April 25, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice for Prudential Strategist Fund, Inc.
(formerly Prudential Growth Fund, Inc.
(File No. 2-82764) _
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Notice is filed on behalf of Prudential Strategist Fund,
Inc. pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
1. Fiscal year for which notice is filed: 2/28/95.
2. Number of shares registered under the Securities Act of 1933
other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2 but which remained
unsold as of the beginning of the fiscal year, 3/1/94: None.
3. The number of shares registered during the fiscal year ended
2/28/95 other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2: None.
4. The number of shares sold* during the fiscal year ended
2/28/95: 10,413,289.
5. The number of shares sold during the fiscal year ended
2/28/95 in reliance upon
Rule 24f-2: 10,413,289.
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24f-2, there is enclosed the
required opinion of counsel.
Very truly yours,
/s/ S. Jane Rose
SJR S. Jane Rose
Encls. Secretary
Calculation of Fee No. of Shares Dollar Amount
*Shares sold 10,413,289 $140,179,692
Shares redeemed 13,325,381 $178,094,210
Net sales for calculation
of fee ( 2,916,802) $(37,914,518)
_
Fee at 1/29 of 1% $ -0-
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL
NEW YORK TELEPHONE: (212) 558-4000
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New York 10004-2498
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250 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK 10177-0021
(212) 558-3792 (250 Park Avenue)
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-5805
444 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, LOS ANGELES 90071-2901
8, PLACE VENDOME, 75001 PARIS
ST. OLAVE'S HOUSE, 9a IRONMONGER LANE, LONDON EC2V 8EY
101 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE 3000
2-1, MARUNOUCHI I-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100
GLOUCESTER TOWER, 11 PEDDER STREET, HONG KONG
April 26, 1995
Prudential Strategist Fund, Inc.,
One Seaport Plaza,
New York, New York 10292.
Dear Sirs:
You have requested our opinion in connection with the notice
which you propose to file pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 with respect to 10,413,289 shares of your Common
Stock, $.01 par value (the "Shares").
As your counsel, we are familiar with your organization and
corporate status and the validity of your Common Stock.
We advise you that, in our opinion, the Shares are legally
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the
United States and the General Corporation Laws of the State of
Maryland, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect by the
laws of any other jurisdiction.
We have relied as to certain matters on information obtained
from public officers, your employees and other sources believed by us
to be responsible.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in connection with the notice referred to
above. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section
7 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell
