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Prudential Mutual Funds
Supplement dated February 26, 1996
The following information supplements the prospectuses of each of the Funds
listed on the reverse.
SHAREHOLDER GUIDE
HOW TO BUY SHARES OF THE FUND
Reduction and Waiver of Initial Sales Charges.
PruArray Plans. Class A shares may be purchased at NAV by certain retirement
and deferred compensation plans, qualified or non-qualified under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the Code), including pension, profit-sharing,
stock-bonus or other employee benefit plans under Section 401 of the Code and
deferred compensation and annuity plans under Sections 457 and 403(b)(7) of the
Code that participate in the Transfer Agent's PruArray Program (a benefit plan
record keeping service) (hereafter referred to as a PruArray Plan); provided (i)
that the plan has at least $1 million in existing assets or 1,000 eligible
employees or participants and (ii) that Prudential Mutual Funds constitute at
least one-half of the plan's investment options. The term ``existing assets''
for this purpose includes stock issued by a PruArray Plan sponsor and shares of
non-money market Prudential Mutual Funds and shares of certain unaffiliated
non-money market mutual funds that participate in the PruArray Program
(Participating Funds). ``Existing assets'' also include shares of money market
funds acquired by exchange from a Participating Fund. After a PruArray Plan
qualifies to purchase Class A shares at NAV, all subsequent purchases will be
made at NAV.
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Listed below are the names of the Prudential Mutual Funds and the dates of
the prospectuses to which this supplement relates.
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Name of Fund Prospectus Date
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Prudential Diversified Bond Fund, Inc. January 3, 1995
(as supplemented June 20, 1995)
Prudential Equity Fund, Inc. February 28, 1995
Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc. May 1, 1995
Prudential High Yield Fund, Inc. February 28, 1995
Prudential Intermediate Global Income Fund, Inc. March 2, 1995
Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc. June 30, 1995
Prudential Structured Maturity Fund, Inc. March 1, 1995
Prudential Utility Fund, Inc. March 1, 1995
Nicholas-Applegate Fund, Inc. March 6, 1995
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MF950C-7 (revised)
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