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Prudential ICICI Balanced Fund<br />

h) Investment Restrictions for the Scheme<br />

Pursuant to the Regulations and amendments thereto, the following investment restrictions are presently applicable to<br />

the Scheme:<br />

1) The initial issue expenses in respect of any Scheme will not exceed 6% of the Funds raised under that Scheme.<br />

2) A mutual fund scheme shall not invest more than 15% of its NAV in debt instruments issued by a single issuer<br />

which are rated not below investment grade by a credit rating agency authorised to carry out such activity under the<br />

SEBI Act. Such investment limit may be extended to 20% of the NAV of the scheme with the prior approval of the<br />

Board of Trustees and the Board of asset management company. Provided that, such limit shall not be applicable for<br />

investments in government securities and money market instruments. Provided further that investment within such<br />

limit can be made in mortgage backed securitised debt which are rated not below investment grade by a credit<br />

rating agency registered with SEBI.<br />

3) A mutual fund scheme shall not invest more than 10% of its NAV in un rated debt instruments issued by a single<br />

issuer and the total investment in such instruments shall not exceed 25% of the NAV of the scheme. All such<br />

investments shall be made by an internal committee constituted by AMC to approve the investment in un-rated<br />

debt securities in terms of the parameters approved by the Board of Trustees and the Board of asset management<br />

company Otherwise such investments shall be made with the prior approval of the Board of Trustees and the Board<br />

of asset management company or the Committee of Directors constituted in this behalf.<br />

Debentures, irrespective of any residual maturity period (above or below one year), shall attract the investment<br />

restrictions as applicable for debt instruments as specified under Clause 2 & 3 above.<br />

4) The Fund under all its schemes shall not own more than 10% of any company’s paid up capital carrying voting<br />

rights.<br />

5) Transfer of investments from one Scheme to another Scheme in the same Mutual Fund is permitted provided:<br />

a) Such transfers are done at the prevailing market price for quoted instruments on spot basis (spot basis shall<br />

have the same meaning as specified by a Stock Exchange for spot transactions); transfer of unquoted securities<br />

will be made as per the policies laid down by the Trustees from time to time; and<br />

b) The securities so transferred shall be in conformity with the investment objective of the Scheme to which such<br />

transfer has been made.<br />

6) The Scheme may invest in other schemes under the same AMC or any other Mutual Fund without charging any fees,<br />

provided the aggregate inter-scheme investment made by all the schemes under the same management or in schemes<br />

under management of any other asset management company shall not exceed 5% of the Net Asset Value of the<br />

Fund.<br />

7) The Fund shall get the securities purchased transferred in the name of the Fund on account of the concerned Scheme,<br />

wherever investments are intended to be of a long-term nature.<br />

8) The Fund may buy and sell securities on the basis of deliveries and will not make any short sales or engage in carry<br />

forward transaction or badla finance, except as and when permitted by the RBI in this regard (for example “when<br />

issued market” transactions). Provided that mutual funds shall enter into derivatives transactions in a recognised<br />

stock exchange for the purpose of hedging and portfolio balancing, in accordance with the guidelines issued by<br />

SEBI.<br />

9) All the Scheme’s investments will be in transferable securities (whether in capital markets or money markets) or bank<br />

deposits or in money at call as in privately placed debentures as securitised debt.<br />

10) No loans for any purpose can be advanced by the Scheme.<br />

11) The Fund may lend securities in accordance with stock lending scheme of SEBI.<br />

12) The mutual fund scheme shall not make any investment in;<br />

a) any unlisted security of an associate or group company of the sponsor; or<br />

b) any security issued by way of private placement by an associate or group company of the Sponsor; or<br />

c) the listed securities of group companies of the Sponsor which is in excess of 25% of the net assets<br />

13) No mutual fund scheme shall invest more than 10% of its NAV in equity shares of any one issuer (limit not applicable<br />

for index or sector specific schemes).<br />

14) No open-ended mutual fund scheme shall invest more than 5% of its NAV in unlisted equity shares or equity related<br />

instruments.<br />

15) The Fund shall not borrow except to meet temporary liquidity needs of the Fund for the purpose of repurchase<br />

redemption of units or payment of interest and dividend to the Unitholders, provided that the Fund shall not borrow<br />

more than 20% of the net assets of the individual Scheme and the duration of the borrowing shall not exceed a<br />

period of 6 months.<br />

16) Pending deployment of funds of a Scheme in securities in terms of investment objectives of the Scheme, the AMC<br />

can invest the funds of the Scheme in short term deposits of scheduled commercial banks or in call deposits.<br />

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