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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1999
SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATION NOS. 333-60561
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT REGISTRATION NO. 811-08915
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 [X]
AND/OR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
AMENDMENT NO. 2 [X]
(CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX OR BOXES)
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PRUDENTIAL DIVERSIFIED FUNDS
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
GATEWAY CENTER THREE
100 MULBERRY STREET
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102-4077
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (973) 367-1495
DAVID F. CONNOR, ESQ.
100 MULBERRY STREET
GATEWAY CENTER THREE
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102-4077
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPIES TO:
ARTHUR J. BROWN, ESQ.
KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART LLP
1800 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective
(check appropriate box):
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to
paragraph (b)
[ ] on October 4, 1999 pursuant to paragraph
(b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph
(a)(1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph
(a)(2)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of
Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] this post-effective amendment designates a
new effective date for a previously filed
post-effective amendment.
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Title of Securities Being Registered.......... Shares of Beneficial Interest, $.001 par value
per share
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark and
State of New Jersey, on the 28th day of September, 1999.
PRUDENTIAL DIVERSIFIED FUNDS
/s/ JOHN R. STRANGFELD
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John R. Strangfeld, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ EUGENE C. DORSEY Trustee September 28, 1999
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Eugene C. Dorsey
/s/ DOUGLAS H. MCCORKINDALE Trustee September 28, 1999
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Douglas H. McCorkindale
/s/ THOMAS T. MOONEY Trustee September 28, 1999
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Thomas T. Mooney
/s/ JOHN R. STRANGFELD President and Trustee September 28, 1999
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John R. Strangfeld
/s/ GRACE C. TORRES Treasurer and Principal September 28, 1999
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Grace C. Torres Officer
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