UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 26, 2023
PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Massachusetts
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
811-21601 | 201619298 | |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1633 Broadway, New York, NY | 10019 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(844) 337-4626
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common shares | PFN | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Effective October 2, 2023, Alfred T. Murata, Mohit Mittal, and Giang Bui are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II.
Mr. Murata is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, managing income-oriented, multisector credit, opportunistic and securitized strategies. Morningstar named him Fixed- Income Fund Manager of the Year (U.S.) for 2013. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2001, he researched and implemented exotic equity and interest rate derivatives at Nikko Financial Technologies. He has 21 years of investment experience and holds a Ph.D. in engineering-economic systems and operations research from Stanford University. He also earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and is a member of the State Bar of California.
Mr. Mittal is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, and a senior member of the liability driven investment and credit portfolio management teams. He manages multi-sector portfolios with added specialization in long credit, investment grade credit, and unconstrained bond portfolios. In addition, he is the head of U.S. investment grade trading desk. Previously, he was a specialist on PIMCOs interest rates and derivatives desk. Mr. Mittal joined the firm in 2007 and holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi, India.
Ms. Bui is an executive vice president in the Newport Beach office and a portfolio manager and trader of securitized debt instruments, focusing on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), asset-backed collateralized debt obligations, and off-the-run sectors within structured products. Ms Bui joined PIMCO in 2000 and was previously a member of the bank loan portfolio management team, responsible for bank loan investments and the management of PIMCO-issued CLOs. She has 24 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 | Supplement, dated September 26, 2023 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II | ||
By: | /s/ Ryan G. Leshaw | |
Name: | Ryan G. Leshaw | |
Title: | Chief Legal Officer |
Date: September 26, 2023
PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II
(the Fund)
Supplement dated September 26, 2023 to the Funds Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (SAI), each dated November 25, 2020, as supplemented from time to time
As of October 2, 2023, Giang Bui will serve as co-Portfolio Manager of the Fund, sharing responsibilities with current Portfolio Managers Alfred T. Murata and Mohit Mittal. Accordingly, effective October 2, 2023, the following changes are made to the Funds Prospectus and SAI:
(1) | The third sentence of the first paragraph in the Investment Manager section in the Funds Prospectus is deleted and replaced with the following: |
Alfred T. Murata, Mohit Mittal and Giang Bui are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
(2) | The disclosure concerning the Funds portfolio managers in the table in the Management of the FundInvestment Manager section of the Prospectus is deleted and replaced with the following: |
Portfolio Manager | Since | Title | Recent Professional Experience | |||
Alfred T. Murata |
2014 | Portfolio Manager and Managing Director |
Mr. Murata is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, managing income-oriented, multisector credit, opportunistic and securitized strategies. Morningstar named him Fixed- Income Fund Manager of the Year (U.S.) for 2013. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2001, he researched and implemented exotic equity and interest rate derivatives at Nikko Financial Technologies. He has 21 years of investment experience and holds a Ph.D. in engineering-economic systems and operations research from Stanford University. He also earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and is a member of the State Bar of California. | |||
Mohit Mittal |
2014 | Portfolio Manager and Managing Director |
Mr. Mittal is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, and a senior member of the liability driven investment and credit portfolio management teams. He manages multi-sector portfolios with added specialization in long credit, investment grade credit, and unconstrained bond portfolios. In addition, he is the head of U.S. investment grade trading desk. Previously, he was a specialist on PIMCOs interest rates and derivatives desk. Mr. Mittal joined the firm in 2007 and holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi, India. |
Portfolio Manager | Since | Title | Recent Professional Experience | |||
Giang Bui |
2023 | Portfolio Manager and Executive Vice President |
Ms. Bui is an executive vice president in the Newport Beach office and a portfolio manager and trader of securitized debt instruments, focusing on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), asset-backed collateralized debt obligations, and off-the-run sectors within structured products. Ms. Bui joined PIMCO in 2000 and was previously a member of the bank loan portfolio management team, responsible for bank loan investments and the management of PIMCO-issued CLOs. She has 24 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego. |
(3) | Disclosure concerning the Funds portfolio managers in the Investment ManagerPortfolio ManagersOther Accounts Managed section of the SAI is deleted and replaced with the following: |
Alfred T. Murata, Mohit Mittal and Giang Bui, the portfolio managers who are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, also manage other registered investment companies, other pooled investment vehicles and other accounts, as indicated in the table below. The following table identifies, as of June 30, 2023 for Messrs. Murata and Mittal and as of August 31, 2023 for Ms. Bui: (i) the number of other registered investment companies, pooled investment vehicles and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager (exclusive of the Fund); and (ii) the total assets of such other companies, vehicles and accounts, and the number and total assets of such other companies, vehicles and accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on performance. The information includes amounts managed by a team, committee or other group that includes the portfolio managers.
Portfolio Manager | Total Number Accounts |
Total Assets of All Other Accounts (in $ Millions) |
Number of Other Fee |
Total Assets of Other Accounts Paying a Performance Fee (in $ Millions) | ||||
Alfred T. Murata | ||||||||
Registered Investment Companies | 21 | $169,118.59 | 0 | $ 0.00 | ||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 22 | $45,379.20 | 5 | $9,569.39 | ||||
Other Accounts | 5 | $ 1,014.08 | 0 | $0.00 | ||||
Mohit Mittal | ||||||||
Registered Investment Companies | 30 | $97,367.41 | 0 | $0.00 | ||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 26 | $36,183.15 | 4 | $4,908.28 | ||||
Other Accounts | 157 | $87,612.71 | 12 | $2,975.46 | ||||
Giang Bui | ||||||||
Registered Investment Companies | 1 | $226.63 | 0 | $0.00 | ||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 2 | $6,723.26 | 2 | $6,723.26 | ||||
Other Accounts | 1 | $439.57 | 0 | $0.00 |
(4) | Disclosure concerning the Funds portfolio managers in the Investment ManagerSecurities Ownership section of the SAI is deleted and replaced with the following: |
Securities Ownership
To the best of the Funds knowledge, the table below shows the dollar range of shares of the Fund beneficially owned by Alfred T. Murata and Mohit Mittal as of June 30, 2023 and by Giang Bui as of August 31, 2023.
Name of Portfolio Manager | Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Fund | |
Alfred T. Murata | None | |
Mohit Mittal | None | |
Giang Bui | None |
Investors Should Retain This Supplement for Future Reference
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