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The Prudential Institutional Fund
Supplement dated October 10, 1996 to the
Prospectus dated February 1, 1996
Growth Stock Fund, International Stock Fund, Balanced Fund,
Income Fund and Money Market Fund:
Effective September 20, 1996, assets of the above Series were exchanged for
Class Z shares (which have no sales or distribution fees) of certain Prudential
Mutual Funds, as follows:
- Growth Stock Fund assets in exchange for shares of Prudential Jennison
Growth Fund, a series of Prudential Jennison Series Fund, Inc.;
- Balanced Fund assets in exchange for shares of the Balanced Portfolio of
Prudential Allocation Fund;
- Income Fund assets in exchange for shares of Prudential Government
Income Fund, Inc.;
- Money Market Fund assets in exchange for shares of Prudential MoneyMart
Assets, Inc.; and
- International Stock Fund assets in exchange for shares of the
International Stock Series of Prudential World Fund, Inc.
Each of the Prudential Mutual Funds are offered by a separate prospectus.
The above series of The Prudential Institutional Fund are no longer offered by
this prospectus.
Active Balanced Fund and Stock Index Fund.
The Special Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for October 8, 1996 has been
changed to October 30, 1996.
