Pricing Supplement Number 73 Dated 05/31/2005

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

Filed under Rule 424(b)(3), Registration Statement(s) No. 333-104444, 333-104444-01, 333-104444-02, 333-123240, 333-123240-01 and 333-123240-02

Pricing Supplement Number 73 Dated 05/31/2005
(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.

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74432AHS2

   100.000%    0.625%    $644,943.75    FIXED    4.000%    SEMI-ANNUAL    6/15/2008    12/15/2005    $21.33    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

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74432AHT0    100.00%    2.000%    $3,474,100.00    FIXED    5.300%    SEMI-ANNUAL    6/15/2020    12/15/2005    $28.27    YES    Senior Unsecured Notes    A3    A-
Redemption Information: Callable at 100.000% on 06/15/2008 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 06/15/2008 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.

 

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74432AHU7    100.00%    1.000%    $613,800.00    FIXED    4.250%    SEMI-ANNUAL    6/15/2010    12/15/2005    $22.67    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

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.    

751 Broad Street

Newark NJ 07102

  

Trade Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 @12:00 PM ET

Settlement Date: Friday, June 03, 2005

 

Minimum Denomination/Increments:

$1,000.00/$1,000.00

 

Initial trades settle flat and clear SDFS:

DTC Book Entry Only

DTC number: 0443 via Pershing, LLC

 

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.

 

InterNotes® is a registered trademark of Incapital Holdings LLC. All rights reserved

  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

$2,000,000,000.00 Prudential Financial Retail Medium-Term Notes, including Prudential

Financial InterNotes®

 

Prospectus dated March 21, 2005 and the Prospectus Supplement dated April 29, 2005