5 PIMCO Closed-End Funds Announce Changes to Time and Location of Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders

NEW YORK, April 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following PIMCO closed-end funds (each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") today announced changes to the time and location of the Funds' upcoming Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"):

The Meeting had originally been scheduled to take place at the offices of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC ("PIMCO") at 1633 Broadway, between West 50th and West 51st Streets, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10019, on Monday, April 27, 2020 at 10:00 A.M., Eastern Time.  The Meeting is now scheduled to take place at the offices of PIMCO at 650 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660 on Monday, April 27, 2020 at 8:00 A.M., Pacific Time.

The record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof remains February 26, 2020. 

In connection with the Meeting, the Funds have filed a joint definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").  Shareholders are advised to read the Funds' proxy statement because it contains important information.  The proxy statement and other documents filed by the Funds are available for free on the SEC website, www.sec.gov.  Copies of the proxy statement have been mailed to each shareholder of record as of the record date for the Meeting.  Please call (877) 732-3620 for information on how to attend the Meeting and vote in person or for information or assistance regarding how to vote by telephone, mail or by internet.

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For information on PIMCO Closed-End Funds:
Financial Advisors: (800) 628-1237
Shareholders: (844) 337-4626 or (844) 33-PIMCO
PIMCO Media Relations: (212) 597-1054

For information on the annual shareholder meeting:
(877) 732-3620