PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
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                            PRUDENTIAL MUTUAL FUNDS
                               ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
                               NEW YORK, NY 10292

APRIL 18, 1994
RE: IMPORTANT PROXY MATERIAL -- IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
Dear Shareholder:

    We are pleased to enclose a notice and proxy statement for a special meeting
of  shareholders of the Prudential Mutual Funds to be held on June 23, 1994. You
are being  asked  to approve,  among  other things,  a  proposal to  permit  the
automatic  conversion of  Class B  shares to  Class A  shares after  a specified
number of  years. Thereafter,  converted shares  will be  subject to  the  lower
annual distribution-related fees applicable to Class A shares.

    The   proxy  statement  also  includes   proposals  to  revise  the  current
distribution and  service  plans  for Class  A  and  Class B  shares  and  other
proposals recommended by the Fund's Manager and Subadviser.

    Please  read the enclosed materials carefully. The proxy statement discusses
each proposal in  detail and  the reasons  why the  Board of  Directors/Trustees
recommend that you vote in favor of those proposals.

    The   Fund  is   using  Shareholder  Communications   Corporation  (SCC),  a
professional proxy  solicitation  firm, to  assist  shareholders in  the  voting
process.  If we have not yet received your proxy card as the date of the meeting
approaches, you may receive a telephone call from SCC reminding you to  exercise
your right to vote.

    Your  vote  is  critical  in  allowing your  Fund  to  hold  the  meeting as
scheduled. Please take a  moment now to  sign and return the  proxy card in  the
enclosed  postage-paid envelope. If less than  a majority of the eligible shares
are represented, the Fund,  at shareholders' expense, will  have to continue  to
solicit  votes until a quorum is obtained.  Your prompt attention in this matter
benefits all shareholders. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Lawrence C. McQuade
PRESIDENT

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<S>   <C>                                                 <C>
      SPECIAL NOTE:  If you hold shares in more than one
      Prudential fund, you will receive a separate proxy
      package for each Fund you hold. Please be sure  to
      sign  and return each proxy card regardless of how
      many you receive.
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                         PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
    
                               ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
                              NEW YORK, N.Y. 10292
                            ------------------------
                   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                            ------------------------

To our Shareholders:

   
    Notice  is hereby given that  a Special Meeting of  Shareholders of the High
Yield Series, the Insured Series and the Modified Term Series (each a Series) of
Prudential Municipal Bond Fund (the Fund) will be held at 3:00 P.M. on June  23,
1994, at 199 Water Street, New York, N.Y. 10292, for the following purposes:
    

        1.  To elect Trustees.

        2.  To approve an amendment of the Fund's Declaration of Trust to permit
    a conversion feature for Class B shares.

        3.   To approve an amended and restated Class A Distribution and Service
    Plan.

        4.  To approve an amended and restated Class B Distribution and  Service
    Plan.

   
        5.    To  approve  amendments  of  the  Series'  investment restrictions
    regarding restricted and illiquid securities.
    

        6.  To approve  the elimination of  each Series' investment  restriction
    limiting  the Series' ability to  invest in the securities  of any issuer in
    which officers and  Trustees of the  Fund or officers  and directors of  its
    investment adviser own more than a specified interest.

        7.   To  transact such  other business as  may properly  come before the
    Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

   
    Only shares of beneficial interest of each Series of record at the close  of
business on March 31, 1994 are entitled to notice of and to vote at this Meeting
or any adjournment thereof.
    
                                                  S. JANE ROSE
                                                    SECRETARY

   
Dated: April 18, 1994
    

WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE SIGN AND PROMPTLY RETURN
THE  ENCLOSED PROXY IN  THE ENCLOSED SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.  IN ORDER TO AVOID
THE ADDITIONAL  EXPENSE  TO  THE  FUND OF  FURTHER  SOLICITATION,  WE  ASK  YOUR
COOPERATION IN MAILING IN YOUR PROXY PROMPTLY.
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                         PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
    
                               ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
                              NEW YORK, N.Y. 10292

                            ------------------------

                                PROXY STATEMENT
                            ------------------------

   
    This  statement is furnished  to the shareholders of  the High Yield Series,
the Insured Series and  the Modified Term Series  (each a Series) of  Prudential
Municipal  Bond  Fund  (the  Fund)  by the  Trustees  in  connection  with their
solicitation of proxies for use at a Special Meeting of Shareholders to be  held
at 3:00 P.M. on June 23, 1994 at 199 Water Street, New York, New York 10292, the
Fund's principal executive office. The purpose of the Meeting and the matters to
be acted upon are set forth in the accompanying Notice of Special Meeting.
    

    If  the accompanying form of Proxy is executed properly and returned, shares
represented by  it  will  be  voted  at  the  Meeting  in  accordance  with  the
instructions  on the  Proxy. However, if  no instructions  are specified, shares
will be voted for the election of Trustees and for each of the other  proposals.
A  Proxy may be  revoked at any  time prior to  the time it  is voted by written
notice to  the  Secretary of  the  Fund or  by  attendance at  the  Meeting.  If
sufficient  votes to approve one or more of the proposed items are not received,
the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting
to permit further solicitation of proxies. Any such adjournment will require the
affirmative vote  of  a majority  of  those shares  present  at the  Meeting  or
represented  by proxy. When voting on  a proposed adjournment, the persons named
as proxies  will vote  for the  proposed adjournment  all shares  that they  are
entitled  to vote with respect  to each item, unless  directed to disapprove the
item, in which case such shares will be voted against the proposed adjournment.

    If  a  Proxy  that  is   properly  executed  and  returned  accompanied   by
instructions  to withhold authority to vote represents a broker "non-vote" (that
is, a  Proxy from  a  broker or  nominee indicating  that  such person  has  not
received instructions from the beneficial owner or other person entitled to vote
shares  on a particular matter with respect  to which the broker or nominee does
not have discretionary power), the shares represented thereby will be considered
not to be present at the Meeting for purposes of determining the existence of  a
quorum  for the transaction of  business and be deemed  not cast with respect to
such proposal. If no instructions are received by the broker or nominee from the
shareholder with reference  to routine matters,  the shares represented  thereby

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may  be considered for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum for the
transaction of business and will be  deemed cast with respect to such  proposal.
Also,  a properly executed and returned Proxy  marked with an abstention will be
considered present at the Meeting for purposes of determining the existence of a
quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business.  However,  abstentions  and  broker
"non-votes" do not constitute a vote "for" or "against" the matter, but have the
effect  of a  negative vote  on matters  which require  approval by  a requisite
percentage of the outstanding shares.
    

   
    The close of business on  March 31, 1994 has been  fixed as the record  date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the
Meeting.  On that date,  the Fund had 108,641,174  shares of beneficial interest
outstanding and  entitled  to vote  in  the  High Yield  Series,  consisting  of
5,215,131  Class A shares  and 103,426,043 Class B  shares, 73,385,437 shares of
beneficial interest  outstanding and  entitled to  vote in  the Insured  Series,
consisting  of  2,938,998  Class A  shares  and  70,446,439 Class  B  shares and
6,560,470 shares of beneficial interest outstanding and entitled to vote in  the
Modified Term Series, consisting of 554,860 Class A shares and 6,005,609 Class B
shares.  Each share will be entitled to one  vote at the Meeting. It is expected
that the Notice of Special Meeting, Proxy Statement and form of Proxy will first
be mailed to shareholders on or about April 22, 1994.
    

   
    As of the record date for the Meeting, the only beneficial owners,  directly
or  indirectly, of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of beneficial interest
of either  class  of  any  Series  of  the  Fund  were  Doris  E.  Lemmon,  6403
Forestshire,  Dallas, TX 75230-2820 and Gary  & Patricia Oliver, Co-Conserv, FBO
Laura Lee  Oliver A  MNR Conservatorship,  12020  SE Bull  Run Road,  Sandy,  OR
97055-9516,  which held 45,735  and 66,225 Class A  shares, respectively, of the
Modified Term Series, representing 8.24% and 11.9%, respectively, of the Class A
Modified Term Series shares outstanding  as of the record  date, and LA Adams  &
Mae B. Adams TTE, FBO LA Adams & Mae B. Adams, 1990 Trust DTD 11/28/90, P.O. Box
1090,  Carson City,  NV 89702-1090,  which held  182,414 Class  A shares  of the
Insured  Series,  representing  6.2%  of  the  Class  A  Insured  Series  shares
outstanding as of the record date.
    

    The  expense of  solicitation will  be borne  by the  Fund and  will include
reimbursement of brokerage  firms and  others for expenses  in forwarding  proxy
solicitation  material to beneficial owners. The solicitation of proxies will be
largely by mail. The Trustees of  the Fund have authorized management to  retain
Shareholder  Communications Corporation, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in
the solicitation of  proxies for  this Meeting. This  cost, including  specified
expenses,  is not expected to  exceed $67,000 and will be  borne by the Fund. In

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addition, solicitation  may  include,  without cost  to  the  Fund,  telephonic,
telegraphic  or oral communication by regular employees of Prudential Securities
Incorporated (Prudential Securities) and its affiliates.

                              ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
                                (PROPOSAL NO. 1)

    At the Meeting, seven Trustees will be elected to hold office for a term  of
unlimited  duration until  their successors are  elected and qualify.  It is the
intention of the persons named in the accompanying form of Proxy to vote for the
election of Edward D. Beach, Donald D. Lennox, Douglas H. McCorkindale, Lawrence
C. McQuade, Thomas T. Mooney, Richard A. Redeker and Louis A. Weil, III, all  of
whom  are currently Trustees. Each of the  nominees has consented to be named in
the Proxy Statement and to serve as  a Trustee if elected. All of the  Trustees,
except  for Mr. Redeker,  have previously been  elected by shareholders. Messrs.
Beach, Mooney and Weil have served  as Trustees since November 6, 1986,  Messrs.
Lennox  and McCorkindale since March 12, 1987 and Mr. McQuade since February 18,
1988. Mr. Redeker has served as a Trustee since November 9, 1993.

    The Trustees have no reason to believe that any of the nominees named  above
will  become unavailable  for election  as a Trustee,  but if  that should occur
before the Meeting, proxies will be voted  for such persons as the Trustees  may
recommend.

    As  a Massachusetts business trust, the Fund  is not required to hold annual
meetings of shareholders. Accordingly,  the Fund does not  intend to submit  the
election  of Trustees to  the shareholders on an  annual basis. See "Shareholder
Proposals."

                         INFORMATION REGARDING TRUSTEES

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<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SHARES OF
                                                                                            BENEFICIAL
                                                                                             INTEREST
      NAME, AGE, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND        POSITION WITH     OWNED AT
                              DIRECTORSHIPS                                    FUND       MARCH 31, 1994
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<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>
Edward D.  Beach  (69), President  and  Director  of BMC  Fund,  Inc.,  a     Trustee           -0-
  closed-end investment company; prior thereto, Vice Chairman of Broyhill
  Furniture Industries, Inc.;
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SHARES OF
                                                                                            BENEFICIAL
                                                                                             INTEREST
      NAME, AGE, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND        POSITION WITH     OWNED AT
                              DIRECTORSHIPS                                    FUND       MARCH 31, 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------
<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>
  Certified  Public Accountant; Secretary and Treasurer of Broyhill Fami-
  ly Foundation, Inc.; President, Treasurer and Director of First  Finan-
  cial  Fund, Inc. and The High Yield  Plus Fund, Inc.; President and Di-
  rector of Global Utility Fund, Inc.; Director of The Global  Government
  Plus  Fund, Inc.,  The Global  Yield Fund,  Inc., Prudential Adjustable
  Rate Securities Fund,  Inc., Prudential Equity  Fund, Inc.,  Prudential
  Global   Genesis  Fund,  Prudential   Global  Natural  Resources  Fund,
  Prudential GNMA  Fund,  Prudential  Government  Plus  Fund,  Prudential
  Multi-Sector  Fund,  Inc.  and Prudential  Special  Money  Market Fund;
  Trustee of The  BlackRock Government Income  Trust, Command  Government
  Fund,  Command Money Fund, Command Tax-Free Fund, Prudential California
  Municipal Fund, Prudential  Equity Income  Fund, Prudential  FlexiFund,
  Prudential Municipal Bond Fund and Prudential Municipal Series Fund.
 Donald  D.  Lennox (75),  Chairman  (since February  1990)  and Director     Trustee          1,605
  (since April 1989)  of International Imaging  Materials, Inc.;  Retired
  Chairman,  Chief Executive Officer and Director of Schlegel Corporation
  (industrial manufac-
  turing) (March 1987-February
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SHARES OF
                                                                                            BENEFICIAL
                                                                                             INTEREST
      NAME, AGE, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND        POSITION WITH     OWNED AT
                              DIRECTORSHIPS                                    FUND       MARCH 31, 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------
<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>
  1989); Director  of Gleason  Corporation, Navistar  International  Cor-
  poration,  Personal Sound Technologies, Inc., Prudential Global Genesis
  Fund,  Prudential  Global  Natural   Resources  Fund,  Prudential   In-
  stitutional  Liquidity Portfolio,  Inc., Prudential  Multi-Sector Fund,
  Inc., The Global Government Plus Fund,  Inc. and The High Yield  Income
  Fund,  Inc.;  Trustee  of  Prudential  Equity  Income  Fund, Prudential
  FlexiFund, Prudential  Municipal Bond  Fund  and The  Target  Portfolio
  Trust.
 Douglas   H.  McCorkindale   (54),  Vice  Chairman,   Gannett  Co.  Inc.     Trustee           -0-
  (publishing and  media) (since  March  1984); Director  of  Continental
  Airlines,  Inc.,  Gannett Co.,  Inc., Rochester  Telephone Corporation,
  Prudential Global  Genesis Fund,  Prudential Global  Natural  Resources
  Fund, Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc. and The Global Government Plus
  Fund,  Inc.;  Trustee  of  Prudential  Equity  Income  Fund, Prudential
  FlexiFund and Prudential Municipal Bond Fund.
*Lawrence C.  McQuade  (66),  Vice Chairman  of  Prudential  Mutual  Fund  President and        -0-
  Management,  Inc.  (PMF)  (since 1988);  Managing  Director, Investment     Trustee
  Banking, Prudential Securities (1988-1991); Director of
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SHARES OF
                                                                                            BENEFICIAL
                                                                                             INTEREST
      NAME, AGE, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND        POSITION WITH     OWNED AT
                              DIRECTORSHIPS                                    FUND       MARCH 31, 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------
<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>
Quixote Corporation  (since February  1992) and  BUNZL, PLC  (since  June
  1991);  formerly Director  of Crazy  Eddie Inc.  (1987-1990) and Kaiser
  Tech, Ltd. and Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. (March  1987-November
  1988);  formerly Executive Vice President and  Director of W.R. Grace &
  Company;  President  and   Director  of   Prudential  Adjustable   Rate
  Securities  Fund, Inc., Prudential Equity Fund, Inc., Prudential Global
  Fund, Inc., Prudential Global  Genesis Fund, Prudential Global  Natural
  Resources  Fund, Prudential GNMA Fund, Prudential Government Plus Fund,
  Prudential Growth  Fund,  Inc.,  Prudential  Growth  Opportunity  Fund,
  Prudential  High Yield  Fund, Prudential  IncomeVertible-R- Fund, Inc.,
  Prudential  Institutional   Liquidity   Portfolio,   Inc.,   Prudential
  Intermediate  Global  Income Fund,  Inc., Prudential  MoneyMart Assets,
  Prudential Multi-Sector  Fund,  Inc.,  Prudential  National  Municipals
  Fund,  Prudential  Pacific  Growth  Fund,  Inc.,  Prudential Short-Term
  Global  Income  Fund,  Inc.,  Prudential  Special  Money  Market  Fund,
  Prudential  Structured Maturity  Fund, Prudential  Tax-Free Money Fund,
  Prudential Utility Fund,  The Global  Government Plus  Fund, Inc.,  The
  Global Yield
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SHARES OF
                                                                                            BENEFICIAL
                                                                                             INTEREST
      NAME, AGE, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND        POSITION WITH     OWNED AT
                              DIRECTORSHIPS                                    FUND       MARCH 31, 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------
<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>
  Fund,  Inc. and The High Yield Income Fund, Inc.; President and Trustee
  of The  BlackRock Government  Income  Trust, Command  Government  Fund,
  Command Money Fund, Command Tax-Free Fund, Prudential California Munic-
  ipal   Fund,  Prudential  Equity  Income  Fund,  Prudential  FlexiFund,
  Prudential Government Securities Trust, Prudential Municipal Bond Fund,
  Prudential Municipal Series Fund,  Prudential U.S. Government Fund  and
  The Target Portfolio Trust.
 Thomas  T. Mooney (52), President of the Greater Rochester Metro Chamber     Trustee           -0-
  of Commerce; former Rochester City Manager; Trustee
  of Center for Governmental  Research, Inc.; Director  of Blue Cross  of
  Rochester,   Monroe  County  Water  Authority,  Rochester  Jobs,  Inc.,
  Executive  Service  Corps  of   Rochester,  Monroe  County   Industrial
  Development  Corporation, Northeast  Midwest Institute,  Global Utility
  Fund,  Inc.,  Prudential   Adjustable  Rate   Securities  Fund,   Inc.,
  Prudential  Equity  Fund, Inc.,  Prudential  Global Genesis  Fund, Pru-
  dential Global Natural Resources Fund, Prudential GNMA Fund, Prudential
  Government  Plus  Fund,  Prudential  Multi-Sector  Fund,  Inc.,   First
  Financial Fund, Inc., The Global Government Plus
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SHARES OF
                                                                                            BENEFICIAL
                                                                                             INTEREST
      NAME, AGE, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND        POSITION WITH     OWNED AT
                              DIRECTORSHIPS                                    FUND       MARCH 31, 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------
<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>
  Fund,  Inc., The Global Yield Fund, Inc.  and The High Yield Plus Fund,
  Inc.; Trustee  of  Prudential  California  Municipal  Fund,  Prudential
  Equity  Income  Fund, Prudential  FlexiFund, Prudential  Municipal Bond
  Fund and Prudential Municipal Series Fund.
*Richard A. Redeker (50), President,  Chief Executive Officer and  Direc-     Trustee           -0-
  tor  (since October 1993), PMF;  Executive Vice President, Director and
  Member of  the Operating  Committee  (since October  1993),  Prudential
  Securities;  Director  (since  October 1993)  of  Prudential Securities
  Group,  Inc.  (PSG);  formerly  Senior  Executive  Vice  President  and
  Director  of Kemper Financial  Services, Inc. (September 1978-September
  1993); Director  of Global  Utility Fund,  Inc., Prudential  Adjustable
  Rate  Securities Fund,  Inc., Prudential Equity  Fund, Inc., Prudential
  Global Fund, Inc.,  Prudential Global Genesis  Fund, Prudential  Global
  Natural  Resources  Fund, Prudential  GNMA Fund,  Prudential Government
  Plus Fund,  Prudential GrowthFund,  Inc., Prudential  IncomeVertible-R-
  Fund,   Inc.,  Prudential  Institutional   Liquidity  Portfolio,  Inc.,
  Prudential Intermediate Global Income Fund, Inc., Prudential  MoneyMart
  Assets, Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc.,
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SHARES OF
                                                                                            BENEFICIAL
                                                                                             INTEREST
      NAME, AGE, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND        POSITION WITH     OWNED AT
                              DIRECTORSHIPS                                    FUND       MARCH 31, 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------
<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>
  Prudential  Pacific  Growth  Fund, Inc.,  Prudential  Short-Term Global
  Income Fund,  Inc., Prudential  Special Money  Market Fund,  Prudential
  Structured  Maturity Fund,  Prudential Utility  Fund, The  Global Yield
  Fund, Inc., The Global Government Plus  Fund, Inc., and The High  Yield
  Income  Fund, Inc.; Trustee  of The BlackRock  Government Income Trust,
  Command Government  Fund, Command  Money Fund,  Command Tax-Free  Fund,
  Prudential  California Municipal  Fund, Prudential  Equity Income Fund,
  Prudential  FlexiFund,  Prudential  Municipal  Bond  Fund,   Prudential
  Municipal  Series Fund, Prudential U.S. Government Fund, and The Target
  Portfolio Trust.
 Louis A. Weil, III (52), Publisher and Chief Executive Officer,  Phoenix     Trustee          1,205
  Newspapers,  Inc. (since August 1991);  Director of Central Newspapers,
  Inc. (since September 1991); prior thereto, Publisher of Time  Magazine
  (May  1989-March 1991);  formerly President,  Publisher and  CEO of The
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SHARES OF
                                                                                            BENEFICIAL
                                                                                             INTEREST
      NAME, AGE, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND        POSITION WITH     OWNED AT
                              DIRECTORSHIPS                                    FUND       MARCH 31, 1994
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------
<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>
  Detroit News  (February  1986-August  1989);  formerly  member  of  the
  Advisory  Board,  Chase  Manhattan Bank-Westchester;  Director  of Pru-
  dential Global Genesis Fund, Prudential Global Natural Resources  Fund,
  Prudential   Growth  Opportunity  Fund,  Prudential  High  Yield  Fund,
  Prudential Multi-Sector  Fund,  Inc.,  Prudential  National  Municipals
  Fund,  Prudential Tax-Free  Money Fund  and The  Global Government Plus
  Fund, Inc.;  Trustee  of  Prudential  Equity  Income  Fund,  Prudential
  FlexiFund,   Prudential  Government  Securities  Trust  and  Prudential
  Municipal Bond Fund.
<FN>
- ------------------------
* Indicates "interested" Trustee, as defined in the Investment Company Act, by reason of his  affiliation
  with PMF or Prudential Securities.
</TABLE>

   
    The  Trustees and officers of  the Fund as a  group owned beneficially 2,007
shares of the High Yield Series, 398 shares of the Insured Series and 405 shares
of the Modified Term  Series of the  Fund at March  31, 1994, representing  less
than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Series.
    

    The  Fund pays  annual compensation  of $9,000,  plus travel  and incidental
expenses, to each  of the five  Trustees not affiliated  with PMF or  Prudential
Securities.  The Trustees have the option  to receive the Trustee's fee pursuant
to a deferred fee agreement with the Fund. Under the terms of the agreement, the
Fund accrues daily the amount of such Trustee's fee which accrues interest at  a
rate  equivalent to the prevailing rate applicable to 90-day U.S. Treasury Bills
at the beginning of each calendar quarter or, pursuant to an exemptive order  of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at the rate of return of the Fund.
Payment  of the interest so accrued is also deferred and accruals become payable
at the option of the Trustee. The Fund's obligation to make payments of deferred
Trustees' fees,  together with  interest  thereon, is  a general  obligation  of

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the  Fund. During the fiscal year ended  April 30, 1993 and the six-month period
ended October 31, 1993,  the Fund paid Trustees'  fees of approximately  $54,000
and  $25,300, respectively, and travel  and incidental expenses of approximately
$5,600 and $1,800, respectively.
    

    There were four  regular meetings  and two  special meetings  of the  Fund's
Trustees  held  during the  fiscal year  ended  April 30,  1993 and  two regular
meetings and no special meetings held during the period from May 1, 1993 through
October 31, 1993. The Trustees presently have an Audit Committee, the members of
which are  Messrs. Beach,  Lennox,  McCorkindale, Mooney  and Weil,  the  Fund's
non-interested  Trustees. The Audit Committee met  three times during the fiscal
year ended April 30, 1993  and once during the period  from May 1, 1993  through
October 31, 1993. The Audit Committee makes recommendations to the Trustees with
respect  to  the  engagement of  independent  accountants and  reviews  with the
independent accountants the plan and results of the audit engagement and matters
having a material effect upon the Fund's financial operations. The Trustees also
have a Nominating  Committee, comprised of  the Fund's non-interested  Trustees,
which  selects and proposes candidates for  election as Trustees. The Nominating
Committee met once during the fiscal year  ended April 30, 1993 and once  during
the  period from May 1, 1993 through  October 31, 1993. The Nominating Committee
does  not  consider  nominees  recommended  by  shareholders  to  fill   Trustee
vacancies.

    During  the fiscal year ended April 30, 1993, no Trustee attended fewer than
75% of the aggregate  of the total  number of meetings of  the Trustees and  any
committees  thereof of which such Trustee was a member. During the period May 1,
1993 to October 31, 1993, Donald D. Lennox and Douglas H. McCorkindale  attended
fewer  than 75% of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of the Trustees
and any committees thereof of which such Trustees were members.

   
    The executive officers of the Fund, other than as shown above, are: S.  Jane
Rose,  Secretary, having  held office since  November 6, 1986;  Robert F. Gunia,
Vice President,  and  Susan  C.  Cote, Treasurer  and  Principal  Financial  and
Accounting  Officer,  both  having  held  office  since  October  7,  1987;  and
Marguerite E.H. Morrison, Assistant Secretary, having held office since May  15,
1991.  Mr. Gunia is 47  years old and is  currently Chief Administrative Officer
(since July  1990), Director  (since January  1989), Executive  Vice  President,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since June 1987) of PMF and a Senior Vice
President (since March 1987) of Prudential Securities. He is also Vice President
and  Director (since  May 1989) of  The Asia Pacific  Fund, Inc. Ms.  Cote is 39
years old and  is a  Senior Vice  President (since January  1989) of  PMF and  a
    

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Senior  Vice  President of  Prudential  Securities (since  January  1992). Prior
thereto, she was  a Vice  President (January 1986-December  1991) of  Prudential
Securities.  Ms. Rose  is 48  years old  and is  a Senior  Vice President (since
January 1991) and  Senior Counsel (since  June 1987)  of PMF and  a Senior  Vice
President  and Senior Counsel of Prudential  Securities (since July 1992). Prior
thereto, she was a First Vice President  (June 1987-December 1990) of PMF and  a
Vice  President  and Associate  General  Counsel of  Prudential  Securities. Ms.
Morrison is 38 years old and is  a Vice President and Associate General  Counsel
(since  June 1991) of PMF and a  Vice President and Associate General Counsel of
Prudential Securities. The executive officers  of the Fund are elected  annually
by the Trustees.
    

REQUIRED VOTE

    Trustees  must be elected by a vote of  a plurality of the shares present at
the Meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereupon, provided  that
a quorum is present.

                             MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

THE MANAGER

    Prudential  Mutual Fund Management,  Inc. (PMF or  the Manager), One Seaport
Plaza, New York, New York 10292, serves as the Fund's Manager under a management
agreement dated as of March 1, 1988 (the Management Agreement).

    The Management Agreement  was last  approved by  the Trustees  of the  Fund,
including  a majority of  the Trustees who  are not parties  to such contract or
interested persons of such parties (as defined in the Investment Company Act) on
May 4, 1993  and was approved  by shareholders  of each Series  on February  19,
1988.

TERMS OF THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

    Pursuant to the Management Agreement, PMF, subject to the supervision of the
Fund's  Trustees and  in conformity  with the  stated policies  of the  Fund, is
responsible for managing or  providing for the management  of the investment  of
the  assets of  each Series.  In this  regard, PMF  provides supervision  of the
Fund's investments, furnishes  a continuous  investment program  for the  Fund's
portfolios  and places purchase and sale  orders for portfolio securities of the
Fund  and  other  investments.  The  Prudential  Investment  Company  (PIC),   a
wholly-owned   subsidiary  of  The  Prudential   Insurance  Company  of  America
(Prudential), provides such  services pursuant to  a subadvisory agreement  (the
Subadvisory

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Agreement)  with PMF. PMF also administers  the Fund's business affairs, subject
to the  supervision  of  the  Fund's Trustees,  and,  in  connection  therewith,
furnishes the Fund with office facilities, together with those ordinary clerical
and  bookkeeping services which  are not being furnished  by the Fund's Transfer
and Dividend Disbursing Agent and Custodian.

    PMF has authorized  any of its  directors, officers and  employees who  have
been  elected as Trustees or officers of the  Fund to serve in the capacities in
which they have been elected. All services furnished by PMF under the Management
Agreement may be furnished by any such directors, officers or employees of  PMF.
In  connection with its administration of the corporate affairs of the Fund, PMF
bears the following expenses:

        (a) the salaries  and expenses  of all personnel  of the  Fund and  PMF,
    except  the fees  and expenses  of Trustees not  affiliated with  PMF or the
    Fund's investment adviser;

        (b) all  expenses incurred  by PMF  or by  the Fund  in connection  with
    administering  the ordinary course of the  Fund's business, other than those
    assumed by the Fund, as described below; and

        (c) the costs and  expenses payable to PIC  pursuant to the  Subadvisory
    Agreement.

   
    The Fund pays PMF for the services performed and the facilities furnished by
it  a fee  at an  annual rate of  .50 of  1% of the  average net  assets of each
Series. The fee is computed  daily and paid monthly.  For the fiscal year  ended
April  30,  1993, PMF  received management  fees  of $4,624,309,  $3,652,176 and
$239,872 (net of waiver in the case  of the Modified Term Series of $20,291)  on
behalf  of  the High  Yield Series,  the  Insured Series  and the  Modified Term
Series, respectively.  For the  six-month  period ended  October 31,  1993,  PMF
received management fees of $2,912,734, $2,116,060 and $150,350 on behalf of the
High   Yield  Series,  the   Insured  Series  and   the  Modified  Term  Series,
respectively.
    

    The Management  Agreement  provides  that,  if  the  expenses  of  the  Fund
(including   the  fees  of   PMF,  but  excluding   interest,  taxes,  brokerage
commissions, distribution fees and  litigation and indemnification expenses  and
other  extraordinary expenses not incurred in  the ordinary course of the Fund's
business) for  any  fiscal year  exceed  the lowest  applicable  annual  expense
limitation  established and enforced pursuant to  the statutes or regulations of
any jurisdiction in which shares  of the Fund are  then qualified for offer  and
sale,  the compensation due PMF will be reduced by the amount of such excess, or
if such reduction exceeds the compensation payable to PMF, PMF will pay the Fund
the amount of  such reduction  which exceeds  the amount  of such  compensation.

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Any  such reductions or payments are subject to readjustment during the year. No
such reductions or payments were required during the fiscal year ended April 30,
1993. The  Fund believes  the most  restrictive of  such annual  limitations  is
2  1/2% of a Series' average daily net assets  up to $30 million, 2% of the next
$70 million of such assets and 1 1/2% of such assets in excess of $100 million.

   
    Except as  indicated above,  the Fund  is responsible  under the  Management
Agreement  for the payment  of its expenses,  including (a) the  fees payable to
PMF, (b) the fees and  expenses of Trustees who are  not affiliated with PMF  or
the  investment  adviser,  (c)  the  fees and  certain  expenses  of  the Fund's
Custodian and  Transfer and  Dividend Disbursing  Agent, including  the cost  of
providing  records of the Fund  and of pricing Fund  shares, (d) the charges and
expenses of the Fund's legal counsel and independent accountants, (e)  brokerage
commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection
with  its securities transactions,  (f) all taxes and  corporate fees payable by
the Fund to  governmental agencies,  (g) the fees  of any  trade association  of
which  the  Fund  may  be a  member,  (h)  the cost  of  any  stock certificates
representing shares  of  the  Fund,  (i) the  cost  of  fidelity  and  liability
insurance,  (j)  certain organization  expenses  of the  Fund  and the  fees and
expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of
its shares with the SEC and registering the Fund and qualifying its shares under
state securities  laws, including  the preparation  and printing  of the  Fund's
registration  statements  and  prospectuses  for  such  purposes,  (k) allocable
communications expenses with respect  to investor services  and all expenses  of
shareholders'  and  Trustees' meetings  and of  preparing, printing  and mailing
reports, proxy  statements  and  prospectuses  to  shareholders  in  the  amount
necessary   for   distribution   to  the   shareholders,   (l)   litigation  and
indemnification expenses and  other extraordinary expenses  not incurred in  the
ordinary course of the Fund's business and (m) distribution fees.
    

    The  Management Agreement provides that  PMF will not be  liable to the Fund
for any  error of  judgment by  PMF or  for any  loss suffered  by the  Fund  in
connection  with the matters to which  the Management Agreement relates except a
loss resulting from a breach  of fiduciary duty with  respect to the receipt  of
compensation for services or willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or
reckless  disregard of duty. The Management Agreement also provides that it will
terminate automatically  if  assigned and  that  it may  be  terminated  without
penalty  by  the Trustees  of the  Fund, by  vote  of a  majority of  the Fund's
outstanding voting securities (as defined in  the Investment Company Act) or  by
the Manager, upon not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice.

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<PAGE>
INFORMATION ABOUT PMF

    PMF,  a subsidiary  of Prudential  Securities and  an indirect, wholly-owned
subsidiary of Prudential, was organized in May 1987 under the laws of the  State
of Delaware. Prudential's address is Prudential Plaza, Newark, New Jersey 07102.
PMF acts as manager for the following investment companies:

        Open-End  Management  Investment  Companies:  Command  Government  Fund,
    Command Money  Fund,  Command  Tax-Free  Fund,  Prudential  Adjustable  Rate
    Securities  Fund,  Inc.,  Prudential California  Municipal  Fund, Prudential
    Equity Fund,  Inc., Prudential  Equity  Income Fund,  Prudential  FlexiFund,
    Prudential  Global Fund,  Inc., Prudential-Bache  Global Genesis  Fund, Inc.
    (d/b/a Prudential  Global  Genesis Fund),  Prudential-Bache  Global  Natural
    Resources  Fund,  Inc.  (d/b/a Prudential  Global  Natural  Resources Fund),
    Prudential-Bache   GNMA   Fund,   Inc.   (d/b/a   Prudential   GNMA   Fund),
    Prudential-Bache  Government  Plus Fund,  Inc. (d/b/a  Prudential Government
    Plus Fund), Prudential Government Securities Trust, Prudential Growth  Fund,
    Inc.,  Prudential-Bache  Growth  Opportunity  Fund,  Inc.  (d/b/a Prudential
    Growth Opportunity  Fund), Prudential-Bache  High  Yield Fund,  Inc.  (d/b/a
    Prudential  High  Yield  Fund),  Prudential  IncomeVertible-R-  Fund,  Inc.,
    Prudential-Bache MoneyMart  Assets Fund,  Inc. (d/b/a  Prudential  MoneyMart
    Assets), Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc., Prudential Municipal Bond Fund,
    Prudential Municipal Series Fund, Prudential-Bache National Municipals Fund,
    Inc.  (d/b/a Prudential National Municipals Fund), Prudential Pacific Growth
    Fund, Inc.,  Prudential  Short-Term  Global  Income  Fund,  Prudential-Bache
    Special  Money  Market Fund,  Inc.  (d/b/a Prudential  Special  Money Market
    Fund), Prudential-Bache  Structured Maturity  Fund, Inc.  (d/b/a  Prudential
    Structured Maturity Fund), Prudential-Bache Tax-Free Money Fund, Inc. (d/b/a
    Prudential   Tax-Free   Money  Fund),   Prudential  U.S.   Government  Fund,
    Prudential-Bache  Utility  Fund,  Inc.  (d/b/a  Prudential  Utility   Fund),
    Prudential  Institutional Liquidity Portfolio, Inc., Prudential Intermediate
    Global Income  Fund, Inc.,  Global  Utility Fund,  Inc.,  Nicholas-Applegate
    Fund, Inc. and The BlackRock Government Income Trust.

        Closed-End  Management Investment Companies:  The Global Government Plus
    Fund, Inc., The Global Yield Fund, Inc. and The High Yield Income Fund, Inc.

    The  consolidated  statement   of  financial  condition   of  PMF  and   its
subsidiaries  as of December  31, 1993 is set  forth as Exhibit  A to this Proxy
Statement.

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    Certain information regarding the directors and principal executive officers
of PMF is set forth  below. Except as otherwise  indicated, the address of  each
person is One Seaport Plaza, New York, New York 10292.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND ADDRESS               POSITION WITH PMF     PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS
- -----------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------------
<S>                            <C>                   <C>
Brendan D. Boyle.............  Executive Vice        Executive Vice President and
                                 President and         Director of Marketing, PMF
                                 Director of
                                 Marketing
John D. Brookmeyer, Jr.        Director              Senior Vice President,
  Two Gateway Center                                   Prudential; Senior Vice
  Newark, NJ 07102                                     President, PIC
Susan C. Cote ...............  Senior Vice           Senior Vice President, PMF;
                                 President             Senior Vice President,
                                                       Prudential Securities
Fred A. Fiandaca ............  Executive Vice        Executive Vice President,
  Raritan Plaza One              President, Chief      Chief Operating Officer and
  Edison, NJ 08847               Operating Officer     Director, PMF; Chairman,
                                 and Director          Chief Operating Officer and
                                                       Director, Prudential Mutual
                                                       Fund Services, Inc.
Stephen P. Fisher ...........  Senior Vice           Senior Vice President, PMF;
                                 President             Senior Vice President,
                                                       Prudential Securities
Frank W. Giordano ...........  Executive Vice        Executive Vice President,
                                 President, General    General Counsel and
                                 Counsel and           Secretary, PMF; Senior Vice
                                 Secretary             President, Prudential
                                                       Securities
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND ADDRESS               POSITION WITH PMF     PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS
- -----------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------------
<S>                            <C>                   <C>
Robert F. Gunia .............  Executive Vice        Executive Vice President,
                                 President, Chief      Chief Financial and
                                 Financial and         Administrative Officer,
                                 Administrative        Treasurer and Director, PMF;
                                 Officer, Treasurer    Senior Vice President,
                                 and Director          Prudential Securities
Eugene B. Heimberg ..........  Director              Senior Vice President,
  Prudential Plaza                                     Prudential; President,
  Newark, NJ 07102                                     Director and Chief
                                                       Investment Officer, PIC
Lawrence C. McQuade .........  Vice Chairman         Vice Chairman, PMF
Leland B. Paton .............  Director              Executive Vice President and
                                                       Director, Prudential
                                                       Securities; Director, PSG
Richard A. Redeker ..........  President, Chief      President, Chief Executive
                                 Executive Officer     Officer and Director, PMF;
                                 and Director          Executive Vice President,
                                                       Director and Member of the
                                                       Operating Committee,
                                                       Prudential Securities;
                                                       Director, PSG
S. Jane Rose ................  Senior Vice           Senior Vice President, Senior
                                 President, Senior     Counsel and Assistant
                                 Counsel and           Secretary, PMF; Senior Vice
                                 Assistant             President and Senior
                                 Secretary             Counsel, Prudential
                                                       Securities
Donald G. Southwell .........  Director              Senior Vice President,
  213 Washington Street                                Prudential; Director, PSG
  Newark, NJ 07102
</TABLE>

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THE SUBADVISER

    Investment  advisory services  are provided to  the Fund by  PMF through its
affiliate, The  Prudential  Investment  Corporation  (PIC  or  the  Subadviser),
Prudential  Plaza, Newark, New Jersey 07102,  under a Subadvisory Agreement. The
Subadvisory Agreement was approved  by shareholders of  each Series on  February
19, 1988 and was last approved by the Trustees of the Fund, including a majority
of  the Trustees who are  not parties to such  contract or interested persons of
such parties (as defined in the Investment Company Act), on May 4, 1993.

TERMS OF THE SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

    Pursuant to the Subadvisory  Agreement, PIC, subject  to the supervision  of
PMF  and the Trustees  and in conformity  with the stated  policies of the Fund,
manages the investment operations of the Fund and the composition of the  Fund's
portfolio,  including the purchase, retention  and disposition of securities and
other investments. PIC is  reimbursed by PMF for  reasonable costs and  expenses
incurred  by it in  furnishing such services. The  fees paid by  the Fund to PMF
under the Management Agreement  with PMF are not  affected by this  arrangement.
PIC  keeps certain books and  records required to be  maintained pursuant to the
Investment Company Act. The investment advisory services of PIC to the Fund  are
not  exclusive under the terms of the  Subadvisory Agreement and PIC is free to,
and does, render investment advisory services to others.

    PIC has authorized any of its  directors, officers and employees who may  be
elected  as Trustees or officers of the Fund to serve in the capacities in which
they have  been  elected.  Services  furnished  by  PIC  under  the  Subadvisory
Agreement  may be furnished by any such directors, officers or employees of PIC.
The Subadvisory Agreement provides that PIC shall not be liable for any error of
judgment or for  any loss suffered  by the Fund  or PMF in  connection with  the
matters to which the Subadvisory Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from
willful  misfeasance,  bad  faith  or  gross negligence  on  PIC's  part  in the
performance  of  its  duties  or  from  its  reckless  disregard  of  duty.  The
Subadvisory Agreement provides that it shall terminate automatically if assigned
or  upon termination of the  Management Agreement and that  it may be terminated
without penalty by the  Fund, PMF or PIC  upon not more than  60 days' nor  less
than 30 days' written notice.

INFORMATION ABOUT PIC

    PIC  was organized in June  1984 under the laws of  the State of New Jersey.
The business and other connections of PIC's directors and executive officers are
as set forth below. Except as otherwise indicated, the address of each person is
Prudential Plaza, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND ADDRESS               POSITION WITH PIC        PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS
- -----------------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------------
<S>                            <C>                      <C>
Martin A. Berkowitz .........  Senior Vice President    Vice President, Prudential;
                                 and Chief Financial      Senior Vice President and
                                 and Compliance           Chief Financial and
                                 Officer                  Compliance Officer, PIC
William M. Bethke ...........  Senior Vice President    Senior Vice President,
  Two Gateway Center                                      Prudential; Senior Vice
  Newark, NJ 07102                                        President, PIC
John D. Brookmeyer, Jr. .      Senior Vice President    Senior Vice President,
  Two Gateway Center                                      Prudential; Senior Vice
  Newark, NJ 07102                                        President, PIC
Eugene B. Heimberg ..........  President, Director and  Senior Vice President,
                                 Chief Investment         Prudential; President,
                                 Officer                  Director and Chief
                                                          Investment Officer, PIC
Garnett L. Keith, Jr. .......  Director                 Vice Chairman and Director,
                                                          Prudential; Director, PIC
Harry E. Knapp, Jr...........  Vice President           Vice President, Prudential;
  Four Gateway Center                                     Vice President, PIC
  Newark, NJ 07102
William P. Link .............  Senior Vice President    Executive Vice President,
  Four Gateway Center                                     Prudential; Senior Vice
  Newark, NJ 07102                                        President, PIC
Robert E. Riley .............  Executive Vice           Executive Vice President,
  800 Boylston Avenue            President                Prudential; Executive
  Boston, MA 02199                                        Vice President, PIC;
                                                          Director, PSG
James W. Stevens ............  Executive Vice           Executive Vice President,
  Four Gateway Center            President                Prudential; Executive
  Newark, NJ 07102                                        Vice President, PIC;
                                                          Director, PSG
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AND ADDRESS               POSITION WITH PIC        PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS
- -----------------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------------
<S>                            <C>                      <C>
Robert C. Winters ...........  Director                 Chairman of the Board and
                                                          Chief Executive Officer,
                                                          Prudential; Director,
                                                          PIC; Chairman of the
                                                          Board, PSG
Claude J. Zinngrabe, Jr. .     Executive Vice           Vice President, Prudential;
                                 President                Executive Vice President,
                                                          PIC
</TABLE>

THE DISTRIBUTORS

    Prudential Mutual Fund  Distributors, Inc.  (PMFD), One  Seaport Plaza,  New
York,  New York  10292, acts as  the distributor of  the Class A  shares of each
Series of the Fund. Prudential Securities, One Seaport Plaza, New York, New York
10292, acts as the distributor of the Class B shares of each Series of the Fund.

    Under separate Distribution  and Service  Plans (the  Class A  Plan and  the
Class  B Plan,  collectively, the  Plans) adopted by  the Fund  under Rule 12b-1
under the  Investment  Company Act  and  separate distribution  agreements  (the
Distribution  Agreements),  PMFD  and Prudential  Securities  (collectively, the
Distributor) incur the expenses of distributing  the Fund's Class A and Class  B
shares, respectively.

    The  Plans were last approved  by the Trustees, including  a majority of the
Trustees who are not interested  persons of the Fund and  who have no direct  or
indirect  financial interest in the operation of the  Class A or Class B Plan or
in any agreement related  to either Plan  (the Rule 12b-1  Trustees), on May  4,
1993.  The Class A Plan was approved by  the Class A shareholders of each Series
on December 19, 1990. The Class B Plan was approved by the then shareholders  of
each Series (the Class B shareholders) on December 18, 1989.

    The  Plans are proposed to be amended as  set forth in Proposals No. 3 and 4
below.

    CLASS A PLAN.   Under the  Class A Plan,  the Fund reimburses  PMFD for  its
distribution-related  expenses with respect to Class  A shares at an annual rate
of up to .30 of 1%  of the average daily net assets  of the Class A shares.  The
Class  A Plan provides that (i) up to .25  of 1% of the average daily net assets
of the Class A shares may be used for personal service and/or the maintenance of
shareholder accounts (service fee) and  (ii) total distribution fees  (including
the

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service  fee of .25  of 1%) may  not exceed .30  of 1% of  the average daily net
assets  of   the   Class   A   shares.  PMFD   has   advised   the   Fund   that
distribution-related  expenses of  the Fund  will not  exceed .10  of 1%  of the
average daily net assets of the Class A shares for the fiscal year ending  April
30, 1995.

    For  the fiscal  year ended  April 30, 1993  and the  six-month period ended
October 31, 1993, PMFD received  payments of $31,658 and $25,029,  respectively,
for  the High Yield  Series, $24,589 and $15,955,  respectively, for the Insured
Series and $1,883 and $2,166, respectively,  for the Modified Term Series  under
the  Class A Plan representing .10 of 1%  of the average daily net assets of the
Class A  shares of  each Series  as  reimbursement of  expenses related  to  the
distribution of Class A shares. These amounts were expended on account servicing
fees  to Prudential Securities  and Pruco Securities  Corporation, an affiliated
broker-dealer (Prusec), for payment to financial advisers and other salespersons
who sell  Class A  shares. For  the fiscal  year ended  April 30,  1993 and  the
six-month  period  ended  October  31, 1993,  PMFD  also  received  $688,000 and
$431,300, respectively,  on  behalf  of  the High  Yield  Series,  $401,000  and
$165,200, respectively, on behalf of the Insured Series and $61,000 and $46,600,
respectively, on behalf of the Modified Term Series, in initial sales charges.

    CLASS B PLAN.  The Class B Plan provides for the payment of a service fee to
Prudential Securities at a rate not to exceed .25 of 1% of the average daily net
assets of Class B shares. Under the Class B Plan, the Fund reimburses Prudential
Securities  for its distribution-related expenses with respect to Class B shares
at an annual rate of up to .50 of 1% (including the service fee) of the  average
daily net assets of the Class B shares. The aggregate distribution fee for Class
B  shares (asset-based sales charge plus service  fee) will not exceed .50 of 1%
of average daily net assets under the Class B Plan.

    For the fiscal  year ended  April 30, 1993,  Prudential Securities  received
$4,466,017,  $3,529,230 and $250,771 and for  the six-month period ended October
31, 1993, Prudential Securities received $2,787,588, $2,036,246 and $139,522  on
behalf  of  the High  Yield Series,  the  Insured Series  and the  Modified Term

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Series, respectively, under the  Class B Plan. For  the fiscal year ended  April
30, 1993, the Distributor spent approximately the following amounts on behalf of
each Series of the Fund:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         COMPENSATION
                                                                                         TO PRUSEC FOR
                                                             COMMISSION                   COMMISSION        APPROXIMATE
                                                             PAYMENTS TO                  PAYMENTS TO      TOTAL AMOUNT
                               SALES          INTEREST        FINANCIAL     OVERHEAD        ACCOUNT          SPENT BY
                              MATERIAL           AND         ADVISERS OF    COSTS OF      EXECUTIVES      DISTRIBUTOR ON
                                AND           CARRYING       PRUDENTIAL    PRUDENTIAL      AND OTHER         BEHALF OF
SERIES                      ADVERTISING        CHARGES       SECURITIES    SECURITIES*     EXPENSES*          SERIES
- -------------------------   ------------    -------------    -----------   -----------   -------------    ---------------
<S>                         <C>             <C>              <C>           <C>           <C>              <C>
High Yield Series .......     $29,900         $ 1,065,900    $4,247,800    $4,968,000      $1,139,800       $11,451,000
Insured Series .               21,900             796,900     1,514,500     1,317,700       3,485,200         7,136,000
Modified Term Series ....      12,300              58,900       159,100       159,300         187,600           577,000
<FN>
* Including lease, utility and sales promotion expenses.
</TABLE>

    For  the  six-month period  ended October  31,  1993, the  Distributor spent
approximately the following amounts on behalf of each Series of the Fund:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                           COMPENSATION
                                                                                           TO PRUSEC FOR
                                                              COMMISSION                    COMMISSION        APPROXIMATE
                                                             PAYMENTS TO                    PAYMENTS TO       TOTAL AMOUNT
                               SALES          INTEREST        FINANCIAL       OVERHEAD        ACCOUNT           SPENT BY
                              MATERIAL           AND         ADVISERS OF      COSTS OF      EXECUTIVES       DISTRIBUTOR ON
                                AND           CARRYING        PRUDENTIAL     PRUDENTIAL      AND OTHER         BEHALF OF
SERIES                      ADVERTISING        CHARGES        SECURITIES    SECURITIES*      EXPENSES*           SERIES
- -------------------------   ------------    -------------    ------------   ------------   -------------    ----------------
<S>                         <C>             <C>              <C>            <C>            <C>              <C>
High Yield Series .......      $61,800       $   615,000     $ 2,651,131    $ 4,218,900     $   932,500       $  8,574,100
Insured Series .                16,600           424,800         840,700      1,215,400       2,369,700          4,867,200
Modified Term Series ....        3,500            33,900          92,600        207,300         178,700            553,900
<FN>
* Including lease, utility and sales promotion expenses.
</TABLE>

    Prudential Securities  also receives  the  proceeds of  contingent  deferred
sales  charges paid  by holders  of Class B  shares upon  certain redemptions of
Class B  shares. Under  the current  Class B  Plan, the  amount of  distribution
expenses  reimbursable by Class B shares of the Fund is reduced by the amount of
such contingent deferred  sales charges.  For the  fiscal year  ended April  30,
1993,  Prudential Securities  received approximately  $1,747,000, $1,386,000 and
$108,000 on behalf of the High Yield Series, the Insured Series and the Modified
Term Series, respectively, in  contingent deferred sales  charges. For the  six-
month   period   ended  October   31,   1993,  Prudential   Securities  received
approximately $820,000, $437,000 and $36,800 on behalf of the High Yield Series,
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Insured Series  and  the  Modified  Term  Series,  respectively,  in  contingent
deferred  sales  charges.  As of  December  31,  1993, the  aggregate  amount of
unreimbursed  distribution  expenses   for  the  Fund's   Class  B  shares   was
approximately  $64,857,000 ($37,448,000  for the High  Yield Series, $25,224,000
for the Insured Series and $2,185,000 for the Modified Term Series).

    The Class A and Class B Plans continue in effect from year to year, provided
that each  such continuance  is approved  at least  annually by  a vote  of  the
Trustees,  including a majority vote of the  Rule 12b-1 Trustees, cast in person
at a meeting called for the purpose  of voting on such continuance. The Class  A
and  Class B Plans may  each be terminated at any  time, without penalty, by the
vote of a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees or by the vote of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of the  applicable class on not more than  30
days'  written  notice to  any other  party to  the Plans.  Neither Plan  may be
amended to  increase  materially  the  amounts to  be  spent  for  the  services
described  therein without approval by the shareholders of the applicable class,
and all material amendments are required to  be approved by the Trustees in  the
manner  described above. Each Plan will  automatically terminate in the event of
its assignment. The  Fund will not  be contractually obligated  to pay  expenses
incurred  under either the Class A Plan or  the Class B Plan if it is terminated
or not continued. In the event of termination or noncontinuation of the Class  B
Plan, the Trustees may consider the appropriateness of having the Fund reimburse
Prudential  Securities for the  outstanding carry forward  amounts plus interest
thereon.

    Pursuant to each  Plan, the  Trustees review  at least  quarterly a  written
report  of the distribution expenses incurred on behalf of the Class A and Class
B shares of the Fund by PMFD and Prudential Securities, respectively. The report
includes an itemization of  the distribution expenses and  the purposes of  such
expenditures.  In addition, as long as the Plans remain in effect, the selection
and nomination  of Rule  12b-1 Trustees  shall be  committed to  the Rule  12b-1
Trustees.

    Pursuant  to each Distribution  Agreement, the Fund  has agreed to indemnify
PMFD and Prudential Securities to the extent permitted by applicable law against
certain liabilities under  the Securities Act.  Each Distribution Agreement  was
last  approved by the Trustees, including a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees,
on May 4, 1993.

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

    The Manager is  responsible for  decisions to  buy and  sell securities  and
financial futures for each Series of the Fund, the selection of brokers, dealers

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and  futures commission merchants to effect the transactions and the negotiation
of brokerage  commissions,  if any.  For  purposes  of this  section,  the  term
"Manager"  includes  the  Subadviser. Purchases  and  sales of  securities  on a
securities exchange, which are not expected  to be a significant portion of  the
portfolio  securities of any  Series, are effected through  brokers who charge a
commission for their services. Orders may  be directed to any broker or  futures
commission  merchant including,  to the  extent and  in the  manner permitted by
applicable law, Prudential Securities.

   
    In the over-the-counter market, securities  are generally traded on a  "net"
basis  with dealers acting as principal for  their own accounts without a stated
commission, although the price of the security usually includes a profit to  the
dealer.  In underwritten  offerings, securities are  purchased at  a fixed price
which includes an amount of compensation to the underwriter, generally  referred
to  as  the underwriter's  concession or  discount.  On occasion,  certain money
market instruments may be  purchased directly from an  issuer, in which case  no
commissions  or  discounts are  paid.  The Fund  will  not deal  with Prudential
Securities (or any affiliate) in any transaction in which Prudential  Securities
acts  as principal.  Thus it will  not deal in  over-the-counter securities with
Prudential Securities (or any affiliate) acting  as a market maker, and it  will
not  execute  a negotiated  trade with  Prudential  Securities if  the execution
involves Prudential  Securities  (or any  affiliate)  acting as  principal  with
respect to any part of the Fund's order.
    

    In  placing  orders for  portfolio securities  of the  Fund, the  Manager is
required to give primary consideration to obtaining the most favorable price and
efficient execution.  Within the  framework  of this  policy, the  Manager  will
consider  the research and  investment services provided  by brokers, dealers or
futures commission merchants who effect or are parties to portfolio transactions
of the  Fund, the  Manager or  the Manager's  other clients.  Such research  and
investment  services  are those  which brokerage  houses customarily  provide to
institutional investors and include statistical  and economic data and  research
reports  on particular companies  and industries. Such services  are used by the
Manager in connection with  all of its investment  activities, and some of  such
services  obtained in connection with the execution of transactions for the Fund
may be used in managing other investment accounts. Conversely, brokers,  dealers
or futures commission merchants furnishing such services may be selected for the
execution of transactions of such other accounts, whose aggregate assets are far
larger  than the Fund's, and the services  furnished by such brokers, dealers or
futures commission merchants may be used by the Manager in providing  investment
management   for  the  Fund.  Commission   rates  are  established  pursuant  to
negotiations with the broker, dealer or futures commission merchant based on the
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the  broker in light of generally prevailing rates. The policy of the Manager is
to pay  higher commissions  to brokers,  other than  Prudential Securities,  for
particular  transactions than  might be charged  if a different  broker had been
selected, on occasions when, in the Manager's opinion, this policy furthers  the
objective  of obtaining  best price and  execution. In addition,  the Manager is
authorized to pay higher commissions on  brokerage transactions for the Fund  to
brokers  other  than  Prudential  Securities in  order  to  secure  research and
investment services described above,  subject to review  by the Fund's  Trustees
from  time  to time  as to  the extent  and continuation  of this  practice. The
allocation of orders among  brokers and the commission  rates paid are  reviewed
periodically  by the Fund's Trustees. Portfolio  securities may not be purchased
from any  underwriting  or selling  syndicate  of which  Prudential  Securities,
during the existence of the syndicate, is a principal underwriter (as defined in
the  Investment Company Act), except  in accordance with rules  of the SEC. This
limitation, in  the opinion  of  the Fund,  will  not significantly  affect  the
Series'  ability to pursue their present  investment objectives. However, in the
future in other circumstances,  the Series may be  at a disadvantage because  of
this  limitation in  comparison to other  funds with similar  objectives but not
subject to this limitation.
    

   
    Subject to  the above  considerations, Prudential  Securities may  act as  a
securities  broker or  futures commission  merchant for  the Fund.  In order for
Prudential Securities (or  any affiliate) to  effect any portfolio  transactions
for the Fund, the commissions, fees or other remuneration received by Prudential
Securities  (or any affiliate)  must not exceed  certain rates set  forth in the
Investment Company  Act  and  must  be  reasonable  and  fair  compared  to  the
commissions,  fees  or  other  remuneration paid  to  other  brokers  or futures
commission  merchants  in  connection  with  comparable  transactions  involving
similar  securities or futures being  purchased or sold on  an exchange during a
comparable period of time. This  standard would allow Prudential Securities  (or
any  affiliate) to receive no more than the remuneration which would be expected
to be received  by an unaffiliated  broker or futures  commission merchant in  a
commensurate  arm's-length transaction.  Furthermore, the Trustees  of the Fund,
including a majority of the Rule  12b-1 Trustees, have adopted procedures  which
are  reasonably  designed  to  provide  that  any  commissions,  fees  or  other
remuneration paid to  Prudential Securities  (or any  affiliate) are  consistent
with  the foregoing standard. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act  of 1934,  Prudential Securities  may not  retain compensation  for
effecting transactions on a national securities exchange for the Fund unless the
Fund  has expressly  authorized the  retention of  such compensation. Prudential
Securities must furnish to the Fund at least annually a statement setting  forth
the  total amount  of all  compensation retained  by Prudential  Securities from
    

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transactions effected for the Fund  during the applicable period. Brokerage  and
futures  transactions  with Prudential  Securities (or  any affiliate)  are also
subject to such fiduciary standards as may be imposed upon Prudential Securities
(or such affiliate) by applicable law.
    

    During the fiscal year ended April  30, 1993 and the six-month period  ended
October  31, 1993, the Fund paid $23,012 and $10,000, respectively, in brokerage
commissions on certain futures transactions. No such brokerage commissions  were
paid to Prudential Securities.

                        APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL TO AMEND
                        THE FUND'S DECLARATION OF TRUST
              TO PERMIT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONVERSION FEATURE
    (FOR CONSIDERATION BY CLASS A AND CLASS B SHAREHOLDERS, VOTING JOINTLY)
                                (PROPOSAL NO. 2)

    The  Trustees are recommending that shareholders approve an amendment to the
Fund's Declaration of Trust to permit the implementation of a conversion feature
for Class  B  shares.  The  conversion feature  is  authorized  pursuant  to  an
exemptive  order of the SEC (the SEC  Order) and would provide for the automatic
conversion of Class  B shares  to Class  A shares  at relative  net asset  value
approximately  seven years after purchase. Class A shares are subject to a lower
annual distribution and service  fee than Class B  shares and conversions  would
occur  without the imposition  of any additional sales  charge. A description of
the conversion feature is  set forth in greater  detail below. Amendment of  the
Declaration  of Trust requires approval by  a majority of the Fund's outstanding
shares.

THE CLASSES OF SHARES

   
    The Fund currently offers two classes  of shares, designated as Class A  and
Class  B shares pursuant to the Alternative  Purchase Plan, in reliance upon the
SEC Order. Class A shares are currently offered with an initial sales charge  of
up  to 4.5% of the offering price and  are subject to an annual distribution and
service fee of up to .30  of 1% of the average daily  net assets of the Class  A
shares pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan. This fee is currently charged at a rate of
.10  of 1% of the  average daily net assets  of the Class A  shares and PMFD has
agreed to so limit  its fee under the  Class A Plan for  the fiscal year  ending
April  30, 1995. Class B shares are  currently offered without either an initial
or a deferred sales charge but are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge
or CDSC (declining from 5% to zero of  the lesser of the amount invested or  the
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proceeds) on certain redemptions generally made within six years of purchase and
to an annual distribution and service fee pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 plan of up to
.50 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class B shares.
    

   
    In  accordance with  the SEC  Order, the  Trustees may,  among other things,
authorize the creation of  additional classes of shares  from time to time.  The
Trustees  have approved the offering of a  new class of shares, to be designated
Class C shares, which will be offered simultaneously with the offering of  Class
B  shares with the proposed  conversion feature. It is  anticipated that Class C
shares will be offered without an initial sales charge but will be subject to an
annual distribution and service fee  not to exceed 1%  of the average daily  net
assets of the Class C shares and, subject to approval by the Trustees, a 1% CDSC
on  certain  redemptions  made within  one  year  of purchase.  If  the proposed
conversion feature for Class B shares is  not approved, Class C shares will  not
be offered.
    

THE PROPOSED CONVERSION FEATURE

   
    On  March 17, 1993,  the Fund's Trustees,  including a majority  of the Rule
12b-1 Trustees, approved  an amendment  to the  Fund's Declaration  of Trust  to
permit the implementation of a conversion feature for the Fund's Class B shares.
A  copy of the proposed amendment to the Fund's Declaration of Trust is attached
hereto as Exhibit B.
    

   
    If this proposal is approved, it is currently contemplated that  conversions
of  Class  B  shares  to  Class  A  shares  will  occur  on  a  quarterly  basis
approximately seven  years  from purchase.  The  first conversion  is  currently
anticipated  to occur  in or  about January  1995. Conversions  will be effected
automatically at  relative  net  asset  value  without  the  imposition  of  any
additional  sales charge. Class B shareholders  will benefit from the conversion
feature because they will thereafter be subject to the lower annual distribution
and service fee applicable to Class A shares.
    

    Since the Fund tracks amounts paid  rather than the number of shares  bought
on  each purchase of Class B shares, it is currently anticipated that the number
of Class  B shares  eligible to  convert  to Class  A shares  (excluding  shares
acquired   through   the   automatic  reinvestment   of   dividends   and  other
distributions) (the Eligible Shares) will be determined for each Series on  each
conversion  date in accordance with the following  formula: (i) the ratio of (a)
the amounts paid for Class B shares purchased at least seven years prior to  the
conversion  date to (b) the  total amount paid for  all Class B shares purchased
and then held in a shareholder's account (ii) multiplied by the total number  of
Class  B shares then held in such  shareholder's account. Each time any Eligible
Shares in  a shareholder's  account convert  to Class  A shares,  all shares  or

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amounts  representing Class  B shares  then in  such account  that were acquired
through the automatic  reinvestment of  dividends and  other distributions  will
convert to Class A shares.

   
    For  purposes of determining the  number of Eligible Shares,  if the Class B
shares in  a shareholder's  account on  any conversion  date are  the result  of
multiple  purchases  at different  net  asset values  per  share, the  number of
Eligible Shares calculated as described above  will generally be either more  or
less  than the  number of  shares actually  purchased approximately  seven years
before such conversion date. For example, if 100 shares were initially purchased
at $10 per share (for a total of $1,000) and a second purchase of 100 shares was
subsequently made at $11 per share (for  a total of $1,100), 95.24 shares  would
convert  approximately  seven  years  from the  initial  purchase  (I.E., $1,000
divided by $2,100 (47.62%), multiplied by  200 shares equals 95.24 shares).  The
Manager  reserves the right to modify the  formula for determining the number of
Eligible Shares in the future as it deems appropriate on notice to shareholders.
    

    If the net asset value per share of  Class A is higher than that of Class  B
at  the  time  of  conversion (which  may  be  the case  because  of  the higher
distribution and service fee  applicable to Class  B shares), shareholders  will
receive  fewer  Class  A shares  than  Class  B shares  converted,  although the
aggregate dollar value will be the same.

   
    For purposes of calculating the  applicable holding period for  conversions,
all  payments for purchases of  Class B shares during a  month will be deemed to
have been made  on the last  day of the  month, or for  Class B shares  acquired
through  exchange, or  a series of  exchanges, on the  last day of  the month in
which the original payment for  purchases of such Class  B shares was made.  For
Class  B shares previously exchanged for shares of a money market fund, the time
period during which  such shares  were held  in the  money market  fund will  be
excluded.  For example, Class B shares held in  a money market fund for a period
of one year will not convert to  Class A shares until approximately eight  years
from purchase. For purposes of measuring the time period during which shares are
held  in a money market fund, exchanges will  be deemed to have been made on the
last day of the month. Class B shares acquired through exchange will convert  to
Class  A  shares after  expiration of  the conversion  period applicable  to the
original purchase of such shares. As of the date of the first conversion (which,
as noted above, is currently anticipated to occur in or about January 1995)  all
amounts  representing Class B  shares then outstanding  beyond the expiration of
the   applicable    conversion   period    will   automatically    convert    to
    

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Class  A shares, together with all shares or amounts representing Class B shares
acquired through the automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions  then
held in the shareholder's account.

   
    The  Fund  has  obtained  an  opinion of  counsel  to  the  effect  that the
conversion of Class B shares into Class  A shares does not constitute a  taxable
event  for U.S. income tax purposes. However, such opinion is not binding on the
Internal Revenue Service.
    

   
    If approved by shareholders,  the conversion feature may  be subject to  the
continuing  availability  of  opinions of  counsel  or rulings  of  the Internal
Revenue Service (i) that the dividends  and other distributions paid on Class  A
and  Class  B  shares will  not  constitute "preferential  dividends"  under the
Internal Revenue  Code of  1986, as  amended, and  (ii) that  the conversion  of
shares  does not constitute  a taxable event.  The conversion of  Class B shares
into Class A shares may be suspended  if such opinions or rulings are no  longer
available.  If  conversions  are suspended,  Class  B  shares of  the  Fund will
continue  to  be  subject,  possibly   indefinitely,  to  their  higher   annual
distribution and service fee.
    

REQUIRED VOTE

    The  proposed amendment to the Fund's  Declaration of Trust to implement the
conversion feature requires  the affirmative vote  of a majority  of the  Fund's
outstanding  shares. In the  event shareholders of  the Fund do  not approve the
proposed amendment, the conversion feature will not be implemented for the  Fund
and  Class  B  shares  of  the  Fund  will  continue  to  be  subject,  possibly
indefinitely, to their higher annual distribution and service fee.

    THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THIS PROPOSAL NO. 2.

             APPROVAL OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS A DISTRIBUTION
                                AND SERVICE PLAN
   (FOR CONSIDERATION BY CLASS A AND CLASS B SHAREHOLDERS, VOTING SEPARATELY)
                                (PROPOSAL NO. 3)

   
    On May 4, 1993, the Fund's Trustees approved an amended and restated Class A
Distribution and  Service  Plan pursuant  to  Rule 12b-1  under  the  Investment
Company  Act and  an amended and  restated Distribution Agreement  with PMFD for
Class A shares of the Fund (the Proposed  Class A Plan and the Proposed Class  A
Distribution  Agreement, respectively) and recommend  submission of the Proposed
Class   A    Plan   to    the   Class    A   shareholders    of   each    Series
    

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for  approval  or  disapproval  at  this  Special  Meeting  of  Shareholders. As
contemplated by the SEC Order (previously  defined under Proposal No. 2  above),
the  Proposed  Class A  Plan is  also being  submitted for  approval by  Class B
shareholders because, subject to approval of Proposal No. 2, Class B shares will
automatically  convert  to  Class  A  shares  approximately  seven  years  after
purchase.  The Proposed Class A Distribution  Agreement does not require, and is
not being submitted for, shareholder approval.
    

    The purpose  of  the  Proposed Class  A  Plan  is to  compensate  PMFD,  the
distributor  of the Fund's Class A shares, for providing distribution assistance
to  broker-dealers,  including  Prudential  Securities  and  Prusec,  affiliated
broker-dealers,  and  other qualified  broker-dealers,  if any,  whose customers
invest in Class  A shares  of the  Fund and to  defray the  costs and  expenses,
including  the payment of  account servicing fees, of  the services provided and
activities undertaken to distribute Class A shares (Distribution Activities).

   
    The Trustees previously adopted a plan of distribution for the Fund's  Class
A  shares pursuant  to Rule  12b-1 under  the Investment  Company Act  which was
approved by shareholders on December 19, 1990 and last approved by the  Trustees
on  May 4,  1993 (the Existing  Class A Plan).  Shareholders of the  Class A and
Class B shares  of each  Series are  being asked  to approve  amendments to  the
Existing  Class  A Plan  that  change it  from a  reimbursement  type plan  to a
compensation type plan. The amendments do not change the maximum annual fee that
may be paid to PMFD  under the Existing Class  A Plan, although the  possibility
exists  that  expenses incurred  by  PMFD and  for which  it  is entitled  to be
reimbursed under the Existing Class  A Plan may be less  than the fee PMFD  will
receive  under the Proposed Class  A Plan. The amendments  are being proposed to
facilitate administration and accounting. The Trustees believe that the Proposed
Class A Plan is in the best interest of each Series and is reasonably likely  to
benefit  the Fund's Class A shareholders. A copy of the Proposed Class A Plan is
attached hereto as Exhibit C.
    

THE EXISTING CLASS A PLAN

    Under the  Existing Class  A Plan,  the Fund  reimburses PMFD  for  expenses
incurred for Distribution Activities at an annual rate of up to .30 of 1% of the
average  daily net assets of  the Class A shares  (up to .25 of  1% of which may
constitute a  service  fee for  the  servicing and  maintenance  of  shareholder
accounts).  Article III, Section 26 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice (the NASD
Rules) places an annual limit of .25 of  1% on fees that may be imposed for  the
provision  of personal  service and/or  the maintenance  of shareholder accounts
(service fees) and an annual limit of .75 of 1% on asset-based sales charges (as
defined in the NASD  Rules). Subject to  these limits, the  Fund may impose  any

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combination  of  service  fees  and asset-based  sales  charges  under  both the
Existing Class A Plan  and the Proposed  Class A Plan;  provided that the  total
fees  do not exceed .30 of  1% per annum of the  average daily net assets of the
Class A shares.
    

   
    The Existing Class  A Plan  may not be  amended to  increase materially  the
amount  to be  spent for  the services described  therein without  approval by a
majority of the holders  of the Class A  shares of each Series  of the Fund.  In
addition, all material amendments thereof must be approved by vote of a majority
of the Trustees, including a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees, cast in person
at  a meeting  called for  the purpose  of voting  on the  Plan. So  long as the
Existing Class A Plan is in effect,  the selection and nomination of Rule  12b-1
Trustees will be committed to the discretion of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees.
    

   
    The  Existing Class A Plan may be  terminated at any time without payment of
any penalty by the vote of a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees or by the  vote
of  a majority of the outstanding Class A  shares of a Series (as defined in the
Investment Company Act) on written  notice to any other  party to such Plan  and
will  automatically terminate in the event of  its assignment (as defined in the
Investment Company Act). For a more detailed description of the Existing Class A
Plan, see "Management of the Fund -- The Distributors -- Class A Plan."
    

THE PROPOSED CLASS A PLAN

    The Proposed Class A Plan amends the  Existing Class A Plan in one  material
respect.  Under the Existing Class A Plan, the Fund reimburses PMFD for expenses
actually incurred for Distribution Activities up to  a maximum of .30 of 1%  per
annum  of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. The Proposed Class
A Plan  authorizes  the  Fund  to  pay PMFD  the  same  maximum  annual  fee  as
compensation for its Distribution Activities regardless of the expenses incurred
by  PMFD  for  Distribution  Activities. The  Distributor  may,  however,  as it
currently does, voluntarily agree to  limit its fee to  an amount less than  the
maximum  annual  fee. In  contrast to  the  Existing Class  A Plan,  the amounts
payable by  the Fund  under the  Proposed Class  A Plan  would not  be  directly
related  to  the  expenses  actually  incurred  by  PMFD  for  its  Distribution
Activities. Consequently,  if PMFD's  expenses for  Distribution Activities  are
less than the distribution and service fees it receives under the Proposed Class
A Plan, it will retain its full fees and realize a profit.

    Since  inception of  the Existing  Class A  Plan, the  reimbursable expenses
incurred thereunder  by PMFD  have  generally equalled  or exceeded  the  amount
reimbursed  by the Fund. For each of the fiscal years ended April 30, 1991, 1992

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and 1993, PMFD received payments of $11,594, $19,702 and $31,658,  respectively,
on  behalf of the High Yield  Series, $5,164, $12,731 and $24,589, respectively,
on behalf of  the Insured  Series and $305,  $599 and  $1,883, respectively,  on
behalf of the Modified Term Series under the Existing Class A Plan, representing
.10  of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares of each Series,
as reimbursement of expenses incurred for Distribution Activities. Although PMFD
agreed to limit its fees under  the Existing Class A Plan  to .10 of 1% for  the
fiscal  years ended April 30, 1991 and 1992 and to .25 of 1% for the fiscal year
ended April 30, 1993,  it in fact limited  its fees to .10  of 1% for all  three
fiscal  years  even though  its  direct and  indirect  reimbursable distribution
expenses exceeded  such  amount. PMFD  believes  that it  would  have  similarly
limited  its fee had  the Proposed Class A  Plan been in  effect during the past
three fiscal years, although  it could have assessed  the maximum annual fee  of
.30  of 1%.  Regardless of  which Plan  will be  in effect,  the Distributor has
voluntarily agreed to limit its fees for Distribution Activities to no more than
.10 of 1% of the average daily net  assets of the Class A shares for the  fiscal
year  ending April  30, 1995. Other  expenses incurred by  PMFD for Distribution
Activities have been, and will continue to be, paid from the proceeds of initial
sales charges.
    

    Among the major perceived benefits of a compensation type plan, such as  the
Proposed  Class A  Plan, over  a reimbursement type  plan, such  as the Existing
Class A  Plan,  is the  facilitation  of administration  and  accounting.  Under
reimbursement  plans, all  expenses must  be specifically  accounted for  by the
Distributor and attributed to the specific class of shares of a fund in order to
qualify for reimbursement. Although the Proposed  Class A Plan will continue  to
require  quarterly reporting  to the  Trustees of  the amounts  accrued and paid
under the Plan and of the expenses actually borne by the Distributor, there will
be no need to  match specific expenses to  reimbursements as under the  Existing
Class  A  Plan. Thus,  the accounting  for the  Proposed Class  A Plan  would be
simplified and the timing of when expenditures are to be made by the Distributor
would not  be  an issue.  These  considerations, combined  with  the  reasonable
likelihood,  although there  is no  assurance, that  the per  annum payment rate
under the Proposed Class A  Plan will not exceed  the expenses incurred by  PMFD
for  Distribution Activities, suggest that the costs and efforts associated with
a reimbursement plan are unwarranted.

    In considering whether to  approve the Proposed Class  A Plan, the  Trustees
reviewed,  among  other things,  the  nature and  scope  of the  services  to be
provided by  PMFD,  the  purchase  options  available  to  investors  under  the
Alternative  Purchase Plan, the amount of expenditures under the Exisiting Class
A Plan, the  relationship of  such expenditures  to the  overall cost  structure

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of  each Series, and comparative data  with respect to distribution arrangements
adopted by other  investment companies.  Based upon such  review, the  Trustees,
including  a majority  of the  Rule 12b-1 Trustees,  determined that  there is a
reasonable likelihood that the Proposed Class  A Plan will benefit the Fund  and
its Class A shareholders.

    If  approved by  shareholders, the  Proposed Class  A Plan  will continue in
effect from  year  to year,  provided  such  continuance is  approved  at  least
annually by vote of a majority of the Trustees, including a majority of the Rule
12b-1 Trustees.

REQUIRED VOTE

   
    If  Proposal No. 2  is approved by  shareholders, the Proposed  Class A Plan
will require the approval of  a majority of the  outstanding Class A shares  and
Class B shares (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of each Series, voting
separately.  If Proposal  No. 2  is not  approved by  shareholders, the Proposed
Class A  Plan will  only require  the approval  of a  majority of  each  Series'
outstanding  Class A shares. Under  the Investment Company Act,  a majority of a
class' outstanding voting shares is defined as the lesser of (i) 67% of a class'
outstanding voting shares represented at a meeting at which more than 50% of the
outstanding voting shares of the class  are present in person or represented  by
proxy,  or (ii)  more than  50% of  a class'  outstanding voting  shares. If the
Proposed Class A Plan is not approved as described above by the shareholders  of
a  Series, the  Existing Class  A Plan  will continue  in its  present form with
respect to such Series.
    

    THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THIS PROPOSAL NO. 3.

             APPROVAL OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CLASS B DISTRIBUTION
                                AND SERVICE PLAN
                (FOR CONSIDERATION BY CLASS B SHAREHOLDERS ONLY)
                                (PROPOSAL NO. 4)

   
    On May 4, 1993, the Fund's Trustees approved an amended and restated Class B
Distribution and  Service  Plan pursuant  to  Rule 12b-1  under  the  Investment
Company  Act and  an amended  and restated  Class B  Distribution Agreement with
Prudential Securities for Class B shares of the Fund (the Proposed Class B  Plan
and  the Proposed  Class B  Distribution Agreement,  respectively) and recommend
submission   of    the   Proposed    Class    B   Plan    to   the    Class    B
    

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shareholders  of each Series for approval or disapproval at this Special Meeting
of Shareholders. The Proposed Class  B Distribution Agreement does not  require,
and is not being submitted for, shareholder approval.
    

    The  purpose  of  the Proposed  Class  B  Plan is  to  compensate Prudential
Securities, the  distributor  of  the  Fund's  Class  B  shares,  for  providing
distribution  assistance  to  broker-dealers,  including  Prusec,  an affiliated
broker-dealer, and  other  qualified  broker-dealers, if  any,  whose  customers
invest  in Class  B shares  of the Fund  and to  defray the  costs and expenses,
including the payment of  account servicing fees, of  the services provided  and
activities undertaken to distribute Class B shares (Distribution Activities).

   
    The  Trustees previously adopted a plan of distribution for the Fund's Class
B shares  pursuant to  Rule 12b-1  under the  Investment Company  Act which  was
approved  by shareholders on December 18, 1989 and last approved by the Trustees
on May 4, 1993 (the Existing Class  B Plan). Shareholders of the Class B  shares
of  each Series are  being asked to  approve amendments to  the Existing Class B
Plan that change it from a reimbursement type plan to a compensation type  plan.
The  amendments  do  not change  the  maximum annual  fee  that may  be  paid to
Prudential Securities under the Existing Class B Plan, although the  possibility
exists  that  expenses incurred  by Prudential  Securities and  for which  it is
entitled to be reimbursed under the Existing  Class B Plan may be less than  the
fee  Prudential Securities  will receive  under the  Proposed Class  B Plan. The
amendments are being proposed to  facilitate administration and accounting.  The
Trustees  believe that the Proposed Class B Plan is in the best interest of each
Series and is reasonably  likely to benefit the  Fund's Class B shareholders.  A
copy of the Proposed Class B Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit D.
    

THE EXISTING CLASS B PLAN

   
    Under  the Existing Class B Plan,  the Fund reimburses Prudential Securities
for expenses incurred for Distribution Activities at an annual rate of up to .50
of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class B shares (up to .25 of 1%  of
which  may  constitute  a  service  fee for  the  servicing  and  maintenance of
shareholder accounts). Amounts  reimbursable under  the Plan that  are not  paid
because  they exceed the maximum fee  payable thereunder are carried forward and
may be recovered in future years by Prudential Securities from asset-based sales
charges imposed on Class B shares, to the extent such charges do not exceed  .50
of  1% per annum of the average daily net assets of the Class B shares, and from
contingent deferred sales charges received from certain redeeming  shareholders,
subject  to the limitations  of Article III,  Section 26 of  the NASD Rules. The
NASD Rules place an annual limit  of .25 of 1% on  fees that may be imposed  for
the provision of personal service
    

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and/or  the maintenance  of shareholder  accounts (service  fees) and  an annual
limit of .75 of 1% on asset-based sales charges (as defined in the NASD  Rules).
Pursuant to the NASD Rules, the aggregate deferred sales charges and asset based
sales  charges on  Class B  shares of  each Series  may not,  subject to certain
exclusions, exceed 6.25% of total gross sales of Class B shares.
    

   
    The Existing Class  B Plan  may not be  amended to  increase materially  the
amount  to be  spent for  the services described  therein without  approval by a
majority of the holders  of the Class B  shares of each Series  of the Fund.  In
addition, all material amendments thereof must be approved by vote of a majority
of the Trustees, including a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees, cast in person
at  a meeting  called for  the purpose  of voting  on the  Plan. So  long as the
Existing Class B Plan is in effect,  the selection and nomination of Rule  12b-1
Trustees will be committed to the discretion of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees.
    

   
    The  Existing Class B Plan may be  terminated at any time without payment of
any penalty by the vote of a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees or by the  vote
of  a majority of the outstanding Class B  shares of a Series (as defined in the
Investment Company Act) on written  notice to any other  party to such Plan  and
will  automatically terminate in the event of  its assignment (as defined in the
Investment Company Act). For a more detailed description of the Existing Class B
Plan, see "Management of the Fund -- The Distributors -- Class B Plan."
    

THE PROPOSED CLASS B PLAN

    The Proposed Class B Plan amends the  Existing Class B Plan in one  material
respect.  Under  the  Existing  Class B  Plan,  the  Fund  reimburses Prudential
Securities for expenses actually  incurred for Distribution  Activities up to  a
maximum  of .50 of 1% per  annum of the average daily  net assets of the Class B
shares. The  Proposed  Class  B  Plan authorizes  the  Fund  to  pay  Prudential
Securities  the same  maximum annual  fee as  compensation for  its Distribution
Activities regardless  of the  expenses incurred  by Prudential  Securities  for
Distribution  Activities. In contrast to the  Existing Class B Plan, the amounts
payable by  the Fund  under the  Proposed Class  B Plan  would not  be  directly
related  to  the expenses  actually incurred  by  Prudential Securities  for its
Distribution Activities. Consequently,  if Prudential  Securities' expenses  are
less  than its distribution and  service fees, it will  retain its full fees and
realize a  profit.  However,  if  Prudential  Securities'  expenses  exceed  the
distribution  and service fees received under the Proposed Class B Plan, it will
no longer carry forward such amounts for reimbursement in future years.

    Since inception of the  Existing Class B  Plan, the cumulative  reimbursable
expenses  incurred thereunder by Prudential Securities have exceeded the amounts
reimbursed by  the  Fund. As  of  December 31,  1993,  the aggregate  amount  of

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distribution  expenses incurred and not yet  reimbursed by the Fund or recovered
through contingent deferred sales charges was approximately $37,448,000 for  the
High  Yield Series,  $25,224,000 for the  Insured Series and  $2,185,000 for the
Modified Term Series.

   
    For the  fiscal  years ended  April  30,  1991, 1992  and  1993,  Prudential
Securities  received  $3,338,559,  $3,798,894 and  $4,466,017,  respectively, on
behalf of the High  Yield Series under the  Existing Class B Plan,  representing
.50  of 1% of  the average net  assets of the  Class B shares  of the High Yield
Series, $2,686,375, $3,047,578  and $3,529,230, respectively,  on behalf of  the
Insured  Series under the Existing  Class B Plan, representing  .50 of 1% of the
average net assets of  the Class B  shares of the  Insured Series and  $232,609,
$222,195 and $250,771, respectively, on behalf of the Modified Term Series under
the  Existing Class B Plan, representing .50 of  1% of the average net assets of
the Class B shares  of the Modified  Term Series. Since  the maximum annual  fee
under  the Existing Class B Plan is the same as under the Proposed Class B Plan,
Prudential Securities would have received the same annual fee under the Proposed
Class B Plan  as it did  under the Existing  Class B Plan  for the fiscal  years
ended April 30, 1991, 1992 and 1993.
    

   
    Among  the major perceived benefits of a compensation type plan, such as the
Proposed Class B  Plan, over  a reimbursement type  plan, such  as the  Existing
Class  B  Plan,  is the  facilitation  of administration  and  accounting. Under
reimbursement plans,  all expenses  must be  specifically accounted  for by  the
Distributor and attributed to the specific class of shares of a fund in order to
qualify  for reimbursement. Although the Proposed  Class B Plan will continue to
require quarterly reporting  to the  Trustees of  the amounts  accrued and  paid
under the Plan and of the expenses actually borne by the Distributor, there will
be  no need to match specific expenses to reimbursements and no carrying forward
of such amounts, as under  the Existing Class B  Plan. Thus, the accounting  for
the  Proposed  Class  B  Plan  would  be  simplified  and  the  timing  of  when
expenditures are to be made by the Distributor ordinarily would not be an issue.
Currently, because  the Existing  Class  B Plan  is  a reimbursement  plan,  the
Distributor  retains an independent expert to perform a study of its methodology
for determining  and substantiating  which of  its expenses  should properly  be
allocated  to the Series' Class B shares for reimbursement, the cost of which is
borne by the  Fund and  other funds for  which Prudential  Securities serves  as
distributor.  These considerations, combined  with the fact  that the cumulative
expenses incurred  by Prudential  Securities  for Distribution  Activities  have
exceeded  the amounts reimbursed by the Series  under the Existing Class B Plan,
suggest that the  costs and  efforts associated  with a  reimbursement plan  are
unwarranted.
    

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    In  considering whether to  approve the Proposed Class  B Plan, the Trustees
reviewed, among  other  things, the  nature  and scope  of  the services  to  be
provided  by Prudential Securities, the  purchase options available to investors
under the  Alternative  Purchase Plan,  the  amount of  expenditures  under  the
Existing Class B Plan, the relationship of such expenditures to the overall cost
structure  of  each Series  and comparative  data  with respect  to distribution
arrangements adopted by other investment companies. Based upon such review,  the
Trustees, including a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees, determined that there
is  a reasonable likelihood that the Proposed Class B Plan will benefit the Fund
and its Class B shareholders.
    

    If approved by Class B shareholders, the Proposed Class B Plan will continue
in effect from  year to  year, provided such  continuance is  approved at  least
annually by vote of a majority of the Trustees, including a majority of the Rule
12b-1 Trustees.

REQUIRED VOTE

   
    The  Proposed  Class B  Plan  requires the  approval  of a  majority  of the
outstanding Class B shares of each  Series as defined in the Investment  Company
Act  and described  under Proposal No.  3. If the  Proposed Class B  Plan is not
approved, the Existing Class B Plan will continue in its present form.
    

    THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THIS PROPOSAL NO. 4.

   
               APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS OF THE SERIES' FUNDAMENTAL
                  INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS REGARDING RESTRICTED
                            AND ILLIQUID SECURITIES
                                (PROPOSAL NO. 5)
    

   
    On May 4, 1993,  at the request  of the Fund's  Manager and Subadviser,  the
Trustees  considered  and recommend  for  shareholder approval  revision  of the
Series' fundamental investment  restrictions regarding  illiquid and  restricted
securities. The Trustees recommend elimination of Investment Restriction No. 11,
which limits the purchase of securities for which there are legal or contractual
restrictions  on resale,  including repurchase  agreements having  maturities of
longer than  seven days  and other  illiquid securities.  Further, the  Trustees
recommend  modification  of  Investment  Restriction  No.  14  to  eliminate the
restrictions on investments in repurchase  agreements with maturities of  longer
than seven days.
    

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    Investment Restriction No. 11, which is proposed to be eliminated, currently
provides as follows:

    Each Series may not:

        Purchase   securities  for   which  there   are  legal   or  contractual
    restrictions  on  resale  or   illiquid  securities  (including   repurchase
    agreements  having maturities of more  than seven days) if  more than 10% of
    the total assets of the Series would be invested in such securities.

    Investment Restriction  No. 14  is proposed  to be  modified to  provide  as
follows (deleted language in brackets):

    Each Series may not:

        Make  loans,  except  through [(i)]  repurchase  agreements [(repurchase
    agreements with  a maturity  of  longer than  7  days, together  with  other
    illiquid securities (referred to in Restriction 11), being limited to 10% of
    the  total assets of any Series) and (ii)] and loans of portfolio securities
    (limited to 33% of the Series' total assets).

    The  Trustees   recommend  replacement   of  such   fundamental   investment
restrictions  with a non-fundamental investment policy that could be modified by
the vote  of the  Trustees  in response  to  regulatory or  market  developments
without  further approval  by shareholders. The  proposed non-fundamental policy
would provide as follows:

   
          Each  Series may  invest  up to  15% of  its  net assets  in  illiquid
    securities  including repurchase agreements which  have a maturity of longer
    than seven days, securities with legal or contractual restrictions on resale
    (restricted securities)  and securities  that  are not  readily  marketable.
    Securities,  including  municipal  lease obligations,  that  have  a readily
    available  market  are  not  considered   illiquid  for  purposes  of   this
    limitation.  The  investment  adviser  will monitor  the  liquidity  of such
    restricted securities  under the  supervision  of the  Trustees.  Repurchase
    agreements  subject to  demand are  deemed to have  a maturity  equal to the
    applicable notice period.
    

    An open-end  investment  company  may  not  hold  a  significant  amount  of
restricted securities or illiquid securities because such securities may present
problems  of accurate valuation  and because it is  possible that the investment
company would  have difficulty  satisfying redemptions  within seven  days.  The
proposed  investment policy  is not  expected by  the investment  adviser or the
Trustees to affect the Series' liquidity.

    Historically, illiquid securities  have been defined  to include  securities
subject  to contractual  or legal restrictions  on resale,  securities for which
there is no readily available market and repurchase agreements having a maturity
of longer than

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seven days.  In  recent years,  however,  the securities  markets  have  evolved
significantly,  with the  result that  new types  of instruments  have developed
which make the Series' present restrictions on illiquid investments overly broad
and unnecessarily restrictive in  the view of the  Fund's Manager. In 1992,  the
SEC  staff issued amended guidelines to the effect that up to 15% (as opposed to
10%) of an open-end  fund's net assets may  be invested in illiquid  securities,
including  repurchase agreements with a maturity  of longer than seven days. The
guidelines  were  amended  in  connection  with  the  SEC's  efforts  to  remove
unnecessary  barriers  to  capital formation  and  to facilitate  access  to the
capital markets by small businesses.

    In reaching  liquidity  decisions,  the  Manager  and  the  Subadviser  will
consider, INTER ALIA, the following factors:

        1.  the frequency of trades and quotes for the security;

        2.   the number of dealers wishing  to purchase or sell the security and
    the number of other potential purchasers;

        3.  dealer undertakings to make a market in the security; and

        4.  the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace  trades
    (E.G.,  the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting
    offers and the mechanics of the transfer).

    With respect to  municipal lease  obligations, the  investment adviser  also
considers:  (1) the  willingness of  the municipality  to continue,  annually or
biannually, to  appropriate funds  for payment  of the  lease; (2)  the  general
credit  quality of the municipality and  the essentiality to the municipality of
the property covered by the  lease; (3) in the  case of unrated municipal  lease
obligations,  an analysis  of factors  similar to  that performed  by nationally
recognized statistical rating organizations in evaluating the credit quality  of
a  municipal lease obligation, including (i) whether the lease can be cancelled,
(ii) if applicable, what assurance there  is that the assets represented by  the
lease  can be sold, (iii) the strength of the lessee's general credit (E.G., its
debt,  administrative,  economic  and   financial  characteristics),  (iv)   the
likelihood  that the municipality will discontinue appropriating funding for the
leased property  because the  property  is no  longer  deemed essential  to  the
operation   of  the   municipality  (E.G.,  the   potential  for   an  event  of
non-appropriation), and  (v) the  legal  recourse in  the  event of  failure  to
appropriate;  and (4) any other factors unique to municipal lease obligations as
determined by the investment adviser.

    The Trustees  believe  that  adoption of  Proposal  No.  5 is  in  the  best
interests of each Series and its shareholders.

REQUIRED VOTE

    Amendment  of each  Series' investment restrictions  to eliminate Investment
Restriction No.  11  and  modify  Investment Restriction  No.  14  requires  the
approval

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of  a majority of  the outstanding voting  securities of each  Series. Under the
Investment Company Act, a majority of a Series' outstanding voting securities is
defined as  the lesser  of (i)  67%  of the  Series' outstanding  voting  shares
represented  at a  meeting at  which more  than 50%  of the  Series' outstanding
voting shares are present in person or  represented by proxy, or (ii) more  than
50%  of the Series' outstanding voting shares.  In the event shareholders do not
approve the  proposed  modification of  each  Series' investment  policies,  the
current limitations would remain fundamental policies which could not be changed
without  the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of each
Series.
    

    THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THIS PROPOSAL NO. 5.

               APPROVAL OF ELIMINATION OF THE SERIES' INVESTMENT
             RESTRICTIONS LIMITING INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES OF
              ANY ISSUER IN WHICH THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE
                     FUND OR THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF
           ITS INVESTMENT ADVISER OWN MORE THAN A SPECIFIED INTEREST
                                (PROPOSAL NO. 6)

    On May  4,  1993,  at  the  request of  the  Fund's  Manager,  the  Trustees
considered  and recommend for  shareholder approval elimination  of each Series'
Investment Restriction No. 6, which provides that each Series may not:

        Invest in securities of any issuer if, to the knowledge of the Fund, any
    officer or Trustee  of the Fund  or officer  or director of  the Manager  or
    Subadviser  owns more than  1/2 of 1%  of the outstanding  securities of the
    issuer, and those officers, Trustees and directors, who own more than 1/2 of
    1%, own in the aggregate more than  5% of the outstanding securities of  the
    issuer.

    The  Manager has advised the Trustees  that the restriction upon the Series'
investing in companies in  which officers and Trustees  of the Fund or  officers
and  directors  of  the Manager  own  more than  1/2  of 1%  of  the outstanding
securities of such company  was initially adopted to  comply with a  restriction
imposed  in connection  with the  sale of  each Series'  shares in  Ohio. If the
proposal is approved, each Series would continue to comply with the  restriction
as  a non-fundamental operating policy so long as the Series sells its shares in
Ohio. However, if Ohio were to  eliminate the requirement or the Series  stopped
offering  their  shares  for sale  in  Ohio,  the Trustees  could  eliminate the
operating policy  without the  necessity of  shareholder approval.  None of  the
Series currently intends to stop offering its shares in Ohio, nor is the Fund or
the Fund's Manager aware of any proposal to change the Ohio law.

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    The  Trustees  believe  that adoption  of  Proposal  No. 6  is  in  the best
interests of each Series and their shareholders.

REQUIRED VOTE
    Amendment of  each  Series'  investment restrictions  to  delete  Investment
Restriction  No.  6  requires  the  approval  of  a  majority  of  each  Series'
outstanding voting  securities as  defined  in the  Investment Company  Act  and
described  under Proposal No. 5. If the  proposed change in investment policy is
not approved, the current  limitations would remain  a fundamental policy  which
could  not be  changed without  the approval  of a  majority of  the outstanding
voting securities of each Series.

    THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THIS PROPOSAL NO. 6.

                                 OTHER MATTERS

    No business other than as  set forth herein is  expected to come before  the
Meeting,  but should  any other matter  requiring a vote  of shareholders arise,
including any question as to an adjournment of the Meeting, the persons named in
the enclosed proxy  will vote thereon  according to their  best judgment in  the
interest of the Fund.

                             SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

   
    As  a Massachusetts business trust, the Fund  is not required to hold annual
meetings of shareholders and the Trustees  currently do not intend to hold  such
meetings unless shareholder action is required in accordance with the Investment
Company  Act or the Fund's Declaration of Trust. A shareholder proposal intended
to be presented at  any meeting of shareholders  of the Fund hereinafter  called
must be received by the Fund a reasonable time before the Trustees' solicitation
relating  thereto is made in order to  be included in the Fund's proxy statement
and form of proxy  relating to that  meeting and presented  at the meeting.  The
mere  submission of  a proposal  by a shareholder  does not  guarantee that such
proposal will be included in the proxy statement because certain rules under the
federal securities laws must be complied  with before inclusion of the  proposal
is required.
    

                                                  S. JANE ROSE
                                                    SECRETARY
   
Dated: April 18, 1994
    

    SHAREHOLDERS  WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND WHO WISH TO
HAVE THEIR SHARES VOTED ARE  REQUESTED TO DATE AND  SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY  AND
RETURN  IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED
STATES.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

            PRUDENTIAL MUTUAL FUND MANAGEMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                               DECEMBER 31, 1993

                                     ASSETS

<TABLE>
<S>                                                     <C>
CASH AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS.......................  $42,667,507
LOAN TO AFFILIATE.....................................   85,000,000
MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER FEES
 RECEIVABLE...........................................   17,897,292
TRANSFER AGENCY AND FIDUCIARY FEES RECEIVABLE.........    3,744,874
FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS,
 NET..................................................   10,495,702
OTHER ASSETS..........................................    4,676,430
                                                        -----------
                                                        $164,481,805
                                                        -----------
                                                        -----------
               LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
LIABILITIES:
  Due to affiliates...................................  $48,794,366
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses...............   11,208,209
  Income taxes payable to affiliate -- net............    2,937,828
                                                        -----------
                                                         62,940,403
                                                        -----------
COMMITMENTS (Note 6)
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
  Class A common stock, $1 par value (1,000 shares
   authorized, 850 shares outstanding)................          850
  Class B common stock, $1 par value (1,000 shares
   authorized, 150 shares outstanding)................          150
  Additional paid-in capital..........................   24,999,000
  Retained earnings...................................   76,541,402
                                                        -----------
                                                        101,541,402
                                                        -----------
                                                        $164,481,805
                                                        -----------
                                                        -----------
</TABLE>

          See notes to consolidated statement of financial condition.

                                      A-1
<PAGE>
            PRUDENTIAL MUTUAL FUND MANAGEMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                               DECEMBER 31, 1993

1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
    Prudential  Mutual  Fund  Management,  Inc.  ("PMF")  and  subsidiaries (the
"Company"), an  indirect wholly-owned  subsidiary  of The  Prudential  Insurance
Company  of America (the "Prudential"), were  created to operate as the manager,
distributor and/or transfer agent for investment companies.

    PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

    The consolidated financial statement  includes the accounts  of PMF and  its
wholly-owned  subsidiaries, Prudential  Mutual Fund Services,  Inc. ("PMFS") and
Prudential Mutual Fund  Distributors, Inc. ("PMFD").  All intercompany  profits,
transactions and balances have been eliminated.

    INCOME TAXES

    The  Company is a  member of a  group of affiliated  companies which join in
filing a consolidated Federal  income tax return. Pursuant  to a tax  allocation
agreement,  tax expense is  determined for individual  profitable companies on a
separate return basis. Profit members pay  this amount to an affiliated  company
which  in turn apportions  the payment among  the loss members  in proportion to
their losses.  In  January 1993,  the  Company adopted  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards No.  109, "Accounting  for Income  Taxes" (SFAS  109). The
adoption of SFAS 109 did not have  a material effect on the Company's  financial
position.

2.  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
    At  December 31, 1993, the Company had invested $35,411,571 in several money
market funds which PMF manages.

3.  FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS
    Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements consist of the following:

<TABLE>
<S>                                              <C>
Furniture......................................  $6,481,799
Equipment......................................   9,181,984
Leasehold improvements.........................   3,407,213
                                                 ----------
                                                 19,070,996
Less accumulated depreciation and
 amortization..................................   8,575,294
                                                 ----------
                                                 $10,495,702
                                                 ----------
                                                 ----------
</TABLE>

                                      A-2
<PAGE>
4.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
    In the ordinary course of business, the Company participates in a variety of
financial and administrative transactions with affiliates.

    The loan to affiliate  bears interest at 3.45  percent at December 31,  1993
and is due on demand.

    The  caption "Due to  affiliates" includes $18,241,795  at December 31, 1993
for  reimbursement   of   employee   compensation  and   benefits,   and   other
administrative  and operating  expenses. This amount  is noninterest-bearing and
payable on demand.

    The Company  has entered  into subadvisory  agreements with  The  Prudential
Investment  Corporation ("PIC"), a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Prudential. Under
these agreements, PIC  furnishes investment advisory  services to  substantially
all  the funds for which the Company acts as Manager. At December 31, 1993 there
were unpaid fees  due to PIC  of $23,926,277,  included in the  caption "Due  to
affiliates."

    Distribution  expenses include  commissions and account  servicing fees paid
to, or on account of,  financial advisors of Prudential Securities  Incorporated
("Prudential   Securities")   and  Pruco   Securities   Corporation  ("PruSec"),
affiliated broker-dealers and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of  Prudential,
advertising expenses, the cost of printing and mailing prospectuses to potential
investors,  and indirect and overhead costs of Prudential Securities and PruSec,
including lease,  utility,  communications  and  sales  promotion  expenses.  At
December  31,  1993 there  were  unpaid distribution  expenses  of approximately
$6,626,000, included in the caption "Due to affiliates."

5.  CAPITAL
    PMFD is subject  to the SEC  Uniform Net Capital  Rule (Rule 15c3-1),  which
requires  the maintenance of minimum net capital  and requires that the ratio of
aggregate indebtedness to net capital, both  as defined, shall not exceed 15  to
1.  At  December  31,  1993,  PMFD had  net  capital  of  $2,308,981,  which was
$1,859,405 in excess of its required net  capital of $449,576. PMFD had a  ratio
of aggregate indebtedness to net capital of 2.9 to 1.

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6.  COMMITMENTS
    The Company leases office space under operating leases expiring in 2003. The
leases  are  subject to  escalation  based upon  certain  costs incurred  by the
lessor. Future minimum rentals, as of  December 31, 1993, under the leases,  are
as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR                                                       MINIMUM RENTAL
- --------------------------------------------------------  ----------------
<S>                                                       <C>
1994....................................................   $    2,738,000
1995....................................................        2,865,000
1996....................................................        3,375,000
1997....................................................        3,385,000
1998....................................................        3,230,000
Thereafter..............................................       13,800,000
                                                          ----------------
                                                           $   29,393,000
                                                          ----------------
                                                          ----------------
</TABLE>

7.  PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
    The Company has two defined benefit pension plans (the "Plans") sponsored by
the  Prudential and Prudential Securities. The  Plans cover substantially all of
the Company's employees. The funding policy is to contribute annually the amount
necessary  to  satisfy  the  Internal  Revenue  Service  funding  standards.  In
addition,  the Company  has two  defined benefit  plans for  key executives, the
Supplemental Retirement  Plan  (SRP)  for  which  estimated  pension  costs  are
currently accrued but not funded.

    The  Company provides  certain health care  and life  insurance benefits for
eligible retired  employees.  Effective January  1,  1993, the  Company  adopted
Statement  of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106, "Employers' Accounting for
Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions" ("SFAS 106"). SFAS 106 changed  the
practice of accounting for postretirement benefits on a cash basis to an accrual
basis,  whereby employers  record the  projected future  cost of  providing such
postretirement benefits as  employees render services  instead of when  benefits
are paid. This new accounting method has no effect on the Company's cash outlays
for  these  retirement benefits.  The adoption  of SFAS  106 did  not materially
impact the Company's financial position.

    The Financial Accounting Standards Board  has issued Statement of  Financial
Accounting   Standards  No.  112,   "Employers'  Accounting  for  Postemployment
Benefits," ("SFAS  112") which  is effective  for fiscal  years beginning  after
December  15, 1993. Although several benefits  are fully insured which result in
no SFAS 112 obligation,  the Company currently has  an obligation and  resulting

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7.  PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (CONTINUED)
expense under SFAS 112 for medical benefits provided under long-term disability.
The  Company will adopt  SFAS 112 on  January 1, 1994.  Management believes that
implementation will have no material effect on the Company's financial position.

8.  CONTINGENCY
    On October 12, 1993, a purported class action lawsuit was instituted against
PMF, et al and certain  current and former directors of  a fund managed by  PMF.
The  plaintiffs seek damages  in an unspecified  amount for excessive management
and distribution fees they allege were incurred by them. Although the outcome of
this litigation cannot be  predicted at this time,  the defendants believe  they
have  meritorious defenses to the claims asserted in the complaint and intend to
defend this action vigorously. In any case, management does not believe that the
outcome of  this action  is likely  to have  a material  adverse effect  on  the
Company's financial position.

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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
Prudential Mutual Fund Management, Inc.:

    We  have  audited  the  accompanying  consolidated  statement  of  financial
condition of  Prudential Mutual  Fund Management,  Inc. and  subsidiaries as  of
December  31, 1993. This consolidated  financial statement is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
consolidated financial statement based on our audit.

    We conducted  our  audit  in accordance  with  generally  accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statement is  free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  consolidated  statement  of
financial condition. An audit also includes assessing the accounting  principles
used  and significant  estimates made by  management, as well  as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We  believe that our audit provides  a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

    In  our opinion, such consolidated statement of financial condition presents
fairly, in all material  respects, the financial  position of Prudential  Mutual
Fund  Management, Inc. and subsidiaries at  December 31, 1993 in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE

New York, New York
January 26, 1994

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                         PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
                FORM OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

    (a)  Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Certificate of Designation dated December 18,
1989 and filed with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of  Massachusetts
on  January 18,  1990 (the  "Certificate of  Designation") are  deleted in their
entirety and  the  following six  new  paragraphs,  numbered 3  through  8,  are
inserted immediately after paragraph 2, reading as follows:

        3.   The shares of  beneficial interest of each  series of the Trust are
    classified into  three  classes,  designated  "Class  A  Shares,"  "Class  B
    Shares,"  and "Class C  Shares." An unlimited  number of each  such class of
    each such series may  be issued. All  Class A Shares and  Class B Shares  of
    each  such series outstanding  on the date on  which the amendments provided
    for herein become effective shall be and  continue to be Class A Shares  and
    Class B Shares, respectively, of such series.

        4.   The holders of Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares of
    each series having the same shall be considered Shareholders of such series,
    and shall have the relative rights  and preferences set forth herein and  in
    the  Declaration of Trust with  respect to Shares of  such series, and shall
    also be  considered  Shareholders  of  the  Trust  for  all  other  purposes
    (including,  without  limitation,  for  purposes  of  receiving  reports and
    notices and the right to vote) and, for matters reserved to the Shareholders
    of one or more other classes or series by the Declaration of Trust or by any
    instrument establishing and designating a particular class or series, or  as
    required  by  the  Investment  Company  Act of  1940  and/or  the  rules and
    regulations  of   the   Securities  and   Exchange   Commission   thereunder
    (collectively,  as from  time to  time in effect,  the "1940  Act") or other
    applicable laws.

        5.  The Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares of each series
    shall represent an equal proportionate interest  in the share of such  class
    in the Trust Property belonging to that series, adjusted for any liabilities
    specifically  allocable to the Shares  of that class, and  each Share of any
    such class  shall have  identical voting,  dividend, liquidation  and  other
    rights  and the same terms and  conditions, except that the expenses related
    directly or indirectly to the distribution of the Shares of a class, and any
    service fees to which such class is subject (as determined by the Trustees),
    shall  be  borne  solely  by  such   class,  and  such  expenses  shall   be
    appropriately  reflected in  the determination  of net  asset value  and the
    dividend, distribution and liquidation rights of such class.

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        6.  (a) Class A Shares of each  series shall be subject to (i) a  front-
    end  sales charge and (ii)(A) an asset-based sales charge pursuant to a plan
    under Rule 12b-1 of the  1940 Act (a "Plan"), and/or  (B) a service fee  for
    the  maintenance  of shareholder  accounts  and personal  services,  in such
    amounts as shall be determined from time to time.
    

           (b) Class  B  Shares  of  each  series shall  be  subject  to  (i)  a
    contingent  deferred sales  charge and  (ii)(A) an  asset-based sales charge
    pursuant to  a  Plan,  and/or (B)  a  service  fee for  the  maintenance  of
    shareholder  accounts and  personal services,  in such  amounts as  shall be
    determined from time to time.

   
            (c) Class  C  Shares  of each  series  shall  be subject  to  (i)  a
    contingent  deferred sales charge  and (ii) (A)  an asset-based sales charge
    pursuant to  a  Plan,  and/or (B)  a  service  fee for  the  maintenance  of
    shareholder  accounts and  personal services,  in such  amounts as  shall be
    determined from time to time.
    

        7.  Subject  to compliance with  the requirements of  the 1940 Act,  the
    Trustees  shall have the authority to provide  that holders of Shares of any
    series shall have the  right to convert  said Shares into  Shares of one  or
    more  other  series of  registered  investment companies  specified  for the
    purpose in this Trust's Prospectus for the series accorded such right,  that
    holders  of any class of Shares of a  series shall have the right to convert
    such Shares into Shares  of one or  more other classes  of such series,  and
    that  Shares of any class of a  series shall be automatically converted into
    Shares of another class of such series, in each case in accordance with such
    requirements and procedures as the Trustees may from time to time establish.
    The requirements and  procedures applicable  to such  mandatory or  optional
    conversion  of Shares of any such class or  series shall be set forth in the
    Prospectus in effect with respect to such Shares.

        8.   Shareholders of  each series  and class  shall vote  as a  separate
    series  or class, as the  case may be, on any  matter to the extent required
    by, and any matter shall be deemed to have been effectively acted upon  with
    respect  to any series or class as provided  in, Rule 18f-2, as from time to
    time in  effect, under  the  1940 Act,  or any  successor  rule and  by  the
    Declaration  of Trust.  Except as  otherwise required  by the  1940 Act, the
    Shareholders of  each class  of any  series having  more than  one class  of
    Shares,  voting as  a separate class,  shall have sole  and exclusive voting
    rights with respect to  the provisions of any  Plan applicable to Shares  of
    such  class, and shall have  no voting rights with  respect to provisions of
    any Plan applicable solely to any other class of Shares of such series.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                         PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
                         DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN
                                (CLASS A SHARES)
                                  INTRODUCTION

    The  Distribution  and Service  Plan  (the Plan)  set  forth below  which is
designed to  conform to  the requirements  of Rule  12b-1 under  the  Investment
Company  Act of 1940 (the Investment Company Act) and Article III, Section 26 of
the Rules of Fair  Practice of the National  Association of Securities  Dealers,
Inc. (NASD) has been adopted by Prudential Municipal Bond Fund (the Fund) and by
Prudential   Mutual  Fund  Distributors,  Inc.,   the  Fund's  distributor  (the
Distributor).

   
    The Fund has  entered into a  distribution agreement pursuant  to which  the
Fund will employ the Distributor to distribute Class A shares issued by the Fund
(Class A shares). Under the Plan, the Fund intends to pay to the Distributor, as
compensation  for its services,  a distribution and service  fee with respect to
Class A shares.
    

    A majority  of the  Trustees of  the  Fund, including  a majority  of  those
Trustees  who  are not  "interested  persons" of  the  Fund (as  defined  in the
Investment Company Act) and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in
the operation of  this Plan  or any  agreements related  to it  (the Rule  12b-1
Trustees),  have determined by votes cast in  person at a meeting called for the
purpose of  voting on  this Plan  that  there is  a reasonable  likelihood  that
adoption  of this Plan will benefit  the Fund and its shareholders. Expenditures
under this Plan  by the  Fund for  Distribution Activities  (defined below)  are
primarily  intended to result in  the sale of Class A  shares of the Fund within
the meaning of paragraph (a)(2) of  Rule 12b-1 promulgated under the  Investment
Company Act.

    The  purpose of the Plan  is to create incentives  to the Distributor and/or
other  qualified  broker-dealers  and   their  account  executives  to   provide
distribution  assistance to  their customers who  are investors in  the Fund, to
defray the  costs and  expenses associated  with the  preparation, printing  and
distribution  of  prospectuses and  sales literature  and other  promotional and
distribution activities  and to  provide for  the servicing  and maintenance  of
shareholder accounts.

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                                    THE PLAN

        The material aspects of the Plan are as follows:

    1.  DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES

        The  Fund shall engage  the Distributor to distribute  Class A shares of
    the Fund and to service shareholder accounts using all of the facilities  of
    the  distribution networks of Prudential Securities Incorporated (Prudential
    Securities) and  Pruco  Securities  Corporation  (Prusec),  including  sales
    personnel and branch office and central support systems, and also using such
    other qualified broker-dealers and financial institutions as the Distributor
    may  select. Services provided and activities undertaken to distribute Class
    A shares of the Fund are referred to herein as "Distribution Activities."

    2.  PAYMENT OF SERVICE FEE

        The Fund  shall pay  to the  Distributor as  compensation for  providing
    personal  service and/or maintaining  shareholder accounts a  service fee of
    .25 of 1% per annum  of the average daily net  assets of the Class A  shares
    (service  fee). The Fund shall calculate and accrue daily amounts payable by
    the Class A shares of the Fund hereunder and shall pay such amounts  monthly
    or at such other intervals as the Trustees may determine.

    3.  PAYMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES

        The Fund shall pay to the Distributor as compensation for its services a
    distribution  fee, together  with the  service fee  (described in  Section 2
    hereof), of .30 of 1% per annum of the average daily net assets of the Class
    A shares of  the Fund for  the performance of  Distribution Activities.  The
    Fund  shall calculate and accrue daily amounts payable by the Class A shares
    of the Fund hereunder and  shall pay such amounts  monthly or at such  other
    intervals  as the  Trustees may  determine. Amounts  payable under  the Plan
    shall be subject to the limitations of  Article III, Section 26 of the  NASD
    Rules of Fair Practice.

         Amounts paid to the Distributor  by the Class A shares of the Fund will
    not be used to  pay the distribution expenses  incurred with respect to  any
    other  class  of  shares  of  the  Fund  except  that  distribution expenses
    attributable to the Fund as a whole will be allocated to the Class A  shares
    according  to the ratio of the sales of Class A shares to the total sales of
    the Fund's  shares over  the Fund's  fiscal year  or such  other  allocation
    method  approved by  the Trustees.  The allocation  of distribution expenses
    among classes will be subject to the review of the Trustees.

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<PAGE>
         The Distributor  shall spend such  amounts as it  deems appropriate  on
    Distribution Activities which include, among others:

            (a)  amounts paid  to Prudential Securities  for performing services
        under a selected dealer agreement between Prudential Securities and  the
        Distributor  for sale  of Class  A shares  of the  Fund, including sales
        commissions and trailer commissions paid  to, or on account of,  account
        executives  and indirect and overhead costs associated with Distribution
        Activities, including central office and branch expenses;

            (b) amounts paid to Prusec for performing services under a  selected
        dealer  agreement between Prusec and the Distributor for sale of Class A
        shares of the Fund, including sales commissions and trailer  commissions
        paid  to,  or on  account  of, agents  and  indirect and  overhead costs
        associated with Distribution Activities;

            (c) advertising for the Fund in various forms through any  available
        medium,  including the cost  of printing and  mailing Fund prospectuses,
        statements of additional information and periodic financial reports  and
        sales literature to persons other than current shareholders of the Fund;
        and

            (d) sales commissions (including trailer commissions) paid to, or on
        account  of,  broker-dealers  and  financial  institutions  (other  than
        Prudential Securities  and  Prusec)  which have  entered  into  selected
        dealer agreements with the Distributor with respect to Class A shares of
        the Fund.

    4.  QUARTERLY REPORTS; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

        An  appropriate officer of the Fund will  provide to the Trustees of the
    Fund for  review,  at  least  quarterly,  a  written  report  specifying  in
    reasonable   detail  the   amounts  expended   for  Distribution  Activities
    (including payment  of the  service fee)  and the  purposes for  which  such
    expenditures  were made in  compliance with the  requirements of Rule 12b-1.
    The Distributor will  provide to the  Trustees of the  Fund such  additional
    information  as the  Trustees shall  from time  to time  reasonably request,
    including information  about Distribution  Activities  undertaken or  to  be
    undertaken by the Distributor.

         The Distributor will inform the Trustees of the Fund of the commissions
    and account  servicing  fees  to  be paid  by  the  Distributor  to  account
    executives   of  the   Distributor  and  to   broker-dealers  and  financial
    institutions which have selected dealer agreements with the Distributor.

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<PAGE>
    5.  EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUATION

        The Plan shall not take effect until it has been approved by a vote of a
    majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the  Investment
    Company Act) of the Class A shares of the Fund.

        If approved by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
    of the Class A shares of the Fund, the Plan shall, unless earlier terminated
    in  accordance with its terms, continue  in full force and effect thereafter
    for so long as such continuance  is specifically approved at least  annually
    by  a majority of the Trustees of the  Fund and a majority of the Rule 12b-1
    Trustees by votes  cast in person  at a  meeting called for  the purpose  of
    voting on the continuation of the Plan.

    6.  TERMINATION

        This  Plan may be  terminated at any time  by vote of  a majority of the
    Rule 12b-1 Trustees,  or by  vote of a  majority of  the outstanding  voting
    securities  (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Class A shares
    of the Fund.

    7.  AMENDMENTS

        The Plan  may  not  be  amended  to  change  the  combined  service  and
    distribution  expenses to be paid as provided for in Sections 2 and 3 hereof
    so as to increase materially the amounts payable under this Plan unless such
    amendment shall be  approved by the  vote of a  majority of the  outstanding
    voting  securities (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Class A
    shares of the Fund. All material amendments of the Plan shall be approved by
    a majority of  the Trustees of  the Fund and  a majority of  the Rule  12b-1
    Trustees  by votes  cast in person  at a  meeting called for  the purpose of
    voting on the Plan.

    8.  RULE 12B-1 TRUSTEES

        While the Plan is  in effect, the selection  and nomination of the  Rule
    12b-1  Trustees  shall be  committed  to the  discretion  of the  Rule 12b-1
    Trustees.

    9.  RECORDS

        The Fund shall preserve  copies of the Plan  and any related  agreements
    and  all reports made pursuant to Section 4 hereof, for a period of not less
    than six years from the date  of effectiveness of the Plan, such  agreements
    or  reports, and for  at least the  first two years  in an easily accessible
    place.

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<PAGE>
    10.  ENFORCEMENT OF CLAIMS

        The name  "Prudential Municipal  Bond Fund"  is the  designation of  the
    Trustees under a Declaration of Trust dated November 3, 1986 and all persons
    dealing  with the Fund must look solely to  the property of the Fund for the
    enforcement of  any  claims against  the  Fund, and  neither  the  Trustees,
    officers,   agents  or  shareholders  assume   any  personal  liability  for
    obligations entered into on behalf of the Fund.

Dated:

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                                                                       EXHIBIT D

                         PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
                         DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN
                                (CLASS B SHARES)
                                  INTRODUCTION

    The  Distribution  and Service  Plan  (the Plan)  set  forth below  which is
designed to  conform to  the requirements  of Rule  12b-1 under  the  Investment
Company  Act of 1940 (the Investment Company Act) and Article III, Section 26 of
the Rules of Fair  Practice of the National  Association of Securities  Dealers,
Inc. (NASD) has been adopted by Prudential Municipal Bond Fund (the Fund) and by
Prudential   Securities   Incorporated  (Prudential   Securities),   the  Fund's
distributor (the Distributor).

   
    The Fund has  entered into a  distribution agreement pursuant  to which  the
Fund will employ the Distributor to distribute Class B shares issued by the Fund
(Class  B shares). Under the Plan, the Fund wishes to pay to the Distributor, as
compensation for its services,  a distribution and service  fee with respect  to
Class B shares.
    

    A  majority of  the Trustees of  the Fund  including a majority  who are not
"interested persons" of the Fund (as defined in the Investment Company Act)  and
who  have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of this Plan
or any agreements related  to it (the Rule  12b-1 Trustees), have determined  by
votes  cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on this Plan
that there is a  reasonable likelihood that adoption  of this Plan will  benefit
the  Fund and  its shareholders.  Expenditures under this  Plan by  the Fund for
Distribution Activities (defined below) are primarily intended to result in  the
sale  of Class B  shares of the Fund  within the meaning  of paragraph (a)(2) of
Rule 12b-1 promulgated under the Investment Company Act.

    The purpose of the  Plan is to create  incentives to the Distributor  and/or
other   qualified  broker-dealers  and  their   account  executives  to  provide
distribution assistance to  their customers who  are investors in  the Fund,  to
defray  the costs  and expenses  associated with  the preparation,  printing and
distribution of  prospectuses and  sales literature  and other  promotional  and
distribution  activities and  to provide  for the  servicing and  maintenance of
shareholder accounts.

                                      D-1
<PAGE>
                                    THE PLAN

        The material aspects of the Plan are as follows:

    1.  DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES

        The Fund shall engage  the Distributor to distribute  Class B shares  of
    the  Fund and to service shareholder accounts using all of the facilities of
    the Prudential Securities distribution network including sales personnel and
    branch office  and  central  support  systems, and  also  using  such  other
    qualified  broker-dealers and financial institutions  as the Distributor may
    select, including Pruco Securities  Corporation (Prusec). Services  provided
    and  activities  undertaken to  distribute Class  B shares  of the  Fund are
    referred to herein as "Distribution Activities."

    2.  PAYMENT OF SERVICE FEE

        The Fund  shall pay  to the  Distributor as  compensation for  providing
    personal  service and/or maintaining  shareholder accounts a  service fee of
    .25 of 1% per annum  of the average daily net  assets of the Class B  shares
    (service  fee). The Fund shall calculate and accrue daily amounts payable by
    the Class B shares of the Fund hereunder and shall pay such amounts  monthly
    or at such other intervals as the Trustees may determine.

    3.  PAYMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES

        The Fund shall pay to the Distributor as compensation for its services a
    distribution  fee, together  with the  service fee  (described in  Section 2
    hereof), of .50 of 1% per annum of the average daily net assets of the Class
    B shares of  the Fund for  the performance of  Distribution Activities.  The
    Fund  shall calculate and accrue daily amounts payable by the Class B shares
    of the Fund hereunder and  shall pay such amounts  monthly or at such  other
    intervals  as the  Trustees may  determine. Amounts  payable under  the Plan
    shall be subject to the limitations of  Article III, Section 26 of the  NASD
    Rules of Fair Practice.

         Amounts paid to the Distributor  by the Class B shares of the Fund will
    not be used to  pay the distribution expenses  incurred with respect to  any
    other  class  of  shares  of  the  Fund  except  that  distribution expenses
    attributable to the Fund as a whole will be allocated to the Class B  shares
    according  to the ratio of the sale of  Class B shares to the total sales of
    the Fund's  shares over  the Fund's  fiscal year  or such  other  allocation
    method  approved by  the Trustees.  The allocation  of distribution expenses
    among classes will be subject to the review of the Trustees.

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<PAGE>
         The Distributor  shall spend such  amounts as it  deems appropriate  on
    Distribution Activities which include, among others:

            (a) sales commissions (including trailer commissions) paid to, or on
        account of, account executives of the Distributor;

            (b)  indirect and overhead costs  of the Distributor associated with
        performance of  Distribution  Activities including  central  office  and
        branch expenses;

            (c)  amounts paid to Prusec for performing services under a selected
        dealer agreement between Prusec and the Distributor for sale of Class  B
        shares  of the Fund, including sales commissions and trailer commissions
        paid to,  or on  account  of, agents  and  indirect and  overhead  costs
        associated with Distribution Activities;

            (d)  advertising for the Fund in various forms through any available
        medium, including the  cost of printing  and mailing Fund  prospectuses,
        statements  of additional information and periodic financial reports and
        sales literature to persons other than current shareholders of the Fund;
        and

            (e) sales commissions (including trailer commissions) paid to, or on
        account of, broker-dealers and other financial institutions (other  than
        Prusec)  which  have entered  into selected  dealer agreements  with the
        Distributor with respect to Class B shares of the Fund.

    4.  QUARTERLY REPORTS; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

        An appropriate officer of the Fund  will provide to the Trustees of  the
    Fund  for  review,  at  least  quarterly,  a  written  report  specifying in
    reasonable  detail  the   amounts  expended   for  Distribution   Activities
    (including  payment  of the  service fee)  and the  purposes for  which such
    expenditures were made in  compliance with the  requirements of Rule  12b-1.
    The  Distributor will  provide to the  Trustees of the  Fund such additional
    information as they shall  from time to  time reasonably request,  including
    information  about Distribution Activities undertaken or to be undertaken by
    the Distributor.

        The Distributor will inform the Trustees of the Fund of the  commissions
    and  account  servicing  fees  to  be paid  by  the  Distributor  to account
    executives of  the Distributor  and to  broker-dealers and  other  financial
    institutions which have selected dealer agreements with the Distributor.

                                      D-3
<PAGE>
    5.  EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUATION

        The Plan shall not take effect until it has been approved by a vote of a
    majority  of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the Investment
    Company Act) of the Class B shares of the Fund.

        If approved by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
    of the Class B shares of the Fund, the Plan shall, unless earlier terminated
    in accordance with its terms, continue  in full force and effect  thereafter
    for  so long as such continuance  is specifically approved at least annually
    by a majority of the Trustees of the  Fund and a majority of the Rule  12b-1
    Trustees  by votes  cast in person  at a  meeting called for  the purpose of
    voting on the continuation of the Plan.

    6.  TERMINATION

        This plan may be  terminated at any  time by vote of  a majority of  the
    Rule  12b-1 Trustees,  or by  vote of a  majority of  the outstanding voting
    securities (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Class B  shares
    of the Fund.

    7.  AMENDMENTS

        The  Plan  may  not  be  amended  to  change  the  combined  service and
    distribution expenses to be paid as provided for in Sections 2 and 3  hereof
    so as to increase materially the amounts payable under this Plan unless such
    amendment  shall be approved  by the vote  of a majority  of the outstanding
    voting securities (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Class  B
    shares of the Fund. All material amendments of the Plan shall be approved by
    a  majority of  the Trustees of  the Fund and  a majority of  the Rule 12b-1
    Trustees by votes  cast in person  at a  meeting called for  the purpose  of
    voting on the Plan.

    8.  RULE 12B-1 TRUSTEES

        While  the Plan is in  effect, the selection and  nomination of the Rule
    12b-1 Trustees  shall be  committed  to the  discretion  of the  Rule  12b-1
    Trustees.

    9.  RECORDS

        The  Fund shall preserve  copies of the Plan  and any related agreements
    and all reports made pursuant to Section 4 hereof, for a period of not  less
    than  six years from the date of  effectiveness of the Plan, such agreements
    or reports, and for  at least the  first two years  in an easily  accessible
    place.

                                      D-4
<PAGE>
    10.  ENFORCEMENT OF CLAIMS.

        The  name "Prudential  Municipal Bond  Fund" is  the designation  of the
    Trustees under a Declaration of Trust dated November 3, 1986 and all persons
    dealing with the Fund must look solely  to the property of the Fund for  the
    enforcement  of  any  claims against  the  Fund, and  neither  the Trustees,
    officers,  agents  or  shareholders   assume  any  personal  liability   for
    obligations entered into on behalf of the Fund.

Dated:

                                      D-5
<PAGE>
PLEASE MARK, SIGN,
DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
PROXY (CLASS A)

YOUR PROXY WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED.
CAREFULLY DETACH HERE AND RETURN BOTTOM PORTION ONLY.

PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
HIGH YIELD SERIES
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10292

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES.

The undersigned hereby appoints Susan C. Cote, S. Jane Rose and Marguerite E.H.
Morrison as Proxies, each with the power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent and to vote as designated below, all the Class A
shares of beneficial interest of Prudential Municipal Bond Fund - High Yield
Series held of record by the undersigned on ___________,1994 at the Special
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on ________, 1994, or any adjournment
thereof.

THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR ALL THE PROPOSALS LISTED BELOW.

Your Account No.:
Your voting shares are:

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

1.  Election of Trustees

APPROVE ALL NOMINEES   WITHHOLD ALL NOMINEES   WITHHOLD THOSE LISTED ON BACK

To withhold authority for any individual nominee, please write name on back of
form.

Edward D. Beach
Donald D. Lennox
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Lawrence C. McQuade
Thomas T. Mooney
Richard A. Redeker
Louis A. Weil, III

2.  To approve an amendment of the Fund's Declaration of Trust to permit a
conversion feature for Class B shares.

         FOR               AGAINST            ABSTAIN
2

3.  To approve an amended and restated Class A Distribution and Service Plan.

3

4.  Not applicable to class A shareholders.


4

5.  To approve amendments of the High Yield Series' investment policies and
restrictions regarding restricted and illiquid securities.

5

6.  To approve the elimination of the High Yield Series' investment
restrictions
limiting the Series' ability to invest in the securities of any issuer in which
officers and Trustees of the Fund or officers and directors of its investment
adviser own more than a specified interest.

6



IN THEIR DIRECTION THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON OTHER BUSINESS AS
MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.

Only shares of beneficial interest of the Fund of record at the close of
business on ___________, 1994 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the
Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Please sign exactly as name appears at left. When shares are held by joint
tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please
sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a
partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

_____________________________________
SIGNATURE                 DATE

_____________________________________
SIGNATURE (JOINT OWNERSHIP)
<PAGE>
PLEASE MARK, SIGN,
DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
PROXY (CLASS A)

YOUR PROXY WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED.
CAREFULLY DETACH HERE AND RETURN BOTTOM PORTION ONLY.
PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
INSURED SERIES
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10292

This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Trustees.
The undersigned hereby appoints Susan C. Cote, S. Jane Rose and Marguerite E.H.
Morrison as Proxies, each with the power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent and to vote as designated below, all the Class A
shares of beneficial interest of Prudential Municipal Bond Fund - Insured
Series held of record by the undersigned on ___________,1994 at the Special
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on ________, 1994, or any adjournment
thereof.

THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR ALL THE PROPOSALS LISTED BELOW.

Your Account No.:
Your voting shares are:

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

1.  Election of Trustees

APPROVE ALL NOMINEES  WITHHOLD ALL NOMINEES   WITHHOLD THOSE LISTED ON BACK

To withhold authority for any individual nominee, please write name on back of
form.

Edward D. Beach
Donald D. Lennox
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Lawrence C. McQuade
Thomas T. Mooney
Richard A. Redeker
Louis A. Weil, III

2.  To approve an amendment of the Fund's Declaration of Trust to permit a
conversion feature for Class B shares.

FOR         AGAINST         ABSTAIN

3.  To approve an amended and restated Class A Distribution and Service Plan.

4.  Not applicable to Class A shareholders.

5.  To approve amendments of the Insured Series' investment policies and
restrictions regarding restricted and illiquid securities.

6.  To approve the elimination of the Insured Series' investment restrictions
limiting the Series' ability to invest in the securities of any issuer in which
officers and Trustees of the Fund or officers and directors of its investment
adviser own more than a specified interest.

IN THEIR DISCRETION THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON OTHER BUSINESS AS
MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.

Only shares of beneficial interest of the Fund of record at the close of
business on ___________, 1994 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the
Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Please sign exactly as name appears at left. When shares are held by joint
tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please
sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a
partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

___________________________________________
SIGNATURE                        DATE

___________________________________________
SIGNATURE (JOINT OWNERSHIP)
<PAGE>
PLEASE MARK, SIGN,
DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

PROXY (CLASS A)

YOUR PROXY WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED.
CAREFULLY DETACH HERE AND RETURN BOTTOM PORTION ONLY.
PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MODIFIED TERM SERIES
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10292

This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Trustees.

The undersigned hereby appoints Susan C. Cote, S. Jane Rose and Marguerite E.H.
Morrison as Proxies, each with the power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent and to vote as designated below, all the Class A
shares of beneficial interest of Prudential Municipal Bond Fund - Modified Term
Series held of record by the undersigned on ___________,1994 at the Special
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on ________, 1994, or any adjournment
thereof.

THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR ALL THE PROPOSALS LISTED BELOW.

Your Account No.:
Your voting shares are:

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

1.  Election of Trustees

APPROVE ALL NOMINEES    WITHHOLD ALL NOMINEES   WITHHOLD THOSE LISTED ON BACK

To withhold authority for any individual nominee, please write name on back of
form.
Edward D. Beach
Donald D. Lennox
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Lawrence C. McQuade
Thomas T. Mooney
Richard A. Redeker
Louis A. Weil, III

2.  To approve an amendment of the Fund's Declaration of Trust to permit a
conversion feature for Class B shares.

   FOR         AGAINST           ABSTAIN

3.  To approve an amended and restated Class A Distribution and Service Plan.


4.  Not applicable to Class A shareholders.

5.  To approve amendments of the Modified Term Series' investment policies and
restrictions regarding restricted and illiquid securities.

6.  To approve the elimination of the Modified Term Series' investment
restrictions limiting the Series' ability to invest in the securities of any
issuer in which officers and Trustees of the Fund or officers and directors of
its investment adviser own more than a specified interest.

IN THEIR DISCRETION THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON OTHER BUSINESS AS
MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.

Only shares of beneficial interest of the Fund of record at the close of
business on ___________, 1994 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the
Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Please sign exactly as name appears at left. When shares are held by joint
tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please
sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a
partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

____________________________________
SIGNATURE                DATE

____________________________________
SIGNATURE (JOINT OWNERSHIP)
<PAGE>
PLEASE MARK, SIGN,
DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
PROXY (CLASS B)

YOUR PROXY WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED.
CAREFULLY DETACH HERE AND RETURN BOTTOM PORTION ONLY.
PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
INSURED SERIES
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10292

This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Trustees.
The undersigned hereby appoints Susan C. Cote, S. Jane Rose and Marguerite
E.H. Morrison as Proxies, each with the power of substitution, and hereby
authorizes each of them to represent and to vote as designated below, all the
Class B shares of beneficial
interest of Prudential Municipal Bond Fund - Insured Series held of record by
the undersigned on ___________,1994 at the Special Meeting of Shareholders to
be held on ________, 1994, or any adjournment thereof.

THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR ALL THE PROPOSALS LISTED BELOW.

Your Account No.:
Your voting shares are:

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

1.  Election of Trustees

APPROVE ALL NOMINEES    WITHHOLD ALL NOMINEES    WITHHOLD THOSE LISTED ON BACK

To withhold authority for any individual nominee, please write name on back of
form.

Edward D. Beach
Donald D. Lennox
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Lawrence C. McQuade
Thomas T. Mooney
Richard A. Redeker
Louis A. Weil, III

2.  To approve an amendment of the Fund's Declaration of Trust to permit a
conversion feature for Class B shares.

FOR         AGAINST         ABSTAIN

3.  To approve an amended and restated Class A Distribution and Service Plan.

4.  To approve an amended and restated Class B Distribution and Service Plan.

5.  To approve amendments of the Insured Series' investment policies and
restrictions regarding restricted and illiquid securities.

6.  To approve the elimination of the Insured Series' investment restrictions
limiting the Series' ability to invest in the securities of any issuer in
which officers and Trustees of the Fund or officers and directors of its
investment adviser own more
than a specified interest.

IN THEIR DISCRETION THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON OTHER BUSINESS AS
MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.

Only shares of beneficial interest of the Fund of record at the close of
business on ___________, 1994 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the
Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Please sign exactly as name appears at left. When shares are held by joint
tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please
sign in full corporate
name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign
in partnership name by authorized person.

_______________________________________
SIGNATURE                    DATE

_______________________________________
SIGNATURE (JOINT OWNERSHIP)
<PAGE>
PLEASE MARK, SIGN,
DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

PROXY (CLASS B)

YOUR PROXY WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED.
CAREFULLY DETACH HERE AND RETURN BOTTOM PORTION ONLY.
PRUDENTIAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUND
MODIFIED TERM SERIES
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10292

This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Trustees.

The undersigned hereby appoints Susan C. Cote, S. Jane Rose and Marguertie E.H.
Morrison as Proxies, each with the power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent and to vote, as designated below, all the Class B
shares of beneficial interest of Prudential Municipal Bond Fund - Modified Term
Series held of record by the undersigned on ___________,1994 at the Special
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on ___________, 1994, or any adjournment
thereof.

THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER(S). IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED FOR ALL THE PROPOSALS LISTED BELOW.

Your Account No.:
Your voting shares are:

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

1.  Election of Trustees

APPROVE ALL NOMINEES    WITHHOLD ALL NOMINEES   WITHHOLD THOSE LISTED ON BACK

To withhold authority for any individual nominee, please write name on back of
form.
Edward D. Beach
Donald D. Lennox
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Lawrence C. McQuade
Thomas T. Mooney
Richard A. Redeker
Louis A. Weil, III

2.  To approve an amendment of the Fund's Declaration of Trust to permit a
conversion feature for Class B shares.

       FOR          AGAINST           ABSTAIN

2

3.  To approve an amended and restated Class A Distribution and Service Plan.

3

4.  To approve an amended and restated Class B Distribution and Service Plan.

4

5.  To approve amendments of the Modified Term Series' investment policies and
restrictions regarding restricted and illiquid securities.

5

6.  To approve the elimination of the Modified Term Series' investment
restrictions limiting the Series' ability to invest in the securities of any
issuer in which officers and Trustees of the Fund or officers and directors of
its investment adviser own more than a specified interest.

6

IN THEIR DISCRETION THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON OTHER BUSINESS AS
MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING

Only shares of beneficial interest of the Fund of record at the close of
business on _________, 1994 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the
Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Please sign exactly as name appears at left. When shares are held by joint
tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please
sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a
partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

__________________________________________
SIGNATURE                 DATE

__________________________________________
SIGNATURE (JOINT OWNERSHIP)


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