PIMCO CommoditiesPLUS® Strategy Fund
Summary Prospectus
August 1, 2024
| Share Class: |
Inst |
I-2 |
I-3 |
A |
C |
| Ticker: |
PCLIX |
PCLPX |
PCLNX |
PCLAX |
PCPCX |
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which, as supplemented, contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus, reports to shareholders (once available) and other information about the Fund online at http://investments.pimco.com/prospectuses. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 888.87.PIMCO or by
sending an email request to piprocess@dstsystems.com. The Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated August 1, 2024, as supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks total return which exceeds that of its benchmark consistent
with prudent investment management.
Fees and
Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as
brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the
table and example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family
invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Class A shares of eligible funds offered by PIMCO Equity Series and PIMCO Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available in the “Classes of Shares” section
on page 59 of the
Fund’s prospectus, Appendix B to the Fund’s prospectus (Financial Firm-Specific Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts) or from your financial professional.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your
investment):
| |
Inst
Class |
I-2 |
I-3 |
Class A |
Class C |
| Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on
Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) |
None |
None |
None |
5.50% |
None |
| Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a
percentage of the lower of the original purchase
price or redemption price) |
None |
None |
None |
1.00% |
1.00% |
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a
percentage of the value of your investment):
| |
Inst
Class |
I-2 |
I-3 |
Class A |
Class C |
| Management Fees |
0.74% |
0.84% |
0.94% |
0.94% |
0.94% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0.25% |
1.00% |
| Other Expenses(1) |
0.09% |
0.09% |
0.09% |
0.09% |
0.09% |
| Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2) |
0.17% |
0.17% |
0.17% |
0.17% |
0.17% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses |
1.00% |
1.10% |
1.20% |
1.45% |
2.20% |
| Fee Waiver and/or Expense
Reimbursement(3)(4)
|
(0.17%) |
(0.17%) |
(0.22%) |
(0.17%) |
(0.17%) |
| Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or
Expense Reimbursement |
0.83% |
0.93% |
0.98% |
1.28% |
2.03% |
1
“Other Expenses” include interest expense of 0.09%. Interest expense is
borne by the Fund separately from the management fees paid to Pacific Investment Management Company
LLC (“PIMCO”). Excluding interest expense, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement are 0.74%, 0.84%, 0.89%, 1.19% and 1.94% for Institutional Class, I-2, I-3, Class A and Class C shares, respectively.
2
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses include the advisory fee and the supervisory and administrative fee paid by
PIMCO Cayman Commodity Fund III Ltd (the “Subsidiary”).
3
PIMCO has contractually agreed to waive the Fund’s advisory fee and the
supervisory and administrative fee in an amount equal to the management fee and administrative
services fee, respectively, paid by the Subsidiary to PIMCO. The Subsidiary pays PIMCO a management
fee and an administrative services fee at the annual rates of 0.49% and 0.20%, respectively, of its net assets. This waiver may not be terminated by PIMCO and will remain in effect for as long as PIMCO’s contract with the Subsidiary is in place.
4
PIMCO has contractually agreed, through July 31, 2025, to reduce its supervisory and administrative fee for the Fund’s I-3 shares by 0.05% of the average daily net assets attributable to I-3
shares of the Fund. This Fee Waiver Agreement renews annually unless terminated by PIMCO upon at least 30 days’ prior notice to the end of the contract term.
Example. The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in Institutional Class, I-2, I-3, Class A or
Class C shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares for the time periods indicated, and then hold or redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the
Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower,
based on these assumptions your costs would be:
If you redeem your shares at the end of each period:
| |
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
| Institutional Class |
$85 |
$301 |
$536 |
$1,209 |
| I-2 |
$95 |
$333 |
$590 |
$1,325 |
| I-3 |
$100 |
$359 |
$638 |
$1,435 |
| Class A |
$673 |
$968 |
$1,283 |
$2,176 |
| Class C |
$306 |
$672 |
$1,164 |
$2,331 |
If you do not redeem your shares:
| |
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
| Class A |
$673 |
$968 |
$1,283 |
$2,176 |
| Class C |
$206 |
$672 |
$1,164 |
$2,331 |
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating
Expenses or in the Example tables, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 224% of the average value of its portfolio.
PIMCO Funds | Summary Prospectus
PIMCO
CommoditiesPLUS®
Strategy Fund
Principal Investment
Strategies
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by
investing under normal circumstances in commodity-linked derivative instruments backed by an
actively managed, low volatility portfolio of Fixed Income Instruments, and may also invest directly in commodities. “Fixed Income Instruments” include bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and
non-U.S. public-or private-sector entities. The Fund invests in commodity-linked derivative instruments, including swap agreements, futures, options on futures, commodity index-linked notes and commodity options
that provide exposure to the investment returns of the commodities futures markets. Commodities
are assets that have tangible properties, such as oil, metals, and agricultural products. The
value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by overall market movements and other factors affecting the value of a particular industry or commodity, such as weather, disease, embargoes, or
political and regulatory developments. When determining the target allocation for the strategy, PIMCO may use proprietary quantitative models. The target allocations may include long, short, or no positions in the
underlying financial markets and commodities specified in the models. The quantitative models are
developed and maintained by PIMCO, and are subject to change over time without notice in
PIMCO’s discretion. PIMCO also retains discretion over the final target asset allocation and the implementation of the target asset allocation, which may include positions that are different from target allocations determined by
quantitative models.
The Fund will seek to gain exposure to the
commodity futures markets primarily through investments in swap agreements and futures, and
through investments in the PIMCO Cayman Commodity Fund III Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Subsidiary”). In order to comply with certain issuer diversification limits imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund may invest up to 25% of its total
assets in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is advised by PIMCO, and has the same investment objective
as the Fund. As discussed in greater detail elsewhere in the prospectus, the Subsidiary (unlike
the Fund) may invest without limitation in commodity-linked swap agreements, other commodity-linked derivative instruments and directly in commodities. The derivative instruments in which the Fund and the Subsidiary
primarily intend to invest are instruments linked to certain commodity indices and instruments linked to the value of a particular commodity or commodity futures contract, or a subset of commodities or commodity
futures contracts. These instruments may specify exposure to commodity futures with different
roll dates, reset dates or contract months than those specified by a particular commodity index.
As a result, the commodity-linked derivatives component of the Fund’s portfolio may deviate from the returns of any particular commodity index. The Fund or the Subsidiary may over-weight or under-weight its
exposure to a particular commodity index, or a subset of commodities, such that the Fund has greater or lesser exposure to that index than the value of the Fund’s net assets, or greater or lesser exposure to
a subset of commodities than is represented by a particular commodity index. Such deviations will
frequently be the result of temporary market fluctuations, and under
normal circumstances the Fund will seek to
maintain notional exposure to one or more commodity indices within 5% (plus or minus) of the
value of the Fund’s net assets.
The Fund may also invest in leveraged or unleveraged commodity index-linked notes, which are derivative debt
instruments with principal and/or coupon payments linked to the performance of commodity indices.
These commodity index-linked notes are sometimes referred to as “structured notes” because the terms of these notes may be structured by the issuer and the purchaser of the note. The value of these notes will rise or fall in response
to changes in the underlying commodity or related index of investment.
Assets not invested in commodity-linked derivative instruments or the
Subsidiary may be invested in Fixed Income Instruments, including derivative Fixed Income
Instruments. In addition, the Fund may invest its assets in particular sectors of the commodities futures market. The average portfolio duration of the fixed income portion of this Fund will vary based on PIMCO’s market
forecasts and under normal market conditions is not expected to exceed one year. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a
security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in high yield securities (“junk bonds”), as rated by Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. (“Moody’s”), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), or, if unrated, as
determined by PIMCO. In the event that ratings services assign different ratings to the same
security, PIMCO will use the highest rating as the credit rating for that security. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies and may invest without limit in U.S. dollar-denominated
securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging market countries (this limitation does not apply to investment grade
sovereign debt denominated in the local currency with less than 1 year remaining to maturity, which means the Fund may invest, together with any other investments denominated in foreign currencies, up to 20% of its
total assets in such instruments). The Fund will normally limit its foreign currency exposure (from
non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities or currencies) to 10% of its total assets. The Fund may,
without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar
rolls). The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward
commitment basis and may engage in short sales.
Principal Risks
It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund. Under certain conditions, generally in a market where the value of both commodity-linked derivative instruments and fixed
income securities are declining, the Fund may experience substantial losses. The principal risks
of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total
return, are listed below.
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Prospectus
Interest Rate Risk: the risk that fixed income securities 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
Call Risk: 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 that the Fund has invested in, 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
Credit Risk: the risk that the Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a derivative contract, or the issuer or guarantor
of collateral, 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
High Yield Risk: 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
Market Risk: the risk that the value of securities owned by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably,
due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries
Issuer Risk: the risk that the value of a security may decline for a reason directly related to the issuer, such as
management performance, changes in financial condition or credit rating, financial leverage,
reputation or reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services
Liquidity Risk: the risk that a particular investment may be difficult to purchase or sell and that the Fund may be unable to
sell illiquid investments at an advantageous time or price or achieve its desired level of
exposure to a certain sector. Liquidity risk may result from the lack of an active market, reduced number and capacity of traditional market participants to make a market in fixed income securities, and may be magnified in a rising interest
rate environment or other circumstances where investor redemptions from fixed income funds may be
higher than normal, causing increased supply in the market due to selling activity
Derivatives Risk: the risk of investing in derivative instruments (such as forwards, futures, swaps and structured securities)
and other similar investments, including leverage, liquidity, interest rate, market, counterparty
(including credit), operational, legal and management risks, and valuation complexity. Changes in the value of a derivative or other similar investment may not correlate perfectly with, and may be more sensitive to market events than,
the underlying asset, rate or
index, and the 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 the
Fund. The 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. Non-centrally-cleared 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 non-centrally-cleared OTC derivatives or
other similar investments. The primary credit risk on derivatives or other similar investments 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 the Fund’s ability to invest in derivatives, limit the
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 the Fund’s performance
Model Risk: the risk that the Fund’s investment models used in making investment allocation decisions may not adequately take into account certain factors, or may contain
design flaws or faulty assumptions, and may rely on incomplete or inaccurate data inputs, any of
which may result in a decline in the value of an investment in the Fund
Commodity Risk: the risk that investing in commodity-linked derivative instruments and commodities, either directly or
indirectly through the Subsidiary, may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in
traditional securities. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments or commodities may be affected by changes in overall market movements, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity index volatility, changes in inflation,
interest rates, or supply and demand factors affecting a particular industry or commodity market,
such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, pandemics and public health emergencies,
embargoes, taxation, war, terrorism, cyber hacking, economic and political developments, environmental proceedings, tariffs, changes in storage costs, availability of transportation systems, and international
economic, political and regulatory developments. Investments in commodities can also present
risks associated with transportation and delivery, custody, storage and maintenance, illiquidity,
and the unavailability of accurate market valuations of the commodity
Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk: the risks
of investing in mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, including interest rate risk, extension risk, prepayment risk and credit risk. The Fund may invest in any tranche of mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, including
junior and/or equity tranches (to the extent consistent with the other of the Fund’s guidelines), which generally carry higher levels of the foregoing risks
August 1, 2024 | SUMMARY PROSPECTUS 3
PIMCO
CommoditiesPLUS®
Strategy Fund
Foreign (Non-U.S.)
Investment Risk: the risk that investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than
a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies, due to smaller markets, differing
reporting, accounting and auditing standards, increased risk of delayed settlement of portfolio
transactions or loss of certificates of portfolio securities, and the risk of unfavorable foreign government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, currency blockage, political changes,
diplomatic developments or the imposition of sanctions and other similar measures. Foreign securities may also be less liquid and more difficult to value than securities of U.S. issuers
Emerging Markets Risk: the risk of investing in emerging market securities, primarily increased foreign (non-U.S.) investment risk
Sovereign Debt Risk: the risk that investments in fixed income instruments issued by sovereign entities may decline in value as a
result of default or other adverse credit event resulting from an issuer’s inability or
unwillingness to make principal or interest payments in a timely fashion
Currency Risk: the risk that foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will change in value relative to the U.S. dollar and affect the
Fund’s investments in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues in, or in derivatives that provide exposure to, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies
Leveraging Risk: the risk that certain transactions of the 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 the Fund to be more volatile than if it had not been
leveraged. This means that leverage entails a heightened risk of loss
Management Risk: the risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses applied by PIMCO, including the use of quantitative
models or methods, 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 the Fund and may cause PIMCO to
restrict or prohibit participation in certain investments. There is no guarantee that the
investment objective of the Fund will be achieved
Short Exposure Risk: the risk of entering into short sales or other short positions, including the potential loss of more money
than the actual cost of the investment, and the risk that the third party to the short sale or
other short position will not fulfill its contractual obligations, causing a loss to the Fund
Tax Risk: the risk that the tax treatment of swap agreements and other derivative instruments, such as commodity-linked derivative instruments, including commodity index-linked
notes, swap agreements, commodity options, futures, and options on futures, may be affected by future regulatory or legislative changes that could affect whether income from
such investments is “qualifying
income” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, or otherwise affect the character, timing and/or amount of the Fund’s taxable income or gains and distributions
Subsidiary Risk: the risk that, by investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the
Subsidiary’s investments. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and may not be subject to all the
investor protections of the 1940 Act. There is no guarantee that the investment objective of the Subsidiary will be achieved
Oil-Related Risk: the risk that investments in or tied to the price of oil may fluctuate substantially over short periods of
time or be more volatile than other types of investments due to, among other things, national and
international political changes, policies of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) and other oil exporting countries, changes in relationships among OPEC and other oil exporting countries and oil importing countries,
regulatory changes, taxation policies and the economies of key energy-consuming countries
LIBOR Transition Risk: the risk related to the discontinuation and replacement of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Certain instruments held by the Fund
rely or relied in some fashion upon LIBOR. Although the transition process away from LIBOR for most instruments has been completed, some LIBOR use is continuing and there are potential effects related to the transition
away from LIBOR or the continued use of LIBOR on the Fund, or on certain instruments in which the
Fund invests, which can be difficult to ascertain and could result in losses to the Fund
Please see “Description of Principal Risks” in the Fund's prospectus for a more detailed description of the risks of investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Performance Information
The performance information shows summary performance information for the Fund in a bar chart and an Average
Annual Total Returns table. The information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in its performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average
annual returns compare with the returns of certain indexes. Absent any applicable fee waivers
and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows performance of
the Fund’s Institutional Class shares. For periods prior to the inception date of I-3 shares (April 27, 2018), performance information shown in the table for I-3 shares is based on the performance of the Fund’s Institutional
Class shares, adjusted to reflect the fees and expenses paid by I-3 shares. Performance for
Class A and Class C shares in the Average Annual Total Returns table reflects the impact of sales
charges.The Fund’s past performance, before and after
taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
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Summary
Prospectus
In addition to the Fund’s
performance, the Average Annual Total Returns table includes performance of: (i) a broad-based securities market index (i.e., a regulatory index) and (ii) a supplemental index. It is not possible to invest directly in an
unmanaged index. Effective July 24, 2024, the Fund’s regulatory index is the S&P 500
Index. The Fund’s regulatory index is shown in connection with certain regulatory requirements to provide a broad measure of market performance. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged market index generally
considered representative of the stock market as a whole. The S&P 500 Index is composed of 500
selected common stocks that represent approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all
U.S. common stocks. The S&P 500 Index focuses on the large-cap segment of the U.S. equities market. The supplemental index shown is the UBS Prompt Commodity Index Total Return. The UBS Prompt Commodity Index Total Return is an unmanaged index composed of futures contracts on a number of
physical commodities. The objective of the benchmark is to gain exposure to the broad commodity
universe while maintaining sufficient liquidity. Commodities were chosen based on world production levels, sufficient open interest, and volume of trading. The index is designed to be a highly liquid and diversified benchmark for commodities
as an asset class.
Performance for the Fund is updated daily and
quarterly and may be obtained as follows: daily and quarterly updates on the net asset value and
performance page at
https://www.pimco.com/en-us/product-finder.
| Best Quarter |
March 31, 2022 |
28.05% |
| Worst Quarter |
March 31, 2020 |
-39.79% |
| Year-to-Date |
June 30, 2024 |
9.82% |
Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ended 12/31/23)
| |
1 Year |
5 Years |
10 Years |
| Institutional Class Return Before Taxes |
-0.75% |
13.83% |
1.82% |
| Institutional Class Return After Taxes on Distributions(1) |
-2.17% |
5.76% |
-3.30% |
| Institutional Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
and Sales of Fund Shares(1) |
-0.44% |
7.23% |
-0.98% |
| I-2 Return Before Taxes |
-0.85% |
13.74% |
1.71% |
| I-3 Return Before Taxes |
-0.88% |
13.70% |
1.66% |
| Class A Return Before Taxes |
-6.77% |
12.05% |
0.77% |
| Class C Return Before Taxes |
-2.92% |
12.48% |
0.59% |
| S&P 500 Index (reflects no deductions for fees,
expenses or taxes) |
26.29% |
15.69% |
12.03% |
| UBS Prompt Commodity Index Total Return (reflects no
deductions for fees, expenses or taxes) |
-3.14% |
13.74% |
0.91% |
1
After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal
marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax
returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the
after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. In some cases the return after taxes may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are for Institutional Class shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will
vary.
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PIMCO
CommoditiesPLUS®
Strategy Fund
Investment
Adviser/Portfolio Managers
PIMCO serves as the investment adviser for the Fund. The Fund’s portfolio is jointly and primarily
managed by Greg Sharenow, Lewis Hagedorn, Bryan Tsu and Andrew DeWitt. Messrs. Sharenow and Tsu are
Managing Directors of PIMCO and Messrs. DeWitt and Hagedorn are Executive Vice Presidents of
PIMCO. Mr. Sharenow has managed the Fund since January 2015 and Messrs. Hagedorn, Tsu and DeWitt have managed the Fund since February 2022.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Fund shares may be purchased or sold (redeemed) on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock
Exchange (“NYSE”) is open). Generally, purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares are processed at the net asset value next calculated after an order is received by the Fund.
Institutional Class, I-2 and I-3
The minimum initial investment for Institutional Class, I-2 and I-3 shares of the Fund is $1 million, except that the minimum initial investment may be modified for certain financial
firms that submit orders on behalf of their customers.
You may sell (redeem) all or part of your Institutional Class, I-2 and I-3 shares of the Fund on any business
day. If you are the registered owner of the shares on the books of the Fund, depending on the elections made on the Account Application, you may sell by:
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Sending a written request by regular mail to:
PIMCO Funds
P.O. Box 219024, Kansas City, MO 64121-9024
or by overnight mail to:
PIMCO Funds c/o SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions, Inc.
P.O. Box 219024, Kansas City, MO 64121-9024
or by overnight mail to:
PIMCO Funds c/o SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7th Street, STE 219024, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
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Calling us at 888.87.PIMCO and a Shareholder Services associate will assist you
■
Sending a fax to our Shareholder Services department at 1.816.421.2861
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Sending an e-mail to piprocess@dstsystems.com
Class A
and Class C
The minimum initial investment for Class A and Class C
shares of the Fund is $1,000. The minimum subsequent investment for Class A and Class C shares is
$50. The minimum initial investment may be modified for certain financial firms that submit orders on behalf of their customers. You may purchase or sell (redeem) all or part of your Class A and Class C shares through a
broker-dealer, or other financial firm, or, if
you are the registered owner of the shares on the books of the Fund, by regular mail to PIMCO Funds, P.O. Box
219294, Kansas City, MO 64121-9294 or overnight mail to PIMCO Funds, c/o SS&C Global Investor
and Distribution Solutions, Inc., 430 W. 7th Street, STE 219294, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. The Fund reserves the right to require payment by wire or U.S. Bank check in connection with accounts opened directly with the Fund by Account
Application.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income,
capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred
arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account, in which case distributions may be taxable upon withdrawal.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Firms
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial firm (such as a bank), the Fund
and/or its related companies (including PIMCO) may pay the financial firm for the sale of those shares of the Fund and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the
broker-dealer or other financial firm and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another
investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial firm’s website for more
information.
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