MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL
1201 NORTH MARKET STREET
P.O. BOX 1347
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19899-1347
302 658 9200
302 658 3989 FAX
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JOHANNES R. KRAHMER THOMAS C. GRIMM RACHEL A. DWARES GREGORY W. WERKHEISER
O. FRANCIS BIONDI KENNETH J. NACHBAR SPECIAL COUNSEL WENDY L. WALTER
LEWIS S. BLACK, JR. ANDREW M. JOHNSTON CHRISTOPHER F. CARLTON
WILLIAM O. LAMOTTE, III MARY B. GRAHAM JEFFREY R. WOLTERS STEPHANIE L. NAGEL
DOUGLAS E. WHITNEY MICHAEL HOUGHTON MARYELLEN NOREIKA GARFIELD B. SIMMS*
WILLIAM H. SUDELL, JR. THOMAS R. PULSIFER DAVID J. TEKLITS MICHAEL BUSENKELL+
MARTIN P. TULLY JON E. ABRAMCZYK S. MARK HURD MICHAEL J. CONALLEN, JR. (DELTA)
THOMAS R. HUNT, JR. ALAN J. STONE RODGER D. SMITH RICHARD W. ELLIS
A. GILCHRIST SPARKS, III LOUIS G. HERING ERIC D. SCHWARTZ JOHN D. PIRNOT
RICHARD D. ALLEN FREDERICK H. ALEXANDER MONA A. LEE MEGAN E. WARD
DAVID LEY HAMILTON R. JUDSON SCAGGS, JR. STANFORD L. STEVENSON, III MELISSA STONE MYERS++
JOHN F. JOHNSTON WILLIAM M. LAFFERTY DEREK C. ABBOTT JASON W. STAIB
WALTER C. TUTHILL KAREN JACOBS LOUDEN JESSICA ZELDIN TODD A. FLUBACHER
DONALD F. PARSONS, JR. DONNA L. CULVER DAVID A. HARRIS CHRISTIAN J. HENRICH
JACK B. BLUMENFELD JULIA HEANEY PATRICIA A. O'NEILL
DONALD NELSON ISKEN JONATHAN I. LESSNER
DONALD E. REID ROBERT J. DEHNEY OF COUNSEL
DENISON H. HATCH, JR. COLM F. CONNOLLY
ANDREW B. KIRKPATRICK, JR. * ADMITTED IN MA ONLY
RICHARD L. SUTTON + ADMITTED IN FL ONLY
DAVID A. DREXLER ++ ADMITTED IN MA AND PA ONLY
WALTER L. PEPPERMAN, II (DELTA) ADMITTED IN PA AND NJ ONLY
December 1, 2000
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Prudential Index Series Fund
Gateway Center Three
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4077
Re: Registration Statement on Form N-1A
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We acted as special Delaware counsel to Prudential Index Series Fund, a
Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), in connection with the formation of the
Trust and related matters. In such capacity, we rendered opinions concerning the
Trust dated November 4, 1999, July 30, 1999 and October 30, 1992 (each, a "Prior
Opinion" and, collectively, the "Prior Opinions"). We hereby confirm to you the
opinions stated in each Prior Opinion, as of the respective dates thereof, and
consent to the incorporation by reference of the Prior Opinions in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, Registration No. 33-48066, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), and Amendment No. 18 to its Registration
Statement pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
Registration No. 811-6677, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on or about the date hereof. In giving this consent, we do not
thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Please note that our confirmation of the opinions set forth in each of the
Prior Opinions relates to the Trust and its shares as they existed on the
respective date of each Prior Opinion and is based solely on our understanding
and assumptions as to the facts, our review of the documents referenced in each
Prior Opinion and the application of Delaware law as the same existed on the
respective date of each Prior Opinion. We have not undertaken to update or
supplement the Prior Opinions, and we express no view with respect to any facts
or circumstances that may have come to our attention or any changes in facts or
law that may have occurred since the respective date of each Prior Opinion, and
our opinions, as
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hereby confirmed, should not be understood as relating to the status of the
Trust and its shares as of the date hereof.
Sincerely,
/s/ MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL
