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The Prudential Series Fund, Inc.
High Yield Bond Portfolio
Supplement Dated June 28, 1999 to
Statement of Additional Information Dated May 1, 1999
At the second quarter board meeting for The Prudential Series Fund, Inc.
(the 'Fund'), the Directors voted to authorize the Fund's High Yield Bond
Portfolio to invest up to 10% of its total assets in foreign currency
denominated debt securities of foreign or domestic issuers. For a discussion of
the risks associated with such investments, see 'Investment Objectives and
Policies of the Portfolios--IV. Foreign Securities' in the Fund's Statement of
Additional Information and 'Investment Risks' in the Fund's Prospectus dated
May 1, 1999.
