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Strategic Partners Series
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Strategic Partners Focused Growth Fund
SUPPLEMENT TO STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATED MARCH 27, 2000
Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares
The first paragraph under the heading 'Reduction and Waiver of Initial Sales
Charge--Class A Shares--Combined Purchase and Cumulative Purchase Privilege' on
p. B-26 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
If an investor or eligible group of related investors purchases Class A
shares of the Fund concurrently with Class A shares of other portfolios of
Strategic Partners Series, the purchases may be combined to take advantage of
the reduced sales charges applicable to larger purchases. See 'How to Buy,
Sell and Exchange Shares of the Fund--Reducing or Waiving Class A's Initial
Sales Charge' in the Prospectus of the Fund.
The first two paragraphs under the heading 'Reduction and Waiver of Initial
Sales Charge--Class A Shares--Letters of Intent' on p. B-26 are amended to read
in their entirety as follows:
Reduced sales charges also are available to investors (or an eligible
group of related investors) who enter into a written Letter of Intent
providing for the purchase, within a thirteen-month period, of shares of the
Fund and shares of other portfolios of Strategic Partners Series (Investment
Letter of Intent). Retirement and group plans do not qualify to purchase
Class A shares at NAV by entering into an Investment Letter of Intent.
For purposes of the Investment Letter of Intent, all shares of the Fund
and shares of other portfolios of Strategic Partners Series (excluding money
market funds other than those acquired pursuant to the exchange privilege)
which were previously purchased and are still owned and other money market
fund shares received for such shares in an exchange transaction are also
included in determining the applicable reduction. However, the value of
shares held directly with the Transfer Agent and through your broker will
not be aggregated to determine the reduced sales charge.
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The following is added after the section entitled 'Waiver of Initial Sales
Charge--Class C Shares' on p. B-27:
Rights of Accumulation
Reduced sales charges are also available through Rights of
Accumulation, under which an investor or an eligible group of related
investors, as described above under "Combined Purchase and Cumulative
Purchase Privilege," may aggregate the value of their existing holdings of
shares of Strategic Partners Series (excluding money market funds other than
those acquired pursuant to the exchange privilege) and shares of other money
market funds acquired pursuant to the exchange privilege to determine the
reduced sales charge. Rights of accumulation may be applied across the
classes of shares of Strategic Partners Series. However, the value of shares
held directly with the Transfer Agent and through your broker will not be
aggregated to determine the reduced sales charge. The value of existing
holdings for purposes of determining the reduced sales charge is calculated
using the maximum offering price (NAV plus maximum sales charge) as of the
previous business day. The Distributor or the Transfer Agent must be notified
at the time of purchase that the investor is entitled to a reduced sales
charge. The reduced sales charges will be granted subject to confirmation of
the investor's holdings. Rights of Accumulation are not available to
individual participants in any retirement or group plans.
The date of this Supplement is April 18, 2000.
