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For the period ended 10/31/97
File number : 811-06047
SUB-ITEM 77 D
Policies with Respect to Securities Investments
On October 24, 1997 the Trustees
approved a change in investment policies of
the
Fund to expand the definition of
equity related securities to include common
stocks,
preferred stocks, securities convertible or
exchangeable for common stocks or preferred
stocks, equity investments in partnerships,
joint ventures and other forms of non-
corporate investment, American Depository
Receipts and warrants and rights exercisable
for equity securities`, among others.
n-sar/msf/12-97/77d
For the period ended 10/31/97
File number: 811-6047
SUB-ITEM 77 0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer
The Hertz Corporation
2. Date of Purchase
4/25/97
3. Number of Securities Purchased
25,000
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$600,000
5. Price Per Unit
$24.00
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
7. Other Members of the Underwriting Syndicate
Merrill Lync, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc.
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Montgomery Securities
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation
Smith Barney Inc.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Oppenheimer & Co.
William Blair & Co.
Furman Selz Inc.
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
McDonald & Company Securities, Inc.
Piper Jaffray
Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc.
Bear, Sterns and Company, Inc.
PaineWebber Incorporated
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawerence
Inc.
Fahnestock and Co. Inc.
The Robertson-Humphrey Company Inc.
Salomon Brothers Inc.
Sutro & Co. Inc.
Goldman Sachs & Co.
ABN AMRO Chicago
Alex, Brown & Sons, Inc.
Chase Securities, Inc.
Citicorp Securities, Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Inc.
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
William Blair & Company
J.C. Bradford & Co.
Neuberger & Berman
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Stephens, Inc.
Blaylock & Partners, LP
First of Michigan Corp.
WR Lazard, Laidlaw, Inc.
NatCity Investments, Inc.
Roney & Co., Inc.
Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc.
Muriel Sievert & Co.
Stifel, Nicolas & Company
Sturdivant & Co.
International Underwriters
Goldman Sachs International
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Banque nationale de Paris
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
UBS Limited
Morgan Grenfell & Co.
Credit Lyonnais Securities
Kleinwort Benson Limited
JP Morgan Securities Ltd
Lehman Brothers International Ltd.
Soloman Brothers international, Ltd.
Smith Barney, Inc.
Barclays De Zoete Wedd Ltd.
CIBC Wood Gundy Securities
HSBC Investment Bank plc
J. Henry Schroeder & Company, Inc.
Nomura International plc
RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.
Scotia McLeod, Inc.
Societe Generale
Sumitomo Finance International
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
UBS Limited
PRUDENTIAL MULTI-SECTOR FUND, INC.
Gateway Center Three
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4077
December 29, 1997
SEC Operations Center (OFICS)
6432 General Green Way
Mail Stop 0-7
Alexandria, VA 22312
Attention: File Support Unit
Re: Prudential Multi-
Sector Fund, Inc.
File No. 811-6047
Gentlemen:
Enclosed is one (1) copy of the Semi-Annual
Report on Form N-SAR for Prudential Multi-Sector
Fund, Inc. for the period ended October 31, 1997.
The Form N-SAR was filed using the Edgar
system.
Very truly
yours,
/s/Marguerite
E. H. Morrison
Marguerite E.H.
Morrison
Assistant
Secretary
This report is signed on behalf of the Registrant
in the City of Newark and State of New Jersey on
the 29th day of December, 1997.
Prudential Multi-Sector Fund, Inc.
Witness:/s/ Marguerite E. H. Morrison
By:/s/Grace C. Torres
Marguerite E.H. Morrison Grace
C. Torres
Assistant Secretary
Assistant Treasurer
