 | Peter B. Sayre Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer 100 Mulberry Street, Newark NJ 07102-2917 Tel 973 802-6309 Fax 973 802-9065 |
August 16, 2012
Via EDGAR
Mr. Jim B. Rosenberg
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Mail Stop 4720
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| RE: | Prudential Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) |
| Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011 |
| Filed February 24, 2012 |
| Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2012 |
| Filed May 4, 2012 |
| File No. 001-16707 |
Dear Mr. Rosenberg:
As discussed, we are in the process of preparing our response to your letter dated August 2, 2012 setting forth comments of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012. Please note that, consistent with my voicemail message on August 15, 2012, we intend to respond to the comments no later than Friday, September 7, 2012.
Please feel free to call me at 973-802-6309 if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Peter B. Sayre
Peter B. Sayre
Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer