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FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF PRUDENTIAL TAX-MANAGED EQUITY FUND
This First Amendment to the Certificate of Trust (the "Certificate") of
Prudential Tax-Managed Equity Fund (the "Business Trust"), is being executed as
of December 21, 1999, for the purpose of amending the terms of the Certificate,
as originally filed in the Office of the Secretary of the State of Delaware on
September 18, 1998, to reflect the change in current paragraph FIRST giving the
name of the Business Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned do hereby certify as follows:
1. The Certificate is hereby amended by changing current paragraph FIRST
as follows:
"FIRST: The name of the Business Trust is Prudential Tax-Managed
Funds."
2. This First Amendment to the Certificate shall become effective December
30, 1999.
3. Except as amended pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Certificate
is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Trustees of the Business
Trust, have duly executed this Amendment to the Certificate as of the day and
year first above written.
/s/ Edward D. Beach
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Edward D. Beach
/s/ Delayne Dedrick Gold
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Delayne Dedrick Gold
/s/ Robert F. Gunia
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Robert F. Gunia
/s/ Douglas H. McCorkindale
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Douglas H. McCorkindale
/s/ Thomas T. Mooney
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Thomas T. Mooney
/s/ Stephen P. Munn
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Stephen P. Munn
/s/ David R. Odenath, Jr.
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David R. Odenath, Jr.
/s/ Richard A. Redeker
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Richard A. Redeker
/s/ Robin B. Smith
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Robin B. Smith
/s/ John R. Strangfeld, Jr.
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John R. Strangfeld, Jr.
/s/ Louis A. Weil, III
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Louis A. Weil, III
/s/ Clay T. Whitehead
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Clay T. Whitehead