The Prudential Series Fund

INTRODUCTION
ABOUT THE FUND AND ITS PORTFOLIOS
This prospectus provides information about The Prudential Series Fund (the Fund), which consists of 28 separate portfolios (each, a
Portfolio). The Portfolios of the Fund which are discussed in this prospectus are listed on the inside front cover.
Prudential Investments LLC (PI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc., serves as overall manager for the Fund. The
assets of each Portfolio are managed by one or more subadvisers under a “manager-of-managers” structure. More information about
PI, the “manager-of-managers” structure, and the subadvisers is included in “How the Fund is Managed” later in this Prospectus.
The Fund offers two classes of shares in each Portfolio: Class I and Class II. Class I shares are sold only to separate accounts of
insurance companies affiliated with Prudential Financial, Inc., including but not limited to The Prudential Insurance Company of
America, Pruco Life Insurance Company, and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey (collectively, Prudential) as investment
options under variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts (the Contracts). (A separate account keeps the assets supporting
certain insurance contracts separate from the general assets and liabilities of the insurance company.) Class II shares are offered only
to separate accounts of non-Prudential insurance companies for the same types of Contracts.
Not every Portfolio is available under every Contract. The prospectus for each Contract lists the Portfolios currently available through
that Contract.
The Risk/Return Summary which follows highlights key information about each Portfolio. Additional information follows this
summary and is also provided in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI).
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