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SIGNATURE SUSAN C. COTE'
TITLE TREASURER
For the six months ended (a) June 30, 1994
File number (c) 811-3326
SUB-ITEM 77-0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
I. Prudential Equity Fund
1. Name of Issuer
Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine ADR
2. Date of Purchase
2/14/94
3. Number of Securities Purchased
79,901
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$2,744,605
5. Price Per Unit
$34.35
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Merrill Lynch
7. Other members of the Underwriting Syndicate
See Exhibit A
Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine ADR
EXHIBIT A
UNDERWRITER
Banque Paribas
Credit Lyonnais
Merrill Lynch International Limited
Banque Nationale de Paris
Banque Indosuez
UBS S.A. Maison de Titres
Credit Commercial de France
Daiwa Europe Limited
Deutsche Bank France SNC
Goldman Sachs International Limited
Morgan Stanley S.A.
Societe Generale
Banque S.G Warburg
Caisse Des Depots et Consignations
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole
Rothschild et Cie Banque and NM Rothschild & Sons Limited
Lazard Freres & CIE
Barclays de Zoete Wedd Limited
J.P Morgan & Cie S.A
Banque Nomura France
Compagnie Financiere de CIC et de l'Union Europeenne
J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Limited
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Banque Worms
CS First Boston France S.A
Dresdner Bank Aktiengesellschaft
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Societe de Banque Suisse (France) S.A.
Bear, Stearns International Limited
Caisse Centrale des Banque Populaires
Enskilda Corporate
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
HSBC Investment Banking Group Limited
Kleinwort Benson Limited
Lehman Brothers International (Europe)
Nikko Europe Plc
Paine Webber International (U.K) Ltd.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Salomon Brothers Inc.
Smith Barney Shearson Inc.
Yamaichi International (Europe) Limited
Banco Central Hispanoamericano. S.A.
Banque du Louvre
Banque Pallas Stern
CPR- Compagnie Parisienne de Reescompte
La Compagnie Financiere Edmond de Rothschild Banque
Union de Garantie et de Placement
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For the six months ended (a) June 30, 1994
File number (c) 811-3326
SUB-ITEM 77-0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
I. Prudential Equity Fund
1. Name of Issuer
JDN Realty
2. Date of Purchase
3/22/94
3. Number of Securities Purchased
10,000
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$220,000
5. Price Per Unit
$22.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Alex Brown
7. Other Members of the Underwriting Syndicate
See Exhibit A
JDN Realty
EXHIBIT A
UNDERWRITER
Alex, Brown & Sons Incorporated
A.G Edwards & Sons, Inc.
J.C Bradford & Co.
Equitable Securities Corporation
Interstate/Johnson Lane Corporation
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Smith Barney Shearson, Inc.
Advest, Inc.
The Chicago Corporation
Crowell, Weedon & Co.
First of Michigan Corporation
Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc.
Kemper Securities, Inc.
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated
McDonald & Company Securities, Inc.
Morgan, Keegan & Company, Inc.
The Ohio Company
Piper Jaffray, Inc.
The Principal/Eppler, Guerin & Turner, Inc.
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.
Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
Stephens Inc.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
Wheat, first Securities, Inc.
Branch, Cabell and Company
Brean Murray, Foster Securities, Inc.
Davenport & Co. of Virginia, Inc.
Dominick & Dominick, Incorporated
Allen C. Ewing & Co.
Foley Mufson Howe & Company
J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L Lyons, Inc.
Edgar M. Norris & Co., Inc.
Pennsylvania Merchant Group Ltd.
Spencer Trask Securities Incorporated
Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.
