Pricing Supplement Number 96 Dated 10/17/2005

Prudential Financial InterNotes®, Due One Year or More from Date of Issue

Filed under Rule 424(b)(3), Registration Statement(s) No. 333-123240, 333-123240-01 and 333-123240-02

Pricing Supplement Number 96 Dated 10/17/2005

(to Prospectus dated March 21, 2005 and Prospectus Supplement dated April 29, 2005)

Investors should read this pricing supplement in conjunction with the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement.

 

CUSIP
Number


  

Aggregate
Principal

Amount


   Selling
Price


  Gross
Concession


 

Net

Proceeds


   Coupon
Type


   Coupon
Rate


  Coupon Frequency

   Maturity
Date


   1st Coupon
Date


   1st Coupon
Amount


   Survivor’s
Option


   Product
Ranking


   Moody’s
Rating


   S & P
Rating


74432AKX7

   $1,581,000.00    100.00%   0.400%   $1,574,676.00    FIXED    4.450%   SEMI-ANNUAL    10/15/2007    4/15/2006    $21.63    YES    Senior
Unsecured
Notes
   A3    A-

 

Redemption Information: Non-Callable.

 

Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: Banc of America Securities LLC, INCAPITAL, LLC Agents: A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Citigroup, Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, Ramirez & Co., Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., UBS Financial Services Inc., Wachovia Securities, LLC

 

CUSIP
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Aggregate
Principal

Amount


   Selling
Price


  Gross
Concession


 

Net

Proceeds


   Coupon
Type


   Coupon
Rate


 

Coupon

Frequency


   Maturity
Date


   1st Coupon
Date


   1st Coupon
Amount


   Survivor’s
Option


   Product
Ranking


   Moody’s
Rating


   S & P
Rating


74432AKY5

   $2,746,000.00    100.00%   1.000%   $2,718,540.00    FIXED    5.000%   SEMI-ANNUAL    10/15/2010    4/15/2006    $24.31    YES    Senior
Unsecured
Notes
   A3    A-

 

Redemption Information: Callable at 100.000% on 10/15/2006 and every interest payment date thereafter.

 

Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: Banc of America Securities LLC, INCAPITAL, LLC Agents: A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Citigroup, Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, Ramirez & Co., Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., UBS Financial Services Inc., Wachovia Securities, LLC The Prudential Financial, Inc. InterNotes will be subject to redemption at the option of Prudential Financial, Inc., in whole on the interest payment date occurring 10/15/2006 and on every interest payment date thereafter at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Prudential Financial, Inc. InterNotes, plus accrued interest thereon, if any, upon at least 30 days’ prior notice to the noteholder and the trustee, as described in the prospectus.

 

CUSIP
Number


  

Aggregate
Principal

Amount


   Selling
Price


  Gross
Concession


 

Net

Proceeds


   Coupon
Type


   Coupon
Rate


 

Coupon

Frequency


   Maturity
Date


   1st Coupon
Date


   1st Coupon
Amount


   Survivor’s
Option


   Product
Ranking


   Moody’s
Rating


   S & P
Rating


74432AKZ2

   $2,874,000.00    100.00%   1.500%   $2,830,890.00    FIXED    5.500%   SEMI-ANNUAL    10/15/2015    4/15/2006    $26.74    YES    Senior
Unsecured
Notes
   A3    A-

 

Redemption Information: Callable at 100.000% on 10/15/2007 and every interest payment date thereafter.

 

Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: Banc of America Securities LLC, INCAPITAL, LLC Agents: A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Citigroup, Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, Ramirez & Co., Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., UBS Financial Services Inc., Wachovia Securities, LLC The Prudential Financial, Inc. InterNotes will be subject to redemption at the option of Prudential Financial, Inc., in whole on the interest payment date occurring 10/15/2007 and on every interest payment date thereafter at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Prudential Financial, Inc. InterNotes, plus accrued interest thereon, if any, upon at least 30 days’ prior notice to the noteholder and the trustee, as described in the prospectus.

 

CUSIP
Number


   Aggregate
Principal


   Selling
Price


  Gross
Concession


 

Net

Proceeds


   Coupon
Type


   Coupon
Rate


 

Coupon

Frequency


   Maturity
Date


   1st Coupon
Date


   1st Coupon
Amount


   Survivor’s
Option


   Product
Ranking


   Moody’s
Rating


   S & P
Rating


74432ALA6

   $4,041,000.00    100.00%   2.500%   $3,939,975.00    FIXED    5.650%   SEMI-ANNUAL    10/15/2025    4/15/2006    $27.47    YES    Senior
Unsecured
Notes
   A3    A-

 

Redemption Information: Callable at 100.000% on 10/15/2009 and every interest payment date thereafter.

 

Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: Banc of America Securities LLC, INCAPITAL, LLC Agents: A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Citigroup, Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, Ramirez & Co., Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., UBS Financial Services Inc., Wachovia Securities, LLC The Prudential Financial, Inc. InterNotes will be subject to redemption at the option of Prudential Financial, Inc., in whole on the interest payment date occurring 10/15/2009 and on every interest payment date thereafter at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Prudential Financial, Inc. InterNotes, plus accrued interest thereon, if any, upon at least 30 days’ prior notice to the noteholder and the trustee, as described in the prospectus.

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   Trade Date: Monday, October 17, 2005 @12:00 PM ET    Prudential Financial, Inc.
     Settlement Date: Thursday, October 20, 2005    $2,000,000,000.00 Prudential Financial Retail Medium-Term Notes, including Prudential Financial InterNotes®
     Minimum Denomination/Increments: $1,000.00/$1,000.00    Prospectus dated March 21, 2005 and the Prospectus Supplement dated April 29, 2005
     Initial trades settle flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book Entry only     
     DTC number: 0773 via Banc of America Securities     
     If the maturity date or an interest payment date for any note is not a Business Day (as defined in the Prospectus), principal, premium, if any, and interest for that note is paid on the next Business Day, and no interest will accrue from, and after, the maturity date or interest payment date.     
     The Prudential Financial, Inc. InterNotes will be represented by a master global note in fully registered form, without coupons. The master global note will be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC, as depository, or another depository as may be named in a subsequent pricing supplement.     
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