As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 7/15/21  Advanced Series Trust             APP WD                 1:16K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
          Prudential Series Fund
          AST Investment Services, inc
          Pgim Investments LLC
          Prudentials Gibraltar Fund

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: APP WD      Withdrawal of an Application for an Exemption       HTML     10K 
                Order or Other Relief                                            

 

	ROPES & GRAY LLP PRUDENTIAL TOWER 800 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02199-3600 WWW.ROPESGRAY.COM
		Nathan Somogie
July 15, 2021		T +1 617 951 7326
		nathan.somogie@ropesgray.com

 

VIA EDGAR

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re:                             Advanced Series Trust, et al. — Withdrawal of Application for an Order Pursuant to Section 6(c) (File No. 812-15132)

 

Ladies and Gentleman:

 

I am writing on behalf of Advanced Series Trust, Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc. and The Prudential Series Fund (collectively, the “Prudential Investment Companies”); and AST Investment Services, Inc. and PGIM Investments LLC (collectively, the “Adviser” and together with the Prudential Investment Companies, the “Applicants”) to respectfully request the withdrawal of the Applicants’ application for an order pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), granting an exemption from the definition of “interested person” under Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. The fourth amended and restated application was filed on June 8, 2021.

 

Please direct any questions or comments on the enclosed to my attention at (617) 951-7326.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

/s/ Nathan D. Somogie

Nathan D. Somogie, Esq.

 

 

cc: Paulita A. Pike, Esq.

Gregory D. Sheehan, Esq.