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SIGNATURE GRACE C. TORRES
TITLE TREASURER
For the six-month period ended (a) 6/30/99
File number (c) 811-7215
SUB-ITEM 77 0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer
Harrah's Operating Company, Inc.
2. Date of Purchase
1/12/99
3. Number of Securities Purchased
20,000
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$1,991,460
5. Price Per Unit
$99.573
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
7. Other Members of the Underwriting
Syndicate
BancBoston Robertson Stephens
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
For the six-month period ended (a) 6/30/99
File number (c) 811-7215
SUB-ITEM 77 0
EXHIBITS
Transactions Effected Pursuant to Rule 10f-3
1. Name of Issuer
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (% Notes
due 2009)
2. Date of Purchase
5/10/99
3. Number of Securities Purchased
18,000
4. Dollar Amount of Purchase
$1,796,382
5. Price Per Unit
$99.799
6. Name(s) of Underwriter(s) or Dealer(s)
From whom Purchased
Goldman Sachs
7. Other Members of the Underwriting
Syndicate
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.
Blaylock & Partners, L.P.
BT Alex. Brown
Chase Securities, Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch & Co.
J.P. Morgan & Co.
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC
PaineWebber Incorporated
Salomon Smith Barney
Prudential Securities
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Prudential Diversified Bond Fund, Inc.
(2)
Report of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Prudential Diversified Bond Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of Prudential Diversified
Bond Fund, Inc., (the "Fund") for the year
ended December 31, 1999, we considered its
internal control, including control activities
for safeguarding securities, in order to
determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinion on the
financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide
assurance on internal control.
The management of the Fund is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control.
In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates
and judgments by management are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs
of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's
objective of preparing financial statements for
external purposes that are fairly presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal
control, errors or fraud may occur and not be
detected. Also, projection of any evaluation
of internal control to future periods is
subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions or
that the effectiveness of the design and
operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in internal
control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants. A material
weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of one or more of the internal
control components does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that
misstatements caused by error or fraud in
amounts that would be material in relation to
the financial statements being audited may
occur and not be detected within a timely
period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However,
we noted no matters involving internal control
and its operation, including controls for
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
material weaknesses as defined above as of
December 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the
information and use of the Board of Directors,
management and the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is not intended to be and should
not be used by anyone other than these
specified parties.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
February 18, 2000
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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