PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC — Director's Dealing 2012

May 10, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC (PRU)
CIK: 0001137774
Period of Report: 2012-05-08

Reporting Person: CAPERTON GASTON (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-05-08	2012 Restricted Stock Units	$0.0000	A	2326.0000	Acquired		Common Stock (2326.0000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of PRU common stock or the economic equivalent thereof. The restricted stock units become payable, in PRU common stock or in cash, at the election of the reporting person, upon or following the reporting person's termination of service as a Director pursuant to the terms of the Prudential Financial, Inc. 2011 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

F2: The restricted stock units vest the earlier of the annual meeting or in one year on May 8, 2013 and were deferred under the Prudential Financial, Inc. 2011 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.