N-CSRS 1 d521882dncsrs.htm N-CSRS N-CSRS

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-23314

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

Bijal Y. Parikh

Treasurer (Principal Financial & Accounting Officer)

650 Newport Center Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

(Name and address of agent for service)

Copies to:

David C. Sullivan

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (844) 337-4626

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2023

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.


Item 1.

Reports to Shareholders.

The following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30e-1).


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PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2023

PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

    


Table of Contents

 

            Page  
     

Market Insights

        2  

Important Information About the Funds

        3  

Fund Summary

        10  

Financial Highlights

        18  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

        21  

Statements of Operations

        22  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

        23  

Statements of Cash Flows

        24  

Notes to Financial Statements

        51  

Glossary

        89  

Distribution Information

        90  

Investment Strategy Updates

        92  

Change to Board of Trustees

        93  

Changes to Portfolio Managers

        94  

Approval of Investment Management Agreements

        95  
     

Fund

   Fund
Summary
     Schedule of
Investments
 
     

PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund

     10        25  

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

     14        32  


Market Insights

 

Dear Shareholder,

This semiannual report covers the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2023 (the “reporting period”). On the subsequent pages, you will find details regarding investment results and a discussion of certain factors that affected performance during the reporting period.

Amid elevated inflation in many countries during the reporting period, the global economy faced challenges from higher interest rates, tighter credit conditions stemming from the turmoil in the banking sector (especially in the United States (“U.S.”)), and geopolitical concerns. While the U.S. economy showed signs of resilience, some European economies experienced slower growth over the reporting period.

Continued central bank efforts to combat inflation

While inflation remained elevated over the reporting period, many central banks raised interest rates to rein in rising prices. The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) raised the federal funds rate at 10 consecutive meetings, beginning in March 2022 through May 2023. In June 2023, the Fed then paused from raising rates in order to “assess additional information and its implications for monetary policy.” Meanwhile, the Bank of England and European Central Bank raised interest rates for the 13th and eighth consecutive time, respectively, as of June 2023. In contrast, the Bank of Japan maintained its accommodative monetary policy stance.

Mixed financial market returns

The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury declined over the reporting period, while 10-year bond yields in most other developed market countries increased. The overall global credit bond market delivered positive total returns. Higher-rated global bonds underperformed lower-rated bonds. Global equities rallied, while commodity prices were volatile and produced mixed returns. The U.S. dollar weakened against the euro and the British pound, but appreciated against the Japanese yen.

Amid evolving conditions, we will continue to work diligently to navigate global markets and manage the assets that you have entrusted with us. We encourage you to speak with your financial advisor about your goals, and visit global.pimco.com for our latest insights.

Sincerely,

 

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Deborah A. DeCotis   Eric D. Johnson
Chair of the Board of Trustees   President

 

 
Total Returns of Certain Asset
Classes for the Period Ended
June 30, 2023
   
Asset Class (as measured
by, currency)
  Six-Month
   
U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500 Index, USD)   16.89%
   
Global equities (MSCI World Index, USD)   15.09%
   
European equities (MSCI Europe Index, EUR)   11.12%
   
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index, EUR)   4.89%
   
Japanese equities (Nikkei 225 Index, JPY)   28.65%
   
Emerging market local bonds (JPMorgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets Global Diversified Index, USD Unhedged)   7.79%
   
Emerging market external debt (JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI) Global, USD Hedged)   3.81%
   

Below investment grade bonds

(ICE BofAML Developed Markets High Yield Constrained Index, USD Hedged)

  5.45%
   
Global investment grade credit bonds (Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index, USD Hedged)   3.00%
   
Fixed-rate, local currency government debt of investment grade countries (Bloomberg Global Treasury Index, USD Hedged)   3.13%
 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Unless otherwise noted, index returns reflect the reinvestment of income distributions and capital gains, if any, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions or other expenses of investing. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

Statements concerning financial market trends are based on current market conditions, which will fluctuate. There is no guarantee that these investment strategies will work under all market conditions or are appropriate for all investors and each investor should evaluate their ability to invest for the long-term, especially during periods of downturn in the market. Outlook and strategies are subject to change without notice.

 

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Important Information About the Funds

 

We believe that bond funds have an important role to play in a well-diversified investment portfolio. It is important to note, however, that in an environment where interest rates may trend upward, rising rates would negatively impact the performance of most bond funds, and fixed-income securities and other instruments held by a Fund are likely to decrease in value. A wide variety of factors can cause interest rates or yields of U.S. Treasury securities (or yields of other types of bonds) to rise (e.g., central bank monetary policies, inflation rates, general economic conditions, etc.). In addition, changes in interest rates can be sudden and unpredictable, and there is no guarantee that Fund management will anticipate such movement accurately. A Fund may lose money as a result of movements in interest rates.

As of the date of this report, interest rates in the United States and many parts of the world, including certain European countries, continue to increase. In efforts to combat inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates multiple times in 2022 and 2023. Thus, the Funds currently face a heightened level of risk associated with rising interest rates and/or bond yields. This could be driven by a variety of factors, including but not limited to central bank monetary policies, changing inflation or real growth rates, general economic conditions, increasing bond issuances or reduced market demand for low yielding investments. Further, while bond markets have steadily grown over the past three decades, dealer inventories of corporate bonds are near historic lows in relation to market size. As a result, there has been a significant reduction in the ability of dealers to “make markets.”

Bond funds and individual bonds with a longer duration (a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates) tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than securities or funds with shorter durations. All of the factors mentioned above, individually or collectively, could lead to increased volatility and/or lower liquidity in the fixed income markets or negatively impact a Fund’s performance or cause a Fund to incur losses.

Investing in the municipal bond market involves the risks of investing in debt securities generally and certain other risks. The amount of public information available about the municipal bonds in which a Fund may invest is generally less than that for corporate equities or bonds, and the investment performance of a Fund’s investment in municipal bonds may therefore be more dependent on the analytical abilities of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO” or the “Manager”) than its investments in taxable bonds. The secondary market for municipal bonds also tends to be less well-developed or liquid than many other securities markets, which may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to sell its bonds at attractive prices.

The ability of municipal issuers to make timely payments of interest and principal may be diminished during general economic downturns, by litigation, legislation or political events, or by the bankruptcy of the issuer. Issuers of municipal securities also might seek protection under the bankruptcy laws. In the event of bankruptcy of such an issuer, the Funds could experience delays in collecting principal and interest and a Fund may not, in all circumstances, be able to collect all principal and interest to which it is entitled.

A Fund that has substantial exposures to California municipal bonds may be affected significantly by economic, regulatory or political developments affecting the ability of California issuers to pay interest or repay principal. Certain issuers of California municipal bonds have experienced serious financial difficulties in the past and reoccurrence of these difficulties may impair the ability of certain California issuers to pay principal or interest on their obligations. Provisions of the California

 

   
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Important Information About the Funds (Cont.)

 

Constitution and State statutes that limit the taxing and spending authority of California governmental entities may impair the ability of California issuers to pay principal and/or interest on their obligations. While California’s economy is broad, it does have major concentrations in advanced technology, aerospace and defense-related manufacturing, trade, entertainment, real estate and financial services, and may be sensitive to economic problems affecting those industries. Future California political and economic developments, constitutional amendments, legislative measures, executive orders, administrative regulations, litigation and voter initiatives could have an adverse effect on the debt obligations of California issuers.

A Fund that has substantial exposures to New York municipal bonds may be affected significantly by economic, regulatory or political developments affecting the ability of New York issuers to pay interest or repay principal. While New York’s economy is broad, it does have concentrations in the financial services industry, and may be sensitive to economic problems affecting that industry. Certain issuers of New York municipal bonds have experienced serious financial difficulties in the past and reoccurrence of these difficulties may impair the ability of certain New York issuers to pay principal or interest on their obligations. The financial health of New York City affects that of the State, and when New York City experiences financial difficulty, it may have an adverse effect on New York municipal bonds held by a Fund. The growth rate of New York has at times been somewhat slower than the nation overall. The economic and financial condition of New York also may be affected by various financial, social, economic and political factors.

A Fund that has substantial exposures to municipal obligations issued by Puerto Rico or its political subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities, or public corporations may be affected significantly by economic, market, political, and social conditions in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico currently is experiencing significant fiscal and economic challenges, including substantial debt service obligations, high levels of unemployment, underfunded public retirement systems, and persistent government budget deficits. These challenges may negatively affect the value of a Fund’s investments in Puerto Rico municipal securities. Legislation, including legislation that would allow Puerto Rico to restructure its municipal debt obligations, thus increasing the risk that Puerto Rico may never pay off municipal indebtedness, or may pay only a small fraction of the amount owed, could also impact the value of the Fund’s investments in Puerto Rico municipal securities.

Classifications of the Funds’ portfolio holdings in this report are made according to financial reporting standards. The classification of a particular portfolio holding as shown in the Allocation Breakdown and Consolidated Schedule of Investments and other sections of this report may differ from the classification used for the Funds’ compliance calculations, including those used in the Funds’ prospectus, investment objectives, regulatory, and other investment limitations and policies, which may be based on different asset class, sector or geographical classifications. Each Fund is separately monitored for compliance with respect to prospectus and regulatory requirements.

The geographical classification of foreign (non-U.S.) securities in this report, if any, are classified by the country of incorporation of a holding. In certain instances, a security’s country of incorporation may be different from its country of economic exposure.

In February 2022, Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia and other countries, persons and entities that have provided material aid to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine have been the subject of economic sanctions and import and export controls imposed by countries throughout the world, including the United States. Such measures have had and may continue to

 

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have an adverse effect on the Russian, Belarusian and other securities and economies, which may, in turn, negatively impact a Fund. The extent, duration and impact of Russia’s military action in Ukraine, related sanctions and retaliatory actions are difficult to ascertain, but could be significant and have severe adverse effects on the region, including significant adverse effects on the regional, European, and global economies and the markets for certain securities and commodities, such as oil and natural gas, as well as other sectors. Further, a Fund may have investments in securities and instruments that are economically tied to the region and may have been negatively impacted by the sanctions and counter-sanctions by Russia, including declines in value and reductions in liquidity. The sanctions may cause a Fund to sell portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time or price or to continue to hold investments that a Fund may no longer seek to hold. PIMCO will continue to actively manage these positions in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders.

The Funds may invest in certain instruments that rely in some fashion upon the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). LIBOR was traditionally an average interest rate, determined by the ICE Benchmark Administration, that banks charge one another for the use of short-term money. In March 2021, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced plans to ultimately phase out the use of LIBOR. Although the transition process away from LIBOR for many instruments has been completed, some LIBOR use is continuing and there are potential effects related to the transition away from LIBOR or continued use of LIBOR on a Fund, or on certain instruments in which a Fund invests, which can be difficult to ascertain, and may vary depending on factors that include, but are not limited to: (i) existing fallback or termination provisions in individual contracts and (ii) whether, how, and when industry participants adopt new reference rates for affected instruments. The transition of investments from LIBOR to a replacement rate as a result of amendment, application of existing fallbacks, statutory requirements or otherwise may also result in a reduction in the value of certain instruments held by a Fund or a reduction in the effectiveness of related Fund transactions such as hedges. In addition, an instrument’s transition to a replacement rate could result in variations in the reported yields of a Fund that holds such instrument. Any such effects of the transition away from LIBOR, as well as other unforeseen effects, could result in losses to a Fund.

U.S. and global markets recently have experienced increased volatility, including as a result of the recent failures of certain U.S. and non-U.S. banks, which could be harmful to the Funds and issuers in which they invest. For example, if a bank at which a Fund or issuer has an account fails, any cash or other assets in bank or custody accounts, which may be substantial in size, could be temporarily inaccessible or permanently lost by the Fund or issuer. If a bank that provides a subscription line credit facility, asset-based facility, other credit facility and/or other services to an issuer or to a fund fails, the issuer or fund could be unable to draw funds under its credit facilities or obtain replacement credit facilities or other services from other lending institutions with similar terms.

Issuers in which a Fund may invest can be affected by volatility in the banking sector. Even if banks used by issuers in which the Funds invest remain solvent, continued volatility in the banking sector could contribute to, cause or intensify an economic recession, increase the costs of capital and banking services or result in the issuers being unable to obtain or refinance indebtedness at all or on as favorable terms as could otherwise have been obtained. Conditions in the banking sector are evolving, and the scope of any potential impacts to the Funds and issuers, both from market conditions and also potential legislative or regulatory responses, are uncertain. Such conditions and responses, as well as a changing interest rate environment, can 30 contribute to decreased market liquidity and erode the value of certain holdings, including those of U.S. and non-U.S. banks.

 

   
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Important Information About the Funds (Cont.)

 

Continued market volatility and uncertainty and/or a downturn in market and economic and financial conditions, as a result of developments in the banking sector or otherwise (including as a result of delayed access to cash or credit facilities), could have an adverse impact on the Funds and issuers in which they invest.

On each Fund Summary page in this Shareholder Report, the Average Annual Total Return table and Cumulative Returns chart measure performance assuming that any dividend and capital gain distributions were reinvested. Total return is calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV in the specific period. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on (i) Fund distributions or (ii) the sale of Fund shares. Total return for a period of more than one year represents the average annual total return. Performance shown is net of fees and expenses. Historical performance for a Fund or share class thereof may have been positively impacted by fee waivers or expense limitations in place during some or all of the periods shown, if applicable. Future performance (including total return or yield) and distributions may be negatively impacted by the expiration or reduction of any such fee waivers or expense limitations.

The dividend rate that a Fund pays on its common shares may vary as portfolio and market conditions change, and will depend on a number of factors, including without limit the amount of the Fund’s undistributed net investment income and net short- and long-term capital gains, as well as the costs of any leverage obtained by a Fund. As portfolio and market conditions change, the rate of distributions on the common shares and a Fund’s dividend policy could change. There can be no assurance that a change in market conditions or other factors will not result in a change in a Fund’s distribution rate or that the rate will be sustainable in the future.

The following table discloses the inception dates and diversification status of the Funds:

 

Fund Name         Fund
Inception
    Institutional
Class
    Class A-1     Class A-2     Class A-3     Diversification
Status
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund       06/27/2022       06/27/2022       01/31/2023       —         —       Non-Diversified
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund       03/15/2019       03/15/2019       05/26/2020       10/02/2020       09/10/2019     Diversified

An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and is not guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. It is possible to lose money on investments in a Fund.

The Trustees are responsible generally for overseeing the management of the Funds. The Trustees authorize the Funds to enter into service agreements with the Manager and other service providers in order to provide, and in some cases authorize service providers to procure through other parties, necessary or desirable services on behalf of the Funds. Shareholders are not parties to or third-party beneficiaries of such service agreements. Neither a Fund’s prospectus or Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), any press release or shareholder report, any contracts filed as exhibits to the Funds’ registration statement, nor any other communications, disclosure documents or regulatory filings (including this report) from or on behalf of the Funds creates a contract between or among any shareholders of a Fund, on the one hand, and the Funds, a service provider to a Fund, and/or the Trustees or officers of the Funds, on the other hand.

The Trustees (or the Funds and its officers, service providers or other delegates acting under authority of the Trustees) may amend its most recent prospectus or use a new prospectus or SAI with respect

 

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to the Funds, adopt and disclose new or amended policies and other changes in press releases and shareholder reports and/or amend, file and/or issue any other communications, disclosure documents or regulatory filings, and may amend or enter into any contracts to which a Fund is a party, and interpret the investment objective(s), policies, restrictions and contractual provisions applicable to a Fund, without shareholder input or approval, except in circumstances in which shareholder approval is specifically required by law (such as changes to fundamental investment policies) or where a shareholder approval requirement was specifically disclosed in the Funds’ prospectus, SAI or shareholder report and is otherwise still in effect.

PIMCO has adopted written proxy voting policies and procedures (“Proxy Policy”) as required by Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The Proxy Policy has been adopted by the Funds as the policies and procedures that PIMCO will use when voting proxies on behalf of the Funds.

A description of the policies and procedures that PIMCO uses to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities of each Fund, and information about how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30th, are available without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds at (844) 312-2113, on the Funds’ website at www.pimco.com, and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at www.sec.gov.

The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Form N-PORT reports are available to the public on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on PIMCO’s website at www.pimco.com, and upon request by calling PIMCO at (844) 312-2113.

SEC rules allow shareholder reports to be delivered to investors by providing access to such reports online free of charge and by mailing a notice that the report is electronically available. Investors may elect to receive all reports in paper free of charge by contacting their financial intermediary or, if invested directly with a Fund, investors can inform the Fund by calling (844) 312-2113. Any election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with a fund complex if invested directly with a Fund or to all funds held in the investor’s account if invested through a financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank.

In April 2020, the SEC adopted amended rules modifying the registration, communications, and offering processes for registered closed-end funds and interval funds. Among other things, the amendments: (1) permit qualifying closed-end funds to use a short-form registration statement to offer securities in eligible transactions and certain funds to qualify as Well Known Seasoned Issuers; (2) permit interval funds to pay registration fees based on net issuance of shares in a manner similar to mutual funds; (3) require closed-end funds and interval funds to include additional disclosures in their annual reports; and (4) require certain information to be filed in interactive data format. The new rules had phased compliance, with the latest requirement taking effect as of February 1, 2023.

In October 2020, the SEC adopted a rule related to the use of derivatives, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements and certain other transactions by registered investment companies that rescinds and withdraws prior guidance of the SEC and its staff regarding asset segregation and cover transactions. Subject to certain exceptions, the rule requires funds that trade derivatives and other transactions that create future payment or delivery obligations to comply with a value-at-risk leverage limit and certain derivatives risk management program and reporting requirements. These

 

   
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Important Information About the Funds (Cont.)

 

requirements may limit the ability of the Funds to use derivatives and reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions as part of its investment strategies and may increase the cost of the Funds’ investments and cost of doing business, which could adversely affect investors. The compliance date for the new rule and related reporting requirements was August 19, 2022.

In December 2020, the SEC adopted a rule addressing fair valuation of fund investments. The new rule sets forth requirements for good faith determinations of fair value as well as for the performance of fair value determinations, including related oversight and reporting obligations. The new rule also defines “readily available market quotations” for purposes of the definition of “value” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), and the SEC noted that this definition will apply in all contexts under the Act.

In May 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to a current rule governing fund naming conventions. In general, the current rule requires funds with certain types of names to adopt a policy to invest at least 80% of their assets in the type of investment suggested by the name. The proposed amendments would expand the scope of the current rule in a number of ways that would result in an expansion of the types of fund names that would require the fund to adopt an 80% investment policy under the rule. Additionally, the proposed amendments would modify the circumstances under which a fund may deviate from its 80% investment policy and address the use and valuation of derivatives instruments for purposes of the rule. The proposal’s impact on the Funds will not be known unless and until any final rulemaking is adopted.

In May 2022, the SEC proposed a framework that would require certain registered funds (such as the Funds) to disclose their environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) investing practices. Among other things, the proposed requirements would mandate that funds meeting three pre-defined classifications (i.e., integrated, ESG focused and/or impact funds) provide prospectus and shareholder report disclosure related to the ESG factors, criteria and processes used in managing the fund. The proposal’s impact on the Funds will not be known unless and until any final rulemaking is adopted.

In October 2022, the SEC adopted changes to the mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) shareholder report and registration statement disclosure requirements and the registered fund advertising rules, which will impact the disclosures provided to shareholders. The rule amendments are effective as of January 24, 2023, but the SEC is providing an 18-month compliance period following the effective date for such amendments other than those addressing fee and expense information in advertisements that might be materially misleading.

In November 2022, the SEC adopted amendments to Form N-PX under the Act to improve the utility to investors of proxy voting information reported by mutual funds, ETFs and certain other funds. The rule amendments will expand the scope of funds’ Form N-PX reporting obligations, subject managers to Form N-PX reporting obligations for “Say on Pay” votes, enhance Form N-PX disclosures, permit joint reporting by funds, managers and affiliated managers on Form N-PX; and require website availability of fund proxy voting records. The amendments will become effective on July 1, 2024. Funds and managers will be required to file their first reports covering the period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 on amended Form N-PX by August 31, 2024.

In May 2023, the SEC adopted final amendments that will require increased disclosure regarding repurchases by issuers of their equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The final amendments apply to business development

 

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companies and listed closed-end funds, but they do not apply to open-end funds or unlisted closed-end funds. Business development companies and listed closed-end funds will be required to provide greater quantitative and qualitative details related to share repurchases in their periodic reports, including: (i) daily quantitative share repurchase data presented in a table attached as an exhibit to the issuer’s periodic reports; (ii) checkbox disclosure regarding whether its directors and officers purchased or sold shares that are the subject of the issuer’s repurchase plan or program within four business days before or after the issuer’s announcement of such repurchase plan or program or the announcement of an increase of an existing share repurchase plan or program; and (iii) narrative descriptions regarding the issuer’s repurchase programs and practices. Listed closed-end funds are required to comply with the new requirements beginning with the Form N-CSR that covers the first six-month period that begins on or after January 1, 2024.

 

   
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PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

Cumulative Returns Through June 30, 2023

 

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$10,000 invested at the end of the month when the Fund’s Institutional Class commenced operations

 

Allocation Breakdown as of June 30, 2023§       
Municipal Bonds & Notes   

Ad Valorem Property Tax

     11.1

Sales Tax Revenue

     10.4

Water Revenue

     9.5

Electric Power & Light Revenue

     7.8

Local or Guaranteed Housing

     7.8

Lease (Abatement)

     7.3

Health, Hospital & Nursing Home Revenue

     6.9

Port, Airport & Marina Revenue

     6.9

Tobacco Settlement Funded

     5.9

Highway Revenue Tolls

     4.5

Industrial Revenue

     3.8

College & University Revenue

     2.8

General Fund

     2.7

Special Tax

     2.6

Special Assessment

     1.8

Nuclear Revenue

     1.7

Economic Development Revenue

     1.3

Natural Gas Revenue

     1.1

Other

     2.3
Corporate Bonds & Notes      1.6
Preferred Securities      0.2

 

    % of Investments, at value.
§    Allocation Breakdown and % of investments exclude securities sold short and financial derivative instruments, if any.

 

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Institutional Class - CAFLX

  Class A-1 - CAFMX    
     

 

Average Annual Total Return for the period ended June 30, 2023  
         6 Months*      1 Year     

Commencement
of Operations**

 
LOGO   PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund Institutional Class      4.09%        3.58%        3.96%  
  PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund Class A-1      3.84%        3.07%        3.45%  
LOGO   Bloomberg CA Muni 22+ Year Index      4.38%        4.71%        5.45%  

All Fund returns are net of fees and expenses and include applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations. Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower and there can be no assurance that any such waivers or limitations will continue in the future.

It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

 

*

Cumulative returns

**

For class inception dates, please refer to the Important Information.

Performance quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance shown. Investment return and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate. Shares may be worth more or less than original cost when redeemed. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available at www.pimco.com or via (844) 312-2113. Performance is calculated assuming all dividends and distributions are reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Performance does not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares.

Performance of an index is shown in light of a requirement by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the performance of an appropriate broad-based securities market index be disclosed. However, the Fund is not managed to an index nor should the index be viewed as a “benchmark” for the Fund’s performance. The index is not intended to be indicative of the Fund’s investment strategies, portfolio components or past or future performance.

For periods prior to the inception date of the Class A-1 shares, performance information shown is based on the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class shares. The prior Institutional Class performance has been adjusted to reflect the distribution and/or service fees and other expenses paid by the Class A-1 shares.

The Fund’s total annual operating expense ratio, as stated in the Fund’s currently-effective prospectus (as of the date of this report), were 1.93% for Institutional Class shares and 2.43% for Class A-1 shares. See Financial Highlights for actual expense ratios as of the end of the period covered by this report.

 

   
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PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

Investment Objective and Strategy Overview

PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund’s investment objective is to seek high current income exempt from federal and California income tax by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of municipal bonds and other municipal securities, the interest from which, in the opinion of bond counsel for the issuer at the time of issuance (or on the basis of other authority believed by PIMCO to be reliable), is exempt from federal income tax and California income tax (i.e., excluded from gross income for income tax purposes but not necessarily exempt from the alternative minimum tax or from the income taxes of any other state or of a local government). Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. Fund strategies may change from time to time. Please refer to the Fund’s current prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s strategy.

Fund Insights at NAV

The following affected performance (on a gross basis) during the reporting period:

 

»  

Exposure to the industrial revenue sector contributed to performance, as the sector posted positive returns.

 

»  

Exposure to the special tax sector contributed to performance, as the sector posted positive returns.

 

»  

Exposure to the transportation sector contributed to performance, as the sector posted positive returns.

 

»  

Security selection within the education sector detracted from performance, as select securities within the sector posted negative returns.

 

»  

There were no other material detractors for the Fund.

 

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PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

Cumulative Returns Through June 30, 2023

 

LOGO

$10,000 invested at the end of the month when the Fund’s Institutional Class commenced operations

 

Allocation Breakdown as of June 30, 2023§       
Municipal Bonds & Notes   

Health, Hospital & Nursing Home Revenue

     12.3

Industrial Revenue

     8.5

Ad Valorem Property Tax

     8.3

Local or Guaranteed Housing

     8.0

Tobacco Settlement Funded

     6.3

Sales Tax Revenue

     5.5

Water Revenue

     4.3

Natural Gas Revenue

     4.0

Electric Power & Light Revenue

     3.6

Port, Airport & Marina Revenue

     3.2

Highway Revenue Tolls

     2.8

Economic Development Revenue

     1.9

Income Tax Revenue

     1.8

Resource Recovery Revenue

     1.6

Special Assessment

     1.6

Miscellaneous Taxes

     1.5

College & University Revenue

     1.5

Appropriations

     1.4

Lease (Appropriation)

     1.2

Fuel Sales Tax Revenue

     1.0

Nuclear Revenue

     1.0

Other

     6.0
Short-Term Instruments      6.3
Corporate Bonds & Notes      3.2
Mutual Funds      1.3
Other      1.9

 

    % of Investments, at value.
§    Allocation Breakdown and % of investments exclude securities sold short and financial derivative instruments, if any.

 

14   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS       
        


Institutional Class - PMFLX   Class A-1 - PMAAX   Class A-2 - PMALX   Class A-3 - PMFAX
     

 

Average Annual Total Return for the period ended June 30, 2023  
         6 Months*      1 Year     

Commencement

of Operations**

 
LOGO   PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund Institutional Class      4.48%        4.33%        3.42%  
  PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund Class A-1      4.21%        3.80%        2.83%  
  PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund Class A-2      4.22%        3.81%        2.82%  
  PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund Class A-2 (adjusted)      2.13%        1.77%        2.34%  
  PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund Class A-3      4.08%        3.53%        2.64%  
LOGO   Bloomberg Long Municipal Bond Index      4.96%        3.84%        1.10%  

All Fund returns are net of fees and expenses and include applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations. Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower and there can be no assurance that any such waivers or limitations will continue in the future.

It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.

 

*

Cumulative returns

**

For class inception dates, please refer to the Important Information.

Performance quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance shown. Investment return and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate. Shares may be worth more or less than original cost when redeemed. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The adjusted returns take into account the maximum sales charge of 3.00% on Class A-2. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available at www.pimco.com or via (844) 312-2113. Performance is calculated assuming all dividends and distributions are reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Performance does not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares.

Performance of an index is shown in light of a requirement by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the performance of an appropriate broad-based securities market index be disclosed. However, the Fund is not managed to an index nor should the index be viewed as a “benchmark” for the Fund’s performance. The index is not intended to be indicative of the Fund’s investment strategies, portfolio components or past or future performance.

For periods prior to the inception date of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 shares performance information shown is based on the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class shares. The prior Institutional Class performance has been adjusted to reflect the distribution and/or service fees and other expenses paid by the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 shares.

The Fund’s total annual operating expense ratio, as stated in the Fund’s currently-effective prospectus (as of the date of this report), which include the Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, were 2.60% for Institutional Class, 3.10% for Class A-1 shares, 3.10% for Class A-2 shares and 3.35% for Class A-3 shares. As of June 30, 2023, the Fund’s Total Effective Leverage(1) was 22.66%. See Financial Highlights for actual expense ratios as of the end of the period covered by this report.

 

(1) 

Represents total effective leverage outstanding, as a percentage of total managed assets. Total effective leverage consists of preferred shares, reverse repurchase agreements and other borrowings, credit default swap notional and floating rate notes issued in tender option bond transactions, as applicable (collectively “Total Effective Leverage”). The Fund may engage in other transactions not included in Total Effective Leverage disclosed above that may give rise to a form of leverage, including certain derivative transactions. For the purpose of calculating Total Effective Leverage outstanding as a percentage of total managed assets, total managed assets refer to total assets (including assets attributable to Total Effective Leverage that may be outstanding) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing Total Effective Leverage).

 

   
       SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      15  


PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

Investment Objective and Strategy Overview

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income tax. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund attempts to achieve these objectives by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of municipal bonds and other municipal securities, the interest from which, in the opinion of bond counsel for the issuer at the time of issuance (or on the basis of other authority believed by PIMCO to be reliable), is exempt from federal income tax. Fund strategies may change from time to time. Please refer to the Fund’s current prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s strategy.

Fund Insights at NAV

 

The following affected performance (on a gross basis) during the reporting period:

 

»   Exposure to the special tax sector contributed to performance, as the sector posted positive returns.

 

»   Exposure to the taxable securities segment contributed to performance, as the segment posted positive returns.

 

»   Exposure to the industrial revenue sector contributed to performance, as the sector posted positive returns.
»   Exposure to two select bank preferred positions detracted from performance, as these securities saw notable declines amid broader bank volatility.

 

»   Security selection within closed end municipal funds detracted from performance, as select securities held by the Fund posted negative returns.

 

»   There were no other material detractors for the Fund.
 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

        Investment Operations       Less Distributions(c)
                 

Selected Per Share Data for

the Year or Period Ended^:

 

Net Asset

Value

Beginning

of Year

or Period(a)

 

Net

Investment

Income

(Loss)(b)

 

Net

Realized/

Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

  Total       

From Net

Investment

Income

 

From Net

Realized

Capital

Gains

  Total

PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund

                               

Institutional Class

                               

01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023+

    $ 9.83     $ 0.18     $ 0.22     $ 0.40               $ (0.18 )     $ 0.00     $ (0.18 )

06/27/2022 - 12/31/2022

      10.00       0.17       (0.18 )       (0.01 )                 (0.16 )       0.00       (0.16 )

Class A-1

                               

01/31/2023 - 06/30/2023 +

      10.15       0.13       (0.10 )       0.03                 (0.13 )       0.00       (0.13 )

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

                               

Institutional Class

                               

01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023+

    $ 9.78     $   0.22     $ 0.21     $ 0.43               $   (0.21 )     $ 0.00     $   (0.21 )

12/31/2022

        11.88       0.38         (2.10 )         (1.72 )                 (0.37 )         (0.01 )       (0.38 )

12/31/2021

      11.45       0.28       0.43       0.71                 (0.28 )       0.00       (0.28 )

12/31/2020

      10.74       0.33       0.72       1.05                 (0.33 )       (0.01 )       (0.34 )

03/15/2019 - 12/31/2019

      10.00       0.28       0.78       1.06                 (0.28 )       (0.04 )       (0.32 )

Class A-1

                               

01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023+

      9.78       0.19       0.22       0.41                 (0.19 )       0.00       (0.19 )

12/31/2022

      11.88       0.33       (2.10 )       (1.77 )                 (0.32 )       (0.01 )       (0.33 )

12/31/2021

      11.45       0.22       0.43       0.65                 (0.22 )       0.00       (0.22 )

05/26/2020 - 12/31/2020

      10.30       0.19       1.17       1.36                 (0.20 )       (0.01 )       (0.21 )

Class A-2

                               

01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023+

      9.78       0.19       0.22       0.41                 (0.19 )       0.00       (0.19 )

12/31/2022

      11.88       0.34       (2.11 )       (1.77 )                 (0.32 )       (0.01 )       (0.33 )

12/31/2021

      11.45       0.22       0.44       0.66                 (0.23 )       (0.00 )       (0.23 )

10/02/2020 -12/31/2020

      10.96       0.07       0.50       0.57                 (0.07 )       (0.01 )       (0.08 )

Class A-3

                               

01/01/2023 - 06/30/2023+

      9.78       0.18       0.22       0.40                 (0.18 )       0.00       (0.18 )

12/31/2022

      11.88       0.31       (2.11 )       (1.80 )                 (0.29 )       (0.01 )       (0.30 )

12/31/2021

      11.45       0.20       0.42       0.62                 (0.19 )       0.00       (0.19 )

12/31/2020

      10.74       0.26       0.71       0.97                 (0.25 )       (0.01 )       (0.26 )

09/10/2019 - 12/31/2019

      10.76       0.08       0.02       0.10                 (0.08 )       (0.04 )       (0.12 )

 

18   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

        Ratios/Supplemental Data
            Ratios to Average Net Assets    

Net Assets
Value End of
Year or
Period(a)

  Total
Return(d)
 

Net Assets

Applicable
to Common

Shareholders

End of Year

or Period

(000s)

  Expenses(e)  

Expenses

Excluding

Waivers(e)

 

Expenses

Excluding

Interest

Expense

 

Expenses

Excluding

Interest

Expense and

Waivers

 

Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

 

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate

                                 
                                 
  $ 10.05       4.09 %     $ 58,807       0.65 %*       0.84 %*       0.62 %*       0.81 %*       3.64 %*       17 %
    9.83       (0.08 )       46,863       0.65 *       1.18 *(g)       0.60 *       1.13 *(g)       3.38 *       53
                                 
    10.05       0.32       1,494       1.15 *       1.34 *       1.12 *       1.31 *       3.11 *       17
                                 
                                 
  $   10.00       4.48 %     $   717,021       1.69 %*       1.69 %*       0.76 %*       0.76 %*       3.27 %*       23 %
    9.78       (14.59 )       692,602       1.28       1.34       0.70       0.76       2.81       130
    11.88       6.29       813,672       0.77       1.03       0.53       0.79       2.00       14
    11.45       10.00       317,646       0.88       1.19       0.47       0.78       2.35       88
    10.74       10.74       148,737       0.72 *       1.87 *       0.11 *       1.26 *       2.73 *       96
                                 
    10.00       4.21       341,497       2.34 (f)*       2.34 (f)*       1.26 (f)*       1.26 (f)*       3.34 *       23
    9.78       (15.02 )       259,422       1.88 (f)        1.94 (f)        1.21 (f)        1.27 (f)        2.78       130
    11.88       5.77       268,728       1.39       1.65       1.15       1.41       1.84       14
    11.45       13.28       56,540       1.38 *       1.69 *       0.97 *       1.28 *       2.59 *       88
                                 
    10.00       4.22       52,514       2.47 (f)*       2.47 (f)*       1.34 (f)*       1.34 (f)*       3.54 *       23
    9.78       (15.01 )       44,043       2.00 (f)        2.06 (f)        1.25 (f)        1.31 (f)        2.90       130
    11.88       5.81       25,274       1.40       1.66       1.16       1.42       1.86       14
    11.45       5.25       11       1.38 *       1.69 *       0.97 *       1.28 *       2.66 *       88
                                 
    10.00       4.08       251,599       2.25 (f)*       2.25 (f)*       1.32 (f)*       1.32 (f)*       2.77 *       23
    9.78       (15.24 )       226,512       1.85 (f)        1.91 (f)        1.27 (f)        1.33 (f)        2.25       130
    11.88       5.50       269,710       1.42       1.68       1.18       1.44       1.45       14
    11.45       9.18       155,532       1.63       1.94       1.22       1.53       2.09       88
    10.74       0.98       44,330       1.47 *       2.62 *       0.86 *       2.01 *       2.12 *       96

 

   
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Financial Highlights (Cont.)

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

    RVMTP(4)
Selected Per Share Data for the Year or Period Ended^:   Total Amount
Outstanding
  Asset Coverage
per Preferred
Share(1)
  Involuntary Liquidating
Preference per
Preferred Share(2)
  Average
Market Value
per ARPS(3)

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

               

1/1/2023 - 6/30/2023+

      400,000,000       440,580       100,000       N/A

12/31/2022

      400,000,000       405,570       100,000       N/A

12/31/2021

      175,000,000       887,020       100,000       N/A

12/31/2020

      150,000,000       453,120       100,000       N/A

3/15/2019 - 12/31/2019

      50,000,000       486,130       100,000       N/A

 

^ 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than $0.01 or 0.01%.

+

Unaudited

*

Annualized, except for organizational expense, if any.

(a) 

Includes adjustments required by U.S. GAAP and may differ from net asset values and performance reported elsewhere by the Funds.

(b) 

Per share amounts based on average number of shares outstanding during the year or period.

(c) 

The tax characterization of distributions is determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations. The actual tax characterization of distributions paid is determined at the end of the fiscal year. See Note 2, Distributions — Common Shares, in the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

(d) 

Includes adjustments required by U.S. GAAP and may differ from net asset values and performance reported elsewhere by the Fund. Additionally, excludes initial sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges.

(e) 

Ratio includes interest expense which primarily relates to participation in borrowing and financing transactions, dividends paid to RVMTP shareholders and the amortization of debt issuance costs of these Preferred Shares. See Note 12, Preferred Shares in the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

(f)

Expense ratio as presented is calculated based on average total managed assets for the period presented. Due to significant fluctuations in total managed assets during the period, the expense ratio to average total managed assets differs from the total operating expense ratio in effect for each class. See Note 8, Fees and Expenses in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information on how the Fund’s expenses are calculated.

(g) 

Certain organizational costs were incurred prior to the commencement of operations and reflected in the financial statements accompanying the initial registration statement. If the Fund had incurred all organization and trustee related expenses in the current period, the ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding waivers and ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense and waivers would have been 1.98% and 1.93%, respectively.

1 

“Asset Coverage per Preferred Share” means the ratio that the value of the total assets of the Fund, less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by RVMTP, bears to the aggregate of the involuntary liquidation preference of RVMTP, expressed as a dollar amount per RVMTP.

2

“Involuntary Liquidating Preference” means the amount to which a holder of RVMTP would be entitled upon the involuntary liquidation of the Fund in preference to the Common Shareholders, expressed as a dollar amount per Preferred Share.

3

The RVMTP have no readily ascertainable market value. The liquidation value of the RVMTP represents its liquidation preference, which approximates fair value of the shares less any unamortized debt issuance costs. See Note 12, Preferred Shares, in the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

4

Prior to December 6, 2021, certain RVMTP Shares were Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares. See Note 12, Preferred Shares.

 

20   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)   

PIMCO

California Flexible
Municipal

Income Fund

    

PIMCO

Flexible
Municipal
Income Fund

 

Assets:

     

Investments, at value

                 

Investments in securities

   $ 59,615      $ 1,749,820  

Cash

     0        752  

Deposits with counterparty

     1,386        3,742  

Receivable for investments sold

     0        1,070  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     258        1,148  

Interest and/or dividends receivable

     540        19,331  

Reimbursement receivable from PIMCO

     3        4  

Total Assets

     61,802        1,775,867  

Liabilities:

     

Financial Derivative Instruments

                 

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

   $ 1      $ 367  

Remarketable Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at liquidation value*

     0        399,240  

Payable for investments purchased

     500        9,391  

Distributions payable

     78        1,978  

Overdraft due to custodian

     882        0  

Accrued management fees

     39        1,139  

Accrued servicing fees

     1        328  

Other liabilities

     0        793  

Total Liabilities

     1,501        413,236  

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

   $   60,301      $   1,362,631  

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders Consist of:

     

Par value^

   $ 0      $ 1  

Paid in capital

     59,343        1,520,283  

Distributable earnings (accumulated loss)

     958        (157,653

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

   $ 60,301      $ 1,362,631  

Institutional Class

   $ 58,807      $ 717,021  

Class A-1

     1,494        341,497  

Class A-2

     N/A        52,514  

Class A-3

     N/A        251,599  

Common Shares Outstanding:

     

Institutional Class

     5,851        71,718  

Class A-1

     149        34,157  

Class A-2

     N/A        5,252  

Class A-3

     N/A        25,166  

Net Asset Value Per Common Share(a):

     

Institutional Class

   $ 10.05      $ 10.00  

Class A-1

     10.05        10.00  

Class A-2

     N/A        10.00  

Class A-3

     N/A        10.00  

Cost of investments in securities

   $ 58,526      $ 1,806,596  

* Includes unamortized debt issuance cost of

   $ 0      $ 760  

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

^

($0.00001 per share)

(a) 

Includes adjustments required by U.S. GAAP and may differ from net asset values and performance reported elsewhere by the Funds.

 

   
       SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      21  


Statements of Operations

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)  
(Amounts in thousands)   

PIMCO

California Flexible
Municipal

Income Fund

     PIMCO
Flexible
Municipal
Income Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Interest

   $ 1,160      $ 43,148  

Dividends

     0        467  

Total Income

     1,160        43,615  

Expenses:

     

Management fees

     203        6,376  

Distribution and/or servicing fees - Class A-1

     2 (a)       746  

Distribution and/or servicing fees - Class A-2

     N/A        115  

Distribution and/or servicing fees - Class A-3

     N/A        899  

Trustee fees and related expenses

     17        70  

Interest expense

     8        8,237  

Preferred shares related expenses

     0        11  

Total Expenses

     230        16,454  

Waiver and/or Reimbursement by PIMCO

     (53      0  

Net Expenses

     177        16,454  

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     983        27,161  

Net Realized Gain (Loss):

     

Investments in securities

     43        (8,374

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared financial derivative instruments

     11        1,597  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     54        (6,777

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation):

     

Investments in securities

     979        34,043  

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared financial derivative instruments

     12        1,282  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     991        35,325  

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $   2,028      $   55,709  

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

(a) 

Inception date of the Class A-1 was January 31, 2023.

 

22   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

(Amounts in thousands)  

PIMCO California Flexible

Municipal Income Fund

   

PIMCO Flexible

Municipal Income Fund

 
   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

   

Inception date

through
December 31, 2022(a)

   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

    Year Ended
December 31, 2022
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 983     $ 568     $ 27,161     $ 43,222  

Net realized gain (loss)

    54       (221     (6,777     (113,431

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    991       109       35,325       (150,533

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders Resulting from Operations

    2,028       456       55,709       (220,742

Distributions to Common Shareholders:

       

From net investment income and/or net realized capital gains

       

Institutional Class

    (965     (549     (15,574     (26,259

Class A-1

    (12 )(b)      N/A       (5,731     (8,372

Class A-2

    N/A       N/A       (884     (1,013

Class A-3

    N/A       N/A       (4,294     (6,436

Total Distributions to Common Shareholders(c)

    (977     (549     (26,483     (42,080

Common Share Transactions*:

       

Receipts for shares sold

    11,984       46,507       242,282       501,436  

Issued as reinvestment of distributions

    568       449       13,078       16,060  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (165     0       (144,534     (409,479

Net increase (decrease) resulting from common share transactions

    12,387       46,956       110,826       108,017  

Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shareholders

    13,438       46,863       140,052       (154,805

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

       

Beginning of period

    46,863       0       1,222,579       1,377,384  

End of period

  $   60,301     $   46,863     $   1,362,631     $   1,222,579  

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

*

See Note 13, Common Shares Offering, in the Notes to Financial Statements.

(a) 

Inception date of the Fund was June 27, 2022.

(b) 

Inception date of the Class A-1 was January 31, 2023.

(c) 

The tax characterization of distributions is determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations. The actual tax characterization of distributions paid is determined at the end of the fiscal year. See Note 2, Distributions — Common Shares, in the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

 

   
       SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      23  


Statement of Cash Flows PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Cash Flows Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities:

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 55,709  

Adjustments to Reconcile Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations to Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities:

 

Purchases of long-term securities

        (449,635

Proceeds from sales of long-term securities

    369,128  

(Purchases) Proceeds from sales of short-term portfolio investments, net

    (35,035

(Increase) decrease in deposits with counterparty

    (276

(Increase) decrease in receivable for investments sold

    1,560  

(Increase) decrease in interest and/or dividends receivable

    (1,027

Proceeds from (Payments on) exchange-traded or centrally cleared financial derivative instruments

    3,432  

Increase (decrease) in payable for investments purchased

    9,391  

Increase (decrease) in accrued management fees

    54  

Increase (decrease) in accrued servicing fees

    40  

Increase (decrease) in other liabilities

    (296

Net Realized (Gain) Loss

       

Investments in securities

    8,374  

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared financial derivative instruments

    (1,597

Net Change in Unrealized (Appreciation) Depreciation

       

Investments in securities

    (34,043

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared financial derivative instruments

    (1,282

Net amortization (accretion) on investments

    (7,784

Amortization of debt issuance cost

    (89

Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities

    (83,376

Cash Flows Received from (Used for) Financing Activities:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

    244,566  

Payments on shares repurchased

    (144,534

Increase (decrease) in overdraft due to custodian

    (1,856

Cash distributions paid*

    (14,334

Proceeds on Remarketable Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares Net

    286  

Net Cash Received from (Used for) Financing Activities

    84,128  

Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Foreign Currency

    752  

Cash and Foreign Currency:

 

Beginning of period

    0  

End of period

  $ 752  

* Reinvestment of distributions

  $ 13,078  

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

 

Dividends on short sales paid during the period

  $ 0  

Interest expense paid during the period

  $ 8,337  

Non Cash Payment in Kind

  $ 409  

 

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

A Statement of Cash Flows is presented when the Fund has a significant amount of borrowing during the period, based on the average total borrowing outstanding in relation to total assets or when substantially all of the Fund’s investments are not classified as Level 1 or 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

24   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


Schedule of Investments PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

(Amounts in thousands*, except number of shares, contracts, units and ounces, if any)

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES 98.9%

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES 1.6%

 

INDUSTRIALS 1.6%

 

Providence St Joseph Health Obligated Group

 

5.403% due 10/01/2033

  $     500     $     494  

Toledo Hospital

 

5.325% due 11/15/2028

      150         122  

Tower Health

 

4.451% due 02/01/2050

      425         194  

Wild Rivers Water Park

 

8.500% due 11/01/2051

      200         153  
       

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(Cost $1,007)

      963  
 

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL BONDS & NOTES 97.1%

 

ALABAMA 1.5%

 

Black Belt Energy Gas District, Alabama Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 02/01/2053

      250         262  

Jefferson County, Alabama Sewer Revenue Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2013

 

0.000% due 10/01/2050 (c)

      500         519  

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.500% due 05/01/2032

      155         145  
       

 

 

 
            926  
       

 

 

 
       
CALIFORNIA 76.4%

 

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 10/01/2050 (c)

      1,000         504  

Bay Area Toll Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

2.200% due 04/01/2047

      300         300  

California Community Choice Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 02/01/2052

      250         248  

California Community Choice Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.000% due 07/01/2053

      500         526  

5.000% due 12/01/2053

      500         522  

5.250% due 01/01/2054

      600         628  

California Community College Financing Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2016

 

5.000% due 06/01/2027

      260         276  

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

0.000% due 06/01/2055 (b)

      1,500         255  

5.000% due 06/01/2050

      480         482  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency Revenue Notes, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 06/01/2029

  $     310     $     338  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2001

 

2.300% due 10/01/2023

      300         300  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

4.000% due 11/01/2038

      500         504  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

3.000% due 08/15/2054

      500         499  

4.000% due 08/15/2040

      500         503  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 03/01/2040

      500         532  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

3.650% due 01/01/2050

      750         747  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Revenue Notes, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 10/01/2024

      1,200         1,232  

California Municipal Finance Authority Certificates of Participation Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2022

 

5.250% due 11/01/2036

      200         221  

California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 06/01/2042

      1,000           1,052  

California Pollution Control Financing Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2019

 

6.750% due 12/01/2028

      125         75  

California Public Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

6.250% due 07/01/2054

      250         265  

California Public Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.000% due 07/15/2038

      500         508  

California State General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 09/01/2041

      1,000         1,124  

California State General Obligation Bonds, Series 2023

 

3.875% due 12/01/2030

      500         495  

California State University Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

4.000% due 11/01/2043

      500         500  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

4.125% due 03/01/2034

  485

 

      489  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

5.250% due 12/01/2056

      250         242  
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      25  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Chino Valley Unified School District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 08/01/2039 (b)

  $     385     $     196  

City of Big Bear Lake, California Industrial Revenue Bonds, Series 1993

 

3.800% due 12/01/2028

      750         750  

Clovis Unified School District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 08/01/2041

      500         555  

CMFA Special Finance Agency VII, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 08/01/2047

      250         210  

CMFA Special Finance Agency VIII, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 08/01/2047

      250         211  

CMFA Special Finance Agency, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 08/01/2045

      400         327  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

2.650% due 12/01/2046

      250         194  

3.400% due 10/01/2046

      445         345  

3.500% due 10/01/2046

      800         609  

4.000% due 02/01/2057

      250         175  

Department of Veterans Affairs Veteran’s Farm & Home Purchase Program, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.950% due 12/01/2046

      250         262  

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 06/01/2036

      1,000           1,173  

Firebaugh, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 08/01/2039

      250         209  

Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, California Revenue Bonds, Series 1995

 

0.000% due 01/01/2028 (b)

      500         441  

Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 01/15/2046

      1,000         970  

Golden State, California Tobacco Securitization Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 06/01/2066 (b)

      5,000         546  

3.850% due 06/01/2050

      450         409  

Golden State, California Tobacco Securitization Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 06/01/2051

      500         521  

Grossmont Union High School District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 08/01/2044 (b)

      2,000         769  

Indio Finance Authority, California Revenue Bonds, (BAM Insured), Series 2022

 

4.500% due 11/01/2052

      250         257  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Irvine Facilities Financing Authority, California Special Tax Bonds, Series 2023

 

0.010% due 09/01/2049

  $     1,300     $     372  

Irvine Ranch Water District, California Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2009

 

2.450% due 10/01/2041

      600         600  

Long Beach Bond Finance Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

4.000% due 08/01/2050

      500         494  

Long Beach Unified School District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015

 

0.000% due 08/01/2037 (b)

      500         275  

Los Angeles Department of Airports, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

5.000% due 05/15/2030

      500         541  

Los Angeles Department of Airports, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 05/15/2037

      250         279  

5.000% due 05/15/2038

      1,000         1,068  

Los Angeles Department of Airports, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.000% due 05/15/2041

      500         495  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2001

 

2.800% due 07/01/2034

      1,000         1,000  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 07/01/2047

      1,000         1,051  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, California Revenue Notes, Series 2023

 

5.000% due 07/01/2029

      500         568  

Los Angeles Unified School District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 07/01/2041

      500         565  

M-S-R Energy Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2009

 

6.500% due 11/01/2039

      330         397  

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 07/01/2034

      150         180  

5.000% due 10/01/2034

      1,000           1,200  

New Haven Unified School District, California General Obligation Bonds, (AGC Insured), Series 2008

 

0.000% due 08/01/2030 (b)

      200         157  

Orange County, California Community Facilities District Special Tax Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 08/15/2047

      250         254  

Peralta Community College District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2016

 

4.000% due 08/01/2039

      250         248  

Rio Hondo Community College District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 08/01/2046 (b)

      1,000         327  
 

 

26   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

River Islands Public Financing Authority, California Special Tax, (AGM Insured), Series 2022

 

5.000% due 09/01/2029

  $     250     $     281  

River Islands Public Financing Authority, California Special Tax, Series 2022

 

5.750% due 09/01/2052

      250         246  

Riverside, California Electric Revenue Bonds, Series 2008

 

2.750% due 10/01/2029

      100         100  

Riverside, California Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 10/01/2047

      750         833  

Sacramento County, California Special Tax Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 09/01/2036

      270         280  

5.000% due 09/01/2047

      100         98  

Salinas Union High School District, California Certificates of Participation Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2022

 

4.375% due 06/01/2047

      1,000         1,025  

Salinas Union High School District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 08/01/2039

      250         289  

San Diego County, California Regional Airport Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 07/01/2046

      500         474  

San Diego County, California Regional Transportation Commission Revenue Bonds, Series 2008

 

3.200% due 04/01/2038

      3,240         3,240  

San Francisco County, California Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue Notes, Series 2017

 

4.000% due 02/01/2024

      1,200           1,208  

San Francisco, California City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2014

 

5.000% due 05/01/2044

      500         501  

San Francisco, California City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 05/01/2049

      250         258  

San Francisco, California City & County Certificates of Participation Bonds, Series 2017

 

4.000% due 04/01/2036

      1,000         1,003  

San Francisco, California Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 11/01/2050

      200         218  

San Jose Financing Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 11/01/2047

      1,000         1,118  

San Rafael City Elementary School District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 08/01/2047

      250         247  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Sanger Unified School District, California Certificates of Participation Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2022

 

5.000% due 06/01/2049

  $     1,000     $     1,029  

Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 06/01/2060 (b)

      1,765         275  

Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern California Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 06/01/2034

      250         273  

University of California Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

3.120% due 05/15/2048

      500         500  
       

 

 

 
            46,063  
       

 

 

 
       
COLORADO 0.9%

 

Colorado International Center Metropolitan District No 7 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 12/01/2051 (c)

      500         277  

Dominion Water & Sanitation District, Colorado Revenue Notes, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 12/01/2032

      250         250  
       

 

 

 
          527  
       

 

 

 
       
FLORIDA 0.9%

 

Village Community Development District No. 15, Florida Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2023

 

4.849% due 05/01/2038 (a)

      500         505  
       

 

 

 
GEORGIA 1.7%

 

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 01/01/2049

      500         507  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.500% due 07/01/2063

      500         515  
       

 

 

 
          1,022  
       

 

 

 
       
IDAHO 0.3%

 

Spring Valley Community Infrastructure District No 1, Idaho Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2021

 

3.750% due 09/01/2051

      250         190  
       

 

 

 
INDIANA 0.4%

 

Indiana Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

7.000% due 03/01/2039

      290         221  
       

 

 

 
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      27  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
IOWA 0.4%

 

Iowa Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

8.000% due 01/01/2042

  $     250     $     232  
       

 

 

 
MICHIGAN 0.6%

 

Detroit, Michigan General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014

 

4.000% due 04/01/2044

      250         187  

Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2008

 

0.000% due 06/01/2046 (b)

      1,500         155  
       

 

 

 
          342  
       

 

 

 
       
NEVADA 0.2%

 

Reno, Nevada Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

0.000% due 07/01/2058 (b)

      1,000         130  
       

 

 

 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.8%

 

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

4.817% due 12/20/2036

      499         490  
       

 

 

 
NEW YORK 2.1%

 

Build NYC Resource Corp., New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

5.625% due 12/01/2050

      100         99  

Build NYC Resource Corp., New York Revenue Notes, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 06/01/2032

      200         202  

Freddie Mac Multifamily Variable Rate Certificate, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

2.875% due 07/25/2036 (e)

      493         432  

New York Transportation Development Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.375% due 10/01/2045

      550         538  
       

 

 

 
            1,271  
       

 

 

 
       
OHIO 0.2%

 

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 06/01/2055

      150         141  
       

 

 

 
       
PENNSYLVANIA 0.3%

 

Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 05/01/2042

      200         201  
       

 

 

 
       
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
PUERTO RICO 7.6%

 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Bonds, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 11/01/2043

  $     474     $     240  

0.000% due 11/01/2051

      3,293         1,505  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 07/01/2033 (b)

      500         306  

GDB Debt Recovery Authority of Puerto Rico Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

7.500% due 08/20/2040

      468         387  

Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 07/01/2053 (c)

      1,195         732  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

0.000% due 07/01/2046 (b)

      5,000         1,411  
       

 

 

 
            4,581  
       

 

 

 
       
TEXAS 1.6%

 

Angelina & Neches River Authority, Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

7.500% due 12/01/2045

      250         164  

Brazoria County, Texas Industrial Development Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

12.000% due 06/01/2043

      300         300  

Dallas Housing Finance Corp., Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

6.000% due 12/01/2062

      250         257  

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 06/30/2058

      250         250  
       

 

 

 
          971  
       

 

 

 
       
VIRGINIA 0.6%

 

Farms New Kent Community Development Authority, Virginia Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2021

 

3.750% due 03/01/2036

      375         355  
       

 

 

 
       
WEST VIRGINIA 0.2%

 

Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, West Virginia Revenue Bonds, Series 2007

 

0.000% due 06/01/2047 (b)

      1,250         118  
       

 

 

 
       
WISCONSIN 0.4%

 

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

6.500% due 09/01/2036

      30         27  

6.500% due 06/01/2045

      125         102  
 

 

28   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Revenue Notes, Series 2016

 

0.010% due 09/01/2029

  $     200     $     126  
       

 

 

 
    255  
 

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds & Notes
(Cost $57,405)

      58,541  
 

 

 

 
       
        SHARES         MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
PREFERRED SECURITIES 0.2%

 

FINANCIALS 0.2%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

3.650% due 06/01/2026 •(d)

      125,000     $     111  
       

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities (Cost $114)

    111  
       
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $58,526)
    59,615  
       
Total Investments 98.9%
(Cost $58,526)

 

  $     59,615  
       

Financial Derivative
Instruments (f) (0.0)%

(Cost or Premiums, net $0)

    (1
       
Other Assets and Liabilities, net 1.1%

 

      687  
       

 

 

 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders 100.0%

 

  $       60,301  
       

 

 

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

*

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

 

Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end. The rate may be based on a fixed rate, a capped rate or a floor rate and may convert to a variable or floating rate in the future. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.

 

(a)

When-issued security.

 

(b)

Zero coupon security.

 

(c)

Security becomes interest bearing at a future date.

 

(d)

Perpetual maturity; date shown, if applicable, represents next contractual call date.

(e)  RESTRICTED SECURITIES:

 

Issuer Description   Coupon     Maturity
Date
    Acquisition Date     Cost     Market
Value
   

Market Value
as Percentage
of Net Assets

Applicable to
Common
Shareholders

 

Freddie Mac Multifamily Variable Rate Certificate, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

    2.875     07/25/2036       11/17/2022     $   429     $   432       0.72
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(f)  FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS: EXCHANGE-TRADED OR CENTRALLY CLEARED

FUTURES CONTRACTS:

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Description

 

Expiration
Month

   

# of
Contracts

   

Notional
Amount

    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
    Variation Margin  
  Asset     Liability  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note September Futures

    09/2023       6     $   (674   $ 12     $ 0     $ (1
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Futures Contracts

 

  $   12     $   0     $   (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      29  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS: EXCHANGE-TRADED OR CENTRALLY CLEARED SUMMARY

The following is a summary of the market value and variation margin of Exchange-Traded or Centrally Cleared Financial Derivative Instruments as of June 30, 2023:

 

    Financial Derivative Assets           Financial Derivative Liabilities  
    Market Value     Variation Margin
Asset
   

Total

          Market Value     Variation Margin
Liability
   

Total

 
    Purchased
Options
    Futures     Swap
Agreements
          Written
Options
    Futures     Swap
Agreements
 

Total Exchange-Traded or Centrally Cleared

  $   0     $   0     $   0     $   0       $   0     $   (1   $   0     $   (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash of $85 has been pledged as collateral for exchange-traded and centrally cleared financial derivative instruments as of June 30, 2023. See Note 7, Master Netting Arrangements, in the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The following is a summary of the fair valuation of the Fund’s derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure. See Note 6, Principal and Other Risks, in the Notes to Financial Statements on risks of the Fund.

Fair Values of Financial Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2023:

 

    Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments  
     Commodity
Contracts
    Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
    Interest
Rate Contracts
    Total  

Financial Derivative Instruments - Liabilities

 

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

           

Futures

  $   0     $   0     $   0     $   0     $   1     $   1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The effect of Financial Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations for the period ended June 30, 2023:

 

    Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments  
     Commodity
Contracts
    Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
    Interest
Rate Contracts
    Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Financial Derivative Instruments

 

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

 

Futures

  $   0     $   0     $   0     $   0     $   11     $   11  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Financial Derivative Instruments

 

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

 

Futures

  $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 12     $ 12  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

30   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of June 30, 2023 in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

Category and Subcategory   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Fair
Value at
06/30/2023
 

Investments in Securities, at Value

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

Industrials

  $   0     $ 963     $   0     $ 963  

Municipal Bonds & Notes

 

Alabama

    0       926       0       926  

California

    0         46,063       0         46,063  

Colorado

    0       527       0       527  

Florida

    0       505       0       505  

Georgia

    0       1,022       0       1,022  

Idaho

    0       190       0       190  

Indiana

    0       221       0       221  

Iowa

    0       232       0       232  

Michigan

    0       342       0       342  

Nevada

    0       130       0       130  

New Hampshire

    0       490       0       490  

New York

    0       1,271       0       1,271  

Ohio

    0       141       0       141  

Pennsylvania

    0       201       0       201  

Puerto Rico

    0       4,581       0       4,581  

Texas

    0       971       0       971  

Virginia

    0       355       0       355  

West Virginia

    0       118       0       118  

Wisconsin

    0       255       0       255  

Preferred Securities

 

Financials

    0       111       0       111  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $ 0     $ 59,615     $ 0     $ 59,615  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial Derivative Instruments - Liabilities

 

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

  $ 0     $ (1   $ 0     $ (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Financial Derivative Instruments

  $ 0     $ (1   $ 0     $ (1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 0     $ 59,614     $ 0     $ 59,614  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no significant transfers into or out of Level 3 during the period ended June 30, 2023.

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      31  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

 

(Amounts in thousands*, except number of shares, contracts, units and ounces, if any)

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES 128.4%

 

LOAN PARTICIPATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS 0.5%

 

Fairbanks Square Affordable Housing

 

6.070% due 10/01/2030 «

  $     6,171     $     6,477  
       

 

 

 

Total Loan Participations and Assignments (Cost $6,500)

      6,477  
 

 

 

 
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES 4.1%

 

BANKING & FINANCE 1.6%

 

Benloch Ranch Improvement Association No. 2

 

10.000% due 12/01/2051 «

      10,000         9,783  

Credit Suisse AG AT1 Claim ^

      3,000         120  

Reagan Ranch Development LLC

 

8.500% due 09/01/2031 «

      8,500         7,981  

Toll Road Investors Partnership LP

 

0.000% due 02/15/2043 (e)

      11,346         3,133  

VM Fund LLC

 

8.625% due 02/28/2031 «

      1,458         1,395  
       

 

 

 
            22,412  
       

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS 2.5%

 

Adventist Health System

 

3.630% due 03/01/2049

      5,000         3,737  

CommonSpirit Health

 

4.187% due 10/01/2049

      7,000         5,686  

Cottage Health Obligated Group

 

3.304% due 11/01/2049

      4,160         3,084  

Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc.

 

3.875% due 08/15/2050

      2,000         1,512  

Providence St Joseph Health Obligated Group

 

5.403% due 10/01/2033

      6,000         5,926  

Toledo Hospital

 

4.982% due 11/15/2045

      1,000         610  

5.325% due 11/15/2028

      4,350         3,540  

Tower Health

 

4.451% due 02/01/2050

      12,250         5,604  

Wild Rivers Water Park

 

8.500% due 11/01/2051

      5,300         4,048  
       

 

 

 
          33,747  
       

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(Cost $60,355)

      56,159  
 

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL BONDS & NOTES 112.1%

 

ALABAMA 2.6%

 

Black Belt Energy Gas District, Alabama Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 06/01/2051

      3,520         3,480  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Central Etowah County, Alabama Solid Waste Disposal Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

6.000% due 07/01/2045

  $     1,000     $     1,052  

Jefferson County, Alabama Sewer Revenue Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2013

 

6.900% due 10/01/2050 (f)

      2,500         2,594  

Jefferson County, Alabama Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

6.500% due 10/01/2053

      5,110         5,387  

7.750% due 10/01/2046 (f)

      1,000         1,041  

Lower Alabama Gas District Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

5.000% due 09/01/2046

      1,375         1,431  

Lower Alabama Gas District Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 12/01/2050

      7,000         6,961  

Selma Industrial Development Board, Alabama Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

2.000% due 11/01/2033

      500         489  

Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District, Alabama Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 05/01/2053

      2,500         2,586  

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.500% due 05/01/2032

      11,383         10,648  
       

 

 

 
            35,669  
 

 

 

 
ALASKA 0.6%

 

Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority Revenue Bonds, (NPFGC Insured), Series 2005

 

0.000% due 03/01/2025 (e)

      2,400         2,161  

Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska Solid Waste Services Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 11/01/2062

      5,450         5,805  
       

 

 

 
          7,966  
 

 

 

 
       
ARIZONA 1.6%

 

Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 01/01/2033

      500         305  

4.500% due 01/01/2039

      1,615         884  

4.500% due 01/01/2049

      1,000         555  

5.000% due 01/01/2030

      645         454  

5.000% due 01/01/2054

      3,000         1,773  

5.125% due 01/01/2054

      3,000         1,524  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

6.000% due 07/01/2051 ^(b)

      1,500         825  

7.750% due 01/01/2054

      1,250         663  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 01/01/2027

      555         446  
 

 

32   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

5.000% due 01/01/2028

  $     585     $     453  

5.000% due 01/01/2029

      1,510         1,190  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

5.500% due 07/01/2031 ^(b)

      325         179  

Chandler Industrial Development Authority, Arizona Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 09/01/2052

      7,050         7,217  

Industrial Development Authority of the County, Arizona of Pima Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 07/01/2049

      1,500         1,324  

Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2016

 

3.500% due 07/01/2026

      1,015         982  

Salt Verde Financial Corp., Arizona Revenue Bonds, Series 2007

 

5.000% due 12/01/2037

      3,000         3,140  
       

 

 

 
            21,914  
       

 

 

 
ARKANSAS 0.7%

 

Arkansas Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.750% due 09/01/2049

      6,785         6,397  

County of Pulaski Hospital, Arkansas Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.250% due 03/01/2053

      3,000         3,250  
       

 

 

 
          9,647  
       

 

 

 
CALIFORNIA 15.5%

 

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.300% due 10/01/2047 (f)

      4,500         2,291  

5.400% due 10/01/2050 (f)

      2,000         1,009  

Antelope Valley Healthcare District, California Revenue Notes, Series 2016

 

5.000% due 03/01/2026

      315         317  

California Community Choice Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 02/01/2052

      3,905         3,882  

California Community Choice Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.250% due 01/01/2054

      12,800         13,398  

California Community Housing Agency Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 04/01/2049

      8,085         6,709  

California Community Housing Agency Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 02/01/2043

      1,465         1,263  

4.000% due 02/01/2056

      8,705         6,608  

California Community Housing Agency Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.500% due 08/01/2052

      2,500         2,089  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

California County Tobacco Securitization Agency Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

0.000% due 06/01/2055 (e)

  $     5,200     $     884  

California Department of Water Resources State Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

1.789% due 12/01/2035

      2,135         1,542  

California Department of Water Resources State Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

2.132% due 12/01/2033

      2,500         1,974  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

3.650% due 01/01/2050

      20,000           19,917  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 01/01/2061 (e)

      2,970         168  

4.000% due 05/01/2051

      3,685         3,479  

4.710% (MUNIPSA) due 12/01/2050 ~

      1,750         1,702  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Revenue Notes, Series 2016

 

5.000% due 07/01/2026

      2,000         2,094  

California Municipal Finance Authority Certificates of Participation Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2022

 

5.250% due 11/01/2052

      2,000         2,137  

California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 07/01/2052

      1,000         901  

California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 11/01/2036

      3,655         3,366  

4.000% due 09/01/2050 (h)

      2,000         1,550  

California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

3.637% due 07/01/2030

      1,480         1,265  

California Pollution Control Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

7.500% due 12/01/2039 ^(b)

      2,500         125  

California Pollution Control Financing Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2019

 

6.750% due 12/01/2028

      3,275         1,965  

California Public Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

6.250% due 07/01/2054

      1,500         1,589  

California State General Obligation Bonds, Series 2023

 

3.875% due 12/01/2030

      2,710         2,682  

California State University Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

2.144% due 11/01/2033

      1,500         1,178  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

5.250% due 12/01/2056

      5,500         5,323  
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      33  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

CMFA Special Finance Agency VII, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 08/01/2047

  $     2,730     $     2,296  

CMFA Special Finance Agency VIII, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 08/01/2047

      3,165         2,667  

CMFA Special Finance Agency, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 08/01/2045

      5,500         4,503  

4.000% due 12/01/2045

      3,500         2,771  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

2.650% due 12/01/2046

      1,000         774  

3.100% due 07/01/2045

      2,500         1,893  

3.400% due 10/01/2046

      1,290         999  

3.500% due 10/01/2046

      4,200         3,196  

4.000% due 07/01/2056

      5,695         4,080  

4.000% due 08/01/2056

      3,800         2,922  

4.000% due 10/01/2056

      2,000         1,472  

4.000% due 02/01/2057

      5,500         3,852  

CSCDA Community Improvement Authority, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.300% due 07/01/2059

      5,000         4,172  

4.750% due 09/01/2062 (f)

      11,000         5,523  

5.000% due 09/01/2037

      2,895         2,897  

Firebaugh, California Revenue Notes, Series 2019

 

2.050% due 08/01/2029

      1,350         1,158  

Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.094% due 01/15/2049

      2,500         2,074  

Golden State, California Tobacco Securitization Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 06/01/2066 (e)

      123,645           13,495  

2.746% due 06/01/2034

      1,100         897  

3.850% due 06/01/2050

      9,840         8,933  

Golden State, California Tobacco Securitization Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 06/01/2051

      1,900         1,981  

Inland Empire Tobacco Securitization Corp., California Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

3.678% due 06/01/2038

      3,070         2,851  

Irvine Facilities Financing Authority, California Special Tax Bonds, Series 2023

 

0.010% due 09/01/2050

      1,250         340  

Long Beach, California Senior Airport Revenue Refunding Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2022

 

5.250% due 06/01/2047

      2,000         2,149  

Los Angeles Department of Airports, California Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 05/15/2049

      4,430         4,239  

Mount San Jacinto Community College District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2018

 

4.000% due 08/01/2043

      3,250         3,250  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Rio Hondo Community College District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 08/01/2046 (e)

  $     4,000     $     1,308  

River Islands Public Financing Authority, California Special Tax, Series 2022

 

5.750% due 09/01/2052

      3,000         2,947  

Sacramento County, California Special Tax Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 09/01/2042

      4,500         4,510  

Sacramento, California Special Tax Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 09/01/2050

      1,000         860  

San Francisco, California City & County Airport Comm-San Francisco International Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2014

 

5.000% due 05/01/2044

      8,000         8,025  

San Francisco, California Special Tax District, City & County Special Tax Notes, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 09/01/2031

      150         149  

Santa Clara Unified School District, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 07/01/2048

      1,000         990  

South San Francisco Unified School, California General Obligation Bonds, Series 2023

 

4.000% due 09/01/2048

      6,000         5,937  

Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 06/01/2060 (e)

      28,500         4,443  

4.000% due 06/01/2049

      1,750         1,599  

Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern California Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

0.000% due 06/01/2054 (e)

      1,000         186  

5.000% due 06/01/2031

      500         552  

5.000% due 06/01/2032

      1,000         1,101  

5.000% due 06/01/2048

      1,415         1,442  
       

 

 

 
            210,840  
       

 

 

 
COLORADO 3.5%

 

Aurora Highlands Community Authority Board, Colorado Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.750% due 12/01/2051

      4,000         3,633  

Bradley Heights Metropolitan District No 2, Colorado General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.750% due 12/01/2051

      5,750         4,356  

Clear Creek Transit Metropolitan District No 2, Colorado General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 12/01/2050

      1,000         870  

7.900% due 12/15/2050

      1,125         1,021  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 08/01/2049

      1,000         916  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.500% due 11/01/2047

      4,000         4,285  
 

 

34   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Colorado International Center Metropolitan District No 7 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.250% due 12/01/2051 (f)

  $     6,375     $     3,530  

Denver, Colorado City & County Certificates of Participation Bonds, Series 2008

 

3.650% due 12/01/2031

      10,000         10,000  

Dominion Water & Sanitation District, Colorado Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.875% due 12/01/2052

      1,250         1,231  

Dominion Water & Sanitation District, Colorado Revenue Notes, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 12/01/2027

      2,185         2,177  

5.250% due 12/01/2032

      3,170         3,165  

Harvest Crossing Metropolitan District No 4, Colorado General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

7.250% due 12/01/2052

      2,500         2,431  

Longs Peak Metropolitan District, Colorado General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.250% due 12/01/2051

      2,500         2,132  

Rampart Range Metropolitan District No 5, Colorado Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 12/01/2036

      1,250         1,053  

Regional Transportation District, Colorado Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 07/15/2038

      1,150         1,148  

Reunion Metropolitan District, Colorado Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

3.625% due 12/01/2044

      1,962         1,452  

Senac South Metropolitan District No 1, Colorado General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.250% due 12/01/2051

      2,915         2,518  

Third Creek Metropolitan District No 1, Colorado General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.750% due 12/01/2051

      1,000         773  

Transport Metropolitan District No 3, Colorado General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 12/01/2051

      500         404  

Village Metropolitan District, Colorado General Obligation Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 12/01/2040

      1,000         967  
       

 

 

 
            48,062  
       

 

 

 
CONNECTICUT 0.1%

 

Connecticut Special Tax Revenue State Special Tax Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 05/01/2039

      1,350         1,374  
       

 

 

 
DELAWARE 2.4%

 

Affordable Housing Opportunities Trust, Delaware Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 04/01/2039

      26,115         25,704  

7.120% due 04/01/2039

      3,785         3,630  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

7.570% due 04/01/2039

  $     865     $     865  

Delaware State Economic Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

1.250% due 10/01/2045

      2,500         2,282  
       

 

 

 
            32,481  
       

 

 

 
FLORIDA 2.3%

 

Avenir Community Development District, Florida Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.375% due 05/01/2043

      3,000         2,958  

Babcock Ranch Community Independent Special, Florida Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 05/01/2053

      1,500         1,405  

Capital Projects Finance Authority, Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 10/01/2031

      1,500         1,570  

5.000% due 10/01/2032

      1,350         1,408  

Capital Projects Finance Authority, Florida Revenue Notes, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 10/01/2030

      1,600         1,679  

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

5.000% due 07/01/2033 ^(b)

      500         175  

5.000% due 07/01/2043 ^(b)

      250         20  

5.250% due 07/01/2048 ^(b)

      250         20  

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

0.000% due 01/01/2035 (e)

      2,770         1,265  

Capital Trust Agency, Inc., Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 01/01/2061 (e)

      5,810         308  

Charlotte County Industrial Development Authority, Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 10/01/2041

      3,000         2,478  

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

5.000% due 10/01/2040

      5,000         5,070  

Hernando County, Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 06/01/2052

      2,000         2,165  

Midtown Miami Community Development District, Florida Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2014

 

5.000% due 05/01/2029

      1,500         1,500  

Osceola County, Florida Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

0.000% due 10/01/2035 (e)

      1,250         709  

Palm Beach County, Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 06/01/2057

      500         432  

Polk County, Florida Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.875% due 01/01/2033

      2,130         2,156  
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      35  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

St Johns County, Florida Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 12/15/2036

  $     1,000     $     859  

Tampa, Florida Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

0.000% due 09/01/2042 (e)

      1,000         398  

0.000% due 09/01/2045 (e)

      1,850         625  

5.000% due 07/01/2031

      350         380  

5.000% due 07/01/2034

      275         295  

5.000% due 07/01/2035

      650         693  

Village Community Development District No. 15, Florida Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2023

 

4.250% due 05/01/2028 (a)

      500         501  

5.250% due 05/01/2054 (a)

      2,000         2,032  
       

 

 

 
            31,101  
       

 

 

 
GEORGIA 3.5%

 

Atlanta Department of Aviation, Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 07/01/2036

      3,000         3,005  

Atlanta Development Authority, Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

7.000% due 01/01/2040 ^(b)

      400         180  

Burke County, Georgia Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

2.925% due 11/01/2053

      1,000         989  

Burke County, Georgia Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

4.125% due 11/01/2045

      5,000         4,514  

Development Authority of Monroe County, Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

1.500% due 01/01/2039

      1,000         945  

Fulton County, Georgia Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 04/01/2056

      2,000         1,304  

Main Street Natural Gas Inc, Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 07/01/2052

      3,500         3,490  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

4.294% (0.67*US0001M + 0.830%) due 08/01/2048 ~

      1,000         999  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 05/01/2052

      6,350         6,257  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.000% due 09/01/2052

      3,500         3,437  

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc., Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.000% due 06/01/2053

      5,000         5,180  

5.000% due 07/01/2053

      1,500         1,568  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 01/01/2049

  $     2,000     $     1,854  

5.000% due 01/01/2059

      4,500         4,535  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.500% due 07/01/2063

      8,000         7,898  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.500% due 07/01/2064

      2,000         2,084  
       

 

 

 
            48,239  
       

 

 

 
GUAM 0.1%

 

Guam Department of Education Certificates of Participation Notes, Series 2020

 

4.250% due 02/01/2030

      1,500         1,486  
       

 

 

 
IDAHO 0.4%

 

Spring Valley Community Infrastructure District No 1, Idaho Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2021

 

3.750% due 09/01/2051

      7,000         5,329  
       

 

 

 
ILLINOIS 6.0%

 

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Illinois Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 01/01/2052

      1,000         1,023  

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Illinois Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 01/01/2056

      1,000         1,074  

5.500% due 01/01/2055

      12,000         12,892  

Chicago Park District, Illinois General Obligation Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 01/01/2034

      1,200         1,210  

Chicago, Illinois Certificates of Participation Bonds, Series 2016

 

5.000% due 03/15/2034

      1,835         1,823  

Chicago, Illinois General Obligation Bonds, Series 2002

 

5.000% due 01/01/2024

      1,915         1,926  

Chicago, Illinois General Obligation Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 01/01/2031

      1,000         1,072  

Chicago, Illinois Waterworks Revenue Bonds, Series 2014

 

4.000% due 11/01/2032

      50         51  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.125% due 02/15/2045 ^(b)

      250         100  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 11/01/2035

      2,100         1,948  
 

 

36   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

3.510% due 05/15/2041

  $     2,070     $     1,618  

4.000% due 08/15/2039

      5,370         5,260  

4.000% due 08/15/2040

      3,500         3,383  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

3.570% due 08/15/2057

      10,000           10,000  

Illinois Sales Tax State Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 06/15/2031

      2,000         2,190  

Illinois State General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014

 

5.250% due 02/01/2029

      950         959  

Illinois State General Obligation Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 10/01/2034

      3,400         3,447  

Illinois State General Obligation Notes, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 11/01/2027

      3,530         3,766  

Illinois State General Obligation Notes, Series 2018

 

5.000% due 10/01/2023

      1,500         1,505  

Illinois State General Obligation Notes, Series 2020

 

5.500% due 05/01/2030

      4,500         5,017  

Illinois State General Obligation Notes, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 03/01/2024

      3,000         3,026  

5.000% due 03/01/2025

      2,040         2,086  

5.000% due 03/01/2026

      4,000         4,153  

Illinois State Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

5.000% due 06/15/2026

      3,215         3,218  

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Illinois Revenue Bonds, (NPFGC Insured), Series 2002

 

0.000% due 06/15/2034 (e)

      1,000         648  

0.000% due 12/15/2037 (e)

      2,000         1,064  

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Illinois Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.000% due 12/15/2047

      765         705  

Regional Transportation Authority, Illinois Revenue Bonds, (NPFGC Insured), Series 2003

 

5.750% due 06/01/2033

      2,000         2,378  

Sales Tax Securitization Corp., Illinois Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.000% due 01/01/2036

      1,800         1,944  

Sales Tax Securitization Corp., Illinois Revenue Notes, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 01/01/2029

      1,500         1,636  

State of Illinois

 

7.350% due 07/01/2035

      1,026         1,107  
       

 

 

 
          82,229  
       

 

 

 
       
INDIANA 3.3%

 

Indiana Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Relief Revenue Bonds, Series 2012

 

4.250% due 11/01/2030

      2,750         2,740  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Indiana Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2009

 

3.650% due 11/01/2039

  $     10,000     $     10,000  

Indiana Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2012

 

3.000% due 11/01/2030

      7,500         6,802  

Indiana Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

7.000% due 03/01/2039

      9,385         7,149  

Indiana Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.500% due 12/15/2046

      6,000         5,989  

Whiting, Indiana Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

4.400% due 03/01/2046

      10,000         10,200  

Whiting, Indiana Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 12/01/2044

      2,000         2,060  
       

 

 

 
            44,940  
       

 

 

 
       
IOWA 2.4%

 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Revenue Bonds, (AMBAC Insured), Series 2003

 

4.500% due 08/15/2032

      3,800         3,781  

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Revenue Bonds, (AMBAC Insured), Series 2005

 

5.740% due 08/15/2029

      7,220         7,211  

Iowa Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

3.750% due 07/01/2041

      10,000         10,000  

Iowa Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

1.500% due 01/01/2042

      4,500         4,390  

Iowa Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

8.000% due 01/01/2042

      5,640         5,241  

Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 06/01/2065 (e)

      15,000         1,731  
       

 

 

 
          32,354  
       

 

 

 
       
KENTUCKY 1.4%

 

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

6.000% due 11/15/2036

      685         576  

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 07/01/2050

      4,000         3,099  

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

4.250% due 07/01/2031

      1,380         1,200  

Kentucky Public Energy Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.000% due 08/01/2052

      1,325         1,300  

4.590% (SOFRRATE) due 08/01/2052 ~

      3,900         3,720  
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      37  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Kentucky State Property & Building Commission Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 11/01/2034

  $     1,250     $     1,274  

Owen County, Kentucky Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

2.450% due 06/01/2039

      2,000         1,843  

Scott County, Kentucky School District Finance Corp. Revenue Bonds, (BAM Insured), Series 2022

 

5.000% due 09/01/2041

      5,000         5,548  
       

 

 

 
            18,560  
       

 

 

 
       
LOUISIANA 0.9%

 

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Auth Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

2.500% due 04/01/2036

      1,595         1,301  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 07/01/2042

      2,565         2,773  

5.250% due 10/01/2029 (f)

      305         318  

Parish of St James, Louisiana Revenue Bonds, Series 2010

 

6.350% due 10/01/2040

      2,200         2,381  

Parish of St James, Louisiana Revenue Bonds, Series 2011

 

5.850% due 08/01/2041

      2,500         2,562  

Parish of St John the Baptist, Louisiana Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

2.100% due 06/01/2037

      2,750         2,698  
       

 

 

 
          12,033  
       

 

 

 
       
MAINE 0.1%

 

Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

5.000% due 07/01/2043

      1,000         1,000  
       

 

 

 
       
MARYLAND 0.7%

 

Maryland Department of Transportation State Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 10/01/2032

      1,080         1,123  

Maryland Economic Development Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

3.997% due 04/01/2034

      1,220         981  

Maryland Economic Development Corp. Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 09/01/2050

      2,500         2,134  

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

3.052% due 07/01/2040

      2,500         1,881  

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

3.762% due 01/01/2043

      2,000         1,385  

4.000% due 06/01/2036

      200         196  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Maryland State Transportation Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 07/01/2046

  $     2,100     $     2,300  
       

 

 

 
            10,000  
       

 

 

 
       
MASSACHUSETTS 1.8%

 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Obligation Bonds, Series 2020

 

2.514% due 07/01/2041

      5,000         3,730  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 10/01/2047

      7,000         7,845  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

5.000% due 07/01/2044

      3,715         3,604  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

5.000% due 07/01/2048

      6,000         6,185  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 07/01/2046

      1,000         932  

5.000% due 07/01/2032

      250         276  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 07/01/2030

      150         165  

Massachusetts School Building Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 02/15/2044

      1,500         1,607  
       

 

 

 
            24,344  
       

 

 

 
       
MICHIGAN 1.9%

 

Detroit, Michigan General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014

 

4.000% due 04/01/2044

      10,191         7,618  

Detroit, Michigan General Obligation Notes, Series 2021

 

2.189% due 04/01/2024

      400         384  

Detroit, Michigan Sewage Disposal System Revenue Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2006

 

4.068% (US0003M) due 07/01/2032 ~

      2,930         2,776  

Great Lakes Water Authority Sewage Disposal System, Michigan Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

2.365% due 07/01/2032

      2,000         1,634  

Michigan Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

0.000% due 06/01/2045 (e)

      5,000         1,169  

0.000% due 06/01/2065 (e)

      30,650         2,992  

5.000% due 06/01/2040

      4,895         5,101  

Michigan Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 05/01/2046

      1,100         923  
 

 

38   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2008

 

0.000% due 06/01/2046 (e)

  $     38,000     $     3,926  
       

 

 

 
            26,523  
       

 

 

 
       
MINNESOTA 0.2%

 

Minneapolis-St Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 01/01/2034

      1,000         1,106  

5.000% due 01/01/2036

      1,900         2,071  
       

 

 

 
          3,177  
       

 

 

 
       
MISSOURI 0.6%

 

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 03/01/2046

      1,400         1,149  

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 02/15/2044

      2,200         2,100  

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.000% due 05/01/2033

      4,100         4,788  
       

 

 

 
          8,037  
       

 

 

 
       
NEVADA 0.5%

 

Las Vegas, Nevada Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

4.375% due 06/15/2035

      3,445         3,160  

Reno, Nevada Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

0.000% due 07/01/2058 (e)

      32,500         4,227  
       

 

 

 
          7,387  
       

 

 

 
       
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1.2%

 

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

4.385% (MUNIPSA) due 10/01/2033 ~

      1,000         980  

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

4.837% due 07/20/2036

      8,621         8,490  

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2019

 

0.000% due 09/01/2025

      1,000         982  

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2023

 

5.087% due 07/20/2027

      5,472         5,568  

New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority Act Revenue Notes, Series 2017

 

4.125% due 07/01/2024 ^(b)

      864         190  
       

 

 

 
          16,210  
       

 

 

 
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
NEW JERSEY 2.6%

 

Atlantic City, New Jersey General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015

 

6.375% due 03/01/2030

  $     890     $     926  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 06/15/2040

      1,000         980  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 11/01/2036

      2,500         2,756  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 06/15/2027

      1,450         1,544  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2002

 

5.750% due 04/01/2031

      5,000         5,008  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2010

 

0.000% due 12/15/2032 (e)

      2,000         1,401  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

4.000% due 12/15/2031

      3,000         3,095  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 06/15/2036

      2,000         2,025  

4.000% due 06/15/2038

      1,000         995  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

4.250% due 06/15/2040

      10,000         10,050  

4.250% due 06/15/2044

      2,000         1,982  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., New Jersey Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

5.000% due 06/01/2046

      840         844  

Union County, New Jersey Improvement Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

8.500% due 06/01/2041

      5,000         3,488  
       

 

 

 
            35,094  
       

 

 

 
       
NEW MEXICO 0.5%

 

Farmington, New Mexico Revenue Bonds, Series 2005

 

1.800% due 04/01/2029

      8,440         7,265  
       

 

 

 
       
NEW YORK 12.6%

 

Build NYC Resource Corp., New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

5.625% due 12/01/2050

      7,135         7,028  

Build NYC Resource Corp., New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.750% due 06/01/2042

      1,000         1,026  
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      39  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Build NYC Resource Corp., New York Revenue Notes, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 06/01/2032

  $     200     $     202  

Freddie Mac Multifamily Variable Rate Certificate, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

3.125% due 09/25/2036

      1,981         1,732  

Huntington Local Development Corp., New York Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

3.000% due 07/01/2025

      80         80  

Long Island Power Authority, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

1.500% due 09/01/2051

      2,560         2,372  

New York City Industrial Development Agency Revenue Bonds, (FGIC Insured), Series 2006

 

5.810% due 03/01/2026

      3,000         3,047  

New York City Industrial Development Agency, New York Revenue Notes, (AGM Insured), Series 2020

 

5.000% due 03/01/2029

      1,750         1,914  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

3.600% due 02/01/2045

      10,000           10,000  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 11/01/2040

      5,000         5,003  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 11/01/2040

      5,000         5,004  

New York City Water & Sewer System, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2012

 

4.000% due 06/15/2046

      38,000         38,000  

New York City Water & Sewer System, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

3.600% due 06/15/2050

      10,000         10,000  

New York City, New York General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012

 

4.210% due 04/01/2042

      5,000         5,000  

New York City, New York General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 10/01/2042

      4,080         4,626  

New York City, New York Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 08/01/2039

      1,000         1,011  

New York County, New York Tobacco Trust Revenue Bonds, Series 2005

 

0.000% due 06/01/2055 (e)

      26,000         2,002  

0.000% due 06/01/2060 (e)

      90,000         3,830  

New York Liberty Development Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2014

 

5.000% due 11/15/2044

      12,000         11,844  

5.375% due 11/15/2040

      2,500         2,506  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

New York State Dormitory Authority Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.000% due 07/01/2051

  $     10,000     $     9,404  

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 02/15/2047

      6,435         6,296  

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 03/15/2040

      5,000         5,004  

New York State Thruway Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

2.900% due 01/01/2035

      2,000         1,694  

New York Transportation Development Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

5.000% due 01/01/2034

      1,100         1,141  

5.000% due 01/01/2036

      500         516  

New York Transportation Development Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.250% due 08/01/2031

      2,595         2,704  

New York Transportation Development Corp. Revenue Notes, Series 2018

 

5.000% due 01/01/2025

      2,000         2,026  

New York Transportation Development Corp. Revenue Notes, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 10/01/2030

      5,000         4,994  

New York Transportation Development Corp. Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

2.250% due 08/01/2026

      2,600         2,505  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.500% due 08/01/2052

      2,000         2,190  

Suffolk Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 06/01/2066 (e)

      62,170         6,958  

Syracuse Industrial Development Agency, New York Revenue Bonds, (SGI Insured), Series 2007

 

5.693% due 01/01/2028

      7,245         6,919  

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 11/15/2054

      1,500         1,601  

TSASC, Inc., New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

5.000% due 06/01/2045

      1,250         1,186  

Yonkers Economic Development Corp., New York Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 10/15/2054

      930         824  
       

 

 

 
            172,189  
       

 

 

 
NORTH CAROLINA 1.2%

 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, North Carolina Revenue Bonds, Series 2007

 

3.750% due 01/15/2038

      7,345         7,345  
 

 

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(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

North Carolina Department of Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

5.000% due 06/30/2054

  $     9,000     $     8,916  
       

 

 

 
            16,261  
       

 

 

 
NORTH DAKOTA 0.1%

 

Grand Forks County, North Dakota Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

6.625% due 12/15/2031 ^(b)

      1,500         750  

7.000% due 12/15/2043 ^(b)

      1,000         500  
       

 

 

 
          1,250  
       

 

 

 
OHIO 4.2%

 

Adams County, Ohio Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

6.900% due 10/01/2049

      2,470         2,494  

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

0.000% due 06/01/2057 (e)

      25,765         3,197  

5.000% due 06/01/2055

      2,370         2,223  

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County, Ohio Port Authority Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 12/01/2055

      985         840  

Franklin County, Ohio Convention Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 12/01/2044

      1,000         957  

Franklin County, Ohio Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 12/01/2044

      1,575         1,525  

Franklin County, Ohio Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

3.550% due 11/01/2042

      5,000         5,000  

Geisinger Authority, Ohio Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

4.000% due 02/15/2047

      13,000         12,089  

Kent State University, Ohio Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 05/01/2034

      1,425         1,624  

Montgomery County, Ohio Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

6.250% due 04/01/2049 ^(b)

      3,185         1,115  

Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Dayton Power And Light Company Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

4.250% due 11/01/2040

      2,000         1,994  

Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Duke Energy Corporation Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

4.250% due 11/01/2039

      9,000         8,938  

Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2005

 

2.100% due 04/01/2028

      1,000         968  

Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2014

 

2.400% due 12/01/2038

      1,000         871  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Ohio Air Quality Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 07/01/2049

  $     8,850     $     8,161  

Southern Ohio Port Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

7.000% due 12/01/2042

      2,700         2,024  

Southern Ohio Port Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2020

 

6.250% due 12/01/2025

      1,500         1,417  

6.500% due 12/01/2030

      1,500         1,283  
       

 

 

 
            56,720  
       

 

 

 
OKLAHOMA 0.4%

 

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 08/01/2036

      1,230         1,141  

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

8.000% due 12/01/2041

      6,000         4,751  
       

 

 

 
          5,892  
       

 

 

 
OREGON 0.2%

 

Clackamas County, Oregon Hospital Facility Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

5.000% due 05/15/2052

      355         293  

Clackamas County, Oregon Hospital Facility Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.375% due 11/15/2055

      750         696  

Multnomah County School District 40, Oregon General Obligations, Series 2023

 

0.000% due 06/15/2034 (e)

      1,850         1,221  

Oregon State Business Development Commission Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

6.500% due 04/01/2031 ^(b)

      3,900         20  

Oregon State Business Development Commission Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

6.500% due 04/01/2031 ^(b)

      8,500         43  

Oregon State Business Development Commission Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

9.000% due 04/01/2037 ^(b)

      5,230         26  
       

 

 

 
          2,299  
       

 

 

 
PENNSYLVANIA 4.1%

 

Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 05/01/2042

      5,940         5,952  

Blythe Township Solid Waste Authority, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

7.750% due 12/01/2037

      1,875         2,149  
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      41  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Commonwealth Financing Authority, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2018

 

4.000% due 06/01/2039

  $     1,000     $     984  

Geisinger Authority, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 04/01/2050

      2,000         1,841  

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.110% (MUNIPSA) due 08/15/2038 ~(h)

      2,960         2,925  

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

2.450% due 12/01/2039

      2,000         1,839  

Mercer County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

6.125% due 10/01/2050

      2,105         1,580  

Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

4.450% due 10/01/2034

      5,000         5,098  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2022

 

5.750% due 12/31/2062

      2,000         2,219  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

5.000% due 12/31/2030

      6,695         6,883  

5.000% due 12/31/2038

      1,150         1,164  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

3.000% due 04/01/2039

      3,000         2,515  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

9.000% due 04/01/2051

      5,000         5,590  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 06/30/2053

      500         520  

5.500% due 06/30/2040

      5,000         5,480  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 12/01/2040

      1,400         1,414  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.500% due 12/01/2058

      2,500         2,270  

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.250% due 06/01/2043

      5,000         5,615  
       

 

 

 
            56,038  
       

 

 

 
PUERTO RICO 11.3%

 

Children’s Trust Fund, Puerto Rico Revenue Bonds, Series 2008

 

0.000% due 05/15/2057 (e)

      87,500         6,286  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Bonds, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 11/01/2043

  $     33,337     $     16,835  

0.000% due 11/01/2051

      71,890         33,360  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 07/01/2041

      16,500         14,379  

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico General Obligation Notes, Series 2021

 

5.625% due 07/01/2027

      2,758         2,907  

GDB Debt Recovery Authority of Puerto Rico Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

7.500% due 08/20/2040

      21,390         17,700  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2010

 

5.250% due 07/01/2030 ^(b)

      300         113  

Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 07/01/2053 (f)

      20,078         12,298  

5.000% due 07/01/2062

      2,189         2,134  

Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2022

 

0.000% due 07/01/2032 (e)

      1,422         907  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

0.000% due 07/01/2046 (e)

      63,410         17,893  

0.000% due 07/01/2051 (e)

      95,339         20,155  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.550% due 07/01/2040

      4,493         4,401  

4.784% due 07/01/2058

      4,490         4,267  
       

 

 

 
            153,635  
       

 

 

 
RHODE ISLAND 1.3%

 

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp, Rhode Island Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

4.500% due 06/01/2045

      3,170         3,132  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Rhode Island Revenue Bonds, Series 2007

 

0.000% due 06/01/2052 (e)

      1,700         282  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Rhode Island Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

5.000% due 06/01/2040

      4,500         4,532  

5.000% due 06/01/2050

      10,000         9,894  
       

 

 

 
          17,840  
       

 

 

 
SOUTH CAROLINA 0.2%

 

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

6.500% due 06/01/2051

      500         376  

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

8.750% due 07/01/2025

      700         771  
 

 

42   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

South Carolina Public Service Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2013

 

5.784% due 12/01/2041

  $     1,000     $     1,051  
       

 

 

 
          2,198  
       

 

 

 
TENNESSEE 1.9%

 

Franklin Health & Educational Facilities Board, Tennessee Revenue Notes, Series 2017

 

6.500% due 06/01/2027 ^(b)

      2,620         577  

Memphis-Shelby County, Tennessee Industrial Development Board Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.500% due 07/01/2037

      1,420         1,036  

5.625% due 01/01/2046

      1,900         1,185  

Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, Tennessee Industrial Development Board Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 06/01/2043 (e)

      2,000         697  

Shelby County, Tennessee Health Educational & Housing Facilities Board Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.750% due 10/01/2059

      2,250         1,672  

Tennergy Corp, Tennessee Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.500% due 10/01/2053

      5,750         6,091  

Tennergy Corp., Tennessee Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 12/01/2051

      10,185         10,053  

Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.000% due 05/01/2052

      5,000         5,191  
       

 

 

 
            26,502  
       

 

 

 
TEXAS 7.3%

 

Angelina & Neches River Authority, Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

7.500% due 12/01/2045

      2,675         1,754  

12.000% due 12/01/2045

      9,000         7,752  

Austin, Texas Airport System Revenue Notes, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 11/15/2030

      1,750         1,922  

Austin, Texas Electric Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.000% due 11/15/2048

      200         219  

Brazoria County, Texas Industrial Development Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

7.000% due 03/01/2039

      1,000         933  

9.000% due 03/01/2039

      2,460         2,592  

Brazoria County, Texas Industrial Development Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

10.000% due 06/01/2042

      3,000         2,875  

12.000% due 06/01/2043

      7,000         7,010  
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Calhoun County, Texas Navigation Industrial Development Authority Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

3.625% due 07/01/2026

 

$

    2,250     $     2,061  

6.500% due 07/01/2026

      2,750         2,566  

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 01/01/2036

      2,000         2,052  

Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

0.000% due 08/15/2037 (e)

      10,000         5,154  

5.000% due 08/15/2042

      1,000         1,006  

City of Corpus Christi, Texas Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 07/15/2052

      5,000         5,385  

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2014

 

5.250% due 11/01/2026

      1,000         1,003  

Dallas Housing Finance Corp., Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

6.000% due 12/01/2062

      3,000         3,083  

Fort Bend Independent School District, Texas General Obligation Bonds, (PSF Insured), Series 2022

 

3.000% due 08/01/2052

      6,050           6,044  

Grand Parkway Transportation Corp., Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 10/01/2049

      3,000         2,894  

Harris County, Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 10/01/2042

      5,500         5,400  

Houston, Texas Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2023

 

5.000% due 07/01/2038 (a)

      1,750         1,893  

Matagorda County, Texas Navigation District No 1 Revenue Bonds, Series 2001

 

2.600% due 11/01/2029

      4,260         3,848  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

4.000% due 07/01/2036 ^

      2,065         1,415  

5.000% due 07/01/2046 ^

      2,750         1,884  

5.000% due 07/01/2046

      3,000         1,500  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 07/01/2047 ^

      1,500         1,020  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

4.000% due 12/01/2054

      450         309  

5.000% due 12/01/2054

      250         218  

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

5.500% due 01/01/2057

      3,000         2,157  
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      43  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Texas Revenue Notes, Series 2016

 

4.000% due 07/01/2023

  $     50     $     25  

4.000% due 07/01/2024

      40         20  

Northside Independent School District, Texas General Obligation Bonds, (PSF Insured), Series 2019

 

1.600% due 08/01/2049

      250         243  

Port Beaumont Navigation District, Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 01/01/2050

      6,000         4,299  

Port Beaumont Navigation District, Texas Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

2.750% due 01/01/2036

      1,750         1,245  

Port Beaumont Navigation District, Texas Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

2.500% due 01/01/2030

      1,000         812  

San Antonio, Texas Electric & Gas Systems Revenue Bonds, Series 2015

 

1.125% due 12/01/2045

      4,000         3,535  

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Revenue Bonds, (GNMA Insured), Series 2023

 

5.500% due 07/01/2053

      4,500         4,812  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2006

 

5.170% (US0003M) due 12/15/2026 ~

      3,000         2,957  

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp. Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 12/31/2033

      3,000         3,181  

Texas Water Development Board Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 10/15/2057

      1,750         1,901  
       

 

 

 
          98,979  
       

 

 

 
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0.9%

 

Matching Fund Special Purpose Securitization Corp., U.S. Virgin Islands Revenue Bonds, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 10/01/2039

      10,565         10,452  

Matching Fund Special Purpose Securitization Corp., U.S. Virgin Islands Revenue Notes, Series 2022

 

5.000% due 10/01/2032

      1,540         1,534  
       

 

 

 
            11,986  
       

 

 

 
UTAH 0.5%

 

Military Installation Development Authority, Utah Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 06/01/2052

      6,500         4,869  

UIPA Crossroads Public Infrastructure District, Utah Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.375% due 06/01/2052

      2,500         2,160  
       

 

 

 
          7,029  
       

 

 

 
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
VIRGINIA 2.5%

 

Carilion Clinic Obligated Group, Virginia Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.000% due 07/01/2051

  $     5,725     $     5,437  

Farms New Kent Community Development Authority, Virginia Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2021

 

3.750% due 03/01/2036

      9,315         8,821  

Lynchburg Economic Development Authority, Virginia Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 01/01/2038

      1,100         1,089  

4.000% due 01/01/2041

      455         438  

Virginia College Building Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.000% due 02/01/2036

      5,000         5,843  

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

5.000% due 12/31/2052

      440         444  

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

0.000% due 07/01/2061 (e)

      29,035         1,417  

5.000% due 07/01/2034

      8,015         7,536  

7.500% due 07/01/2052

      3,909         3,652  
       

 

 

 
          34,677  
       

 

 

 
WASHINGTON 0.4%

 

Washington State Convention Center Public Facilities District Revenue Notes, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 07/01/2031

      5,850         5,609  
       

 

 

 
WEST VIRGINIA 0.9%

 

Monongalia County, West Virginia Commission Excise Tax District Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.875% due 06/01/2043

      1,000         934  

Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, West Virginia Revenue Bonds, Series 2007

 

0.000% due 06/01/2047 (e)

      70,100         6,628  

Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, West Virginia Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

4.875% due 06/01/2049

      4,935         4,490  
       

 

 

 
            12,052  
       

 

 

 
WISCONSIN 4.7%

 

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Revenue Bonds, Series 2017

 

6.750% due 08/01/2031

      8,000         5,600  

7.000% due 01/01/2050

      1,000         1,089  

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

6.375% due 01/01/2048

      2,000         1,230  

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

 

5.875% due 10/01/2054

      1,500         1,204  
 

 

44   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Revenue Bonds, Series 2020

 

5.000% due 01/01/2055

  $     1,000     $     770  

5.250% due 03/01/2045

      1,500         1,331  

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

0.000% due 01/01/2061 (e)

    4,685         248  

4.000% due 09/30/2051

      985         807  

4.000% due 03/31/2056

      4,000         3,196  

4.500% due 06/01/2056

      7,670         5,696  

5.000% due 07/01/2037

      500         522  

5.000% due 07/01/2039

      500         516  

5.000% due 07/01/2041

      500         515  

5.250% due 07/01/2061

      1,450         1,160  

5.625% due 06/01/2050

      2,015         1,647  

6.500% due 09/01/2036

      455         412  

6.500% due 06/01/2045

      2,100         1,716  

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Revenue Notes, Series 2016

 

0.010% due 09/01/2029

      1,000         627  

University of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Revenue Bonds, Series 2018

 

3.600% due 04/01/2048

      10,000         10,000  

Wisconsin Center District Revenue Bonds, (AGM Insured), Series 2020

 

0.000% due 12/15/2033 (e)

    2,755         1,824  

0.000% due 12/15/2045 (e)

    17,000         5,873  

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2016

 

4.000% due 11/15/2046

      4,000         3,808  

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

 

4.000% due 04/01/2035

      10,000         10,000  

4.000% due 08/15/2046

      4,000         3,764  
       

 

 

 
          63,555  
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds & Notes (Cost $1,571,009)

      1,527,972  
       

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 0.6%

 

Freddie Mac

 

3.790% due 07/01/2040

      4,228         3,796  

3.850% due 07/01/2039

      4,996         4,511  
       

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost $8,408)

    8,307  
       

 

 

 
NON-AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 0.5%

 

Freddie Mac

       

4.140% due 01/25/2040

      7,995         7,438  
       

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $7,498)

    7,438  
       

 

 

 
        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES 0.3%

 

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority

 

5.198% due 12/01/2039

  $     3,300     $     3,372  
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $3,300)

    3,372  
       

 

 

 
       
        SHARES            
MUTUAL FUNDS 1.7%

 

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc.

      420,229         4,559  

BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.

      167,840         1,952  

BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc.

      400,900         2,698  

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.

      198,534         2,172  

BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust

      40,759         421  

Nuveen California Quality Municipal Income Fund

      401,979         4,390  

Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund

      299,280         3,490  

Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund

      300,646         3,388  
       

 

 

 

Total Mutual Funds (Cost $30,061)

      23,070  
       

 

 

 
       
COMMON STOCKS 0.0%

 

ENERGY 0.0%

 

Talen Energy Corp. (c)

      1,440         72  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $68)

    72  
       

 

 

 
PREFERRED SECURITIES 0.5%

 

FINANCIALS 0.5%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

3.650% due 06/01/2026 •(g)

    6,875,000         6,088  

5.000% due 08/01/2024 •(g)

    800,000         779  

SVB Financial Group

       

4.100% due 02/15/2031 ^(b)(g)

    3,050,000         219  
       

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities
(Cost $9,539)

    7,086  
       

 

 

 
       
 

 

   
See Accompanying Notes   SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      45  


Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

        PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
(000S)
        MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 
SHORT-TERM INSTRUMENTS 8.1%

 

U.S. TREASURY BILLS 8.1%

 

5.345% due 08/03/2023 - 09/26/2023 (d)(e)(j)

  $     110,800     $     109,867  
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Instruments
(Cost $109,858)

    109,867  
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $1,806,596)
    1,749,820  
Total Investments 128.4%
(Cost $1,806,596)

 

  $       1,749,820  
       
                MARKET
VALUE
(000S)
 

Remarketable Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at liquidation value (29.3)%

  $     (399,240
       

Financial Derivative
Instruments (i) (0.0)%

(Cost or Premiums, net $0)

      (367
       
Other Assets and Liabilities, net 0.9%       12,418  
       

 

 

 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders 100.0%   $       1,362,631  
       

 

 

 
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

*

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

 

^

Security is in default.

 

«

Security valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

 

~

Variable or Floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread, rather are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. Reference rate is as of reset date, which may vary by security. These securities may not indicate a reference rate and/or spread in their description.

 

Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end. The rate may be based on a fixed rate, a capped rate or a floor rate and may convert to a variable or floating rate in the future. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.

 

(a)

When-issued security.

 

(b)

Security is not accruing income as of the date of this report.

 

(c)

Security did not produce income within the last twelve months.

 

(d)

Coupon represents a weighted average yield to maturity.

 

(e)

Zero coupon security.

 

(f)

Security becomes interest bearing at a future date.

 

(g)

Perpetual maturity; date shown, if applicable, represents next contractual call date.

(h)  RESTRICTED SECURITIES:

 

Issuer Description   Coupon     Maturity
Date
    Acquisition Date     Cost     Market
Value
    Market Value
as Percentage
of Net Assets
Applicable to
Common
Shareholders
 

California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2021

    4.000     09/01/2050       11/22/2022     $ 1,605     $ 1,550       0.12

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Revenue Bonds, Series 2019

    5.110       08/15/2038       09/14/2021       3,024       2,925       0.21  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $   4,629     $   4,475       0.33
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

46   PIMCO MUNICIPAL INTERVAL FUNDS   See Accompanying Notes
        


 

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(i)  FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS: EXCHANGE-TRADED OR CENTRALLY CLEARED

FUTURES CONTRACTS:

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Description   Expiration
Month
    # of
Contracts
    Notional
Amount
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
    Variation Margin  
  Asset     Liability  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note September Futures

    09/2023       1,096     $   (123,043   $ 2,182     $ 0     $ (154

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bond September Futures

    09/2023       85       (10,787     24       0       (64

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bond September Futures

    09/2023       119       (16,210     (149     0       (149
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Futures Contracts

 

  $   2,057     $   0     $   (367
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS: EXCHANGE-TRADED OR CENTRALLY CLEARED SUMMARY

The following is a summary of the market value and variation margin of Exchange-Traded or Centrally Cleared Financial Derivative Instruments as of June 30, 2023:

 

    Financial Derivative Assets           Financial Derivative Liabilities  
    Market Value     Variation Margin
Asset
                Market Value     Variation Margin
Liability
       
    Purchased
Options
    Futures     Swap
Agreements
    Total           Written
Options
    Futures     Swap
Agreements
    Total  

Total Exchange-Traded or Centrally Cleared

  $   0     $   0     $   0     $   0       $   0     $   (367   $   0     $   (367
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(j)

Securities with an aggregate market value of $567 and cash of $3,742 have been pledged as collateral for exchange-traded and centrally cleared financial derivative instruments as of June 30, 2023. See Note 7, Master Netting Arrangements, in the Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The following is a summary of the fair valuation of the Fund’s derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure. See Note 6, Principal and Other Risks, in the Notes to Financial Statements on risks of the Fund.

Fair Values of Financial Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2023:

 

    Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments  
     Commodity
Contracts
    Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Total  

Financial Derivative Instruments - Liabilities

           

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

           

Futures

  $   0     $   0     $   0     $   0     $   367     $   367  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   
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Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

 

 

The effect of Financial Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations for the period ended June 30, 2023:

 

    Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments  
     Commodity
Contracts
    Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Financial Derivative Instruments

 

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

 

Futures

  $   0     $   0     $   0     $   0     $   1,597     $   1,597  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Financial Derivative Instruments

 

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

 

Futures

  $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 1,282     $ 1,282  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of June 30, 2023 in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

Category and Subcategory   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Fair
Value at
06/30/2023
 

Investments in Securities, at Value

 

Loan Participations and Assignments

  $   0     $ 0     $ 6,477     $ 6,477  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

Banking & Finance

    0       3,253         19,159       22,412  

Industrials

    0       33,747       0       33,747  

Municipal Bonds & Notes

 

Alabama

    0       35,669       0       35,669  

Alaska

    0       7,966       0       7,966  

Arizona

    0       21,914       0       21,914  

Arkansas

    0       9,647       0       9,647  

California

    0         210,840       0         210,840  

Colorado

    0       48,062       0       48,062  

Connecticut

    0       1,374       0       1,374  

Delaware

    0       32,481       0       32,481  

Florida

    0       31,101       0       31,101  

Georgia

    0       48,239       0       48,239  

Guam

    0       1,486       0       1,486  

Idaho

    0       5,329       0       5,329  

Illinois

    0       82,229       0       82,229  

Indiana

    0       44,940       0       44,940  

Iowa

    0       32,354       0       32,354  

Kentucky

    0       18,560       0       18,560  

Louisiana

    0       12,033       0       12,033  

Maine

    0       1,000       0       1,000  

Maryland

    0       10,000       0       10,000  

Massachusetts

    0       24,344       0       24,344  

Michigan

    0       26,523       0       26,523  

Minnesota

    0       3,177       0       3,177  

Missouri

    0       8,037       0       8,037  

Nevada

    0       7,387       0       7,387  

New Hampshire

    0       16,210       0       16,210  

New Jersey

    0       35,094       0       35,094  

New Mexico

    0       7,265       0       7,265  

New York

    0       172,189       0       172,189  

North Carolina

    0       16,261       0       16,261  

North Dakota

    0       1,250       0       1,250  

Ohio

    0       56,720       0       56,720  

 

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(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

Category and Subcategory   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Fair
Value at
06/30/2023
 

Oklahoma

  $ 0     $ 5,892     $ 0     $ 5,892  

Oregon

    0       2,299       0       2,299  

Pennsylvania

    0       56,038       0       56,038  

Puerto Rico

    0       153,635       0       153,635  

Rhode Island

    0       17,840       0       17,840  

South Carolina

    0       2,198       0       2,198  

Tennessee

    0       26,502       0       26,502  

Texas

    0       98,979       0       98,979  

U.S. Virgin Islands

    0       11,986       0       11,986  

Utah

    0       7,029       0       7,029  

Virginia

    0       34,677       0       34,677  

Washington

    0       5,609       0       5,609  

West Virginia

    0       12,052       0       12,052  

Wisconsin

    0       63,555       0       63,555  

U.S. Government Agencies

    0       8,307       0       8,307  

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

    0       7,438       0       7,438  

Asset-Backed Securities

    0       3,372       0       3,372  

Mutual Funds

    23,070       0       0       23,070  

Common Stocks

 

Energy

    72       0       0       72  

Preferred Securities

 

Financials

    0       7,086       0       7,086  

Short-Term Instruments

 

U.S. Treasury Bills

    0       109,867       0       109,867  

Total Investments

  $ 23,142     $ 1,701,042     $ 25,636     $ 1,749,820  

Financial Derivative Instruments - Liabilities

 

Exchange-traded or centrally cleared

  $ 0     $ (367   $ 0     $ (367

Total Financial Derivative Instruments

  $ 0     $ (367   $ 0     $ (367

Totals

  $   23,142     $   1,700,675     $   25,636     $   1,749,453  

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the Fund during the period ended June 30, 2023:

 

Category and Subcategory   Beginning
Balance at
12/31/2022
    Net
Purchases
    Net Sales/
Settlements
    Accrued
Discounts/
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain/
(Loss)
    Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(1)
    Transfers
into
Level 3
    Transfers out
of Level 3
    Ending
Balance at
06/30/2023
    Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
on Investments
Held at
06/30/2023(1)
 

Investments in Securities, at Value

 

Loan Participations and Assignments

  $ 0     $ 6,535     $ (22   $   (12   $   (1   $ (23   $ 0     $ 0     $ 6,477     $ (23

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

Banking & Finance

    19,488       0       (235     2       5       (101     0       0       19,159       (103

Industrials

    4,492       0       0       2       0       (446     0       (4,048     0       0  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $   23,980     $   6,535     $   (257   $ (8   $ 4     $   (570   $   0     $   (4,048   $   25,636     $   (126
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   
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Schedule of Investments PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (Cont.)

 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

The following is a summary of significant unobservable inputs used in the fair valuations of assets and liabilities categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

Category and Subcategory   Ending
Balance
at 06/30/2023
  Valuation Technique   Unobservable Inputs   (% Unless Noted Otherwise)
  Input Value(s)   Weighted
Average

Investments in Securities, at Value

         

Loan Participations and Assignments

    $ 6,477   Discounted Cash Flow   Discount Rate       5.250       —  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

               

Banking & Finance

      19,159   Discounted Cash Flow   Discount Rate       10.817-11.580       11.291
   

 

 

             

Total

    $   25,636            
   

 

 

             

 

(1)

Any difference between Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) and Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) on Investments Held at June 30, 2023 may be due to an investment no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

1. ORGANIZATION

PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund and PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) are each organized as closed-end management investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Act”). PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund and PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund were each organized as Massachusetts business trusts on the dates shown in the table below. PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund commenced operations on March 15, 2019, and PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund commenced operations on June 27, 2022. Each Fund is a closed-end management investment company that continuously offers its common shares of beneficial interest (“Common Shares”) and is operated as an “interval fund.” PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund currently offers four classes of Common Shares: Institutional Class, Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3. Institutional Class, Class A-1 and Class A-3 Common Shares are sold at their offering price, which is net asset value (“NAV”) per share. Class A-2 Shares are sold at a public offering price equal to their NAV plus an initial sales charge that varies depending on the size of the purchase unless such purchase of Class A-2 Shares is eligible for a waiver of the initial sales charge. Institutional Class Shares are offered for investment to investors such as pension and profit sharing plans, employee benefit trusts, endowments, foundations, corporations and individuals that can meet the minimum investment amount. Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Shares are primarily offered and sold to retail investors by broker-dealers which are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and which have agreements with the Distributor (as defined below), but may be available through other financial firms, including banks and trust companies and to specified benefit plans and other retirement accounts. PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund has five classes of Common Shares: Institutional Class, Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4. PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund currently offers Institutional Class Common Shares only. PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund is not offering Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, or Class A-4 Common Shares for sale at this time. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO” or the “Manager”) serves as each Fund’s investment manager.

 

Fund Name         Formation Date
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund     February 8, 2022
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund     November 20, 2017

Hereinafter, the Board of Trustees of the Funds shall be collectively referred to as the “Board.”

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Each Fund is treated as an investment company under the reporting requirements of U.S. GAAP. The functional and reporting currency for the Funds is the U.S. dollar. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

   
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Notes to Financial Statements (Cont.)

 

 

 

(a) Securities Transactions and Investment Income  Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Securities purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis may be settled beyond a standard settlement period for the security after the trade date. Realized gains (losses) from securities sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as each Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Interest income, adjusted for the accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums, is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date, with the exception of securities with a forward starting effective date, where interest income is recorded on the accrual basis from effective date. For convertible securities, premiums attributable to the conversion feature are not amortized. Estimated tax liabilities on certain foreign securities are recorded on an accrual basis and are reflected as components of interest income or net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments on the Statements of Operations, as appropriate. Tax liabilities realized as a result of such security sales are reflected as a component of net realized gain (loss) on investments on the Statements of Operations. Paydown gains (losses) on mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, if any, are recorded as components of interest income on the Statements of Operations. Income or short-term capital gain distributions received from registered investment companies, if any, are recorded as dividend income. Long-term capital gain distributions received from registered investment companies, if any, are recorded as realized gains.

Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivable when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is probable.

(b) Multi-Class Operations  Each class offered by each Fund has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges (except that shareholders of a class have exclusive voting rights regarding any matter relating solely to that class of shares). Income and non-class specific expenses are allocated daily to each class on the basis of the relative net assets. Realized and unrealized capital gains (losses) are allocated daily based on the relative net assets of each class of the respective Fund. Class specific expenses, where applicable, currently include initial sales load, supervisory and administrative and distribution and servicing fees. Under certain circumstances, the per share NAV of a class of the respective Fund’s shares may be different from the per share NAV of another class of shares as a result of the different daily expense accruals applicable to each class of shares.

(c) Distributions Common Shares  The following table shows the anticipated frequency of distributions from net investment income to common shareholders.

 

          Distribution Frequency  
Fund Name         Declared     Distributed  
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund       Daily       Monthly  
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund       Daily       Monthly  

Each Fund also intends to distribute to shareholders their pro rata share of any available net capital gain and taxable ordinary income, if any. Net short-term capital gains may be paid more frequently. A Fund may revise its distribution policy or postpone the payment of distributions at any time.

 

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As of the end of the fiscal year, none of the Funds were in default on long-term debt or had any accumulated dividend in arrears.

Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Differences between tax regulations and U.S. GAAP may cause timing differences between income and capital gain recognition. Further, the character of investment income and capital gains may be different for certain transactions under the two methods of accounting. As a result, income distributions and capital gain distributions declared during a fiscal period may differ significantly from the net investment income (loss) and realized gains (losses) reported on each Fund’s annual financial statements presented under U.S. GAAP.

Separately, if a Fund determines or estimates, as applicable, that a portion of a distribution may be comprised of amounts from sources other than net investment income in accordance with its policies, accounting records (if applicable), and accounting practices, the Fund will notify shareholders of the estimated composition of such distribution through a Section 19 Notice. For these purposes, a Fund determines or estimates, as applicable, the source or sources from which a distribution is paid, to the close of the period as of which it is paid, in reference to its internal accounting records and related accounting practices. If, based on such accounting records and practices, it is determined or estimated, as applicable, that a particular distribution does not include capital gains or paid-in surplus or other capital sources, a Section 19 Notice generally would not be issued. It is important to note that differences exist between a Fund’s daily internal accounting records and practices, a Fund’s financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and recordkeeping practices under income tax regulations. For instance, a Fund’s internal accounting records and practices may take into account, among other factors, tax-related characteristics of certain sources of distributions that differ from treatment under U.S. GAAP. Examples of such differences may include, but are not limited to, for certain Funds, the treatment of periodic payments under interest rate swap contracts. Accordingly, among other consequences, it is possible that a Fund may not issue a Section 19 Notice in situations where a Fund’s financial statements prepared later and in accordance with U.S. GAAP and/or the final tax character of those distributions might later report that the sources of those distributions included capital gains and/or a return of capital. Please visit www.pimco.com for the most recent Section 19 Notice, if applicable, for additional information regarding the estimated composition of distributions. Final determination of a distribution’s tax character will be provided to shareholders when such information is available.

Distributions classified as a tax basis return of capital at a Fund’s fiscal year end, if any, are reflected on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and have been recorded to paid in capital on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, other amounts have been reclassified between distributable earnings (accumulated loss) and paid in capital on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities to more appropriately conform U.S. GAAP to tax characterizations of distributions.

(d) New Accounting Pronouncements and Regulatory Updates  In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”), ASU 2020-04, which provides optional guidance to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from the London Interbank Offered Rate and other reference rates that are expected to be discontinued. ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract

 

   
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Notes to Financial Statements (Cont.)

 

 

 

modifications that occurred during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. In March 2021, the administrator for LIBOR announced the extension of the publication of a majority of the USD LIBOR settings to June 30, 2023. In December 2022, FASB issued ASU 2022-06, which includes amendments to extend the duration of the LIBOR transition relief to December 31, 2024, after which entities will no longer be permitted to apply the reference rate reform relief. Management is continuously evaluating the potential effect a discontinuation of LIBOR could have on the Funds’ investments and has determined that it is unlikely the ASU’s adoption will have a material impact on the Funds’ financial statements.

In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820), which affects all entities that have investments in equity securities measured at fair value that are subject to a contractual sale restriction. The amendments in ASU 2022-03 clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring the fair value. The amendments also require additional disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value in accordance with Topic 820. The effective date for the amendments in ASU 2022-03 is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within those fiscal years. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of these changes on the financial statements.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) made a final ruling on February 15, 2023 to adopt proposed amendments to the Settlement Cycle Rule (Rule 15c6-1) and other related rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions from two business days after the trade date (T+2) to one business days after the trade date (T+1). The effective date was May 5, 2023, and the compliance date for the amendments is May 28, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of these changes on the financial statements.

3. INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

(a) Investment Valuation Policies  The NAV of a Fund’s shares, or each of their respective share classes as applicable, is determined by dividing the total value of portfolio investments and other assets attributable to the Fund or class, less any liabilities, as applicable, by the total number of shares outstanding.

On each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open, the Funds’ shares are ordinarily valued as of the close of regular trading (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) (“NYSE Close”). Information that becomes known to the Funds or their agents after the time as of which NAV has been calculated on a particular day will not generally be used to retroactively adjust the price of a security or the NAV determined earlier that day. If regular trading on the NYSE closes earlier than scheduled, each Fund may calculate its NAV as of the earlier closing time or calculate its NAV as of NYSE Close for that day. Each Fund generally does not calculate its NAV on days on which the NYSE is not open for business. If the NYSE is closed on a day it would normally be open for business, each Fund may calculate its NAV as of the normally scheduled NYSE Close for such day or such other time that each Fund may determine.

For purposes of calculating NAV, portfolio securities and other assets for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. A market quotation is readily available only when

 

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that quotation is a quoted price (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the Fund can access at the measurement date, provided that a quotation will not be readily available if it is not reliable. Market value is generally determined on the basis of official closing prices or the last reported sales prices. The Funds will normally use pricing data for domestic equity securities received shortly after the NYSE Close and do not normally take into account trading, clearances or settlements that take place after the NYSE Close. A foreign (non-U.S.) equity security traded on a foreign exchange or on more than one exchange is typically valued using pricing information from the exchange considered by PIMCO to be the primary exchange. If market value pricing is used, a foreign (non-U.S.) equity security will be valued as of the close of trading on the foreign exchange, or the NYSE Close, if the NYSE Close occurs before the end of trading on the foreign exchange.

Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Act. As a general principle, the fair value of a security or other asset is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Pursuant to Rule 2a-5, the Board has designated PIMCO as the valuation designee (“Valuation Designee”) for each Fund to perform the fair value determination relating to all Fund investments. PIMCO may carry out its designated responsibilities as Valuation Designee through various teams and committees. The Valuation Designee’s policies and procedures govern the Valuation Designee’s selection and application of methodologies for determining and calculating the fair value of Fund investments. The Valuation Designee may value Fund portfolio securities for which market quotations are not readily available and other Fund assets utilizing inputs from pricing services, quotation reporting systems, valuation agents and other third-party sources (together, “Pricing Sources”).

Domestic and foreign (non-U.S.) fixed income securities, non-exchange traded derivatives, and equity options are normally valued on the basis of quotes obtained from brokers and dealers or Pricing Sources using data reflecting the earlier closing of the principal markets for those securities. Prices obtained from Pricing Sources may be based on, among other things, information provided by market makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics. Certain fixed income securities purchased on a delayed-delivery basis are marked to market daily until settlement at the forward settlement date. Exchange traded options, except equity options, futures and options on futures are valued at the settlement price determined by the relevant exchange. Swap agreements are valued on the basis of bid quotes obtained from brokers and dealers or market-based prices supplied by Pricing Sources. With respect to any portion of a Fund’s assets that are invested in one or more open-end management investment companies (other than ETFs), the Fund’s NAV will be calculated based on the NAVs of such investments.

If a foreign (non-U.S.) equity security’s value has materially changed after the close of the security’s primary exchange or principal market but before the NYSE Close, the security may be valued at fair value. Foreign (non-U.S.) equity securities that do not trade when the NYSE is open are also valued at fair value. With respect to foreign (non-U.S.) equity securities, a Fund may determine the fair value of investments based on information provided by Pricing Sources, which may recommend fair value or adjustments with reference to other securities, indexes or assets. In considering whether fair valuation is required and in determining fair values, the Valuation Designee may, among other things, consider significant events (which may be considered to include changes in the value of U.S. securities or securities indexes) that occur after the close of the relevant market and before the NYSE

 

   
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Close. A Fund may utilize modeling tools provided by third-party vendors to determine fair values of foreign (non-U.S.) securities. For these purposes, unless otherwise determined by the Valuation Designee, any movement in the applicable reference index or instrument (“zero trigger”) between the earlier close of the applicable foreign market and the NYSE Close may be deemed to be a significant event, prompting the application of the pricing model (effectively resulting in daily fair valuations). Foreign exchanges may permit trading in foreign (non-U.S.) equity securities on days when a Fund is not open for business, which may result in a Fund’s portfolio investments being affected when shareholders are unable to buy or sell shares.

Investments valued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted to the U.S. dollar using exchange rates obtained from Pricing Sources. As a result, the value of such investments and, in turn, the NAV of a Fund’s shares may be affected by changes in the value of currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar. The value of investments traded in markets outside the United States or denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar may be affected significantly on a day that a Fund is not open for business. As a result, to the extent that a Fund holds foreign (non-U.S.) investments, the value of those investments may change at times when shareholders are unable to buy or sell shares and the value of such investments will be reflected in the Fund’s next calculated NAV.

Fair valuation may require subjective determinations about the value of a security. While the Funds’ and Valuation Designee’s policies and procedures are intended to result in a calculation of a Fund’s NAV that fairly reflects security values as of the time of pricing, a Fund cannot ensure that fair values accurately reflect the price that a Fund could obtain for a security if it were to dispose of that security as of the time of pricing (for instance, in a forced or distressed sale). The prices used by a Fund may differ from the value that would be realized if the securities were sold.

Under certain circumstances, the per share NAV of a class of each Fund’s shares may be different from the per share NAV of another class of shares as a result of the different daily expense accruals applicable to each class of shares.

(b) Fair Value Hierarchy  U.S. GAAP describes fair value as the price that a Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. It establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods and requires disclosure of the fair value hierarchy, separately for each major category of assets and liabilities, that segregates fair value measurements into levels (Level 1, 2 or 3). The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Levels 1, 2 and 3 of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets or exchanges for identical assets and liabilities.

 

   

Level 2 — Significant other observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs.

 

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Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions made by the Valuation Designee that are used in determining the fair value of investments.

Assets or liabilities categorized as Level 2 or 3 as of period end have been transferred between Levels 2 and 3 since the prior period due to changes in the method utilized in valuing the investments. Transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 are a result of the availability of current and reliable market-based data provided by pricing services or other valuation techniques which utilize significant observable inputs. In accordance with the requirements of U.S. GAAP, the amounts of transfers into and out of Level 3, if material, are disclosed in the Notes to Schedule of Investments for each respective Fund.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. GAAP requires a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported fair values that presents changes attributable to realized gain (loss), unrealized appreciation (depreciation), purchases and sales, accrued discounts (premiums), and transfers into and out of the Level 3 category during the period. The end of period value is used for the transfers between Levels of a Fund’s assets and liabilities. Additionally, U.S. GAAP requires quantitative information regarding the significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of fair value of assets or liabilities categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. In accordance with the requirements of U.S. GAAP, a fair value hierarchy, and if material, a Level 3 reconciliation and details of significant unobservable inputs, have been included in the Notes to Schedule of Investments for each respective Fund.

(c) Valuation Techniques and the Fair Value Hierarchy

Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 trading assets and trading liabilities, at fair value  The valuation methods (or “techniques”) and significant inputs used in determining the fair values of portfolio securities or other assets and liabilities categorized as Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Common stocks, ETFs, exchange-traded notes and financial derivative instruments, such as futures contracts, rights and warrants, or options on futures that are traded on a national securities exchange, are stated at the last reported sale or settlement price on the day of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies (other than ETFs) will be valued based upon the NAVs of such investments and are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Investments in unregistered open-end investment companies will be calculated based upon the NAVs of such investments and are considered Level 1 provided that the NAVs are observable, calculated daily and are the value at which both purchases and sales will be conducted.

Fixed income securities including corporate, convertible and municipal bonds and notes, U.S. government agencies, U.S. treasury obligations, sovereign issues, bank loans, convertible preferred securities and non-U.S. bonds are normally valued on the basis of quotes obtained from brokers and dealers or Pricing Sources that use broker-dealer quotations, reported trades or valuation estimates from their internal pricing models. The Pricing Sources’ internal models use inputs that are

 

   
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observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar assets. Securities that use similar valuation techniques and inputs as described above are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Fixed income securities purchased on a delayed-delivery basis or as a repurchase commitment in a sale-buyback transaction are marked to market daily until settlement at the forward settlement date and are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Discounted Cash Flow model is based on future cash flows generated by the investment and may be normalized based on expected investment performance. Future cash flows are discounted to present value using an appropriate rate of return, typically calibrated to the initial transaction date and adjusted based on Capital Asset Pricing Model and/or other market-based inputs. Significant changes in the unobservable inputs would result in direct and proportional changes in the fair value of the security. These securities are categorized as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Short-term debt instruments (such as commercial paper) having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, so long as the amortized cost value of such short-term debt instruments is approximately the same as the fair value of the instrument as determined without the use of amortized cost valuation. These securities are categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the source of the base price.

When a fair valuation method is applied by PIMCO that uses significant unobservable inputs, investments will be priced by a method that the Valuation Designee believes reflects fair value and are categorized as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

4. SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Investments in Securities

The Funds may utilize the investments and strategies described below to the extent permitted by each Fund’s respective investment policies.

Loans and Other Indebtedness, Loan Participations and Assignments  are direct debt instruments which are interests in amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates by corporate, governmental, or other borrowers. A Fund’s investments in loans may be in the form of direct investments, participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties or exposure to investments in loans through investments in a mutual fund or other pooled investment vehicle. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution (the “agent”) that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. A Fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan, which may have varying terms and carry different associated risks. A Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the borrower. As a result, a Fund may be subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the agent that is selling the loan agreement.

In the event of the insolvency of the agent selling a participation, a Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the agent and may not benefit from any set-off between the agent and the borrower. When a Fund purchases assignments from agents it acquires direct rights against the borrowers of

 

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the loans. These loans may include participations in bridge loans, which are loans taken out by borrowers for a short period (typically less than one year) pending arrangement of more permanent financing through, for example, the issuance of bonds, frequently high yield bonds issued for the purpose of acquisitions.

Investments in loans are generally subject to risks similar to those of investments in other types of debt obligations, including, among others, credit risk, interest rate risk, variable and floating rate securities risk, and risks associated with mortgage-related securities. In addition, in many cases loans are subject to the risks associated with below-investment grade securities. The Funds may be subject to heightened or additional risks and potential liabilities and costs by investing in mezzanine and other subordinated loans, including those arising under bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, equitable subordination, environmental and other laws and regulations, and risks and costs associated with debt servicing and taking foreclosure actions associated with the loans.

Additionally, because loans are not ordinarily registered with the SEC or any state securities commission or listed on any securities exchange, there is usually less publicly available information about such instruments. In addition, loans may not be considered “securities” for purposes of the anti-fraud provisions under the federal securities laws and, as a result, as a purchaser of these instruments, a Fund may not be entitled to the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws. In the course of investing in such instruments, a Fund may come into possession of material nonpublic information and, because of prohibitions on trading in securities of issuers while in possession of such information, the Fund may be unable to enter into a transaction in a publicly-traded security of that issuer when it would otherwise be advantageous for the Fund to do so. Alternatively, a Fund may choose not to receive material nonpublic information about an issuer of such loans, with the result that the Fund may have less information about such issuers than other investors who transact in such assets.

The types of loans and related investments in which the Funds may invest include, among others, senior loans, subordinated loans (including second lien loans, B-Notes and mezzanine loans), whole loans, commercial real estate and other commercial loans and structured loans. The Funds may acquire direct interests in loans through primary loan distributions and/or in private transactions. In the case of subordinated loans, there may be significant indebtedness ranking ahead of the borrower’s obligation to the holder of such a loan, including in the event of the borrower’s insolvency. Mezzanine loans are typically secured by a pledge of an equity interest in the mortgage borrower that owns the real estate rather than an interest in a mortgage.

Investments in loans may include unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding. Unfunded loan commitments may include revolving credit facilities, which may obligate a Fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Unfunded loan commitments represent a future obligation in full, even though a percentage of the committed amount may not be utilized by the borrower. When investing in a loan participation, a Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the agent selling the loan agreement and only upon receipt of payments by the agent from the borrower. Because investing in unfunded loan commitments creates a future obligation for a Fund to provide funding to a borrower upon demand in exchange for a fee, the Fund will segregate or earmark liquid assets with the Fund’s custodian in amounts sufficient to satisfy any such future obligations. A Fund may

 

   
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receive a commitment fee based on the undrawn portion of the underlying line of credit portion of a loan. In certain circumstances, a Fund may receive a penalty fee upon the prepayment of a loan by a borrower. Fees earned or paid are recorded as a component of interest income or interest expense, respectively, on the Statements of Operations. Unfunded loan commitments, if any, are reflected as a liability on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities  directly or indirectly represent a participation in, or are secured by and payable from, loans on real property. Mortgage-related securities are created from pools of residential or commercial mortgage loans, including mortgage loans made by savings and loan institutions, mortgage bankers, commercial banks and others. These securities typically provide a monthly payment which consists of both principal and interest. Interest may be determined by fixed or adjustable rates. In times of declining interest rates, there is a greater likelihood that a Fund’s higher yielding securities will be pre-paid with the Fund being unable to reinvest the proceeds in an investment with as great a yield. The rate of prepayments on underlying mortgages will affect the price and volatility of a mortgage-related security, and may have the effect of shortening or extending the effective duration of the security relative to what was anticipated at the time of purchase. Interest-only and principal-only securities are especially sensitive to interest rate changes, which can affect not only their prices but can also change the income flows and repayment assumptions about those investments. The timely payment of principal and interest of certain mortgage-related securities is guaranteed with the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. Pools created and guaranteed by non-governmental issuers, including government-sponsored corporations, may be supported by various forms of insurance or guarantees, but there can be no assurance that private insurers or guarantors can meet their obligations under the insurance policies or guarantee arrangements. Many of the risks of investing in mortgage-related securities secured by commercial mortgage loans reflect the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make lease payments, and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. These securities may be less liquid and may exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage-related or other asset-backed securities. Other asset-backed securities are created from many types of assets, including, but not limited to, auto loans, accounts receivable such as credit card receivables and hospital account receivables, home equity loans, student loans, boat loans, mobile home loans, recreational vehicle loans, manufactured housing loans, aircraft leases, computer leases and syndicated bank loans. The Funds may invest in any level of the capital structure of an issuer of mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities, including the equity or “first loss” tranche.

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  (“CMOs”) are debt obligations of a legal entity that are collateralized by whole mortgage loans or private mortgage bonds and divided into classes. CMOs are structured into multiple classes, often referred to as “tranches,” with each class bearing a different stated maturity and entitled to a different schedule for payments of principal and interest, including prepayments. CMOs may be less liquid and may exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage-related or asset-backed securities.

As CMOs have evolved, some classes of CMO bonds have become more common. For example, a Fund may invest in parallel-pay and planned amortization class (“PAC”) CMOs and multi-class pass-through certificates. Parallel-pay CMOs and multi-class pass-through certificates are structured to provide payments of principal on each payment date to more than one class. These simultaneous

 

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payments are taken into account in calculating the stated maturity date or final distribution date of each class, which, as with other CMO and multi-class pass-through structures, must be retired by its stated maturity date or final distribution date but may be retired earlier. PACs generally require payments of a specified amount of principal on each payment date. PACs are parallel-pay CMOs with the required principal amount on such securities having the highest priority after interest has been paid to all classes. Any CMO or multi-class pass-through structure that includes PAC securities must also have support tranches — known as support bonds, companion bonds or non-PAC bonds — which lend or absorb principal cash flows to allow the PAC securities to maintain their stated maturities and final distribution dates within a range of actual prepayment experience. These support tranches are subject to a higher level of maturity risk compared to other mortgage-related securities, and usually provide a higher yield to compensate investors. If principal cash flows are received in amounts outside a pre-determined range such that the support bonds cannot lend or absorb sufficient cash flows to the PAC securities as intended, the PAC securities are subject to heightened maturity risk. A Fund may invest in various tranches of CMO bonds, including support bonds and equity or “first loss” tranches (see “Collateralized Debt Obligations” above).

Other Investment Companies  The Funds may invest up to 5% of their total assets in securities of other closed-end investment companies that invest primarily in municipal bonds and other municipal securities of the types in which the Funds may invest directly (“Acquired Funds”). A copy of each Acquired Fund’s shareholder report is available at the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

Perpetual Bonds  are fixed income securities with no maturity date but pay a coupon in perpetuity (with no specified ending or maturity date). Unlike typical fixed income securities, there is no obligation for perpetual bonds to repay principal. The coupon payments, however, are mandatory. While perpetual bonds have no maturity date, they may have a callable date in which the perpetuity is eliminated and the issuer may return the principal received on the specified call date. Additionally, a perpetual bond may have additional features, such as interest rate increases at periodic dates or an increase as of a predetermined point in the future.

Restricted Investments  are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale and may generally be sold privately, but may be required to be registered or exempted from such registration before being sold to the public. Private placement securities are generally considered to be restricted except for those securities traded between qualified institutional investors under the provisions of Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Disposal of restricted investments may involve time-consuming negotiations and expenses, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult to achieve. Restricted investments held by the Funds as of June 30, 2023, as applicable, are disclosed in the Notes to Schedules of Investments.

Securities Issued by U.S. Government Agencies or Government-Sponsored Enterprises  are obligations of and, in certain cases, guaranteed by, the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. Some U.S. Government securities, such as Treasury bills, notes and bonds, and securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government; others, such as those of the Federal Home Loan Banks, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “U.S. Treasury”); and others, such as those of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA” or

 

   
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“Fannie Mae”), are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the agency’s obligations. U.S. Government securities may include zero coupon securities which do not distribute interest on a current basis and tend to be subject to a greater risk than interest-paying securities of similar maturities.

Government-related guarantors (i.e., not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government) include FNMA and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC” or “Freddie Mac”). FNMA is a government-sponsored corporation. FNMA purchases conventional (i.e., not insured or guaranteed by any government agency) residential mortgages from a list of approved seller/servicers which include state and federally chartered savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, commercial banks and credit unions and mortgage bankers. Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA, but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. FHLMC issues Participation Certificates (“PCs”), which are pass-through securities, each representing an undivided interest in a pool of residential mortgages. FHLMC guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal, but PCs are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. Instead, they are supported only by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the agency’s obligations.

When-Issued Transactions  are purchases or sales made on a when-issued basis. These transactions are made conditionally because a security, although authorized, has not yet been issued in the market. Transactions to purchase or sell securities on a when-issued basis involve a commitment by a Fund to purchase or sell these securities for a predetermined price or yield, with payment and delivery taking place beyond the customary settlement period. A Fund may sell when-issued securities before they are delivered, which may result in a realized gain (loss).

 

5. FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Funds may enter into the financial derivative instruments described below to the extent permitted by each Fund’s respective investment policies.

The following disclosures contain information on how and why the Funds use financial derivative instruments, and how financial derivative instruments affect the Funds’ financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The location and fair value amounts of these instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the net realized gain (loss) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the Statements of Operations, each categorized by type of financial derivative contract and related risk exposure, are included in a table in the Notes to Schedules of Investments. The financial derivative instruments outstanding as of period end and the amounts of net realized gain (loss) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on financial derivative instruments during the period, as disclosed in the Notes to Schedules of Investments, serve as indicators of the volume of financial derivative activity for the Funds.

Futures Contracts  are agreements to buy or sell a security or other asset for a set price on a future date and are traded on an exchange. A Fund may use futures contracts to manage its exposure to the securities markets or to movements in interest rates and currency values. The primary risks

 

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associated with the use of futures contracts are the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the securities held by a Fund and the prices of futures contracts and the possibility of an illiquid market. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund is required to deposit with its futures broker an amount of cash, U.S. Government and Agency Obligations, or select sovereign debt, in accordance with the initial margin requirements of the broker or exchange. Futures contracts are marked to market daily and based on such movements in the price of the contracts, an appropriate payable or receivable for the change in value may be posted or collected by a Fund (“Futures Variation Margin”). Futures Variation Margins, if any, are disclosed within centrally cleared financial derivative instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Gains (losses) are recognized but not considered realized until the contracts expire or close. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the Futures Variation Margin included within exchange traded or centrally cleared financial derivative instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

6. PRINCIPAL AND OTHER RISKS

(a) Principal Risks

Principal risks associated with investment in the Funds are listed below.

Please see “Principal Risks of the Fund” in each Fund’s prospectus for a more detailed description of the risks of investing in the Fund.

 

          PIMCO
California
Flexible
Municipal
Income
Fund
(CAFLX)
  PIMCO
Flexible
Municipal
Income
Fund
(PMFLX)
California State-Specific     X   X
Call     X   X
Confidential Information Access     X   X
Counterparty     X   X
Credit Default Swaps     X  
Credit     X   X
Cyber Security     X   X
Derivatives     X   X
Distribution Rate     X   X
High Yield Securities     X   X
Inflation/Deflation     X   X
Insurance     X   X
Interest Rate     X   X
Issuer     X   X
Leverage     X   X
Liquidity     X   X
Loans and Other Indebtedness     X   X
Loan Participations and Assignments     X   X
Loan Origination     X   X
Management     X   X

 

   
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          PIMCO
California
Flexible
Municipal
Income
Fund
(CAFLX)
  PIMCO
Flexible
Municipal
Income
Fund
(PMFLX)
Market Disruptions     X   X
Market     X   X
Municipal Bond Market     X   X
Municipal Bond     X   X
Municipal Project-Specific     X   X
New York State-Specific     X   X
New/Small Fund     X  
Non-Diversification     X  
Operational     X   X
Other Investment Companies     X   X
Portfolio Turnover     X   X
Potential Conflicts of Interest - Allocation of Investment Opportunities     X   X
Privacy and Data Security     X   X
Private Placements     X   X
Puerto Rico-Specific     X   X
Regulatory Changes     X   X
Regulatory—LIBOR     X   X
Reinvestment     X   X
Repurchase Offers     X   X
Securities Lending     X   X
Tax     X   X
U.S. Government Securities     X   X
Valuation     X   X

California State-Specific Risk  is the risk that a Fund, by investing in municipal bonds issued by or on behalf of the State of California and its political subdivisions, financing authorities and their agencies, may be affected significantly by political, economic, regulatory, social, environmental, or public health developments affecting the ability of California tax-exempt issuers to pay interest or repay principal.

Call Risk  is the risk that an issuer may exercise its right to redeem a fixed income security earlier than expected (a call). Issuers may call outstanding securities prior to their maturity for a number of reasons (e.g., declining interest rates, changes in credit spreads and improvements in the issuer’s credit quality). If an issuer calls a security in which the Fund has invested, the Fund may not recoup the full amount of its initial investment or may not realize the full anticipated earnings from the investment and may be forced to reinvest in lower-yielding securities, securities with greater credit risks or securities with other, less favorable features.

Confidential Information Access Risk  is the risk that, in managing the Fund (and other PIMCO clients), PIMCO may from time to time have the opportunity to receive material, non-public information (“Confidential Information”) about the issuers of certain investments, including, without limitation, senior floating rate loans, other loans and related investments being considered for

 

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acquisition by the Fund or held in the Fund’s portfolio. If PIMCO intentionally or unintentionally comes into possession of Confidential Information, it may be unable, potentially for a substantial period of time, to purchase or sell investments to which such Confidential Information relates.

Counterparty Risk  is the risk that a Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the counterparties to the derivative contracts and other instruments entered into by the Fund or held by special purpose or structured vehicles in which the Fund invests. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations under a derivative contract due to financial difficulties, the Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery (including recovery of any collateral it has provided to the counterparty) in a dissolution, assignment for the benefit of creditors, liquidation, winding-up, bankruptcy, or other analogous proceeding.

Credit Default Swaps Risk  is the risk of investing in credit default swaps, including illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, leverage risk and credit risk. A buyer generally also will lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. When the Fund acts as a seller of a credit default swap, it is exposed to many of the same risks of leverage described herein. As the seller, a Fund would receive a stream of payments over the term of the swap agreement provided that no event of default has occurred with respect to the referenced debt obligation upon which the swap is based. A Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, if a default occurs, the stream of payments may stop and, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. In addition, selling credit default swaps may not be profitable for the Fund if no secondary market exists or the Fund is otherwise unable to close out these transactions at advantageous times.

Credit Risk  is the risk that a Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security (including a security purchased with securities lending collateral), or the counterparty to a derivative contract, or the issuer or guarantor of collateral, repurchase agreement or a loan of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations. The risk that such issuer, guarantor or counterparty is less willing or able to do so is heightened in market environments where interest rates are rising. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.

Cyber Security Risk  is the risk that, as the use of technology has become more prevalent in the course of business, the Funds have become potentially more susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from breaches in cyber security. A breach in cyber security refers to both intentional and unintentional cyber events from outside threat actors or internal resources that may, among other things, cause a Fund to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption and/or destruction or lose operational capacity, result in the unauthorized release or other misuse of confidential information, or otherwise disrupt normal business operations. Cyber security failures or breaches may result in financial losses to a Fund and its shareholders. These failures or breaches may also result in disruptions to business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses; interference with a Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value, process shareholder transactions or otherwise transact business with shareholders; impediments to trading; violations of applicable privacy and other laws; regulatory fines; penalties; third party claims in litigation; reputational damage;

 

   
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reimbursement or other compensation costs; additional compliance and cyber security risk management costs and other adverse consequences. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future.

There is also a risk that cyber security breaches may not be detected. The Funds and their shareholders may suffer losses as a result of a cyber security breach related to the Funds, their service providers, trading counterparties or the issuers in which a Fund invests.

Derivatives Risk  is the risk of investing in derivative instruments (such as forwards, futures, swaps and structured securities) and other similar investments, including leverage risk, liquidity risk (which may be heightened for highly-customized derivatives), interest rate risk, market risk, counterparty (including credit) risk, operational risk (such as documentation issues, settlement issues and systems failures), legal risk (such as insufficient documentation, insufficient capacity or authority of a counterparty, and issues with the legality or enforceability of a contract), counterparty risk, tax risk and management risk as well as risks arising from changes in applicable requirements, risks arising from margin requirements and risks arising from mispricing or valuation complexity. Changes in the value of a derivative or other similar investments may not correlate perfectly with, and may be more sensitive to market events than, the underlying asset, rate or index, and a Fund could lose more than the initial amount invested. Changes in the value of a derivative or other similar instrument may also create margin delivery or settlement payment obligations for a Fund. A Fund’s use of derivatives or other similar investments may result in losses to the Fund, a reduction in the Fund’s returns and/or increased volatility. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives or other similar investments are also subject to the risk that a counterparty to the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations to the other party, as many of the protections afforded to centrally-cleared derivative transactions might not be available for OTC derivatives or other similar investments. The primary credit risk on derivatives that are exchange-traded or traded through a central clearing counterparty resides with the Fund’s clearing broker, or the clearinghouse. Changes in regulation relating to a registered fund’s use of derivatives and related instruments could potentially limit or impact a Fund’s ability to invest in derivatives, limit a Fund’s ability to employ certain strategies that use derivatives or other similar investments and/or adversely affect the value of derivatives or other similar investments and a Fund’s performance.

Distribution Rate Risk  is the risk that, to the extent a Fund seeks to maintain a level distribution rate, the Fund’s distribution rate may be affected by numerous factors, including but not limited to changes in realized and projected market returns, fluctuations in market interest rates, Fund performance, and other factors. There can be no assurance that a change in market conditions or other factors will not result in a change in a Fund’s distribution rate or that the rate will be sustainable in the future.

High Yield Securities Risk  is the risk that high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”) are subject to greater levels of credit, call and liquidity risks. High yield securities are considered primarily speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments, and may be more volatile than higher-rated securities of similar maturity.

Inflation/Deflation Risk  is the risk that the value of assets or income from the Fund’s investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of payments at future dates. As

 

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inflation increases, the real value of the Fund’s portfolio could decline. Deflation risk is the risk that prices throughout the economy decline over time. Deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer default more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio and common shares.

Insurance Risk  is the risk that the Fund may purchase municipal securities that are secured by insurance, bank credit agreements or escrow accounts and the credit quality of the companies that provide such credit enhancements will affect the value of those securities. The insurance feature of a municipal security does not guarantee the full payment of principal and interest through the life of an insured obligation, the market value of the insured obligation or the net asset value of the common shares represented by such insured obligation.

Interest Rate Risk  is the risk that fixed income securities and other instruments in the Fund’s portfolio will fluctuate in value because of a change in interest rates; a fund with a longer average portfolio duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a fund with a shorter average portfolio duration. Further, in market environments where interest rates are rising, issuers may be less willing or able to make principal and interest payments on fixed income investments when due.

Issuer Risk  is the risk that the value of a security may decline for a reason directly related to the issuer, such as management performance, major litigation, investigations or other controversies, changes in financial condition or credit rating, changes in government regulations affecting the issuer or its competitive environment and strategic initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions or dispositions and the market response to any such initiatives, financial leverage, reputation or reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services.

Leverage Risk  is the risk that certain transactions of a Fund, such as reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities, and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment transactions, or derivative instruments, may give rise to leverage, magnifying gains and losses and causing a Fund to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged. Leveraging transactions pursued by a Fund may increase its duration and sensitivity to interest rate movements. This means that leverage entails a heightened risk of loss.

Liquidity Risk  is the risk that a particular investment may be difficult to purchase or sell and that a Fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at an advantageous time or price or possibly require the Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations, which could prevent the Fund from taking advantage of other investment opportunities. Additionally, the market for certain investments may become illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer.

Loan Origination Risk  is the risk associated with the fact that a Fund may also seek to originate loans, including, without limitation, residential and/or commercial real estate or mortgage-related loans, consumer loans or other types of loans, which may be in the form of whole loans, secured and unsecured notes, senior and second lien loans, mezzanine loans, bridge loans or similar investments. A Fund may originate loans to corporations and/or other legal entities and individuals, including foreign (non-U.S.) entities and individuals. Such borrowers may have credit ratings that are

 

   
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determined by one or more NRSROs or PIMCO to be below investment grade. This may include loans to public or private firms or individuals, such as in connection with housing development projects. The loans a Fund invests in or originates may vary in maturity and/or duration. A Fund is not limited in the amount, size or type of loans it may invest in and/or originate, including with respect to a single borrower or with respect to borrowers that are determined to be below investment grade, other than pursuant to any applicable law. A Fund’s investment in or origination of loans may also be limited by the requirements the Fund intends to observe under Subchapter M of the Code in order to qualify as a RIC. A Fund may subsequently offer such investments for sale to third parties, provided that there is no assurance that a Fund will complete the sale of such an investment. If a Fund is unable to sell, assign or successfully close transactions for the loans that it originates, a Fund will be forced to hold its interest in such loans for an indeterminate period of time. This could result in a Fund’s investments having high exposure to certain borrowers. A Fund will be responsible for the expenses associated with originating a loan (whether or not consummated). This may include significant legal and due diligence expenses, which will be indirectly borne by a Fund and Common Shareholders.

Loans and Other Indebtedness; Loan Participations and Assignments Risk  is the risk that scheduled interest or principal payments will not be made in a timely manner or at all, either of which may adversely affect the values of a loan. Additionally, there is a risk that the collateral underlying a loan may be unavailable or insufficient to satisfy a borrower’s obligation, and the Fund could become part owner of any collateral if a loan is foreclosed, subjecting a Fund to costs associated with owning and disposing of the collateral. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling a participation, there is a risk that a Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any set-off between the lender and the borrower. If a loan is foreclosed, the Fund may become owner of the loan’s collateral. The Fund may bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and holding or disposing of the collateral. There is the risk that a Fund may have difficulty disposing of loans and loan participations due to the lack of a liquid secondary market for loans and loan participations. To the extent a Fund acquires loans, including bank loans, a Fund may be subject to greater levels of credit risk, call risk, settlement risk and liquidity risk than funds that do not acquire such instruments.

Management Risk  is the risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses applied by PIMCO will not produce the desired results and that actual or potential conflicts of interest, legislative, regulatory, or tax restrictions, policies or developments may affect the investment techniques available to PIMCO and the individual portfolio managers in connection with managing a Fund and may cause PIMCO to restrict or prohibit participation in certain investments. There is no guarantee that the investment objective of a Fund will be achieved.

Market Disruptions Risk  is the risk of investment and operational risks associated with financial, economic and other global market developments and disruptions, including those arising from war, terrorism, market manipulation, government interventions, defaults and shutdowns, political changes or diplomatic developments, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics) and natural/environmental disasters, which can all negatively impact the securities markets, interest rates, auctions, secondary trading, ratings, credit risk, inflation, deflation or other factors relating to the Fund’s investments or PIMCO’s operations and cause a Fund to lose value. Furthermore, events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse

 

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developments that affect financial institutions or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. These events can also impair the technology and other operational systems upon which a Fund’s service providers, including PIMCO as a Fund’s investment adviser, rely, and could otherwise disrupt a Fund’s service providers’ ability to fulfill their obligations to a Fund.

Market Risk  is the risk that the value of securities owned by a Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries or companies.

Municipal Bond Market Risk  is the risk that a Fund may be adversely affected due to factors such as limited amount of public information available regarding the municipal bonds held in the Fund as compared to that for corporate equities or bonds, legislative changes and local and business developments, general conditions of the municipal bond market, the size of the particular offering, the rating of the issue and the maturity of the obligation.

Municipal Bond Risk  is the risk that a Fund may be affected significantly by the economic, regulatory or political developments affecting the ability of issuers of debt securities whose interest is, in the opinion of bond counsel for the issuer at the time of issuance, exempt from federal income tax to pay interest or repay principal.

Municipal Project-Specific Risk  is the risk that a Fund may be more sensitive to adverse economic, business or political developments if it invests a substantial portion of its assets in the bonds of specific projects (such as those relating to education, health care, housing, transportation, and utilities), industrial development bonds, or in bonds from issuers in a single state.

New York State-Specific Risk  is the risk that a Fund, by investing in municipal bonds issued by or on behalf of the State of New York and its political subdivisions, financing authorities and their agencies, may be affected significantly by political, economic, regulatory, social, environmental, or public health developments affecting the ability of New York tax-exempt issuers to pay interest or repay principal.

New/Small Fund Risk  is the risk that a new or smaller fund’s performance may not represent how a fund is expected to or may perform in the long term. In addition, new funds have limited operating histories for investors to evaluate and new and smaller funds may not attract sufficient assets to achieve investment and trading efficiencies.

Non-Diversification Risk  is the risk of focusing investments in a small number of issuers, including being more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a more diversified portfolio might be. Funds that are “non-diversified” may invest a greater percentage of their assets in the securities of a single issuer (such as bonds issued by a particular state) than funds that are “diversified.”

Operational Risk  is the risk arising from factors such as processing errors, human errors, inadequate or failed internal or external processes, failures in systems and technology, changes in personnel and

 

   
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errors caused by third-party service providers. The occurrence of any of these failures, errors or breaches could result in a loss of information, regulatory scrutiny, reputational damage or other events, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Fund. While a Fund seeks to minimize such events through controls and oversight, there may still be failures that could cause losses to the Fund.

Other Investment Companies Risk  is the risk that Common Shareholders may be subject to duplicative expenses to the extent a Fund invests in other investment companies. In addition, these other investment companies may utilize leverage, in which case an investment would subject the Fund to additional risks associated with leverage.

Portfolio Turnover Risk  is the risk that a high portfolio turnover will result in greater expenses to a Fund, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestments in other securities. Such sales may result in realization of taxable capital gains (including short-term capital gains, which are generally taxed to shareholders at ordinary income tax rates when distributed net of short-term capital losses and net long-term capital losses) and may adversely affect the Fund’s after-tax returns.

Potential Conflicts of Interest Risk — Allocation of Investment Opportunities  is the risk that PIMCO’s or any of its affiliate’s interests or the interests of its clients may conflict with those of the Funds and the results of the Fund’s investment activities may differ from those of the Fund’s affiliates, or another account managed by PIMCO or its affiliates, and it is possible that a Fund could sustain losses during periods in which one or more of the Fund’s affiliates and/or other accounts managed by PIMCO or its affiliates, including proprietary accounts, achieve profits on their trading.

Privacy and Data Security Risk  is the risk resulting from the fact that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) and other laws limit the disclosure of certain non-public personal information about a consumer to non-affiliated third parties and require financial institutions to disclose certain privacy policies and practices with respect to information sharing with both affiliates and non-affiliated third parties. Many states and a number of non-U.S. jurisdictions have enacted privacy and data security laws requiring safeguards on the privacy and security of consumers’ personally identifiable information. Other laws deal with obligations to safeguard and dispose of private information in a manner designed to avoid its dissemination. Privacy rules adopted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the SEC implement GLBA and other requirements and govern the disclosure of consumer financial information by certain financial institutions, ranging from banks to private investment funds. U.S. platforms following certain models generally are required to have privacy policies that conform to these GLBA and other requirements. In addition, such platforms typically have policies and procedures intended to maintain platform participants’ personal information securely and dispose of it properly.

Private Placements Risk  is the risk that securities received in a private placement may be subject to strict restrictions on resale, and there may be no liquid secondary market or ready purchaser for such securities. Therefore, a Fund may be unable to dispose of such securities when it desires to do so, or at the most favorable time or price. Private placements may also raise valuation risks.

 

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Puerto Rico-Specific Risk  is the risk that a Fund may be affected significantly by political, economic, environmental, social, regulatory or restructuring developments affecting the ability of Puerto Rican municipal issuers to pay interest or repay principal.

Regulatory Changes Risk  is the risk that is associated with the fact that financial entities, such as investment companies and investment advisers, are generally subject to extensive government regulation and intervention. Government regulation and/or intervention may change the way a Fund is regulated, affect the expenses incurred directly by the Fund and the value of its investments, and limit and /or preclude the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. Government regulation may change frequently and may have significant adverse consequences. The current direction of governments and regulators may have the effect of reducing market liquidity, market resiliency and money supply, whether through higher rates, tighter financial regulations or rule proposals that may prevent funds from participating in certain markets. A Fund and the Investment Manager have historically been eligible for exemptions from certain regulations.

However, there is no assurance that the Fund and the Investment Manager will continue to be eligible for such exemptions.

Regulatory Risk — LIBOR  is the risk related to the anticipated discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Certain instruments held by a Fund rely in some fashion upon LIBOR. Although the transition process away from LIBOR has become increasingly well-defined in advance of the anticipated discontinuation date, there remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate, and any potential effects of the transition away from LIBOR on a Fund or on certain instruments in which the Fund invests can be difficult to ascertain. The transition process may involve, among other things, increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that currently rely on LIBOR and may result in a reduction in the value of certain instruments held by a Fund.

Reinvestment Risk  is the risk that income from a Fund’s portfolio will decline if and when the Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called debt obligations at market interest rates that are below the portfolio’s current earnings rate. A Fund also may choose to sell higher yielding portfolio securities and to purchase lower yielding securities to achieve greater portfolio diversification, because the portfolio managers believe the current holdings are overvalued or for other investment-related reasons.

Repurchase Offers Risk  is the risk that results from the fact that the Funds are “interval funds” and, in order to provide liquidity to shareholders, the Funds, subject to applicable law, intends to conduct quarterly repurchase offers of the Fund’s outstanding Common Shares at NAV, subject to approval of the Board. The Funds believe that these repurchase offers are generally beneficial to each Fund’s shareholders, and repurchases generally will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. However, repurchase offers and the need to fund repurchase obligations may affect the ability of a Fund to be fully invested or force the Fund to maintain a higher percentage of its assets in liquid investments, which may harm the Fund’s investment performance. Moreover, diminution in the size of a Fund through repurchases may result in untimely sales of portfolio securities (with associated imputed transaction costs, which may be significant), and may limit the ability of the Fund to participate in new investment opportunities or to achieve its investment objectives.

 

   
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Securities Lending Risk  is the risk that, when a Fund lends portfolio securities, its investment performance will continue to reflect changes in the value of the securities loaned and lose rights in the collateral or delay in recovery of the collateral if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent. A Fund may pay lending fees to a party, which may be an affiliate of the Fund, arranging the loan.

Tax Risk  is the risk that if, in any year, a Fund were to fail to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company under the Tax Code, and were ineligible to or did not otherwise cure such failure, the Fund would be subject to tax on its taxable income at corporate rates and, when such income is distributed, shareholders would be subject to a further tax to the extent of the Fund’s current or accumulated earnings and profits.

U.S. Government Securities Risk  is the risk that the obligations supported by (i) the full faith and credit of the United States, (ii) the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, (iii) the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the agency’s obligations (iv) or only by the credit of the agency, instrumentality or corporation will not be satisfied in full, or that such obligations will decrease in value or default. U.S. government securities are subject to market risk, interest rate risk and credit risk.

Valuation Risk  is the risk that fair value pricing used when market quotations are not readily available may not result in adjustments to the prices of securities or other assets, or that fair value pricing may not reflect actual market value. It is possible that the fair value determined in good faith for a security or other asset will be materially different from quoted or published prices, from the prices used by others for the same security or other asset and/or from the value that actually could be or is realized upon the sale of that security or other asset.

(b) Other Risks

In general, a Fund may be subject to additional risks, including, but not limited to, risks related to government regulation and intervention in financial markets, operational risks, risks associated with financial, economic and global market disruptions, and cyber security risks. Please see a Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a more detailed description of the risks of investing in the Fund. Please see the Important Information section of this report for additional discussion of certain regulatory and market developments that may impact a Fund’s performance.

7. MASTER NETTING ARRANGEMENTS

A Fund may be subject to various netting arrangements (“Master Agreements”) with select counterparties. Master Agreements govern the terms of certain transactions, and are intended to reduce the counterparty risk associated with relevant transactions by specifying credit protection mechanisms and providing standardization that is intended to improve legal certainty. Each type of Master Agreement governs certain types of transactions. Different types of transactions may be traded out of different legal entities or affiliates of a particular organization, resulting in the need for multiple agreements with a single counterparty. As the Master Agreements are specific to unique operations of different asset types, they allow a Fund to close out and net its total exposure to a counterparty in the event of a default with respect to all the transactions governed under a single Master Agreement with a counterparty. For financial reporting purposes the Statements of Assets and Liabilities generally present derivative assets and liabilities on a gross basis, which reflects the full risks and exposures prior to netting.

 

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Master Agreements can also help limit counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under most Master Agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure to certain transactions (net of existing collateral already in place) governed under the relevant Master Agreement with a counterparty in a given account exceeds a specified threshold, which typically ranges from zero to $250,000 depending on the counterparty and the type of Master Agreement. United States Treasury Bills and U.S. dollar cash are generally the preferred forms of collateral, although other securities may be used depending on the terms outlined in the applicable Master Agreement. Securities and cash pledged as collateral are reflected as assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as either a component of Investments at value (securities) or Deposits with counterparty. Cash collateral received is not typically held in a segregated account and as such is reflected as a liability on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Deposits from counterparty. The market value of any securities received as collateral is not reflected as a component of NAV. A Fund’s overall exposure to counterparty risk can change substantially within a short period, as it is affected by each transaction subject to the relevant Master Agreement.

Master Repurchase Agreements and Global Master Repurchase Agreements (individually and collectively “Master Repo Agreements”) govern repurchase, reverse repurchase, and certain sale-buyback transactions between a Fund and select counterparties. Master Repo Agreements maintain provisions for, among other things, initiation, income payments, events of default, and maintenance of collateral. The market value of transactions under the Master Repo Agreement, collateral pledged or received, and the net exposure by counterparty as of period end are disclosed in the Notes to Schedules of Investments.

Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements (“Master Forward Agreements”) govern certain forward settling transactions, such as TBA securities, delayed-delivery or certain sale-buyback transactions by and between a Fund and select counterparties. The Master Forward Agreements maintain provisions for, among other things, transaction initiation and confirmation, payment and transfer, events of default, termination, and maintenance of collateral. The market value of forward settling transactions, collateral pledged or received, and the net exposure by counterparty as of period end is disclosed in the Notes to Schedules of Investments.

Customer Account Agreements and related addenda govern cleared derivatives transactions such as futures, options on futures, and cleared OTC derivatives. Such transactions require posting of initial margin as determined by each relevant clearing agency which is segregated in an account at a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In the United States, counterparty risk may be reduced as creditors of an FCM cannot have a claim to Fund assets in the segregated account. Portability of exposure reduces risk to the Funds. Variation margin, which reflects changes in market value, is generally exchanged daily, but may not be netted between futures and cleared OTC derivatives unless the parties have agreed to a separate arrangement in respect of portfolio margining. The market value or accumulated unrealized appreciation (depreciation), initial margin posted, and any unsettled variation margin as of period end are disclosed in the Notes to Schedules of Investments.

International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements and Credit Support Annexes (“ISDA Master Agreements”) govern bilateral OTC derivative transactions entered into by a Fund with select counterparties. ISDA Master Agreements maintain provisions for general

 

   
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obligations, representations, agreements, collateral posting and events of default or termination. Events of termination include conditions that may entitle counterparties to elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all outstanding transactions under the applicable ISDA Master Agreement. Any election to terminate early could be material to the financial statements. The ISDA Master Agreement may contain additional provisions that add counterparty protection beyond coverage of existing daily exposure if the counterparty has a decline in credit quality below a predefined level or as required by regulation. Similarly, if required by regulation, the Funds may be required to post additional collateral beyond coverage of daily exposure. These amounts, if any, may (or if required by law, will) be segregated with a third-party custodian. To the extent the Funds are required by regulation to post additional collateral beyond coverage of daily exposure, they could potentially incur costs, including in procuring eligible assets to meet collateral requirements, associated with such posting. The market value of OTC financial derivative instruments, collateral received or pledged, and net exposure by counterparty as of period end are disclosed in the Notes to Schedules of Investments.

8. FEES AND EXPENSES

(a) Management Fee  PIMCO is a majority-owned subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LLC (“Allianz Asset Management”) and serves as the Manager to the Funds, pursuant to an investment management agreement. Pursuant to an investment management agreement between the Manager and the Funds (the “Investment Management Agreement”), each Fund has agreed to pay the Manager an annual fee, payable monthly, in an amount equal to 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily “total managed assets.” Total managed assets include total assets of the Fund (including assets attributable to any reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls, tender option bonds, borrowings and preferred shares that may be outstanding, if any) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls, tender option bonds and borrowings). For purposes of calculating “total managed assets,” the liquidation preference of any preferred shares outstanding is not considered a liability. By way of clarification, with respect to any reverse repurchase agreement, dollar roll or similar transaction, “total managed assets” include any proceeds from the sale of an asset of the Fund to a counterparty in such a transaction, in addition to the value of the underlying asset as of the relevant measuring date. Furthermore, to the extent applicable, assets attributable to tender option bonds would be included as assets irrespective of whether or not they are included as assets for financial reporting purposes. However, to the extent a Fund does not contribute municipal bonds to a tender option bond trust but holds residual interests issued by such trust, the tender option bonds outstanding would not be included in the calculation of “total managed assets.” Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement and subject to the general supervision of the Board, PIMCO, at its expense, provides or causes to be furnished all supervisory and administrative and other services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund, including but not limited to, expenses of most third-party service providers (e.g., audit, custodial, legal, transfer agency, printing) and other expenses, such as those associated with insurance, proxy solicitations and mailings for shareholder meetings, listing and related fees, tax services, valuation services and other services the Fund requires for its daily operations.

In rendering investment advisory services to each Fund, PIMCO may use the resources of one or more foreign (non-U.S.) affiliates that are not registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) (the “PIMCO Overseas Affiliates”), to provide portfolio management,

 

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research and trading services to the Fund under the Memorandums of Understanding (“MOUs”). Each of the PIMCO Overseas Affiliates are Participating Affiliates of PIMCO as that term is used in relief granted by the staff of the SEC allowing U.S. registered advisers to use investment advisory and trading resources of unregistered advisory affiliates subject to the regulatory supervision of the registered adviser. Each PIMCO Overseas Affiliate and any of their respective employees who provide services to the Funds are considered under the MOUs to be “associated persons” of PIMCO as that term is defined in the Advisers Act for purposes of PIMCO’s required supervision.

(b) Distribution and Servicing Fees  PIMCO Investments LLC (the “Distributor,” an affiliate of PIMCO), serves as the principal underwriter and distributor of each Funds’ shares pursuant to a distribution contract (“Distribution Contract”) with each Fund.

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Servicing Plans for the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Common Shares of the Fund. PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Servicing Plans for the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Common Shares of the Fund. Each Distribution and Servicing Plan operates in a manner consistent with Rule 12b-1 under the Act, which regulates the manner in which an open-end investment company may directly or indirectly bear the expenses of distributing its shares. Although neither Fund is an open-end investment company, each Fund has undertaken to comply with the terms of Rule 12b-1 as a condition of an exemptive order under the Act which permits it to have, among other things, a multi-class structure and distribution and shareholder servicing fees. Each Distribution and Servicing Plan permits the respective Fund to compensate the Distributor for providing or procuring through financial firms, distribution, administrative, recordkeeping, shareholder and/or related services with respect to the Class A-1 Common Shares, Class A-2 Common Shares, Class A-3 Common Shares or Class A-4 Common Shares, as applicable. The Management Fee and maximum Distribution and Servicing Fees for all classes, as applicable, are charged at the annual rates as noted in the following table:

 

        Management Fee(1)           Distribution and/or Servicing Fee(2)  
Fund Name       All Classes           Institutional Class     Class A-1     Class A-2     Class A-3     Class A-4  
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund       0.75%         N/A       0.50%       0.50%     0.75%     0.75%
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund       0.75%         N/A       0.50%       0.50%       0.75%       N/A  

 

*

This particular share class has been registered with the SEC, but was not operational during the period ended June 30, 2023.

(1) 

Calculated as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily “total managed assets” attributable to each class of respective Fund. Total managed assets includes total assets of a Fund (including assets attributable to any reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls/buy backs, tender option bonds, borrowings and preferred shares that may be outstanding, if any) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls/buy backs, tender option bonds and borrowings).

(2) 

Calculated as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to the applicable class of respective Fund.

The Distributor also received the contingent deferred sales charges paid by the shareholders upon certain redemptions of Class A-2 shares. For the period ended June 30, 2023, the Distributor retained $18,621 representing contingent deferred sales charges from PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund.

 

   
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(c) Fund Expenses  Each Fund bears other expenses, which may vary and affect the total level of expenses paid by shareholders, such as (i) salaries and other compensation or expenses, including travel expenses, of any of the Fund’s executive officers and employees, if any, who are not officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners or employees of PIMCO or its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) taxes and governmental fees, if any, levied against the Fund; (iii) brokerage fees and commissions, and other portfolio transaction expenses incurred by or for the Fund (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of outside legal counsel or third-party consultants retained in connection with reviewing, negotiating and structuring specialized loans and other investments made by the Fund, and any costs associated with originating loans, asset securitizations, alternative lending-related strategies and so-called “broken-deal costs” (e.g., fees, costs, expenses and liabilities, including, for example, due diligence-related fees, costs, expenses and liabilities, with respect to unconsummated investments)); (iv) expenses of the Fund’s securities lending (if any), including any securities lending agent fees, as governed by a separate securities lending agreement; (v) costs, including interest expenses, of borrowing money or engaging in other types of leverage financing including, without limitation, through the use by the Fund of reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls, bank borrowings, credit facilities and tender option bonds; (vi) costs, including dividend and/or interest expenses and other costs (including, without limitation, offering and related legal costs, fees to brokers, fees to auction agents, fees to transfer agents, fees to ratings agencies and fees to auditors associated with satisfying ratings agency requirements for preferred shares or other securities issued by the Fund and other related requirements in the Fund’s organizational documents) associated with the Fund’s issuance, offering, redemption and maintenance of preferred shares, commercial paper or other instruments (such as the use of reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls, bank borrowings, credit facilities and tender option bonds) for the purpose of incurring leverage; (vii) fees and expenses of any underlying funds or other pooled vehicles in which the Fund invests; (viii) dividend and interest expenses on short positions taken by the Fund; (ix) fees and expenses, including travel expenses, and fees and expenses of legal counsel retained for their benefit, of Trustees who are not officers, employees, partners, shareholders or members of PIMCO or its subsidiaries or affiliates; (x) extraordinary expenses, including extraordinary legal expenses, as may arise, including, without limitation, expenses incurred in connection with litigation, proceedings, other claims, and the legal obligations of the Fund to indemnify its Trustees, officers, employees, shareholders, distributors, and agents with respect thereto; (xi) fees and expenses, including legal, printing and mailing, solicitation and other fees and expenses associated with and incident to shareholder meetings and proxy solicitations involving contested elections of Trustees, shareholder proposals or other non-routine matters that are not initiated or proposed by Fund management; (xii) organizational and offering expenses of the Funds, including registration (including share registration fees), legal, marketing, printing, accounting and other expenses, associated with organizing the Fund in its state of jurisdiction and in connection with the initial registration of the Fund under the Act and the initial registration of its shares under the Securities Act of 1933 (i.e., through the effectiveness of the Fund’s initial registration statement on Form N-2) and fees and expenses associated with seeking, applying for and obtaining formal exemptive, no-action and/or other relief from the SEC in connection with the issuance of multiple share classes; (xiii) except as otherwise specified herein as an expense of PIMCO, any expenses allocated or allocable to a specific class of shares, including without limitation, sub-transfer agency expenses and distribution and/or services fees paid pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 or similar plan adopted by the Board for a particular share class; and (xiv) expenses of the Fund which are capitalized in accordance with

 

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U.S. GAAP. Without limiting the generality or scope of the foregoing, it is understood that the Funds may bear such expenses either directly or indirectly through contracts or arrangements with PIMCO or an affiliated or unaffiliated third party.

Each of the Trustees of the Board who is not an “interested person” under Section 2(a)(19) of the Act, (the “Independent Trustees”) also serves as a trustee of a number of other closed-end funds for which PIMCO serves as investment manager (the “PIMCO Closed-End Funds”), together with the Funds, PIMCO Flexible Emerging Markets Income Fund and PIMCO Flexible Credit Income Fund, each a closed end management investment company managed by PIMCO that is operated as an “interval fund” and PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, an open-end management investment company with multiple series for which PIMCO serves as investment adviser and administrator.

The Funds pay no compensation directly to any Trustee or any other officer who is affiliated with the Manager, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Funds from the Manager or its affiliates.

(d) Expense Limitation  PIMCO has contractually agreed, through May 2, 2024, to waive a portion of the Funds’ management fee, or reimburse each Fund, to the extent that organizational expenses, pro rata share of expenses related to obtaining or maintaining a Legal Entity Identifier and pro rata Trustees’ fees exceed 0.10% of each Fund’s net assets (the “Expense Limit”). The expense limitation agreement will automatically renew for one-year terms unless PIMCO provides written notice to the Funds at least 30 days’ notice prior to the end of the then current term. Under an expense limitation agreement, in any month in which the investment management agreement is in effect, PIMCO is entitled to reimbursement by a Fund of any portion of the management fee reduced as set forth above (the “Reimbursement Amount”) during the previous thirty-six months, provided that such amount paid to PIMCO will not (i) together with any recoupment of organizational expenses, pro rata share of expenses related to obtaining or maintaining a Legal Entity Identifier and pro rata trustee fees or management fees exceed the Expense Limit; (ii) exceed the total Reimbursement Amount; or (iii) include any amounts previously reimbursed to PIMCO. For the avoidance of doubt, any reimbursement of PIMCO’s management fee pursuant to the expense limitation agreement plus any recoupment of organizational expenses and pro rata Trustees’ fees will not exceed the lesser of (i) the expense limit in effect at the time of waiver or reimbursement and (ii) the expense limit in effect at the time of recoupment. Total expenses incurred related to the organization of the Fund, including Trustee fees, was $352,732. A portion of those costs were incurred prior to the notice of effectiveness and reflected in the financial statements accompanying the Fund’s initial registration statement.

The total recoverable amounts to PIMCO as of June 30, 2023 (from the Investment Advisory Fee Waiver Agreement and Expense Limitation Agreement combined), were as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

          Expiring within  
Fund Name         12 months     13-24 months     25-36 months     Total  
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund     $   0     $   0     $   303     $   303  

Pursuant to a Management Fee Waiver Agreement between the PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund and PIMCO, PIMCO has contractually agreed, for one year from the initial effective date

 

   
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of the Fund’s registration statement (June 21, 2023), to waive 33% of the management fees it is entitled to receive from PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement.

PIMCO’s waiver of management fees under the Management Fee Waiver Agreement is applied first and independently of PIMCO’s obligations under the Expense Limitation Agreement (such that amounts waived pursuant to the Management Fee Waiver Agreement shall not be applied to reduce any waiver or reimbursement obligations PIMCO has under the Expense Limitation Agreement). PIMCO may not seek reimbursement from a Fund with respect to the Management Fees waived pursuant to the Management Fee Waiver Agreement.

Pursuant to the Expense Limitation Agreement and Management Fee Waiver Agreement, waiver amounts are reflected on the Statements of Operations as a component of Waiver and/or Reimbursement by PIMCO. For the period ended June 30, 2023, the Funds below waived the following fees (amounts in thousands):

 

Fund Name         Waived Fees  
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund     $   53  
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund       0  

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

(e) Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses  Acquired Fund expenses incurred by each Fund, if any, will vary with changes in the expenses of the Acquired Funds, as well as the allocation of each Fund’s assets.

9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Manager is a related party. Fees payable to this party are disclosed in Note 9, Fees and Expenses, and the accrued related party fee amounts are disclosed on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Certain Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain related affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Funds from or to another fund or portfolio that are, or could be, considered an affiliate, or an affiliate of an affiliate, by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with applicable SEC rules and interpretations under the Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Purchases and sales of securities pursuant to applicable SEC rules and interpretations under the Act for the period ended June 30, 2023, were as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

Fund Name         Purchases     Sales    

Realized

Gain/Loss

 
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund     $   5,700     $   954     $   (18

 

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

 

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10. GUARANTEES AND INDEMNIFICATIONS

Under each Fund’s organizational documents, each Trustee and officer is indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts.

11. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

The length of time a Fund has held a particular security is not generally a consideration in investment decisions. A change in the securities held by a Fund is known as “portfolio turnover.” Each Fund may engage in frequent and active trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective(s), particularly during periods of volatile market movements. High portfolio turnover may involve correspondingly greater transaction costs, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestments in other securities, which are borne by the Fund. Such sales may also result in realization of taxable capital gains, including short-term capital gains (which are generally taxed at ordinary income tax rates when distributed to shareholders). The transaction costs associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect a Fund’s performance. The portfolio turnover rates are reported in the Financial Highlights.

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments) for the period ended June 30, 2023, were as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

          U.S. Government/Agency           All Other  
Fund Name         Purchases     Sales           Purchases     Sales  
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund     $ 0     $ 0       $ 20,255     $ 9,104  
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund         15,913         0           433,314         367,758  

 

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

12. PREFERRED SHARES

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (the “Fund”) issued and has outstanding the following series of Remarketable Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares (“RVMTP Shares”) as of June 30, 2023:

 

Series        

Shares

Outstanding

    Original Issue
Date
 

Mandatory

Redemption Date(4)

Series 2049-A RVMTP Shares(1)     500     November 18, 2019   November 18, 2049
Series 2050-B RVMTP Shares(2)       1,000     November 1, 2022   October 1, 2050
Series 2051-A RVMTP Shares(3)       500     December 6, 2021   December 6, 2051
Series 2052-A RVMTP Shares       1,000     January 24, 2022   January 24, 2052
Series 2052-B RVMTP Shares       1,000     April 8, 2022   April 8, 2052

 

(1)

On May 9, 2022, Series 2050-A RVMTP Shares, originally issued on April 20, 2020, were exchanged for shares of Series 2049-A RVMTP Shares on a one-for-one basis. The remarketable period for the consolidated Series 2049-A RVMTP Shares was extended to May 2025.

(2) 

On October 1, 2020, the Fund originally issued 750 Series 2050-B RVMTP Shares. On November 1, 2022, the Fund’s Bylaws were amended and restated to modify provisions related to the RVMTP Shares (the “Restatement”) and concurrent with the Restatement, the Fund issued an additional 250 2050-B RVMTP Shares and amended the terms of the originally issued Series 2050-B RVMTP Shares.

 

   
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(3) 

On June 17, 2019, the Fund issued Variable Rate Muni Fund Term Preferred Shares, Series 2022 (the “VMTP Shares”), which were redesignated (such redesignation, the Redesignation”), effective December 6, 2021, as RVMTP Shares, Series 2051-A. Concurrent with the Redesignation, on December 6, 2021, the Fund issued an additional amount of Series 2051-A RVMTP Shares.

(4) 

The RVMTP Shares are subject to a mandatory term redemption date subject to the Fund’s right to extend the term with the consent of the holders of each series of RVMTP Shares. There is no assurance that the term of the RVMTP Shares will be extended.

In the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities, the Preferred Shares’ aggregate liquidation preference is shown as a liability since they are considered debt of the issuer. Costs directly related to the Redesignation and issuance of each series of RVMTP Shares are considered debt issuance costs and are being amortized into interest expense over the life of each series of RVMTP Shares. The liquidation value of the Preferred Shares in the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities is shown as a liability and represents their liquidation preference, which approximates fair value of the shares and is considered level 2 under the fair value hierarchy, less any unamortized debt issuance costs. The Fund may redeem, in whole or from time to time in part, the outstanding RVMTP Shares at a redemption price per share equal to (i) the liquidation preference of the RVMTP Shares, plus (ii) an amount equal to all unpaid dividends and other distributions accumulated from and including the date of issuance to (but excluding) the date of redemption (whether or not earned or declared by the Fund, but without interest thereon) plus (iii) any applicable optional redemption premium. No Preferred Shares were redeemed during the period ended June 30, 2023.

The Fund, at its option, may designate special terms applicable to all of the outstanding RVMTP Shares for a certain period (a “Special Terms Period”) pursuant to a notice of special terms. Such special terms may differ from those provided in the current governing documents of the RVMTP Shares and may include, without limitation, changes to the dividend rate, dividend payment dates and redemption provisions; provided that such special terms do not affect the parity ranking of the RVMTP Shares to any other class or series of Preferred Shares then outstanding with respect to dividends or distribution of assets upon dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the affairs of the Fund. No Special Terms Period with respect to a series of RVMTP Shares will become effective unless certain conditions are satisfied, including that all of the RVMTP Shares in such series are remarketed (except with respect to any RVMTP Shares whose holders have elected to retain their RVMTP Shares for the Special Terms Period). A Special Terms Period will not become effective before the 12-month anniversary (for Series 2049-A, Series 2051-A, Series 2052-A and Series 2052-B) or 24-month anniversary (for Series 2050-B) of the date of original issue of the applicable series of RVMTP Shares. The Fund did not declare a Special Terms Period during the period ended June 30, 2023.

In addition, with respect to each series of RVMTP Shares, a “Mandatory Tender Event” will occur on each date that is (i) 20 business days before each three-year anniversary (or, with respect to the Series 2050-B, 42-month anniversary) of the date of original issue of such series of RVMTP Shares, (ii) the date the Fund delivers a notice designating a Special Terms Period, and (iii) 20 business days before the end of a Special Terms Period (provided that no subsequent Special Terms Period is designated). Upon the occurrence of a Mandatory Tender Event, all RVMTP Shares will be subject to mandatory tender (subject to the holders’ election to retain their RVMTP Shares) and the Fund will issue or cause to be issued a notice of mandatory tender to the holders of the RVMTP Shares for remarketing on the Mandatory Tender Date. If any RVMTP Shares subject to a Mandatory Tender Event upon a three-year anniversary (for Series 2049-A, Series 2051-A, Series 2052-A and Series 2052-B) or 42-month

 

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anniversary (for Series 2050-B) of the date of original issue of the RVMTP Shares (November 1, 2022 for Series 2050-B) or upon the end of a Special Terms Period (each, an “RVMTP Share Early Term Redemption Date”) have not been either retained by the holders or remarketed by the Mandatory Tender Date, the Fund will redeem such RVMTP Shares on the RVMTP Share Early Term Redemption Date. (1) No Mandatory Tender Event occurred during the period ended June 30, 2023.

Dividends paid with respect to the Preferred Shares, which are payable monthly, are treated as interest expense, are accrued daily and are reflected as a component of interest expense in the Statements of Operations. For the period ended June 30, 2023, the amount of the RVMTP Shares outstanding, interest expense related to the dividends paid to RVMTP Shares (including amounts prior to and after the Redesignation, as applicable) and the daily weighted average interest rate (calculated from issuance date), including issuance costs, can be found in the table below:

 

         

Shares

Outstanding

   

Interest

Expense

   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate*

Series 2049-A RVMTP Shares     500     $   1,053     4.25%
Series 2050-B RVMTP Shares       1,000       2,062     4.16
Series 2051-A RVMTP Shares       500       1,051     4.24
Series 2052-A RVMTP Shares       1,000       2,041     4.11
Series 2052-B RVMTP Shares       1,000       2,026     4.08

 

 

Amounts in thousands. A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

(1) 

With respect to the Mandatory Tender Events described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the corresponding “Mandatory Tender Date” means, respectively: (i) the date that is the corresponding three- year anniversary (for Series 2049-A, Series 2051-A, and Series 2052-B), 42-month anniversary (for Series 2050-B) of the date of original issue of such series of RVMTP Shares (November 1, 2022 for Series 2050-B), or the date that is 180 calendar days following the Early Redemption Date (for Series 2052-A), (ii) the date on which the related Special Terms Period becomes effective, and (iii) the last day of the related Special Terms Period (subject, in each case, to the holders’ election to retain their RVMTP Shares).

*

The rate presented is inclusive of the amortized debt issuance cost. As a result, the rate shown may not fall into the range presented in the table below.

The Fund is subject to certain limitations and restrictions while the RVMTP Shares are outstanding. Failure to comply with these limitations and restrictions could preclude the Fund from declaring or paying any dividends or distributions to common shareholders or repurchasing common shares and/or could trigger the mandatory redemption of the Preferred Shares at their liquidation preference plus any accumulated, unpaid dividends and other distributions. Any resulting suspension of payment of common share dividends may result in a tax penalty for the Fund and, in certain circumstances, the loss of treatment as a regulated investment company. Any such mandatory redemption will be conducted on a pro rata basis among each series of the Preferred Shares and any other preferred shares of the Fund outstanding based upon the proportion that the aggregate liquidation preference of any series bears to the aggregate liquidation preference of all outstanding series of the Fund’s preferred shares. Under the terms of purchase agreements between the Fund and the investors in the Preferred Shares, the Fund is subject to various investment requirements while the Preferred Shares are outstanding. These requirements may be more restrictive than those to which the Fund is otherwise subject in accordance with its investment objectives and policies. In addition, the Fund is subject to certain restrictions on its investments imposed by guidelines of the rating agencies that rate the Preferred Shares, which guidelines may be changed by the applicable rating agency, in its

 

   
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sole discretion, from time to time. These guidelines may impose asset coverage or portfolio composition requirements that are more stringent than those imposed on the Fund by the Act.

Ratings agencies may change their methodologies for evaluating and providing ratings for shares of closed-end funds at any time and in their sole discretion, which may affect the rating (if any) of a Fund’s shares.

The Fund is required to maintain certain asset coverage with respect to all outstanding senior securities of the Fund which are stocks for purposes of the Act, including the Preferred Shares, as set forth in the Fund’s governing documents and the Act. One such requirement under the Act is that the Fund is not permitted to declare or pay common share dividends unless immediately thereafter the Fund has a minimum asset coverage ratio of 200% with respect to all outstanding senior securities of the Fund which are stocks for purposes of the Act after deducting the amount of such common share dividends. In addition, under the terms of the Series 2050-B, the Fund must maintain a minimum asset coverage ratio of 225%. The asset coverage ratio is reported in the Financial Highlights.

Holders of preferred shares of the Fund, who are entitled to one vote per share, including holders of Preferred Shares, generally vote together as one class with the common shareholders of the Fund, but preferred shareholders vote separately as a class to elect two Trustees of the Fund, as required by the Act, and on certain matters adversely affecting the rights of preferred shareholders. Under the Act, preferred shareholders, including holders of the Preferred Shares, are also entitled to elect a majority of the trustees at any time when dividends on the preferred shares are unpaid for two full years.

The dividend rates paid on the Preferred Shares are determined over the course of a seven-day period, which generally commences each Thursday and ends the following Wednesday (the “Rate Period”). The dividends per share for the RVMTP Shares for a given Rate Period are dependent on the RVMTP Share dividend rate for that Rate Period (the “RVMTP Share Dividend Rate”). The RVMTP Share Dividend Rate for Series 2049-A, Series 2051-A, and Series 2052-B is equal to the greater of (i) the sum of the Index Rate(1) plus the Applicable Spread(2) for the Rate Period plus the “Failed Remarketing Spread”(3), and (ii) the sum of (a) the product of the Index Rate multiplied by the Applicable Multiplier(4) for such Rate Period plus (b) 1.00% plus (c) the Failed Remarketing Spread. The RVMTP Share Dividend Rate for Series 2050-B is equal to (i) the sum of the Index Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Spread (including the “Spread Adjustment” (5)) plus (iii) the Failed Remarketing Spread. The RVMTP Share Dividend Rate for Series 2052-A is equal to the greater of (i) the sum of the Index Rate plus an “Applicable Spread” for the Rate Period plus the Failed Remarketing Spread, if applicable, and (ii) the sum of (a) the product of the Index Rate multiplied by the “Applicable Multiplier” for such Rate Period plus (b) 0.92% plus (c) the Failed Remarketing Spread, if applicable. The dividend per RVMTP Share for the Rate Period is then determined as described in the table below. (6)

 

Dividend Rate        Rate Period Fraction       

Preferred Shares

Liquidation Preference

       Dividend
    Number of days in the Rate Period (or a part thereof)        
RVMTP Share Dividend Rate   x   Divided by   x   100,000   =   Dividends per RVMTP Share
        Total number of days in the year                

 

(1) 

The Index Rate is determined by reference to a weekly, high-grade index comprised of seven-day, tax-exempt variable rate demand notes, generally the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Index.

 

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(2) 

For each series of RVMTP Shares, the Applicable Spread for a Rate Period is a percentage per annum that is based on the long term rating most recently assigned by the applicable ratings agency to such series of RVMTP Shares, and, for Series 2050-B, it is also based on “Spread Adjustment.”

(3) 

With respect to Series 2049-A, Series 2051-A, Series 2052-B and Series 2050-B, the Failed Remarketing Spread means (i) for so long as two or more Failed Remarketings have not occurred, 0%, and (ii) following the second occurrence of a Failed Remarketing, 0.15% (for Series 2049-A, Series 2051-A and Series 2052-B) or 0.25% (for Series 2050-B) multiplied by the number of Failed Remarketings that have occurred after the first Failed Remarketing. With respect to Series 2052-A, a Failed Remarketing Spread means (a) in the case of a Failed Special Terms Period Remarketing (as defined below): (i) for so long as two or more Failed Special Terms Period Remarketings have not occurred, 0.05%, and (ii) following the second occurrence of a Failed Special Terms Period Remarketing, 0.10% multiplied by the number of Failed Special Terms Period Remarketings that have occurred after the first Failed Special Terms Period Remarketing, and (b) in the case of a Failed Early Term Redemption Date Remarketing (as defined below): (i) 0.75% for the first 59 days following the applicable Early Term Redemption Date, (ii) 1.00% for the 60th to the 89th day following such Early Term Redemption Date, (iii) 1.25% for the 90th to the 119th day following such Early Term Redemption Date, (iv) 1.50% for the 120th to the 149th day following such Early Term Redemption Date, and (v) 1.75% for the 150th day following such Early Term Redemption Date to the date of the associated mandatory redemption of the Series 2052-A RVMTP Shares. With respect to Series 2049-A, Series 2051-A, Series 2052-B and Series 2050-B, a “Failed Remarketing,” with respect to a series of RVMTP Shares, will occur if any RVMTP Shares in such series subject to a Mandatory Tender Event due to the Fund designating a Special Terms Period have not been either retained by the holders or successfully remarketed by the Mandatory Tender Date (each as defined below). With respect to Series 2052-A, a “Failed Special Terms Period Remarketing” will occur if any RVMTP Shares subject to a Mandatory Tender Event due to the Fund designating a Special Terms Period have not been either retained by the holders or successfully remarketed by the Mandatory Tender Date. In addition, with respect to Series 2052-A, a “Failed Early Term Redemption Date Remarketing” will occur if any RVMTP Shares subject to a Mandatory Tender Event have not been either retained by the holders or successfully remarketed by the Early Term Redemption Date.

(4)

For each series of RVMTP Shares other than the Series 2050-B, the Applicable Multiplier for a Rate Period is a percentage that is based on the long term rating most recently assigned by the applicable ratings agency to such series of RVMTP Shares.

(5) 

The “Spread Adjustment” means, (i) for the period from the closing date, November 1, 2022, to and including the date that is six months prior to the then current RVMTP Early Term Redemption Date (as defined above) (“Rate Period Termination Date”), 0%, and (ii) for the period after the Rate Period Termination Date, 2.00%.

(6) 

For each series of RVMTP Shares, an increased RVMTP Share Dividend Rate could be triggered by the Fund’s failure to comply with certain requirements relating to such series of RVMTP Shares, certain actions taken by the applicable ratings agency or certain determinations regarding the tax status of such series of RVMTP Shares made by a court or other applicable governmental authority. The RVMTP Share Dividend Rate will in no event exceed 15% per year.

For the period ended June 30, 2023, the annualized dividend rate on each series of the RVMTP Shares ranged from:

 

         

Shares Issued

and Outstanding

    High     Low    

As of

June 30, 2023

 
Series 2049-A RVMTP Shares       500       5.350%       2.660%       5.010%  
Series 2050-B RVMTP Shares       1,000       5.380%       2.660%       5.040%  
Series 2051-A RVMTP Shares       500       5.350%       2.660%       5.010%  
Series 2052-A RVMTP Shares       1,000       5.270%       2.580%       4.930%  
Series 2052-B RVMTP Shares       1,000       5.270%       2.580%       4.930%  

13. COMMON SHARES OFFERING

Each Fund has authorized an unlimited number of Common Shares at a par value of $0.00001 per share.

 

   
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Changes in common shares of beneficial interest were as follows (shares and amounts in thousands):

 

          PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund  
          Six Months Ended
06/30/2023
   

Inception Date through

12/31/2022(a)

 
          Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Receipts for shares sold

   

Institutional Class

      1,043     $   10,519       4,722     $   46,507  

Class A-1

      148 (b)      1,465 (b)      N/A       N/A  

Issued as reinvestment of distributions

   

Institutional Class

      56       556       46       449  

Class A-1

      1 (b)      12 (b)      N/A       N/A  

Cost of shares redeemed

     

Institutional Class

      (16     (165     0       0  

Class A-1

      0 (b)      0 (b)      N/A       N/A  

Net increase (decrease) resulting from Fund share transactions

      1,232     $   12,387       4,768     $   46,956  

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

(a) 

Inception date of the Fund was June 27, 2022.

(b) 

Inception date of the Class A-1 was January 31, 2023.

 

          PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund  
          Six Months Ended
06/30/2023
    Year Ended
12/31/2022
 
          Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Receipts for shares sold

   

Institutional Class

      11,059     $   110,297       32,720     $   339,424  

Class A-1

      8,614       85,490       6,809       73,568  

Class A-2

      2,117       21,058       2,814       29,155  

Class A-3

      2,543       25,437       5,807       59,289  

Issued as reinvestment of distributions

   

Institutional Class

      566       5,624       741       7,492  

Class A-1

      521       5,175       769       7,780  

Class A-2

      66       658       75       754  

Class A-3

      163       1,621       3       34  

Cost of shares repurchased

   

Institutional Class

      (10,754     (107,878     (31,099     (310,402

Class A-1

      (1,514     (15,169     (3,660     (36,443

Class A-2

      (1,436     (14,336     (511     (4,911

Class A-3

      (710     (7,151     (5,340     (57,723

Net increase (decrease) resulting from Fund share transactions

      11,235     $ 110,826       9,128     $ 108,017  

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

 

 

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(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

The following table discloses the number of shareholders that owned 10% or more of the outstanding shares of the Funds along with their respective percent ownership, if any, as of June 30, 2023. Some of these shareholders may be considered related parties, which may include, but are not limited to, the investment adviser and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds and directors or employees of the Funds’ Manager.

 

          Shareholders that own 10% or
more of outstanding shares
          Total percentage of portfolio held by
shareholders that own 10% or more of
outstanding shares
 
          Non-Related
Parties
    Related
Parties
          Non-Related
Parties
    Related
Parties
 
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund       1       1         33%       43%  
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund       1       0         15%       0%  

14. REPURCHASE OFFERING

Each Fund is an “interval fund” and, in order to provide liquidity to shareholders, each Fund, subject to applicable law, conducts quarterly repurchase offers of the Fund’s outstanding Common Shares at NAV, subject to approval of the Board. In all cases such repurchases will be between 5% and 25%, or such other amount as may be permitted under applicable rules and regulations or no-action, exemptive or other relief of its outstanding Common Shares at NAV, pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Act. Each Fund currently expects to conduct quarterly repurchase offers for 10% of their outstanding Common Shares under ordinary circumstances. Each Fund believes that these repurchase offers are generally beneficial to the Funds’ shareholders, and repurchases generally will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. However, repurchase offers and the need to fund repurchase obligations may affect the ability of each Fund to be fully invested or force the Funds to maintain a higher percentage of their assets in liquid investments, which may harm each Funds’ investment performance. Moreover, diminution in the size of each Fund through repurchases may result in untimely sales of portfolio securities (with associated imputed transaction costs, which may be significant), may limit the ability of each Fund to participate in new investment opportunities or to achieve its investment objective and will tend to increase the Funds’ expense ratio per Common Share for remaining shareholders. Each Fund may accumulate cash by holding back (i.e., not reinvesting) payments received in connection with the Funds’ investments. Each Fund believes that payments received in connection with the Funds’ investments will generate sufficient cash to meet the maximum potential amount of the Funds’ repurchase obligations. If at any time cash and other liquid assets held by the Funds are not sufficient to meet the Funds’ repurchase obligations, each Fund intends, if necessary, to sell investments. If, as expected, each Fund employs investment leverage, repurchases of Common Shares would compound the adverse effects of leverage in a declining market. In addition, if a Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on that borrowing will negatively affect common shareholders who do not tender their Common Shares by increasing the Funds’ expenses and reducing any net investment income.

If a repurchase offer is oversubscribed, a Fund may determine to increase the amount repurchased by up to 2% of its outstanding shares as of the date of the Repurchase Request Deadline (as defined in each Fund’s prospectus). In the event that the Funds determine not to repurchase more than the repurchase offer amount, or if shareholders tender more than the repurchase offer amount plus 2%

 

   
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Notes to Financial Statements (Cont.)

 

 

 

of the Funds’ outstanding shares as of the date of the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Funds will repurchase the Common Shares tendered on a pro rata basis, and shareholders will have to wait until the next repurchase offer to make another repurchase request. As a result, shareholders may be unable to liquidate all or a given percentage of their investment in the Funds during a particular repurchase offer. Some shareholders, in anticipation of proration, may tender more Common Shares than they wish to have repurchased in a particular quarter, thereby increasing the likelihood that proration will occur. A shareholder may be subject to market and other risks, and the NAV of Common Shares tendered in a repurchase offer may decline between the Repurchase Request Deadline and the date on which the NAV for tendered Common Shares is determined. In addition, the repurchase of Common Shares by the Funds may be a taxable event to shareholders.

During the period ended June 30, 2023, each Fund engaged in repurchase offers as follows:

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

Repurchase Request Deadline         Repurchase Offer
Amount (as a
percentage of
outstanding shares)
    Number of Shares
Repurchased
    Percentage of
Outstanding Shares
Repurchased
 

February 9, 2023

                         
Institutional Class       10     3,071,602       4.16
A-1       10       310,869       1.13  
A-2       10       17,649       0.37  
A-3       10       344,253       1.44  

May 9, 2023

                         
Institutional Class       10       7,682,437       9.99  
A-1       10       1,152,610       3.44  
A-2       10       1,418,538       27.99  
A-3       10       366,051       1.48  

PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

Repurchase Request Deadline         Repurchase Offer
Amount (as a
percentage of
outstanding shares)
    Number of Shares
Repurchased
    Percentage of
Outstanding Shares
Repurchased
 

February 9, 2023

                         
Institutional Class       10     2,279       0.05

May 9, 2023

                         
Institutional Class       10       14,111       0.26  

15. REGULATORY AND LITIGATION MATTERS

The Funds are not named as defendants in any material litigation or arbitration proceedings and are not aware of any material litigation or claim pending or threatened against them.

The foregoing speaks only as of the date of this report.

 

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(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

16. FEDERAL INCOME TAX MATTERS

Each Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and distribute all of its taxable income and net realized gains, if applicable, to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes has been made. Due to the timing of when distributions are made by a Fund, the Fund may be subject to an excise tax of 4% of the amount by which 98% of the Fund’s annual taxable income and 98.2% of net realized gains exceed the distributions from such taxable income and realized gains for the calendar year.

A Fund may be subject to local withholding taxes, including those imposed on realized capital gains. Any applicable foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains, and may be payable following the sale of any applicable investments.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Manager has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years. As of June 30, 2023, the Funds have recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions they have taken or expect to take in future tax returns.

The Funds file U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. The Funds’ tax returns are subject to examination by relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return but which can be extended to six years in certain circumstances. Tax returns for open years have incorporated no uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, a Fund is permitted to carry forward any new capital losses for an unlimited period. Additionally, such capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term under previous law.

As of their last fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, the Funds had the following post-effective capital losses with no expiration (amounts in thousands):

 

          Short-Term     Long-Term  
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund     $ 219     $ 2  
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund         79,829         28,441  

 

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

As of June 30, 2023, the aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments for federal income tax purposes are as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

          Federal Tax
Cost
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
(Depreciation)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(1)
 
PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund     $ 58,526     $ 1,366     $ (265   $ 1,101  
PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund         1,809,519         38,237         (95,879       (57,642

 

 

A zero balance may reflect actual amounts rounding to less than one thousand.

(1) 

Primary differences, if any, between book and tax net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are attributable to wash sale loss deferrals for federal income tax purposes.

 

   
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Notes to Financial Statements (Cont.)

 

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

 

17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In preparing these financial statements, the Fund’s management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.

There were no subsequent events identified that require recognition or disclosure.

 

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Glossary: (abbreviations that may be used in the preceding statements)

 

(Unaudited)

 

Currency Abbreviations:             
USD (or $)   

United States Dollar

      
Index/Spread Abbreviations:    
MUNIPSA   

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index

  US0003M   

ICE 3-Month USD LIBOR

 
SOFR   

Secured Overnight Financing Rate

      
Municipal Bond or Agency Abbreviations:    
AGC   

Assured Guaranty Corp.

  GNMA   

Government National Mortgage Association

 
AGM   

Assured Guaranty Municipal

  NPFGC   

National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.

 
AMBAC   

American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

  PSF   

Public School Fund

 
BAM   

Build America Mutual Assurance

  SGI   

Syncora Guarantee, Inc.

 
FGIC   

Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

      
Other Abbreviations:    
TBA   

To-Be-Announced

      

 

   
       SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      89  


Distribution Information

 

 

For purposes of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), the Funds estimated the periodic sources of any dividends paid during the period covered by this report in accordance with good accounting practice. Pursuant to Rule 19a-1(e) under the Act, the table below sets forth the actual source information for dividends paid during the six month period ended June 30, 2023 calculated as of each distribution period pursuant to Section 19 of the Act. The information below is not provided for U.S. federal income tax reporting purposes. The tax character of all dividends and distributions is reported on Form 1099-DIV (for shareholders who receive U.S. federal tax reporting) at the end of each calendar year. See the Financial Highlights section of this report for the tax characterization of distributions determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations for the fiscal year.

PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

Institutional Class         Net Investment
Income*
    Net Realized
Capital Gains*
    Paid-in Surplus or
Other Capital
Sources**
    Total (per
common share)
 
January 2023     $ 0.0285     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0285  
February 2023     $ 0.0300     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0300  
March 2023     $ 0.0316     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0316  
April 2023     $ 0.0278     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0278  
May 2023     $ 0.0299     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0299  
June 2023     $ 0.0318     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0318  
A-1         Net Investment
Income*
    Net Realized
Capital Gains*
    Paid-in Surplus or
Other Capital
Sources**
    Total (per
common share)
 
January 2023     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000  
February 2023     $ 0.0267     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0267  
March 2023     $ 0.0271     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0271  
April 2023     $ 0.0239     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0239  
May 2023     $ 0.0256     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0256  
June 2023     $ 0.0275     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0275  

PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund

 

Institutional Class         Net Investment
Income*
    Net Realized
Capital Gains*
    Paid-in Surplus or
Other Capital
Sources**
    Total (per
common share)
 
January 2023     $ 0.0336     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0336  
February 2023     $ 0.0357     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0357  
March 2023     $ 0.0372     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0372  
April 2023     $ 0.0330     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0330  
May 2023     $ 0.0354     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0354  
June 2023     $ 0.0392     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0392  

 

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(Unaudited)

 

A-1         Net Investment
Income*
    Net Realized
Capital Gains*
    Paid-in Surplus or
Other Capital
Sources**
    Total (per
common share)
 
January 2023     $ 0.0296     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0296  
February 2023     $ 0.0318     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0318  
March 2023     $ 0.0327     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0327  
April 2023     $ 0.0292     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0292  
May 2023     $ 0.0311     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0311  
June 2023     $ 0.0349     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0349  
A-2         Net Investment
Income*
    Net Realized
Capital Gains*
    Paid-in Surplus or
Other Capital
Sources**
    Total (per
common share)
 
January 2023     $ 0.0297     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0297  
February 2023     $ 0.0320     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0320  
March 2023     $ 0.0328     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0328  
April 2023     $ 0.0292     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0292  
May 2023     $ 0.0311     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0311  
June 2023     $ 0.0351     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0351  
A-3         Net Investment
Income*
    Net Realized
Capital Gains*
    Paid-in Surplus or
Other Capital
Sources**
    Total (per
common share)
 
January 2023     $ 0.0275     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0275  
February 2023     $ 0.0299     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0299  
March 2023     $ 0.0305     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0305  
April 2023     $ 0.0272     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0272  
May 2023     $ 0.0289     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0289  
June 2023     $ 0.0327     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0000     $ 0.0327  

 

*

The source of dividends provided in the table differs, in some respects, from information presented in this report prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. For example, net earnings from certain interest rate swap contracts are included as a source of net investment income for purposes of Section 19(a). Accordingly, the information in the table may differ from information in the accompanying financial statements that are presented on the basis of U.S. GAAP and may differ from tax information presented in the footnotes. Amounts shown may include accumulated, as well as fiscal period net income and net profits.

**

Occurs when a fund distributes an amount greater than its accumulated net income and net profits. Amounts are not reflective of a fund’s net income, yield, earnings or investment performance.

 

   
       SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      91  


Investment Strategy Updates

 

(Unaudited)

 

Effective April 30, 2023, PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund is permitted to, as a principal investment strategy, to invest in and/or originate loans, including, without limitation, to, on behalf of, authorized by, sponsored by, and/or in connection with a project for which authority and responsibility lies with one or more U.S. states or territories, cities in a U.S. state or territory, or political subdivisions, agencies, authorities or instrumentalities of such states, territories or cities, which may be in the form of whole loans, assignments, participations, secured and unsecured notes, senior and second lien loans, mezzanine loans, bridge loans or similar investments. This may include loans to public or private firms or individuals, such as in connection with housing development projects. When investing in or originating loans, the Fund is not restricted by any particular credit risk criteria and/or qualifications. The Fund also is not limited in the amount, size or type of loans it may invest in and/or originate, including with respect to a single borrower, other than pursuant to any applicable law. The loans the Fund invests in or originates may vary in maturity and/or duration. The Fund’s investment in or origination of loans may also be limited by the requirements the Fund intends to observe under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), in order to qualify as a regulated investment company (a “RIC”). The loans acquired by the Fund may be of the type that count towards the Fund’s 80% policy or they may be loans that produce income that is subject to regular federal income tax or California income tax.

Effective April 30, 2023, PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund is permitted to, as a principal investment strategy, to invest in and/or originate loans, including, without limitation, to, on behalf of, authorized by, sponsored by, and/or in connection with a project for which authority and responsibility lies with one or more U.S. states or territories, cities in a U.S. state or territory, or political subdivisions, agencies, authorities or instrumentalities of such states, territories or cities, which may be in the form of whole loans, assignments, participations, secured and unsecured notes, senior and second lien loans, mezzanine loans, bridge loans or similar investments. This may include loans to public or private firms or individuals, such as in connection with housing development projects. When investing in or originating loans, the Fund is not restricted by any particular credit risk criteria and/or qualifications. The Fund also is not limited in the amount, size or type of loans it may invest in and/or originate, including with respect to a single borrower, other than pursuant to any applicable law. The loans the Fund invests in or originates may vary in maturity and/or duration. The Fund’s investment in or origination of loans may also be limited by the requirements the Fund intends to observe under Subchapter M of the Code in order to qualify as a RIC. The loans acquired by the Fund may be of the type that count towards the Fund’s 80% policy or they may be loans that produce income that is subject to regular federal income tax.

 

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Change to Board of Trustees

 

(Unaudited)

 

Effective April 30, 2023, John C. Maney retired from his position as Trustee of the Funds.

Effective April 30, 2023, the Board of Trustees appointed Ms. Libby D. Cantrill as a Trustee of the Funds.

 

   
       SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      93  


Changes to Portfolio Managers

 

(Unaudited)

 

Effective April 21, 2023, each Fund’s portfolio is jointly and primarily managed by David Hammer, Amit Arora and Kyle Christine, and Rachel Betton no longer serves as portfolio manager.

 

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Approval of Investment Management Agreements

 

(Unaudited)

 

PMFLX, CAFLX

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), requires that the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), of PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (“PMFLX”) and PIMCO California Flexible Municipal Income Fund (“CAFLX”) (each, a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”), voting separately, annually approve the continuation of the Investment Management Agreement between each Fund and Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”) (each, an “Agreement” and, collectively, the “Agreements”). At an in-person meeting held on June 14, 2023 (the “Approval Meeting”), the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered and unanimously approved the continuation of each Agreement for an additional one-year period commencing on August 1, 2023.

In addition to the Approval Meeting, the Contracts Committee (the “Committee”) and the Performance Committee of the Board held a joint meeting on May 19, 2023 to discuss materials provided by PIMCO in connection with the Trustees’ review of each Agreement. The annual contract review process also involved multiple discussions and meetings with members of the Committee and the full Committee (the Approval Meeting, together with such discussions and meetings, the “Contract Renewal Meetings”). Throughout the process, the Independent Trustees received legal advice from independent legal counsel that is experienced in 1940 Act matters and independent of PIMCO (“Independent Counsel”), and with whom they met separately from PIMCO during the Contract Renewal Meetings. Representatives from PIMCO attended portions of the Contract Renewal Meetings and responded to questions from the Independent Trustees. The Committee also received and reviewed a memorandum from Independent Counsel regarding the Trustees’ responsibilities in considering each Agreement and the fees paid thereunder.

In connection with their deliberations regarding the proposed continuation of each Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered such information and factors as they believed, in light of the legal advice furnished to them and their own business judgment, to reasonably be necessary to evaluate the terms of each Agreement. The Trustees also considered the nature, quality and extent of the various investment management, administrative and other services performed by PIMCO under each Agreement.

In evaluating each Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed extensive materials provided by PIMCO in response to questions, inclusive of follow-up inquiries, submitted by the Independent Trustees and Independent Counsel. The Board also met with senior representatives of PIMCO regarding its personnel, operations, and estimated profitability as they relate to each Fund. The Trustees also considered the broad range of information relevant to the annual contract review that is provided to the Board (including its various standing committees) at meetings throughout the year, including reports on investment performance based on the net asset value (“NAV”) of each Fund’s Institutional Class common shares (both absolute and compared against its Broadridge Performance Universe (as defined below)) and distribution yield, use of leverage, risks, and other portfolio information, including the use of derivatives, as well as periodic reports on, among other matters, pricing and valuation, quality and cost of portfolio trade execution, compliance, and shareholder and other services provided by PIMCO and its affiliates. To assist with their review, the Trustees reviewed summaries prepared by PIMCO that analyzed each Fund based on a number of

 

   
       SEMIANNUAL REPORT     JUNE 30, 2023      95  


Approval of Investment Management Agreements (Cont.)

 

 

factors, including fees/ expenses, performance, distribution yield, and risk-based factors, as of December 31, 2022. They also considered, among other information, performance based on NAV, investment objective and strategy, portfolio managers, assets under management, outstanding leverage, annual fund operating expenses, total expense ratio and management fee comparisons between each Fund and its Broadridge Expense Group (as defined below), and estimated profitability to PIMCO from its relationship with each Fund. In considering the Broadridge Performance Universe and Broadridge Expense Group (both as defined below), the Trustees requested that PIMCO comment on whether the peer funds selected for each Fund by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) provided an appropriate comparison, and if not, whether PIMCO believes another peer group would provide a more appropriate comparison.

The Trustees’ conclusions as to the continuation of each Agreement were based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees during the Contract Renewal Meetings and throughout the year and were not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees’ deliberations are described below, although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, attributing different weights to various factors. The Trustees evaluated information available to them on a Fund-by-Fund basis, and their determinations were made separately in respect of each Fund.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

As part of their review, the Trustees received and considered descriptions of various functions performed by PIMCO for the Funds, such as portfolio management, compliance monitoring, portfolio trading practices, and oversight of third-party service providers. They also considered information regarding the overall organization and business functions of PIMCO, including, without limitation, information regarding senior management, portfolio managers and other personnel providing investment management, administrative, and/or other services, and general corporate ownership and business operations unrelated to the Funds. The Trustees examined PIMCO’s abilities to provide high-quality investment management and other services to the Funds, noting PIMCO’s experience in managing interval funds, such as the Funds. Among other information, the Trustees considered the investment philosophy and research and decision-making processes of PIMCO; the experience of key advisory personnel of PIMCO responsible for portfolio management of the Funds; recent changes to the named portfolio managers of the Funds; information regarding the Funds’ use of leverage; the ability of PIMCO to attract and retain capable personnel; the background and capabilities of the senior management and staff of PIMCO; the general process or philosophy for determining employee compensation; and the operational infrastructure, including technology and systems and cybersecurity measures, of PIMCO.

In addition, the Trustees noted the extensive range of services that PIMCO provides to the Funds beyond investment management services. In this regard, the Trustees reviewed the extent and quality of PIMCO’s services with respect to regulatory compliance and its ability to comply with the investment policies of the Funds; the compliance programs and risk controls of PIMCO (including the implementation of new policies and programs); the specific contractual obligations of PIMCO pursuant to each Agreement; the nature, extent, and quality of the supervisory and administrative services PIMCO is responsible for providing to the Funds; PIMCO’s risk management function; the time and resources PIMCO expends monitoring the leverage employed by the Funds, including the

 

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(Unaudited)

 

covenants and restrictions imposed by certain forms of leverage such as the Funds’ preferred shares, if any; and conditions that might affect PIMCO’s ability to provide high-quality services to the Funds in the future under each Agreement, including, but not limited to, PIMCO’s financial condition and operational stability. The Trustees also took into account the entrepreneurial, business and other risks that PIMCO has undertaken as investment manager and sponsor of the Funds. Specifically, the Trustees considered that PIMCO’s responsibilities include continual management of investment, operational, enterprise, legal, regulatory, and compliance risks as they relate to the Funds. The Trustees also noted PIMCO’s activities under its contractual obligation to coordinate, oversee and supervise the Funds’ various outside service providers, including its negotiation of certain service providers’ fees and its due diligence and evaluation of service providers’ infrastructure, cybersecurity programs, compliance programs, and business continuity programs, among other matters. The Trustees also considered PIMCO’s ongoing development of its own infrastructure and information technology, including its proprietary software and applications, to support the Funds through, among other things, cybersecurity, business continuity planning, and risk management.

After their review and deliberations, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the overall services provided by PIMCO under each Agreement were appropriate.

Fee and Expense Information

In assessing the reasonableness of each Fund’s fees and expenses under its Agreement, the Trustees requested and considered, among other information, the Fund’s management fee and its total expenses as a percentage of average net assets attributable to common shares and as a percentage of average total managed assets (including assets attributable both to common shares and specified leverage outstanding), in comparison to the management fees and other expenses of a group of industry peer funds identified by Broadridge as pursuing investment strategies with classifications/objectives similar to each Fund (for each Fund, its “Broadridge Expense Group”) as well as of a broader universe of peer funds identified by Broadridge (for each Fund, its “Broadridge Expense Universe”). In each case, the total expense ratio information was provided both inclusive and exclusive of interest and borrowing expenses. The Fund-specific fee and expense results discussed below were prepared and provided by Broadridge and were not independently verified by the Trustees. The Trustees considered that the total expense ratio comparisons reflect the effect of fee and expense waivers/reimbursements. The Trustees noted that only leveraged closed-end funds were considered for inclusion in the Broadridge Expense Groups and Broadridge Expense Universes.

The Trustees considered that PIMCO has entered into an expense limitation agreement with each Fund pursuant to which PIMCO has contractually agreed, through May 2, 2024, to waive its management fee, or reimburse each Fund, to the extent that organizational expenses, expenses related to obtaining or maintaining a legal entity identifier and pro rata Trustees’ fees exceed 0.10% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. The Trustees considered that PIMCO is entitled to reimbursement under each Fund’s expense limitation agreement under certain conditions.

The Trustees considered information regarding the investment performance and fees for other funds and accounts managed by PIMCO, if any, including funds and accounts with comparable investment programs and/or principal investment strategies to those of the Funds, as well as certain other funds requested by the Trustees with broadly similar strategies and/or investment types. The Trustees

 

   
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considered information provided by PIMCO indicating that, in comparison to certain other products managed by PIMCO, including any open-end funds, exchange-traded funds, and listed closed-end funds with broadly similar strategies and/or investment types, there are additional portfolio management challenges in managing interval funds such as the Funds. For example, the Trustees considered that, as an interval fund, each Fund allows for (i) daily subscriptions, which allow for assets to increase over time, (ii) quarterly repurchases, which allow for assets to decrease periodically, (iii) changes in leverage, all of which results in more burdensome portfolio management, tax, accounting, regulatory and administrative processes than listed closed-end funds and open-end funds and (iv) investing in non-traditional and less liquid holdings as compared to open-end funds. In addition, the Independent Trustees considered information provided by PIMCO as to the generally broader and more extensive services provided to the Funds in comparison to those provided to private funds or institutional or separate accounts; the higher demands placed on PIMCO to provide considerable shareholder services due to the volume of investors; the greater entrepreneurial, enterprise, and reputational risk in managing registered interval funds; and the expenses, and impact on PIMCO, associated with the more extensive regulatory and compliance requirements to which the Funds are subject in comparison to private funds or institutional or separate accounts. The Trustees were advised by PIMCO that, in light of these additional challenges and additional services, different pricing structures between interval funds and other products managed by PIMCO are to be expected, and that comparisons of pricing structures across these products may not always be apt comparisons, even where other products have comparable investment objectives and strategies to those of the Funds.

The Trustees also took into account that each Fund pays management fees on assets attributable to types of leverage that it uses (including, as applicable, assets attributable to any reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls/buy backs, tender option bonds and preferred shares outstanding, if any), which increases the amount of management fees payable by the Fund under each Agreement (because each Fund’s fees are calculated based on total managed assets (including assets attributable to any reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls/buy backs, tender option bonds, borrowings and preferred shares that may be outstanding, if any) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls/buy backs, tender option bonds and borrowings)). In this regard, the Trustees took into account that PIMCO has a financial incentive for the Funds to use or continue to use leverage on which management fees are charged, which may create a conflict of interest between PIMCO, on one hand, and the Funds’ common shareholders, on the other. Therefore, the Trustees noted that the total fees paid by each Fund to PIMCO under the Funds’ unified fee arrangement would therefore vary more with increases and decreases in leverage than under a non-unified fee arrangement, all other things being equal. The Trustees considered information provided by PIMCO and related presentations as to why each Fund’s use of leverage continues to be appropriate and in the best interests of the respective Fund under current market conditions. The Trustees noted that each quarter they receive information from PIMCO regarding the Funds’ use of leverage. The Trustees also considered PIMCO’s representation that it will use leverage for the Funds solely as it determines to be in the best interests of the Funds from an investment perspective and without regard to the level of compensation PIMCO receives.

The Trustees noted that for each of PMFLX and CAFLX the contractual management fee rate for each Fund under its unified fee arrangement was above the median contractual management fees of the other funds in its Broadridge Expense Group, calculated both on average net assets and on average

 

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(Unaudited)

 

total managed assets, while the actual management fee rate for each Fund under its unified fee arrangement was below the median actual management fees of the other funds in its Broadridge Expense Group, calculated on average net assets. The Trustees noted that the actual management fee rate for PMFLX was above the median actual management fees of the other funds in its Broadridge Expense Group, calculated on average total managed assets, and the actual management fee rate for CAFLX was below the median actual management fees of the other funds in its Broadridge Expense Group, calculated on average total managed assets. The Trustees took into account that each Fund’s unified fee arrangement covers substantially all of the Funds’ operating fees and expenses (“Operating Expenses”) and therefore, all other things being equal, would tend to be higher than the contractual management fee rates of other funds in the Broadridge Expense Group, which generally do not have a unified fee structure and instead incur Operating Expenses directly and in addition to the management fee. The Trustees also considered that PIMCO has entered into an expense limitation agreement for each Fund. The Trustees determined that a comparison of each Fund’s total expense ratio with the total expense ratios of its Broadridge Expense Group would generally provide more meaningful comparisons than comparing contractual and actual management fee rates in isolation.

In this regard, the Trustees noted PIMCO’s view that the unified fee arrangements have benefited and will continue to benefit common shareholders because they provide an expense structure (including Operating Expenses) that is essentially fixed for the duration of the contractual period as a percentage of total managed assets, including any assets attributable to any outstanding preferred shares, or other forms of leverage, making it more predictable under ordinary circumstances in comparison to other fee and expense structures, under which the Funds’ Operating Expenses (including certain third-party fees and expenses) could vary significantly over time. The Trustees also considered that the unified fee arrangements generally insulate the Funds and common shareholders from increases in applicable third-party and certain other expenses because PIMCO, rather than the Funds, would bear the risk of such increases (though the Trustees also noted that PIMCO would benefit from any reductions in such expenses).

Performance Information

Fund-specific comparative performance results for the Funds reviewed by the Trustees are discussed below. With respect to investment performance, the Trustees considered information regarding each Fund’s performance based on NAV, net of the Fund’s fees and expenses, both on an absolute basis and relative to the performance of its Broadridge Performance Universe (as defined below). The Trustees requested information provided by Broadridge regarding the investment performance of a broad universe of funds within the same investment classification/category that Broadridge determined are comparable to those of each Fund (for each Fund, its “Broadridge Performance Universe”). The comparative performance information was prepared and provided by Broadridge and was not independently verified by the Trustees. The Trustees also considered information regarding the Funds comparative yields and risk-adjusted returns. The Trustees recognized that the performance data reflects a snapshot of a period as of a particular date and that selecting a different performance period could produce significantly different results. They further acknowledged that long-term performance could be impacted by even one period of significant outperformance or underperformance. The Trustees considered information from PIMCO regarding the risks undertaken by each Fund, including the use of leverage, and

 

   
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PIMCO’s management and oversight of the Fund’s risk profile, including in instances where the Fund outperformed its Broadridge Performance Universe.

In addition, the Trustees considered matters bearing on the Funds and its advisory arrangement at their meetings throughout the year, including a review of performance data at each regular meeting (by both the Board and its Performance Committee).

Profitability, Economies of Scale, and Fall-out Benefits

The Trustees considered estimated profitability analyses provided by PIMCO, which included, among other information, (i) PIMCO’s estimated pre- and post-distribution operating margin for each Fund, as well as PIMCO’s aggregate estimated pre- and post-distribution operating margin for all of the closed-end and interval funds advised by PIMCO, including the Funds (collectively, the “Estimated Margins”), in each case for the one-year period ended December 31, 2022; and (ii) where applicable, a year-over-year comparison of PIMCO’s Estimated Margins for the one-year periods ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Trustees also took into account explanations from PIMCO regarding how certain of PIMCO’s corporate and shared expenses were allocated among the Funds and other funds and accounts managed by PIMCO for purposes of developing profitability estimates. Based on the profitability analyses provided by PIMCO, the Trustees determined, taking into account the various assumptions made, that such profitability did not appear to be excessive.

The Trustees also considered information regarding possible economies of scale in the operation of the Funds. The Trustees noted that the Funds do not currently have any breakpoints in their management fees. The Trustees noted PIMCO’s assertion that it may share the benefits of potential economies of scale, if any, with the Funds and its shareholders in a number of ways, including investing in portfolio and trade operations management, firm technology and cybersecurity measures, middle and back office support, legal and compliance, and fund administration logistics; senior management supervision and governance of those services; and the enhancement of services provided to the Funds in return for fees paid. The Trustees also considered that the unified fee arrangements provide inherent economies of scale because a Fund maintains competitive fixed unified fees even if the particular Fund’s assets decline and/or operating costs increase. The Trustees further considered that, in contrast, breakpoints may be used as a proxy for charging higher fees on lower asset levels and that when a fund’s assets decline, breakpoints may reverse, which causes expense ratios to increase. The Trustees also considered that, unlike the Funds’ unified fee arrangements, funds with “pass through” administrative fee structures may experience increased expense ratios when fixed dollar fees are charged against declining fund assets. The Trustees also considered that the unified fee arrangements protect shareholders, during the contractual period, from a rise in operating costs that may result from, among other things, PIMCO’s investments in various business enhancements and infrastructure. The Trustees noted that PIMCO has made extensive investments in these areas.

Additionally, the Trustees considered so-called “fall-out benefits” to PIMCO, such as reputational value derived from serving as investment manager to the Funds and research, statistical and quotation services that PIMCO may receive from broker-dealers executing the Funds’ portfolio transactions on an agency basis.

 

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(Unaudited)

 

Fund-by-Fund Analysis

With regard to the investment performance of each Fund’s Institutional Class Shares and the fees charged to each Fund, the Board considered the following information. With respect to performance quintile rankings for a Fund compared to its Broadridge Performance Universe, the first quintile represents the highest (best) performance and the fifth quintile represents the lowest performance. The Board considered each Fund’s performance and fees in light of the limitations inherent in the methodology for determining such comparative groups.

PMFLX

With respect to the Fund’s total return performance of its Institutional Class Shares (based on NAV) relative to its Broadridge Performance Universe, the Trustees noted that the Fund had first quintile performance for the one- and three-year periods ended December 31, 2022.

The Trustees noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio (including interest and borrowing expenses) calculated on average total managed assets was above the median total expense ratio (including interest and borrowing expenses) of the funds in its Broadridge Expense Group and Broadridge Expense Universe. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio (including interest and borrowing expenses) calculated on average net assets was at the median total expense ratio (including interest and borrowing expenses) of the funds in its Broadridge Expense Group and below the median total expense ratio (including interest and borrowing expenses) of the funds in its Broadridge Expense Universe. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio (excluding interest and borrowing expenses) calculated on average total managed assets was above the median total expense ratio (excluding interest and borrowing expenses) of the funds in its Broadridge Expense Group and Broadridge Expense Universe. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio (excluding interest and borrowing expenses) calculated on average net assets was below the median total expense ratio (excluding interest and borrowing expenses) of the funds in its Broadridge Expense Group and Broadridge Expense Universe.

CAFLX

With respect to the Fund’s total return performance of its Institutional Class Shares (based on NAV) relative to its Broadridge Performance Universe, the Trustees noted that the Fund had first quintile performance for the period since inception ended December 31, 2022.

The Trustees noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio (including interest and borrowing expenses) calculated on both average total managed assets and average net assets was below the median total expense ratio (including interest and borrowing expenses) of the funds in its Broadridge Expense Group and Broadridge Expense Universe. The Trustees noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio (excluding interest and borrowing expenses) calculated on both average total managed assets and average net assets was below the median total expense ratio (excluding interest and borrowing expenses) of the funds in its Broadridge Expense Group and Broadridge Expense Universe.

Conclusion

After reviewing these and other factors described herein, the Trustees concluded, with respect to each Fund, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the Agreements, and based on

 

   
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the information provided and related representations made by management, and in their business judgment, that they were satisfied with PIMCO’s responses and efforts relating to the investment performance of the Funds. The Trustees also concluded that the fees payable under the Agreements represent reasonable compensation in light of the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by PIMCO. Based on their evaluation of factors that they deemed to be material, including, but not limited to, those factors described above, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously concluded that the continuation of the Agreements was in the interests of each Fund and its shareholders, and should be approved.

 

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General Information

 

Investment Manager

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

650 Newport Center Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Distributor

PIMCO Investments LLC

1633 Broadway

New York, NY 10019

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1100 Main Street, Suite 400

Kansas City, MO 64105

Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and Registrar for Common Shares

SS&C Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, Inc.

430 W. 7th Street, STE 219993

Kansas City, MO 64105-1407

Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and Registrar for Remarketable Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares

The Bank of New York Mellon

240 Greenwich Street, 7E

New York, New York 10286

Legal Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1100 Walnut Street, Suite 1300

Kansas City, MO 64106

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund listed on the report cover.


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Item 2.

Code of Ethics.

The information required by this Item 2 is only required in an annual report on this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The information required by this Item 3 is only required in an annual report on this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The information required by this Item 4 is only required in an annual report on this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

The information required by this Item 5 is only required in an annual report on this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 6.

Schedule of Investments.

The information required by this Item 6 is included as part of the semiannual report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 7.

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

The information required by this Item 7 is only required in an annual report on this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

(a)(1)

As of August 31, 2023, the following individuals have primary responsibility for the day-to-day management of the PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund (the “Fund”):

David Hammer

Mr. Hammer has been the portfolio manager of the Fund since August 2015. Mr. Hammer is an executive vice president and municipal bond portfolio manager in the New York office. He rejoined PIMCO in 2015 from Morgan Stanley, where he was managing director and head of municipal trading, risk management and research. Previously at PIMCO, he was a senior vice president and municipal bond portfolio manager, and prior to joining PIMCO in 2012, he was an executive director and head of the high yield and distressed municipal bond trading group at Morgan Stanley.

Amit Arora

Mr. Arora has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since August 2019. Mr. Arora is an executive vice president and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office and a member of the credit and liability-driven portfolio management teams. He manages credit portfolios focusing on investment grade and long credit. He was previously a senior member of PIMCO’s global risk management team. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2009, he was an executive director, responsible for credit hybrids and exotics trading at J.P. Morgan.

Kyle Christine

Mr. Christine has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in June 2022. Mr. Christine is a senior vice president and and municipal bond portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office. He has previously served as a rotating member of PIMCO’s Americas portfolio committee. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2017, he was an institutional high yield and taxable municipal bond trader at Morgan Stanley. He has nine years of investment and financial services experience and holds an undergraduate degree from Union College (NY).


(a)(2)

The following summarizes information regarding each of the accounts, excluding the Fund, managed by the Portfolio Managers as of June 30, 2023, including accounts managed by a team, committee, or other group that includes a Portfolio Manager. Unless mentioned otherwise, the advisory fee charged for managing each of the accounts listed below is not based on performance.

 

     Registered Investment Companies    Other Pooled Investment Vehicles    Other Accounts                
PM    #            AUM($million)    #            AUM($million)    #            AUM($million)    
David Hammer1    28    $12,057.22    8    $30,803.76    173    $14,110.68
Amit Arora    7    $14,463.62    13    $8,024.09    152    $24,850.24
Kyle Christine    13    $8,577.34    0    $0.00    4    $57,471.30

1 Of these Other Accounts,   1     account totaling   $192.48      million in assets pay(s) an advisory fee that is based in part on the performance of the accounts.

From time to time, potential and actual conflicts of interest may arise between a portfolio manager’s management of the investments of the Fund, on the one hand, and the management of other accounts, on the other. Potential and actual conflicts of interest may also arise as a result of PIMCO’s other business activities and PIMCO’s possession of material non-public information about an issuer. Other accounts managed by a portfolio manager might have similar investment objectives or strategies as the Fund, track the same index as the Fund or otherwise hold, purchase, or sell securities that are eligible to be held, purchased or sold by the Fund. The other accounts might also have different investment objectives or strategies than the Fund. Potential and actual conflicts of interest may also arise as a result of PIMCO serving as investment adviser to accounts that invest in the Fund. In this case, such conflicts of interest could in theory give rise to incentives for PIMCO to, among other things, vote proxies of the Fund in a manner beneficial to the investing account but detrimental to the Fund. Conversely, PIMCO’s duties to the Fund, as well as regulatory or other limitations applicable to the Fund, may affect the courses of action available to PIMCO-advised accounts (including certain funds) that invest in the Fund in a manner that is detrimental to such investing accounts. In addition, regulatory restrictions, actual or potential conflicts of interest or other considerations may cause PIMCO to restrict or prohibit participation in certain investments.

Because PIMCO is affiliated with AllianzSE, a large multi-national financial institution, conflicts similar to those described below may occur between the Fund and other accounts managed by PIMCO and PIMCO’s affiliates or accounts managed by those affiliates. Those affiliates (or their clients), which generally operate autonomously from PIMCO, may take actions that are adverse to the Fund or other accounts managed by PIMCO. In many cases, PIMCO will not be in a position to mitigate those actions or address those conflicts, which could adversely affect the performance of the Fund or other accounts managed by PIMCO. In addition, because certain Clients (as defined below) are affiliates of PIMCO or have investors who are affiliates or employees of PIMCO, PIMCO may have incentives to resolve conflicts of interest in favor of these Clients over other Clients.

Knowledge and Timing of Fund Trades. A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio manager’s day-to-day management of the Fund. Because of their positions with the Fund, the portfolio managers know the size, timing and possible market impact of the Fund’s trades. It is theoretically possible that the portfolio managers could use this information to the advantage of other accounts they manage and to the possible detriment of the Fund.

Investment Opportunities. A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio manager’s management of a number of accounts with varying investment guidelines. Often, an investment opportunity may be suitable for both the Fund and other accounts managed by PIMCO (each, a “Client,” and collectively, the “Clients”), but may not be available in sufficient quantities for both the Fund and other Clients to participate fully. In addition, regulatory issues applicable to PIMCO or the Fund or other accounts may result in the Fund not receiving securities that may otherwise be appropriate for it. In addition, regulatory issues applicable to PIMCO or the Fund or other accounts may result in the Fund not receiving securities that may otherwise be appropriate for it. Similarly, there may be limited opportunity to sell an


investment held by the Fund and another account. PIMCO has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to allocate investment opportunities on a fair and equitable basis over time.

Under PIMCO’s allocation procedures, investment opportunities are allocated among various investment strategies based on individual account investment guidelines and PIMCO’s investment outlook. PIMCO has also adopted additional procedures to complement the general trade allocation policy that are designed to address potential conflicts of interest due to the side-by-side management of the Fund and certain pooled investment vehicles, including investment opportunity allocation issues.

From time to time, PIMCO may take an investment position or action for a Client that may be different from, or inconsistent with, an action or position taken for one or more other Clients having similar or differing investment objectives. These positions and actions may adversely impact, or in some instances may benefit, one or more affected Clients, including Clients that are PIMCO affiliates, in which PIMCO has an interest, or which pays PIMCO higher fees or a performance fee. For example, a Client may buy a security and another Client may establish a short position in that same security. The subsequent short sale may result in a decrease in the price of the security that the other Client holds. Similarly, transactions or investments by one or more Clients may have the effect of diluting or otherwise disadvantaging the values, prices or investment strategies of another Client.

When PIMCO implements for one Client a portfolio decision or strategy ahead of, or contemporaneously with, similar portfolio decisions or strategies of another Client, market impact, liquidity constraints or other factors could result in one or more Clients receiving less favorable trading results, the costs of implementing such portfolio decisions or strategies could be increased or such Clients could otherwise be disadvantaged. On the other hand, potential conflicts may also arise because portfolio decisions regarding a Client may benefit other Clients. For example, the sale of a long position or establishment of a short position for a Client may decrease the price of the same security sold short by (and therefore benefit) other Clients, and the purchase of a security or covering of a short position in a security for a Client may increase the price of the same security held by (and therefore benefit) other Clients.

Under certain circumstances, a Client may invest in a transaction in which one or more other Clients are expected to participate, or already have made or will seek to make, an investment. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law, a Client may also engage in investment transactions that may result in other Clients being relieved of obligations, or that may cause other Clients to divest certain investments (e.g., a Client may make a loan to, or directly or indirectly acquire securities or indebtedness of, a company that uses the proceeds to refinance or reorganize its capital structure, which could result in repayment of debt held by another Client). Such Clients (or groups of Clients) may have conflicting interests and objectives in connection with such investments, including with respect to views on the operations or activities of the issuer involved, the targeted returns from the investment and the timeframe for, and method of, exiting the investment. When making such investments, PIMCO may do so in a way that favors one Client over another Client, even if both Clients are investing in the same security at the same time. Certain Clients may invest on a “parallel” basis (i.e., proportionately in all transactions at substantially the same time and on substantially the same terms and conditions). In addition, other accounts may expect to invest in many of the same types of investments as another account. However, there may be investments in which one or more of such accounts does not invest (or invests on different terms or on a non-pro rata basis) due to factors such as legal, tax, regulatory, business, contractual or other similar considerations or due to the provisions of a Client’s governing documents. Decisions as to the allocation of investment opportunities among such Clients present numerous conflicts of interest, which may not be resolved in a manner that is favorable to a Client’s interests. To the extent an investment is not allocated pro rata among such entities, a Client could incur a disproportionate amount of income or loss related to such investment relative to such other Client.

In addition, Clients may invest alongside one another in the same underlying investments or otherwise pursuant to a substantially similar investment strategy as one or more other Clients. In such cases, certain Clients may have preferential liquidity and information rights relative to other Clients holding the same investments, with the result that such Clients will be able to withdraw/redeem their interests in underlying investments in priority to Clients who may have more limited access to information or more restrictive withdrawal/redemption rights. Clients with more limited information rights or more restrictive liquidity may therefore be adversely affected in the event of a downturn in the markets.

Further, potential conflicts may be inherent in PIMCO’s use of multiple strategies. For example, conflicts will arise in cases where different Clients invest in different parts of an issuer’s capital structure, including circumstances in which one or more Clients may own private securities or obligations of an issuer and other Clients may own or seek to acquire private securities of the same issuer. For example, a Client may acquire a loan, loan participation or a loan assignment of a particular


borrower in which one or more other Clients have an equity investment, or may invest in senior debt obligations of an issuer for one Client and junior debt obligations or equity of the same issuer for another Client.

Conflicts potentially limiting the Fund’s investment opportunities may also arise when the Fund and other Clients invest in different parts of an issuer’s capital structure, such as when the Fund owns senior debt obligations of an issuer and other Clients own junior tranches of the same issuer. In such circumstances, decisions over whether to trigger an event of default, over the terms of any workout, or how to exit an investment may result in conflicts of interest. In order to minimize such conflicts, a portfolio manager may avoid certain investment opportunities that would potentially give rise to conflicts with other Clients or PIMCO may enact internal procedures designed to minimize such conflicts, which could have the effect of limiting the Fund’s investment opportunities. Additionally, if PIMCO acquires material non-public confidential information in connection with its business activities for other Clients, a portfolio manager may be restricted from purchasing securities or selling securities for the Fund. Moreover, the Fund or other accounts managed by PIMCO may invest in a transaction in which one or more other funds or accounts managed by PIMCO are expected to participate, or already have made or will seek to make, an investment. Such funds or accounts may have conflicting interests and objectives in connection with such investments, including, for example and without limitation, with respect to views on the operations or activities of the issuer involved, the targeted returns from the investment, and the timeframe for, and method of, exiting the investment. Additionally, a fund or other account managed by PIMCO may take an investment position or action that may be different from, or inconsistent with, an investment position or action taken by another fund or other account managed by PIMCO having similar or differing investment objectives. These positions and actions may adversely impact the Fund. For example, the Fund may buy a security and another fund or other account managed by PIMCO may establish a short position in that same security or in another security issued by the same issuer. The subsequent short sale may result in a decrease in the price of the security that the first fund holds. When making investment decisions where a conflict of interest may arise, PIMCO will endeavor to act in a fair and equitable manner as between the Fund and other Clients; however, in certain instances the resolution of the conflict may result in PIMCO acting on behalf of another Client in a manner that may not be in the best interest, or may be opposed to the best interest, of the Fund.

In each of the situations described above, PIMCO may take actions with respect to the assets held by one Client that are adverse to the other Clients, for example, by foreclosing on loans, by putting an issuer into default, or by exercising rights to purchase or sell to an issuer, causing an issuer to take actions adverse to certain classes of securities, or otherwise. In negotiating the terms and conditions of any such investments, or any subsequent amendments or waivers or taking any other actions, PIMCO may find that the interests of a Client and the interests of one or more other Clients could conflict. In these situations, decisions over items such as whether to make the investment or take an action, proxy voting, corporate reorganization, how to exit an investment, or bankruptcy or similar matters (including, for example, whether to trigger an event of default or the terms of any workout) may result in conflicts of interest. Similarly, if an issuer in which a Client and one or more other Clients directly or indirectly hold different classes of securities (or other assets, instruments or obligations issued by such issuer or underlying investments of such issuer) encounters financial problems, decisions over the terms of any workout will raise conflicts of interests (including, for example, conflicts over proposed waivers and amendments to debt covenants). For example, a debt holder may be better served by a liquidation of the issuer in which it may be paid in full, whereas an equity or junior bond holder might prefer a reorganization that holds the potential to create value for the equity holders. In some cases PIMCO may refrain from taking certain actions or making certain investments on behalf of Clients in order to avoid or mitigate certain conflicts of interest or to prevent adverse regulatory or other effects on PIMCO, or may sell investments for certain Clients (in each case potentially disadvantaging the Clients on whose behalf the actions are not taken, investments not made, or investments sold). In other cases, PIMCO may not refrain from taking actions or making investments on behalf of certain Clients that have the potential to disadvantage other Clients. In addition, PIMCO may take actions or refrain from taking actions in order to mitigate legal risks to PIMCO or its affiliates or its Clients even if disadvantageous to a Client’s account. Moreover, a Client may invest in a transaction in which one or more other Clients are expected to participate, or already have made or will seek to make, an investment.

Additionally, certain conflicts may exist with respect to portfolio managers who make investment decisions on behalf of several different types of Clients. Such portfolio managers may have an incentive to allocate trades, time or resources to certain Clients, including those Clients who pay higher investment management fees or that pay incentive fees or allocations, over other Clients. These conflicts may be heightened with respect to portfolio managers who are eligible to receive a performance allocation under certain circumstances as part of their compensation.

From time to time, PIMCO personnel may come into possession of material non-public information (“MNPI”) which, if disclosed, might affect an investor’s decision to buy, sell or hold a security. Should a PIMCO employee come into possession of MNPI with respect to an issuer, he or she generally will be prohibited from communicating such information to, or using such information for the benefit of, Clients, which could limit the ability of Clients to buy, sell or hold certain


investments, thereby limiting the investment opportunities or exit strategies available to Clients. In addition, holdings in the securities or other instruments of an issuer by PIMCO or its affiliates may affect the ability of a Client to make certain acquisitions of or enter into certain transactions with such issuer. PIMCO has no obligation or responsibility to disclose such information to, or use such information for the benefit of, any person (including Clients).

PIMCO maintains one or more restricted lists of companies whose securities are subject to certain trading prohibitions due to PIMCO’s business activities. PIMCO may restrict trading in an issuer’s securities if the issuer is on a restricted list or if PIMCO has MNPI about that issuer. In some situations, PIMCO may restrict Clients from trading in a particular issuer’s securities in order to allow PIMCO to receive MNPI on behalf of other Clients. A Client may be unable to buy or sell certain securities until the restriction is lifted, which could disadvantage the Client. PIMCO may also be restricted from making (or divesting of) investments in respect of some Clients but not others. In some cases PIMCO may not initiate or recommend certain types of transactions, or may otherwise restrict or limit its advice relating to certain securities if a security is restricted due to MNPI or if PIMCO is seeking to limit receipt of MNPI.

PIMCO may conduct litigation or engage in other legal actions on behalf of one or more Clients. In such cases, Clients may be required to bear certain fees, costs, expenses and liabilities associated with the litigation. Other Clients that are or were investors in, or otherwise involved with, the subject investments may or may not (depending on the circumstances) be parties to such litigation actions, with the result that certain Clients may participate in litigation actions in which not all Clients with similar investments may participate, and such nonparticipating Clients may benefit from the results of such litigation actions without bearing or otherwise being subject to the associated fees, costs, expenses and liabilities. PIMCO, for example, typically does not pursue legal claims on behalf of its separate accounts. Furthermore, in certain situations, litigation or other legal actions pursued by PIMCO on behalf of a Client may be brought against or be otherwise adverse to a portfolio company or other investment held by a Client.

The foregoing is not a complete list of conflicts to which PIMCO or Clients may be subject. PIMCO seeks to review conflicts on a case-by-case basis as they arise. Any review will take into consideration the interests of the relevant Clients, the circumstances giving rise to the conflict, applicable PIMCO policies and procedures, and applicable laws. Clients (and investors in Funds) should be aware that conflicts will not necessarily be resolved in favor of their interests and may in fact be resolved in a manner adverse to their interests. PIMCO will attempt to resolve such matters fairly, but even so, matters may be resolved in favor of other Clients which pay PIMCO higher fees or performance fees or in which PIMCO or its affiliates have a significant proprietary interest. There can be no assurance that any actual or potential conflicts of interest will not result in a particular Client or group of Clients receiving less favorable investment terms in or returns from certain investments than if such conflicts of interest did not exist.

Certain service providers to the Funds are expected to be owned by or otherwise related to or affiliated with a Client, and in certain cases, such service providers are expected to be, or are owned by, employed by, or otherwise related to, PIMCO, Allianz SE, their affiliates and/or their respective employees, consultants and other personnel. PIMCO may, in its sole discretion, determine to provide, or engage or recommend an affiliate of PIMCO to provide, certain services to the Funds, instead of engaging or recommending one or more third parties to provide such services. Subject to the governance requirements of a particular fund and applicable law, PIMCO or its affiliates, as applicable, will receive compensation in connection with the provision of such services. As a result, PIMCO faces a conflict of interest when selecting or recommending service providers for the Funds. Fees paid to an affiliated service provider will be determined in PIMCO’s commercially reasonable discretion, taking into account the relevant facts and circumstances, and consistent with PIMCO’s responsibilities. Although PIMCO has adopted various policies and procedures intended to mitigate or otherwise manage conflicts of interest with respect to affiliated service providers, there can be no guarantee that such policies and procedures (which may be modified or terminated at any time in PIMCO’s sole discretion) will be successful.

Performance Fees. A portfolio manager may advise certain accounts with respect to which the management fee is based entirely or partially on performance. Performance fee arrangements may create a conflict of interest for the portfolio manager in that the portfolio manager may have an incentive to allocate the investment opportunities that he or she believes might be the most profitable to such other accounts instead of allocating them to the Fund. PIMCO has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to allocate investment opportunities between the Fund and such other accounts on a fair and equitable basis over time.

(a)(3)

As of June 30, 2023, the following explains the compensation structure of the individuals who have primary responsibility for day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund:


Portfolio Manager Compensation

PIMCO and its affiliates approach to compensation seeks to provide professionals with a compensation process that is driven by values of collaboration, openness, responsibility and excellence.

Generally, compensation packages consist of three components. The compensation program for portfolio managers is designed to align with clients’ interests, emphasizing each portfolio manager’s ability to generate long-term investment success for clients, among other factors. A portfolio manager’s compensation is not based solely on the performance of the Fund or any other account managed by that portfolio manager:

Base Salary – Base salary is determined based on core job responsibilities, positions/levels and market factors. Base salary levels are reviewed annually, when there is a significant change in job responsibilities or position, or a significant change in market levels.

Variable Compensation – In addition to a base salary, portfolio managers have a variable component of their compensation, which is based on a combination of individual and company performance and includes both qualitative and quantitative factors. The following non-exhaustive list of qualitative and quantitative factors is considered when determining total compensation for portfolio managers:

 

   

Performance measured over a variety of longer- and shorter-term periods, including 5- year, 4-year, 3-year, 2- year and 1-year dollar-weighted and account-weighted, pre-tax total and risk-adjusted investment performance as judged against the applicable benchmarks (which may include internal investment performance-related benchmarks) for each account managed by a portfolio manager (including the Fund(s)) and relative to applicable industry peer groups; and

 

   

Amount and nature of assets managed by the portfolio manager.

The variable compensation component of an employee’s compensation may include a deferred component. The deferred portion will generally be subject to vesting and may appreciate or depreciate based on the performance of PIMCO and/or its affiliates. PIMCO’s Long-Term Incentive Plan provides participants with deferred cash awards that appreciate or depreciate based on PIMCO’s operating earnings over a rolling three-year period.

Portfolio managers who are Managing Directors of PIMCO receive compensation from a non-qualified profit sharing plan consisting of a portion of PIMCO’s net profits. Portfolio managers who are Managing Directors receive an amount determined by the Compensation Committee, based upon an individual’s overall contribution to the firm.

Profit Sharing Plan. Portfolio managers who are Managing Directors of PIMCO receive compensation from a non-qualified profit sharing plan consisting of a portion of PIMCO’s net profits. Portfolio managers who are Managing Directors receive an amount determined by the Compensation Committee, based upon an individual’s overall contribution to the firm.

(a)(4)

The following summarizes the dollar range of securities of the Fund the Portfolio Managers beneficially owned as of June 30, 2023:

 

Portfolio Manager    Dollar Range of Equity Securities of the Fund Owned
as of June 30, 2023

David Hammer

   $500,001-$1,000,000

Amit Arora

   None

Kyle Christine

   None

 

Item 9.

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

None.

 

Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fund’s Board of


Trustees since the Fund last provided disclosure in response to this item.

 

Item 11.

Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a)

The principal executive officer and principal financial & accounting officer have concluded as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act), that the design of such procedures is effective to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

None.

 

Item 13.

Exhibits.

 

  (a)(1)

Exhibit 99.CODE—Code of Ethics is not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

  (a)(2)

Exhibit 99.CERT—Certifications pursuant to Section  302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

  (a)(3)

None.

 

  (a)(4)

There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by the report.

 

  (b)

Exhibit 99.906CERT—Certifications pursuant to Section  906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

   PIMCO Flexible Municipal Income Fund
   By:    /s/    Eric D. Johnson
     

 

      Eric D. Johnson
      President (Principal Executive Officer)
   Date: August 31, 2023

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

   By:    /s/    Eric D. Johnson
     

 

      Eric D. Johnson
      President (Principal Executive Officer)
   Date: August 31, 2023
   By:    /s/    Bijal Y. Parikh
     

 

      Bijal Y. Parikh
      Treasurer (Principal Financial & Accounting Officer)
   Date: August 31, 2023