     

Distributions from net realized gains

     (0.29          (4.67     (1.80     (1.30     (2.11     (1.91

Net asset value, end of period

     $15.28            $15.36       $24.19       $19.67       $17.32       $20.77  

Total Return(c):

     1.42          (21.43 )%      34.16     22.08     (5.60 )%      19.99
                                                       
   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                                     

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

     $5            $6       $6       $6       $6       $20  

Average net assets (in millions)

     $5            $6       $6       $6       $14       $20  

Ratios to average net assets(d):

                                                     

Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     2.05 %(e)           1.97     1.95     2.01     1.81     1.70

Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     2.05 %(e)           1.97     1.95     2.01     1.81     1.70

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.51 )%(e)           (0.78 )%      (1.03 )%      (0.67 )%      (0.46 )%      (0.41 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

     23          42     70     66     50     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 28,
      Year Ended August 31,
     2023       2022         2021     2020      2019      2018   

Per Share Operating Performance(a):

                                                       

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $19.21               $28.77       $22.91       $19.87       $23.38       $21.13  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                       

Net investment income (loss)

    0.08               0.13       0.07       0.13       0.14       0.14  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     0.32               (5.01     7.72       4.37       (1.39     4.08  

Total from investment operations

    0.40               (4.88     7.79       4.50       (1.25     4.22  

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.13             (0.01     (0.13     (0.16     (0.15     (0.06

Distributions from net realized gains

    (0.29             (4.67     (1.80     (1.30     (2.11     (1.91

Total dividends and distributions

    (0.42             (4.68     (1.93     (1.46     (2.26     (1.97

Net asset value, end of period

    $19.19               $19.21       $28.77       $22.91       $19.87       $23.38  

Total Return(b):

    2.13             (20.41 )%      35.96     23.68     (4.42 )%      21.24
   
                                                         
   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                                       

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

    $34               $36       $48       $35       $30       $36  

Average net assets (in millions)

    $35               $43       $41       $31       $31       $34  

Ratios to average net assets(c):

                                                       

Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement

    0.67 %(d)              0.64     0.63     0.68     0.69     0.66

Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement

    0.67 %(d)              0.64     0.63     0.68     0.69     0.66

Net investment income (loss)

    0.86 %(d)              0.55     0.28     0.65     0.70     0.64

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    23             42     70     66     50     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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Financial Highlights  (unaudited) (continued)

 

   

Class R6 Shares

                 
    

Six Months

Ended

February 28,

                     

October 26, 2017(a)

through August 31,

     
     Year Ended August 31,      
     2023       2022       2021     2020     2019       2018      

Per Share Operating Performance(b):

                                                                  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $19.21               $28.77       $22.91       $19.87       $23.38       $21.85          

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                               
Net investment income (loss)     0.08               0.13       0.05       0.13       0.14       0.13          
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     0.32               (5.01     7.74       4.37       (1.39     3.37          
Total from investment operations     0.40               (4.88     7.79       4.50       (1.25     3.50          

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                               
Dividends from net investment income     (0.13             (0.01     (0.13     (0.16     (0.15     (0.06        
Distributions from net realized gains     (0.29             (4.67     (1.80     (1.30     (2.11     (1.91        
Total dividends and distributions     (0.42             (4.68     (1.93     (1.46     (2.26     (1.97        
Net asset value, end of period     $19.19               $19.21       $28.77       $22.91       $19.87       $23.38          

Total Return(c):

    2.13             (20.41 )%      35.96     23.69     (4.42 )%      17.25        
   
                                                                 
   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)     $202               $1,215       $1,202       $14       $11       $12          
Average net assets (in thousands)     $780               $1,212       $324       $12       $11       $11          
Ratios to average net assets(d):                                                                
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.67 %(e)              0.64     0.63     0.68     0.68     0.66 %(e)         
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     2.08 %(e)              1.49     5.61     130.02     165.48     218.39 %(e)         
Net investment income (loss)     0.90 %(e)              0.56     0.17     0.65     0.71     0.68 %(e)         
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     23             42     70     66     50     50        

 

(a)

Commencement of offering.

(b)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to 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.

 

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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 to PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments” or the “Manager”) as the Valuation Designee pursuant to SEC Rule 2a-5(b) 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 SEC 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 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 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 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 exchange-traded funds) are valued at their net asset values as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation. These securities are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy since they may be purchased or sold at their net asset values on the date of valuation.

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; 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 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. 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 and supervises the subadviser’s performance of such services, and pursuant to which it renders 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 28, 2023, 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, 2023, 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 28, 2023, 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

   $ 62,851      $  

C

            1,293  

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 securities lending cash collateral in the PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”), a fund of Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, 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 Money Market Fund. In addition to the realized and unrealized gains on investments in the Money Market Fund, earnings from such investments are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Income from securities lending, net”.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

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 28, 2023, no 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 28, 2023, were as follows:

 

   
Cost of Purchases    Proceeds from Sales

$196,618,093

   $245,817,562

A summary of the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of shares of affiliated mutual funds for the reporting period ended February 28, 2023, 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 Fund:

 PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund(1)(b)(we)

 $61,111,430

   $466,895,959    $466,300,089    $20,579          $19,019        $61,746,898        61,765,428        $99,576(2)

 

(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.

(we)

PGIM Investments LLC, the manager of the Fund, also serves as manager of the PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund.

 

6.

Tax Information

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of February 28, 2023 were as follows:

 

       
   Tax Basis  

Gross

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Gross

Unrealized

Depreciation

    

Net

Unrealized
Appreciation

 $702,911,412

  $276,586,645      $(39,850,581)        $236,736,064  

 

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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, 2022 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.

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 28, 2023, 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

     798                    7.6 %  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

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                         31.2  

Transactions in shares of common stock were as follows:

 

     
  Share Class    Shares        Amount  

Class A

                   

Six months ended February 28, 2023:

                   

Shares sold

     189,150        $ 3,567,844  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     824,769          15,249,974  

Shares purchased

     (2,533,402        (47,431,278

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (1,519,483        (28,613,460

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     11,496          216,862  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (60,024        (1,134,661

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (1,568,011      $ (29,531,259

Year ended August 31, 2022:

                   

Shares sold

     741,476        $ 17,229,504  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     7,805,235          189,355,008  

Shares purchased

     (4,638,896        (105,525,991

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     3,907,815          101,058,521  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     12,353          271,509  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (221,301        (5,108,394

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     3,698,867        $ 96,221,636  

Class C

                   

Six months ended February 28, 2023:

                   

Shares sold

     26,777        $ 406,907  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     7,204          106,841  

Shares purchased

     (52,208        (779,432

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (18,227        (265,684

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (13,227        (200,654

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (31,454      $ (466,338

 

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  Share Class    Shares        Amount  

Year ended August 31, 2022:

                   

Shares sold

     97,873        $  1,816,039  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     67,692          1,332,185  

Shares purchased

     (56,740        (981,202

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     108,825          2,167,022  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (13,139        (238,320

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     95,686        $ 1,928,702  

Class Z

                   

Six months ended February 28, 2023:

                   

Shares sold

     31,041        $ 585,045  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     40,127          745,565  

Shares purchased

     (209,348        (3,941,583

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (138,180        (2,610,973

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     56,141          1,068,453  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (2,803        (53,571

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (84,842      $  (1,596,091

Year ended August 31, 2022:

                   

Shares sold

     44,715        $  1,016,875  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     317,116          7,734,467  

Shares purchased

         (371,982        (8,191,970

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (10,151        559,372  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     220,038          5,108,394  

Shares purchased upon conversion into other share class(es)

     (3,107        (73,955

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     206,780        $ 5,593,811  

Class R6

                   

Six months ended February 28, 2023:

                   

Shares sold

     3,862        $ 72,543  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     718          13,340  

Shares purchased

     (62,699        (1,204,547

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     (58,119        (1,118,664

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     5,402          103,571  

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (52,717      $      (1,015,093

Year ended August 31, 2022:

                   

Shares sold

     27,164        $ 604,027  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     8,101          197,591  

Shares purchased

     (15,233        (354,580

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

     20,032          447,038  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

     1,433          40,766  

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     21,465        $ 487,804  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

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

   9/30/2022 -9/28/2023   10/1/2021 –9/29/2022

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
  1.20% plus the higher of (1)
the effective federal funds
rate,  (2) the one-month
LIBOR rate 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 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 28, 2023.

 

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

 

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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. 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.

 

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund    45


Notes to Financial Statements  (unaudited) (continued)

 

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 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), 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).

 

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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.

COVID-19 and the related governmental and public responses have had, and future public health epidemics may have, an impact on the Fund’s investments and net asset value and have led and may lead to increased market volatility and the potential for illiquidity in certain classes of securities and sectors. Future public health epidemics may result in periods of business disruption, business closures, inability to obtain raw materials, supplies and component parts, and reduced or disrupted operations for the issuers in which the Fund invests. The occurrence, reoccurrence and pendency of public health epidemics could adversely affect the economies and financial markets either in specific countries or worldwide.

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.

 

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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 · Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President · Christian J. Kelly, Chief Financial Officer · Claudia DiGiacomo, Chief Legal Officer · Isabelle Sajous, Chief Compliance 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 · Lana Lomuti, Assistant Treasurer · Russ Shupak, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer · 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


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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 17, 2023

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 17, 2023

By:

  

/s/ Christian J. Kelly

  

Christian J. Kelly

  

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date:

  

April 17, 2023


Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘N-CSRS’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
12/31/23
8/31/23
Filed on / Effective on:4/26/23
4/17/23
4/14/23
For Period end:2/28/23NPORT-P
9/1/22
8/31/2224F-2NT,  N-CEN,  N-CSR,  NPORT-P
1/22/21
10/26/17485BPOS,  497J,  497K,  CORRESP,  NSAR-B
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