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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on January 17, 1996
Registration Nos. 33-46658
811-6615
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/
Pre-Effective Amendment No. / /
Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 /X/
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 /X/
Amendment No. 7 /X/
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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PRUDENTIAL ADJUSTABLE RATE SECURITIES FUND, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10292
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 214-1250
S. Jane Rose, Esq.
One Seaport Plaza
New York, New York 10292
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate date of proposed public offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date
of the Registration Statement.
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective
(check appropriate box):
/X/ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/ / 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
/ / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
/ / This post-effective amendment designates a new
effective date for a previously filed post-effective
amendment
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Registrant
hereby terminates its election to register an indefinite number of shares of
common stock, par value $.001 per share. The Registrant filed its final notice
under such Rule for the period March 1, 1995 through November 24, 1995 on
January 16, 1996.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the
requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York,
and the State of New York, on the 17th day of January, 1996.
PRUDENTIAL ADJUSTABLE RATE SECURITIES FUND, INC.
/s/ Richard A. Redeker
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(RICHARD A. REDEKER, PRESIDENT)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Edward D. Beach Director January 17, 1996
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EDWARD D. BEACH
/s/ Delayne D. Gold Director January 17, 1996
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DELAYNE D. GOLD
Director
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HARRY A. JACOBS, JR.
/s/ Richard A. Redeker President and Director January 17, 1996
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RICHARD A. REDEKER
Director
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THOMAS T. MOONEY
/s/ Thomas H. O'Brien Director January 17, 1996
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THOMAS H. O'BRIEN
/s/ Thomas A. Owens, Jr. Director January 17, 1996
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THOMAS A. OWENS, JR.
Director
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STANLEY E. SHIRK
/s/ Grace C. Torres Treasurer and Principal January 17, 1996
- --------------------------------------- Financial and Accounting Officer
GRACE C. TORRES
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