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PCM FUND, INC.
PIMCO CORPORATE INCOME FUND
PIMCO CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY FUND
PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND
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NOTICE OF JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14, 2010
c/o Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
(212) 739-3190
To the Shareholders of PCM Fund, Inc. (PCM), PIMCO
Corporate Income Fund (PCN), PIMCO Corporate
Opportunity Fund (PTY), and PIMCO Income Opportunity
Fund (PKO) (each a Fund and,
collectively, the Funds):
Notice is hereby given that a Joint Annual Meeting of
Shareholders (the Meeting) of the Funds will be held
at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management
LLC (AGIFM or the Manager), at 1345
Avenue of the Americas, between West 54th and West 55th Streets,
49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, on Wednesday,
April 14, 2010 at 10:30 A.M., Eastern Time, for PCN,
PTY and PKO and at 11:30 A.M. for PCM, for the following
purposes, all of which are more fully described in the
accompanying Proxy Statement dated February 26, 2010:
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To consider whether to liquidate PCM;
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To elect Trustees/Directors of the Funds, each to hold office
for the term indicated and until his or her successor shall have
been elected and qualified; and
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To transact such other business as may properly come before the
Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.
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The Board of Trustees/Directors of each Fund has fixed the close
of business on February 18, 2010 as the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote
at, the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. The
enclosed proxy is being solicited on behalf of the Board of
Trustees/Directors of each Fund.
As required by PCMs prospectus dated August 27, 1993,
you are being asked to consider a proposal to liquidate the Fund
and pay the net proceeds of that liquidation to shareholders.
The Directors unanimously recommend that you vote AGAINST
this liquidation proposal. In 1993, the year that PCM began its
investment operations, in light of the uncertainty as to how the
Fund would perform, and the tendency of closed-end funds
frequently to trade at a discount to their net asset value
(NAV), the Board undertook to submit a liquidation
proposal in 2004 (and if not approved, again in 2007 and
2010) in order to assure potential investors in the
Funds initial public offering that they could eventually
liquidate their shares at NAV if the Fund was not successful in
meeting its investment objective. Under Maryland law and the
Funds Articles of Incorporation, approval of the proposal
to liquidate requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the
Funds shares outstanding and entitled to vote on the
matter. The terms of the proposed Plan of Liquidation are
discussed in Proposal 1 of the Proxy Statement. If the
liquidation proposal is not approved this year, then a similar
proposal would only be presented in the future at the discretion
of the Board of Directors.
After careful consideration, the Board of Directors of PCM
recommends a vote AGAINST Proposal 1 and the
Board of Trustees/Directors of each Fund recommends a vote
FOR Proposal 2. The matters referred to above
are discussed in detail in the proxy statement attached to this
notice.
By order of the Board of
Trustees/Directors of each Fund
Thomas J. Fuccillo
Secretary
New York, New York
February 26, 2010
It is important that your shares be represented at the
Meeting in person or by proxy, no matter how many shares you
own. If you do not expect to attend the Meeting, please
complete, date, sign and return the applicable enclosed proxy or
proxies in the accompanying envelope, which requires no postage
if mailed in the United States. Please mark and mail your proxy
or proxies promptly in order to save the Funds any additional
costs of further proxy solicitations and in order for the
Meeting to be held as scheduled.
PCM FUND,
INC. (PCM)
PIMCO CORPORATE INCOME FUND
(PCN)
PIMCO CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY
FUND (PTY)
PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND
(PKO)
c/o Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
(212) 739-3190
IMPORTANT
NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL
14, 2010
The 2010 Proxy Statement and the Annual Reports to Shareholders
for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009 for PIMCO
Corporate Income Fund and PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund, and for
the fiscal years ended November 30, 2009 and
December 31, 2009 for PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund and
PCM Fund, Inc., respectively, are also available at
www.allianzinvestors.com.
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14, 2010
INTRODUCTION
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the
solicitation by the Board of Trustees/Directors (the
Board) of PCM Fund, Inc. (PCM), PIMCO
Corporate Income Fund (PCN), PIMCO Corporate
Opportunity Fund (PTY) and PIMCO Income Opportunity
Fund (PKO) (each a Fund and,
collectively, the Funds) of proxies to be voted at
the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds and any
adjournment or postponement thereof (the Meeting).
The Meeting will be held at the offices of Allianz Global
Investors Fund Management LLC (AGIFM or the
Manager), at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, between
West 54th and West 55th Streets, 49th Floor, New York, New York
10105, on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 10:30 A.M for PCN,
PTY and PKO and at 11:30 A.M. for PCM, Eastern Time.
The Notice of Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the
Notice), this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy
cards are first being sent to Shareholders on or about
February 26, 2010.
The Meeting is scheduled as a joint meeting of the holders of
common shares (the Common Shareholders) of each Fund
and preferred shares (the Preferred Shareholders
and, together with the Common Shareholders, the
Shareholders) of PCN and PTY. The Shareholders of
the Funds are expected to consider and vote on similar matters
and shareholders of PCM are expected to consider and vote on an
additional matter. Shareholders of PCM will vote on the first
proposal set forth herein (Proposal 1) and
shareholders of each Fund will vote on the second proposal set
forth herein (Proposal 2, and together with
Proposal 1, the, Proposals) and on any other
matters that may arise for that Fund. An unfavorable vote on any
one of the Proposals by the Shareholders of one Fund will not
affect the implementation of the Proposal by another Fund if the
Proposal is approved by the Shareholders of such other Fund.
The Board of each Fund has fixed the close of business on
February 18, 2010 as the record date (the Record
Date) for the determination of Shareholders of the Fund
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting, and any
adjournment or postponement thereof. Shareholders of each Fund
on the Record Date will
be entitled to one vote per share on each matter to which they
are entitled to vote and that is to be voted on by Shareholders
of the Fund, and a fractional vote with respect to fractional
shares, with no cumulative voting rights in the election of
Trustees/Directors. The following table sets forth the number of
shares of common stock (Common Shares) and shares of
preferred stock (Preferred Shares and, together with
the Common Shares, the Shares) issued and
outstanding for each Fund at the close of business on the Record
Date:
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Preferred Shares
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PCM
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11,422,635
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PCN
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37,242,204
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6,760
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PTY
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67,167,545
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13,000
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PKO
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14,431,153
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N/A
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The classes of Shares listed for each Fund in the table above
are the only classes of Shares currently authorized by that Fund.
With regard to Proposal 1, at the Meeting, Common
Shareholders of PCM voting as a single class, will have the
opportunity to vote on whether to liquidate PCM. The Directors
unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote AGAINST
Proposal 1.
With regard to Proposal 2, at the Meeting, Preferred
Shareholders of PCN and PTY will have equal voting rights
(i.e., one vote per Share) with such Funds Common
Shareholders and, except as discussed below, will vote together
with Common Shareholders as a single class on all proposals to
be brought before the Meeting. In addition, pursuant to the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940
Act), Preferred Shareholders, voting as a separate class,
have the right to elect at least two trustees (the
Preferred Shares Trustees) at all times. As
summarized in the table below, (i) the Common Shareholders
of PCM voting as a single class, have the right to vote on the
re-election of William B. Ogden, IV and the election of James A.
Jacobson as Directors of PCM; (ii) the Common and Preferred
Shareholders of PCN, voting together as a single class, have the
right to re-elect Paul Belica as a Trustee of PCN;
(iii) the Preferred Shareholders of PCN, voting as a
separate class, have the right to elect James A. Jacobson as a
Preferred Shares Trustee of PCN; (iv) the Common and
Preferred Shareholders of PTY voting together as a single class,
have the right to re-elect Hans W. Kertess and William B. Ogden,
IV as Trustees of PTY; (v) the Preferred Shareholders of
PTY, voting as a separate class, have the right to vote on the
re-election of Robert E. Connor and the election of James A.
Jacobson as Preferred Shares Trustees of PTY; (vi) the
Common Shareholders of PKO voting as a single class, have the
right to vote on the re-election of Paul Belica and John C.
Maney and the election of James A. Jacobson as Trustees of PKO.
Summary
Proposal 1
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PCMs original prospectus requires that a liquidation
proposal be submitted for Shareholder vote at the 2010 annual
meeting, and the Board of Directors of PCM unanimously
recommends that Shareholders vote AGAINST
Proposal 1
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If Proposal 1 receives the requisite approval of
Shareholders as described in the Proxy Statement, the Fund will
liquidate its assets to cash form.
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The Fund will distribute the cash proceeds less liabilities and
costs of liquidation to Shareholders of record as of the close
of business on the date of the liquidation.
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If Proposal 1 is not approved, the Fund will continue to
operate as an investment company with the same investment
objectives.
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PCM
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Election of James A. Jacobson
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Re-election of William B. Ogden, IV
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PCN
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Re-election of Paul Belica
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PTY
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Independent Trustees/Nominees*
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PKO
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Independent Directors/Nominees*
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Re-election of Paul Belica
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Election of James A. Jacobson
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Re-election of John C. Maney
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Nominees are those Trustees/Directors or nominees who are
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Mr. Maney is an interested person of the Fund
due to his affiliation with Allianz Global Investors of America
L.P. In addition to Mr. Maneys positions set forth in
the table above, he holds the following positions with
affiliated persons: Management Board, Managing Director and
Chief Operating Officer of Allianz Global Investors of America
L.P. and Allianz Global Investors of America LLC;
Member Board of Directors and Chief Operating
Officer of Allianz Global Investors of America Holdings Inc. and
Oppenheimer Group, Inc.; Managing Director and Chief Operating
Officer of Allianz Global Investors NY Holdings LLC; Management
Board and Managing Director of Allianz Global Investors U.S.
Holding LLC; Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of
Allianz Hedge Fund Partners Holding L.P. and Allianz Global
Investors U.S. Retail LLC; Member Board of Directors
and Managing Director of Allianz Global Investors Advertising
Agency Inc.; Compensation Committee of NFJ Investment Group LLC;
Management Board of Allianz Global Investors Management Partners
LLC and Nicholas-Applegate Holdings LLC; Member
Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer of PIMCO Global
Advisors (Resources) Limited; Executive Vice President of PIMCO
Japan Ltd ; Chief Operating Officer of Allianz Global Investors
U.S. Holding II LLC; and Member and Chairman
Board of Directors, President and Chief Operating Officer of PFP
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You may vote by mailing the enclosed proxy card. Shares
represented by duly executed and timely delivered proxies will
be voted as instructed on the proxy. If you mail the enclosed
proxy and no choice is indicated for the Proposals listed in the
attached Notice, your proxy will be voted in favor of the
election of all nominees and, in the case of Proposal 1 for
PCM, against the liquidation of PCM. At any time before it has
been voted, your proxy may be revoked in one of the following
ways: (i) by delivering a signed, written
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letter of revocation to the Secretary of the appropriate Fund
at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105,
(ii) by properly executing and delivering a later-dated
proxy, or (iii) by attending the Meeting, requesting return
of any previously delivered proxy and voting in person. If any
proposal, other than the Proposals set forth herein, properly
comes before the Meeting, including any adjournment thereof, the
persons named as proxies will vote in their sole discretion.
The principal executive offices of the Funds are located at 1345
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105.
AGIFM serves as the investment manager of each Fund and retains
its affiliate, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
(PIMCO or the
Sub-Adviser),
to serve as each Funds
sub-adviser.
Additional information regarding the Manager and PIMCO may be
found under Additional Information Investment
Manager and
Sub-Adviser
below.
The solicitation will be by mail primarily and the cost of
soliciting proxies for a Fund will be borne by that Fund.
Certain officers of the Funds and certain officers and employees
of the Manager or its affiliates (none of whom will receive
additional compensation therefore) may solicit proxies by
telephone, mail,
e-mail and
personal interviews. Any out-of pocket expenses incurred in
connection with the solicitation will be borne by each of the
Funds based on each Funds relative net assets.
As of February 18, 2010, the Trustees/Directors and
nominees and the officers of each Fund as a group and
individually beneficially owned less than one percent (1%) of
each Funds outstanding Shares and, to the knowledge of the
Funds, the following entities beneficially owned more than five
percent (5%) of the outstanding Common or Preferred Shares of a
Fund as indicated:
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Citigroup Inc.
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PCN
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53.2% of Preferred Shares
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Bank of America Corporation
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12.3% of Preferred Shares
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UBS AG
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PCN
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6.70% of Preferred Shares
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UBS AG
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PTY
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23.53% of Preferred Shares
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Bank of America Corporation
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PTY
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37.1% of Preferred Shares
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Sit Investment Associates, Inc.
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PCM
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9.40% of Common Shares
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The Keller Group Investment Management, Inc.
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PCM
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PROPOSAL 1:
WHETHER TO LIQUIDATE PCM
As stated in the prospectus used to offer Common Shares of PCM
in its initial public offering, dated August 27, 1993,
PCMs Board of Directors undertook to submit to
shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders in the year
2010 a proposal to provide for the orderly liquidation of the
Fund and the payment of the net proceeds of liquidation to
shareholders. Under the terms of the Funds Articles of
Incorporation, approval of such a proposal requires the
affirmative vote of two-thirds
(662/3%)
of the Funds shares outstanding and entitled to vote on
the matter. No additional approvals, including from federal or
state authorities, is required to carry out the liquidation. In
accordance with the above-noted undertaking, a similar proposal
was made to the Funds shareholders at the Funds
annual meetings in 2004 and 2007, and in both cases shareholders
voted against liquidation at the recommendation of the Board.
The undertaking requires that a liquidation proposal be
submitted again at the Meeting in 2010. If the Proposal is not
approved, the Board of Directors will not be required to submit
a similar proposal thereafter, but may do so in its discretion.
The Directors unanimously recommend that shareholders vote
AGAINST this proposal for the reasons noted below.
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PCM is a closed-end, non-diversified, management investment
company organized as a Maryland corporation. In 1993, the year
that the Fund began its investment operations, in light of the
uncertainty as to how the Fund would perform, and the tendency
of closed-end funds frequently to trade at a discount to their
net asset value (NAV), the Board undertook to submit
a liquidation proposal in 2004, again in 2007 and again in 2010
in order to assure potential investors in the Funds
initial public offering that they could eventually liquidate
their shares at NAV if the Fund was not successful in meeting
its investment objective.
We believe that the Fund has, however, been generally successful
in meeting its investment objective. Although past performance
neither guarantees nor predicts future performance, as indicated
in the table below, the Funds NAV total return performance
significantly outperformed the Funds benchmark for the one
year period ended December 31, 2009. The Funds NAV
total return slightly underperformed its benchmark for the five
and ten year periods and underperformed its benchmark for the
three year period ended December 31, 2009. Since March
2007, the Fund has also maintained its targeted common share
dividend and has paid out special year-end cash distributions in
2008 and 2009.
The following chart shows performance of the Fund for periods
ended December 31, 2009:
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28.45
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2.82
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The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past
performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance
above represents the total return performance of the Fund as
compared to the Barclays CMBS Investment Grade Index, an
unmanaged market index considered to be representative of the
bond market. It is not possible to invest directly in this index.
The Funds common shares have traded at an average premium
of 1.682% to their NAV for the three years ended
December 31, 2009. As of December 31, 2009, the
Funds common shares traded at a 3.105% premium to their
NAV. As of February 12, 2010, the Funds Common Shares
traded at a 3.925% premium to their NAV. However, there can be
no guarantee that the Fund will continue to trade at a premium
to its NAV. The chart below shows graphically the Funds
NAV and market share price from its inception on
September 2, 1993 to December 31, 2009.
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Fund NAV
vs. Market Share Price
September 2, 1993 December 31,
2009
Liquidation is an extraordinary action that would eliminate the
vehicle chosen by current shareholders for long-term investment.
It could result in shareholders receiving less than the market
value of their shares, if the Fund continues to trade at a
premium to its NAV. Liquidation would also cause the Fund to
incur transaction costs associated with liquidating its
portfolio as well as legal and other costs. Liquidation could
also subject shareholders to applicable Federal, state and local
income taxes on the difference between the proceeds of
liquidation and their tax bases in shares of the Fund just as if
they had voluntarily sold their shares. Finally, liquidation
would cause the Fund to lose the potential benefits of capital
loss carryforwards that otherwise could help the Fund reduce any
future capital gains distributions that would be taxable to
shareholders. In light of these factors, and the Funds
long-term performance, the Board recommends that shareholders
vote AGAINST this proposal.
To assist shareholders in their consideration of this matter,
attached as Exhibit A is a form of a Plan of Liquidation
for the Fund which sets forth the process by which liquidation
would be effected if the Proposal is approved. In the event that
shareholders vote in favor of this Proposal, the Board could
make such non-material amendments to the Plan as it deems
necessary in its sole discretion. Although the Board strongly
recommends that shareholders vote AGAINST this proposal,
for the reasons stated above, the Board believes that providing
this Plan is necessary to enable shareholders to make an
informed decision.
Under the Plan, the Fund would cease its operations as an
investment company. The Fund would conduct no business other
than winding up its affairs, and would liquidate all of its
assets and convert them to cash or cash equivalents on an
orderly basis. After paying or making provision to pay the
Funds liabilities, the Fund would distribute pro rata all
of the remaining assets of the Fund to each shareholder of
record, and cancel all outstanding shares of the Fund.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THE DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS
RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE AGAINST
LIQUIDATING THE FUND UNDER PROPOSAL I.
PROPOSAL 2:
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES/DIRECTORS
In accordance with each of PCNs, PTYs and PKOs
Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (each a
Declaration) and PCMs Articles of
Incorporation, as amended (the Articles), the
Trustees/Directors have been divided into the following three
classes (each a Class): Class I, Class II
and Class III. In December 2009, the Board of
Trustees/Directors of each Fund appointed James A. Jacobson to
serve as a Preferred Shares Trustee of PCN and PTY to fill
a Class II vacancy and to serve as a Common
Shares Trustee for PKO and PCM to fill a Class II and
a Class I vacancy, respectively, resulting from the
resignation of Diana L. Taylor, who formerly served as a
Trustee/Director of each Fund. Accordingly, the Nominating
Committee has recommended James A. Jacobson for election by the
Preferred Shareholders of PCN and PTY, voting as a separate
class, as Preferred Shares Trustee of those Funds, and has
recommended James A. Jacobson for election by the Common
Shareholders of PKO and PCM as Trustee/Director of those Funds.
The Nominating Committee has recommended the other nominees
listed herein for re-election by the Shareholders as
Trustees/Directors to the Funds, as applicable.
With respect to PCM, the term of office of the Class I
Directors will expire at the Meeting; the term of office of the
Class II Directors will expire at the 2011 annual meeting
of shareholders; and the term of office of the Class III
Directors will expire at the 2012 annual meeting of
shareholders. Currently, William B. Ogden, IV is the
Class I Director on the Board. The Nominating Committee has
recommended to the Board that Mr. Ogden be nominated for
re-election and Mr. Jacobson be nominated for election by
Common Shareholders, voting as a single class, as Class I
Directors at the Meeting. Consistent with the Funds
Articles, if elected, the nominees shall hold office for terms
coinciding with the Classes of Directors to which they have been
designated. Therefore, if elected at the Meeting,
Messrs. Ogden and Jacobson will serve a term consistent
with the Class I Directors, which will expire at the
Funds 2013 annual meeting.
With respect to PCN, the term of office of the Class II
Trustees will expire at the Meeting; the term of office of the
Class III Trustees will expire at the 2011 annual meeting
of shareholders; and the term of office of the Class I
Trustees will expire at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders.
Currently, Paul Belica is the Class II Trustee on the
Board. The Nominating Committee has recommended to the Board
that Mr. Belica be nominated for re-election by
Shareholders, voting as a single class, as a Class II
Trustee and Mr. Jacobson be nominated for election by the
Preferred Shareholders, voting as a separate class, as a
Class II Preferred Shares Trustee at the Meeting.
Consistent with the Funds Declaration, if elected, the
nominees shall hold office for terms coinciding with the Classes
of Trustees to which they have been designated. Therefore, if
elected at the Meeting, Messrs. Belica and Jacobson will
serve a term consistent with the Class II Trustees, which
will expire at the Funds 2013 annual meeting.
With respect to PTY, the term of office of the Class I
Trustees will expire at the Meeting; the term of office of the
Class II Trustees will expire at the 2011 annual meeting of
shareholders; and the term of office of the Class III
Trustees will expire at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders.
Currently, Robert E. Connor, Hans W. Kertess and William B.
Ogden, IV are the Class I Trustees on the Board. The
Nominating Committee has recommended to the Board that
Messrs. Kertess and Ogden be nominated for re-election by
Shareholders, voting as a single class, as Class I Trustees
and that Messrs. Connor and Jacobson be nominated for
re-election and election, respectively, by the Preferred
Shareholders, voting as a separate class, as a Class I and
Class II Trustee, respectively, at the Meeting. Consistent
with the Funds Declaration, if elected, the nominees shall
hold office for terms coinciding with the Classes of Trustees to
which they have been designated. Therefore, if
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elected at the Meeting, Messrs. Connor, Kertess and Ogden
will serve a term consistent with the Class I Trustees,
which will expire at the Funds 2013 annual meeting. If
elected at the Meeting, Mr. Jacobson will serve a term
consistent with the Class II Trustees, which will expire at
the Funds 2011 annual meeting.
With respect to PKO, the term of office of the Class II
Trustees will expire at the Meeting; the term of office of the
Class III Trustees will expire at the 2011 annual meeting
of shareholders; and the term of office of the Class I
Trustees will expire at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders.
Currently, Paul Belica, and John C. Maney are the
Class II Trustees on the Board. The Nominating Committee
has recommended to the Board that Messrs. Belica and Maney
be nominated for re-election and Mr. Jacobson be nominated
for election, by Common Shareholders, voting as a single class,
as Class II Trustees at the Meeting. Consistent with the
Funds Declaration, if elected, the nominees shall hold
office for terms coinciding with the Classes of Trustees to
which they have been designated. Therefore, if elected at the
Meeting, Messrs. Belica, Jacobson and Maney will serve a
term consistent with the Class II Trustees, which will
expire at the Funds 2013 annual meeting.
All members of each Board of PCN, PTY and PKO are and will
remain, if elected, Continuing Trustees, as such
term is defined in the Declarations of PCN, PTY and PKO, having
either served as Trustee since the inception of the Funds or
having been nominated by at least a majority of the Continuing
Trustees then members of the Boards.
At any annual meeting of shareholders, any Trustee/Director
elected to fill a vacancy that has arisen since the preceding
annual meeting of shareholders (whether or not such vacancy has
been filled by election of a new Trustee/Director by the Board)
shall hold office for a term that coincides with the remaining
term of the Class of Trustees/Directors to which such office was
previously assigned, if such vacancy arose other than by an
increase in the number of Trustees/Directors, and until his or
her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. In the event
such vacancy arose due to an increase in the number of
Trustees/Directors, any Trustee/Director so elected to fill such
vacancy at an annual meeting shall hold office for a term which
coincides with that of the Class of Trustee/Director to which
such office has been apportioned and until his or her successor
shall be elected and shall qualify.
The following table summarizes the nominees who will stand for
election at the Meeting, the respective Classes of
Trustees/Directors to which they have been designated and the
expiration of their respective terms if elected:
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Trustee/Director/Nominee
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Class
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Expiration of Term if Elected*
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PCM
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James A. Jacobson
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Class I
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2013 Annual Meeting
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William B. Ogden, IV
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Class I
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2013 Annual Meeting
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PCN
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Paul Belica
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Class II
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2013 Annual Meeting
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James A. Jacobson
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Class II
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2013 Annual Meeting
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PTY
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Robert E. Connor
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Class I
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2013 Annual Meeting
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James A. Jacobson
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Class II
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2011 Annual Meeting
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Hans W. Kertess
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Class I
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2013 Annual Meeting
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William B. Ogden, IV
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Class I
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2013 Annual Meeting
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PKO
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Paul Belica
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Class II
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2013 Annual Meeting
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James A. Jacobson
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Class II
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2013 Annual Meeting
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John C. Maney**
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Class II
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2013 Annual Meeting
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A Trustee of PCN, PTY and PKO elected at an annual meeting shall
hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his
or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be
elected and shall |
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qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification or removal from office. A Director
of PCM elected at an annual meeting shall hold office until his
or her successor is elected and qualifies. |
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Mr. Maney is an Interested Trustee/Nominee. |
Under this classified Board structure, generally only those
Trustees/Directors in a single Class may be replaced in any one
year, and it would require a minimum of two years to change a
majority of the Board under normal circumstances. This
structure, which may be regarded as an anti-takeover
provision, may make it more difficult for a Funds
Shareholders to change the majority of Trustees/Directors of the
Fund and, thus, promotes the continuity of management.
Unless authority is withheld, it is the intention of the persons
named in the enclosed proxy for a Fund to vote each proxy for
the persons listed above for that Fund. Each of the nominees has
indicated he or she will serve if elected, but if he or she
should be unable to serve for a Fund, the proxy holders may vote
in favor of such substitute nominee as the Board may designate
(or, alternatively, the Board may determine to leave a vacancy).
Information
Regarding Trustees/Directors and Nominees.
The following table provides information concerning the
Trustees/Directors/Nominees of the Funds.
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Number of
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Portfolios in
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Fund
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Other
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Complex
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Directorships
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Principal
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Overseen by
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Held by
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Name, Address*,
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Position(s)
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Term of Office
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Occupation(s)
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Trustee/
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Trustee/
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Date of Birth
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Held with
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and Length of
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During the Past
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Director
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Director
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and Class
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the Funds
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Time Served
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5 Years
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Nominee
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Nominee
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Independent Trustees/Directors /Nominees
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Paul Belica
09/27/1921
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Retired. Formerly Director, Student Loan Finance Corp.,
Education Loans, Inc., Goal Funding, Inc., Goal
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None.
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PCM Class III
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Director
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PCM Since
April 2008
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Funding II, Inc. and Surety Loan Fund, Inc.; and formerly,
Manager of Stratigos Fund LLC, Whistler Fund LLC, Xanthus Fund
LLC & Wynstone Fund LLC.
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PCN Class II
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Nominee,
Trustee
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PCN Since inception
(December 2001)
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PTY Class III
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Trustee
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PTY Since inception
(November 2002)
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PKO Class II
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Nominee,
Trustee
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PKO Since inception (November 2007)
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Robert E. Connor
09/17/1934
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Retired. Formerly, Senior Vice President, Corporate Office,
Smith Barney Inc.
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None.
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Number of
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Portfolios in
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Fund
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Other
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Complex
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Directorships
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Principal
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Overseen by
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Held by
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Name, Address*,
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Position(s)
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Term of Office
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Occupation(s)
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Trustee/
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Trustee/
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Date of Birth
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Held with
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and Length of
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During the Past
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Director
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Director
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and Class
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the Funds
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Time Served
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5 Years
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Nominee
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Nominee
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PCM Class III
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Director
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PCM Since
April 2008
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PCN Class I
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Trustee
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PCN Since inception (December 2001)
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PTY Class I
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Nominee,
Trustee
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PTY Since inception (November 2002)
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PKO Class III
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Trustee
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PKO Since inception (November 2007)
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James A. Jacobson
02/03/1945
PCM Class I
PCN Class II
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Nominee,
Director
Nominee,
Trustee
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Since December 2009
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Retired. Formerly, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Spear,
Leeds & Kellogg Specialists, LLC, specialist firm on the
New York Stock Exchange.
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Trustee, Alpine
Mutual Funds
Complex
consisting
of 16 funds
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PTY Class II
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Nominee,
Trustee
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PKO Class II
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Nominee,
Trustee
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Hans W. Kertess
07/12/1939
PCM Class II
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Trustee
and Chairman
of the Board
Director
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PCM Since
April 2008
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President, H. Kertess & Co., a financial advisory company.
Formerly, Managing Director, Royal Bank of Canada Capital
Markets.
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None.
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PCN Class I
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Trustee
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PCN Since inception (December 2001)
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PTY Class I
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Nominee,
Trustee
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PTY Since
October 2003
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PKO Class I
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Trustee
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PKO Since inception (November 2007)
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William B. Ogden, IV
01/11/1945
PCM Class I
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Nominee,
Director
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PCM Since
April 2008
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Asset Management Industry Consultant. Formerly, Managing
Director, Investment Banking Division of Citigroup Global
Markets Inc.
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None.
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PCN Class I
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Trustee
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PCN Since September 2006
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10
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Number of
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Portfolios in
|
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Fund
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Other
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Complex
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|
Directorships
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Principal
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Overseen by
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Held by
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Name, Address*,
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Position(s)
|
|
Term of Office
|
|
Occupation(s)
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Trustee/
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Trustee/
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Date of Birth
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Held with
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and Length of
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During the Past
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|
Director
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|
Director
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and Class
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|
the Funds
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Time Served
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5 Years
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|
Nominee
|
|
Nominee
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PTY Class I
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Nominee,
Trustee
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|
PTY Since September 2006
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PKO Class I
|
|
Trustee
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PKO Since
March 2008
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R. Peter Sullivan III 09/04/1941
PCM Class II
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Director
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PCM Since
April 2008
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Retired. Formerly, Managing Partner, Bear Wagner Specialists
LLC, specialist firm on the New York Stock Exchange.
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None.
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PCN Class III
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|
Trustee
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PCN Since
April 2002
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PTY Class II
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Trustee
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PTY Since September 2004
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PKO Class III
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Trustee
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PKO Since
March 2008
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Interested Trustee /Director/Nominee
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John C. Maney
08/03/1959
PCM Class II
PCN Class III
PTY Class III
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Director
Trustee
Trustee
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PCM Since
April 2008
PCN Since December 2006
PTY Since
December 2006
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|
Management Board of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management
LLC; Management Board and Managing Director of Allianz Global
Investors of America L.P. since January 2005 and also Chief
Operating Officer of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P.
since November 2006.
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None.
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PKO Class II
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Nominee,
Trustee
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PKO Since inception
(November 2007)
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* |
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The business address of each person listed above is
c/o Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, New York 10105. |
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The following table states the dollar range of equity securities
beneficially owned as of February 18, 2010 by each
Trustee/Director and nominee of each Fund and, on an
aggregate basis, of any registered investment companies overseen
by the Trustee/Director or nominee in the family of
investment companies, including the Funds.
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Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All
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Registered Investment Companies Overseen by
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Dollar Range of Equity
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Trustee/Directors/Nominee in the Family of Investment
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Name of Trustee/Director /Nominee
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Securities in the Funds*
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Companies*
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Independent Trustees/ Directors/Nominees
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Paul Belica
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None.
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None.
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Robert E. Connor
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None.
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None.
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James A. Jacobson
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None.
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None.
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Hans W. Kertess
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None.
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None.
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William B. Ogden, IV
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None.
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None.
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R. Peter Sullivan III
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None.
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$10,001 - $50,000
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Diana L. Taylor*
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None.
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None.
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Interested Trustee/Director/Nominee
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John C. Maney
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$10,001 - $50,000
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$10,001 - $50,000
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Securities are valued as of February 18, 2010.
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* |
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Diana L. Taylor retired as a Trustee/Director of each Fund
effective September 10, 2009. |
To the knowledge of the Funds, as of February 18, 2010,
Trustees/Directors and nominees who are Independent
Trustees/Directors or Independent Nominees and their immediate
family members did not own securities of an investment adviser
or principal underwriter of the Funds or a person (other than a
registered investment company) directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with an
investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Funds.
Compensation. Each of the Independent
Trustees/Directors serves as a trustee/director of PIMCO
Municipal Income Fund, PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund,
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund, PIMCO Municipal Income
Fund II, PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund II,
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund II, PIMCO Municipal
Income Fund III, PIMCO California Municipal Income
Fund III, PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund III,
Nicholas-Applegate Convertible & Income Fund,
Nicholas-Applegate Convertible & Income Fund II,
PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund, PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund,
PIMCO High Income Fund, PIMCO Corporate Income Fund, PIMCO
Floating Rate Income Fund, PIMCO Floating Rate Strategy Fund,
NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund,
Nicholas Applegate International and Premium Strategy Fund,
Nicholas-Applegate Equity & Convertible Income Fund,
Nicholas-Applegate Global Equity & Convertible Income
Fund, PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income Fund, PCM Fund,
Inc. and PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc., each a
closed-end fund for which the Manager serves as investment
manager and affiliates of the Manager serve as
sub-adviser
(together, the Allianz Closed-End Funds) and certain
other open-end investment companies for which the Manager serves
as investment manager and administrator and affiliates of the
Manager serve as investment
sub-advisers
(together with the Allianz Closed-End Funds, the Allianz
Managed Funds). As indicated below, certain of the
officers of the Funds are affiliated with the Manager.
Each of the Allianz Managed Funds are expected to hold joint
meetings of their Boards of Trustees/Directors whenever
possible. Each Trustee/Director, other than any Trustee/Director
who is a director, officer, partner or employee of the Manager,
PIMCO or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control
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with the Manager or PIMCO receives annual compensation of
$250,000, which is payable quarterly. The Independent Chairman
of the Boards receives an additional $75,000 per year, payable
quarterly. An Audit Oversight Committee Chairman annually
receives an additional $50,000 annually, payable quarterly.
Trustees/Directors will also be reimbursed for
meeting-related expenses.
Each Trustee/Directors compensation and other costs of
joint meetings will be allocated pro rata among the Allianz
Managed Funds for which such Trustee/Director serves as
Trustee/Director based on the complexity of issues relating to
each such Fund and relative time spent by the Trustees/Directors
in addressing them, and secondarily, on each such Funds
relative net assets (including assets attributable to any
outstanding preferred shares issued by an Allianz Closed-End
Fund).
Trustees/Directors do not currently receive any pension
or retirement benefits from the Funds or the Fund Complex.
The following table provides information concerning the
compensation paid to the Trustees/Directors and nominees for the
fiscal years ended October 31, 2009 for PCN and PKO,
November 30, 2009 for PTY and December 31, 2009 for
PCM. For the calendar year ended December 31, 2009, the
Trustees/Directors received the compensation set forth in the
table below for serving as trustees/directors of the
Funds and other funds in the same Fund Complex
as the Funds. Each officer and each Trustee/Director who is a
director, officer, partner, member or employee of the Manager or
the
Sub-Adviser,
or of any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with the Manager or the
Sub-Adviser,
including any Interested Trustee/Director, serves without any
compensation from the Funds.
Compensation
Table
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Total Compensation from
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Aggregate
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Aggregate
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the Funds and
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Compensation
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Compensation
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Aggregate
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Aggregate
|
|
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Fund Complex Paid to
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from PCM for
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from PCN for
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Compensation
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Compensation
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Trustees/Directors/
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the Fiscal Year
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the Fiscal Year
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from PTY for
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from PKO for
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Nominees for the
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Ended
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|
|
Ended
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|
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the Fiscal Year
|
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the Fiscal Year
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Calendar Year Ended
|
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Name of Trustee/
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|
December 31,
|
|
|
October 31,
|
|
|
Ended November 30,
|
|
|
Ended October 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
Directors /Nominees
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009*
|
|
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Independent Trustees/Directors/Nominees
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Paul Belica
|
|
$
|
1,316
|
|
|
$
|
12,406
|
|
|
$
|
20,174
|
|
|
$
|
6,016
|
|
|
$
|
270,000
|
|
Robert E. Connor
|
|
$
|
1,096
|
|
|
$
|
10,492
|
|
|
$
|
17,535
|
|
|
$
|
4,935
|
|
|
$
|
225,000
|
|
Jimmy A. Jacobson**
|
|
$
|
294
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
$
|
11,005
|
|
Hans W. Kertess
|
|
$
|
1,427
|
|
|
$
|
13,248
|
|
|
$
|
21,511
|
|
|
$
|
7,060
|
|
|
$
|
292,500
|
|
William B. Ogden, IV
|
|
$
|
1,096
|
|
|
$
|
9,492
|
|
|
$
|
17,535
|
|
|
$
|
3,935
|
|
|
$
|
225,000
|
|
R. Peter Sullivan III
|
|
$
|
1,096
|
|
|
$
|
10,492
|
|
|
$
|
17,535
|
|
|
$
|
4,935
|
|
|
$
|
225,000
|
|
Diana L. Taylor***
|
|
$
|
802
|
|
|
$
|
10,492
|
|
|
$
|
17,535
|
|
|
$
|
4,935
|
|
|
$
|
168,750
|
|
Interested Trustee/Director/Nominee
|
John C. Maney
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
In addition to the AGIFM Closed-End Funds, during each
Funds most recently completed fiscal year, all of the
Trustees/Directors served as Trustees/Directors of three
open-end investment companies (each consisting of separate
investment portfolios) advised by the Manager, except for James
A. Jacobson and Diana L. Taylor who served as a
Trustee/Director to only two of such open-end companies. These
investment companies are considered to be in the same
Fund Complex as the Funds. |
|
** |
|
James A. Jacobsons appointment as a Trustee/Director of
each Fund was not effective until December 14, 2009. |
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*** |
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Diana L. Taylor retired as a Trustee/Director effective
September 10, 2009. |
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The Funds have no employees. The Funds officers and
Mr. Maney are compensated by the Manager, the
Sub-Adviser
or one of their affiliates.
Board
Committees and Meetings.
Audit Oversight Committee. The Board of each
Fund has established an Audit Oversight Committee in accordance
with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Each
Funds Audit Oversight Committee currently consists of
Messrs. Belica, Connor, Jacobson, Kertess, Ogden and
Sullivan, each of whom is an Independent
Trustee/Director. Mr. Belica is the Chairman of each
Funds Audit Oversight Committee. Each Funds Audit
Oversight Committee provides oversight with respect to the
internal and external accounting and auditing procedures of each
Fund and, among other things, determines the selection of the
independent registered public accounting firm for each Fund and
considers the scope of the audit, approves all audit and
permitted non-audit services proposed to be performed by those
auditors on behalf of each Fund, and approves services to be
performed by the auditors for certain affiliates, including the
Manager, the
Sub-Adviser
and entities in a control relationship with the Manager or the
Sub-Adviser
that provide services to each Fund where the engagement relates
directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund.
The Committee considers the possible effect of those services on
the independence of the Funds independent registered
public accounting firm.
Each member of each Funds Audit Oversight Committee is
independent, as independence for audit committee
members is defined in the currently applicable listing standards
of the New York Stock Exchange, on which the Common Shares of
each Fund are listed.
The Board of each Fund has adopted a written charter for its
Audit Oversight Committee. A copy of the written charter for
each Fund, as amended through June 10, 2008 is attached to
this Proxy Statement as Exhibit B. A report of the
Audit Oversight Committee of PCM, dated February 22, 2010
is attached to this Proxy Statement as
Exhibit C-1.
A report of the Audit Oversight Committee of PCN, dated
December 23, 2009, is attached to this Proxy Statement as
Exhibit C-2.
A report of the Audit Oversight Committee of PTY, dated
January 25, 2010, is attached to this Proxy Statement as
Exhibit C-3.
A report of the Audit Oversight Committee of PKO, dated
December 23, 2009, is attached to this Proxy Statement as
Exhibit C-4.
Nominating Committee. The Board of each Fund
has a Nominating Committee composed solely of Independent
Trustees/Directors, currently consisting of Messrs. Belica,
Connor, Jacobson, Kertess, Ogden, and Sullivan. The Nominating
Committee is responsible for reviewing and recommending
qualified candidates to the Board in the event that a position
is vacated or created or when Trustees/Directors are to be
nominated for election by shareholders. The Nominating Committee
of each Fund has adopted a charter, which is posted on the
following website:
http://www.allianzinvestors.com/closedendfunds/literature.
Each member of each Funds Nominating Committee is
independent, as independence for nominating
committee members is defined in the currently applicable listing
standards of the New York Stock Exchange, on which the Common
Shares of each Fund are listed.
Qualifications, Evaluation and Identification of
Trustee/Directors Nominees. The Nominating
Committee of each Fund requires that Trustee/Director
candidates have a college degree or equivalent business
experience. When evaluating candidates, each Funds
Nominating Committee may take into account a wide variety of
factors including, but not limited to: (i) availability and
commitment of a candidate to attend meetings and perform his or
her responsibilities on the Board, (ii) relevant industry
and related experience, (iii) educational background,
(iv) financial expertise, (v) an assessment of the
candidates ability, judgment and expertise and
(vi) overall Board composition. The process of identifying
nominees involves the consideration of candidates recommended by
one or more of the following sources: (i) the Funds
current Trustees/Directors, (ii) the Funds
officers, (iii) the Funds Shareholders and
(iv) any other source the Committee deems to be
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appropriate. The Nominating Committee of each Fund may, but is
not required to, retain a third party search firm at the
Funds expense to identify potential candidates.
Consideration of Candidates Recommended by
Shareholders. The Nominating Committee of each
Fund will review and consider nominees recommended by
Shareholders to serve as Trustees/Directors, provided
that the recommending Shareholder follows the Procedures
for Shareholders to Submit Nominee Candidates for the Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management Sponsored Closed-End
Funds, which are set forth as Appendix B to the
Funds Nominating Committee Charter. Among other
requirements, these procedures provide that the recommending
Shareholder must submit any recommendation in writing to the
Fund, to the attention of the Funds Secretary, at the
address of the principal executive offices of the Fund and that
such submission must be received at such offices not less than
45 days nor more than 75 days prior to the date of the
Board or shareholder meeting at which the nominee would be
elected. Any recommendation must include certain biographical
and other information regarding the candidate and the
recommending Shareholder, and must include a written and signed
consent of the candidate to be named as a nominee and to serve
as a Trustee/Director if elected. The foregoing
description of the requirements is only a summary. Please refer
to Appendix B to the Nominating Committee Charter, which is
available at
http://www.allianzinvestors.com/documentLibrary/closedEndFunds/supportingLiterature/nominating_-committee_charter.pdf,
for details.
The Nominating Committee has full discretion to reject nominees
recommended by Shareholders, and there is no assurance that any
such person properly recommended and considered by the Committee
will be nominated for election to the Board of each Fund.
Valuation Committee. The Board of each Fund
has a Valuation Committee currently consisting of
Messrs. Belica, Connor, Jacobson, Kertess, Ogden, Sullivan.
The Board of each Fund has delegated to the Committee the
responsibility to determine or cause to be determined the fair
value of each Funds portfolio securities and other assets
when market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation
Committee reviews and approves procedures for the fair valuation
of each Funds portfolio securities and periodically
reviews information from the Manager and the
Sub-Adviser
regarding fair value and liquidity determinations made pursuant
to Board-approved procedures, and makes related recommendations
to the full Board and assists the full Board in resolving
particular fair valuation and other valuation matters.
Compensation Committee. The Board of each Fund
has a Compensation Committee currently consisting of
Messrs. Belica, Connor, Jacobson, Kertess, Ogden and
Sullivan. The Compensation Committee meets as the Board deems
necessary to review and make recommendations regarding
compensation payable to the Trustees/Directors of the
Fund who are not directors, officers, partners or employees of
the Manager, the
Sub-Adviser
or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control
with the Manager or the
Sub-Adviser.
Meetings. With respect to PCM, during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Board of Trustees
held four regular meetings. The Audit Oversight Committee met in
separate session three times, the Nominating Committee met in
separate session once, the Valuation Committee met in separate
session four times and the Compensation Committee did not meet
in separate sessions. Each Trustee attended at least 75% of the
regular meetings of the Board and meetings of the committees on
which such Trustee served for PCM that were held during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 except
Mr. Jacobson who was not appointed to the Board until
December 14, 2009.
With respect to PCN, during the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2009, the Board of Trustees held four regular
meetings and four special meetings. The Audit Oversight
Committee met in separate session two times, the Valuation
Committee met in separate session three times and the Nominating
Committee and the Compensation Committee did not meet in
separate sessions. Each Trustee attended at least 75% of the
regular meetings of the Board and meetings of the committees on
which such Trustee served for PCN that were held
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during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009 except
Mr. Jacobson who was not appointed to the Board until
December 14, 2009.
With respect to PTY, during the fiscal year ended
November 30, 2009, the Board of Trustees held four regular
meetings and two special meetings. The Audit Oversight Committee
met in separate session two times, the Valuation Committee met
in separate session three times and the Nominating Committee and
the Compensation Committee did not meet in separate sessions.
Each Trustee attended at least 75% of the regular meetings of
the Board and meetings of the committees on which such Trustee
served for PTY that were held during the fiscal year ended
November 30, 2009 except Mr. Jacobson who was not
appointed to the Board until December 14, 2009.
With respect to PKO, during the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2009, the Board of Directors held four regular
meetings and one special meeting. The Audit Oversight Committee
met in separate session two times, the Valuation Committee met
in separate session three times, the Nominating Committee met in
separate session one time and the Compensation Committees did
not meet in separate sessions. Each Director attended at least
75% of the regular meetings of the Board and meetings of the
committees on which such Director served for PKO that were held
during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009 except
Mr. Jacobson who was not appointed to the Board until
December 14, 2009.
Shareholder Communications with the Board of
Trustees/Directors. The Board of
Trustees/Directors of each Fund has adopted procedures by
which Fund Shareholders may send communications to the
Board. Shareholders may mail written communications to the Board
to the attention of the Board of Trustees/Directors,
[name of Fund],
c/o Thomas
J. Fuccillo, Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10105. Shareholder communications must
(i) be in writing and be signed by the Shareholder and
(ii) identify the class and number of Shares held by the
Shareholder. The CLO or his designee of each Fund is responsible
for reviewing properly submitted shareholder communications. The
CLO shall either (i) provide a copy of each properly
submitted shareholder communication to the Board at its next
regularly scheduled Board meeting or (ii) if the CLO
determines that the communication requires more immediate
attention, forward the communication to the
Trustees/Directors promptly after receipt. The CLO may,
in good faith, determine that a shareholder communication should
not be provided to the Board because it does not reasonably
relate to a Fund or its operations, management, activities,
policies, service providers, Board, officers, shareholders or
other matters relating to an investment in the Fund or is
otherwise routine or ministerial in nature. These procedures do
not apply to (i) any communication from an officer or
Trustee/Director of a Fund, (ii) any communication
from an employee or agent of a Fund, unless such communication
is made solely in such employees or agents capacity
as a shareholder, or (iii) any shareholder proposal
submitted pursuant to
Rule 14a-8
under the Exchange Act or any communication made in connection
with such a proposal. A Funds Trustees/Directors
are not required to attend the Funds annual shareholder
meetings or to otherwise make themselves available to
shareholders for communications, other than by the
aforementioned procedures.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Compliance. Each Funds Trustees/Directors
and certain officers, investment advisers, certain affiliated
persons of the investment advisers and persons who own more than
10% of any class of outstanding securities of a Fund
(i.e., a Funds Common Shares or Preferred Shares)
are required to file forms reporting their affiliation with the
Fund and reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the
Funds securities with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC) and the New York Stock
Exchange (the NYSE). These persons and entities are
required by SEC regulation to furnish the Fund with copies of
all such forms they file. Based solely on a review of these
forms furnished to each Fund, each Fund believes that each of
the Trustees/Directors and relevant officers, investment
advisers and relevant affiliated persons of the investment
advisers has complied with all applicable filing requirements
during each Funds respective fiscal years, except that, a
late Form 3 filing was made in January 2010 for
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Bank of America Corporation, which is a holder of more than 10%
of the outstanding Auction Rate Preferred shares of PCN.
Required Vote. Proposal 1, the
Liquidation of PCM, will require the affirmative vote of
two-thirds
(662/3%)
of PCMs outstanding shares. Proposal 2, the election
of Trustees/Directors of each Fund, will require the following
votes: (i) the re-election and election of
Messrs. Ogden and Jacobson, respectively, to the Board of
Directors of PCM will require the affirmative vote of a majority
of the votes validly cast at the Meeting, in person or by proxy;
(ii) the re-election of Mr. Belica to the Board of
Trustees of PCN, the re-election of Messrs. Kertess and
Ogden to the Board of Trustees of PTY will require the
affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes of the Common and
Preferred Shareholders (voting as a single class) of the
relevant Fund cast in the election of Trustees at the Meeting,
in person or by proxy; (iii) the election of
Mr. Jacobson to the Board of Trustees of PCN, and the
re-election and election of Messrs. Connor and Jacobson,
respectively, to the Board of Trustees of PTY will require the
affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes of the Preferred
Shareholders (voting as a separate class) of the relevant Fund
cast in the election of Trustees at the Meeting, in person or by
proxy; and (iv) the re-election of Messrs. Belica and
Maney and the election of Mr. Jacobson to the Board of
Trustees of PKO will require the affirmative vote of a plurality
of the votes validly cast at the Meeting, in person or by proxy.
THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES/DIRECTORS OF THE FUNDS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR
PROPOSAL 2.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Executive and Other Officers of the Funds. The
table below provides certain information concerning the
executive officers of the Funds and certain other officers who
perform similar duties. Officers of PCN, PTY and PKO hold office
at the pleasure of the Board and until their successors are
chosen and qualified, or in each case until he or she sooner
dies, resigns, is removed with or without cause or becomes
disqualified. Officers of PCM hold office until the next annual
meeting of the Board of Directors and until his successor shall
have been elected and qualified. Officers and employees of the
Funds who are principals, officers, members or employees of the
Manager or the
Sub-Adviser
are not compensated by the Funds.
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Name, Address*
|
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Position(s) Held
|
|
Term of Office and Length
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) During
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and Date of Birth
|
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with Fund
|
|
of Time Served
|
|
the Past 5 Years
|
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Brian S. Shlissel
11/14/1964
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President & Chief Executive Officer
|
|
PCM
Since April 2008
PCN
Since September 2002. Formerly, Treasurer and Principal
Financial Accounting Officer
PTY
Since inception
(November 2002)
PKO
Since inception
(November 2007)
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|
Executive Vice President, Director of Fund Administration,
Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; President and
Chief Executive Officer of 33 funds in the Fund Complex;
Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of 45
funds in the Fund Complex and The Korea Fund, Inc. Formerly,
Director of 4 funds in the Fund Complex (2002-2008).
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Name, Address*
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Position(s) Held
|
|
Term of Office and Length
|
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Principal Occupation(s) During
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and Date of Birth
|
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with Fund
|
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of Time Served
|
|
the Past 5 Years
|
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Lawrence G. Altadonna 03/10/1966
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Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
|
|
PCM
Since April 2008
PCN
Since September 2002
PTY
Since inception
(November 2002)
PKO
Since inception
(November 2007)
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|
Senior Vice President, Allianz Global Investors Fund Management
LLC; Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of 33
funds in the Fund Complex; Assistant Treasurer of 45 funds in
the Fund Complex and The Korea Fund, Inc.
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Thomas J. Fuccillo 03/22/1968
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|
Vice President,
Secretary and Chief
Legal Officer
|
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PCM
Since April 2008
PTY & PCN
Since December 2004
PKO
Since inception
(November 2007)
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|
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of
Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; Executive Vice
President of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P.; Vice
President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of 78 funds in the
Fund Complex; Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of The Korea
Fund, Inc.
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Youse Guia
680 Newport Center Drive Suite 250
Newport Beach, CA
92660
09/03/1972
|
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Chief Compliance
Officer
|
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PCM
Since April 2008
PTY & PCN
Since October 2004
PKO
Since inception
(November 2007)
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Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Allianz
Global Investors of America L.P.; Chief Compliance Officer of 78
funds in the Fund Complex and The Korea Fund, Inc.
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Scott Whisten
03/13/1971
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Assistant Treasurer
|
|
PCM
Since April 2008
PTY & PCN
Since January 2007
PKO
Since inception
(November 2007)
|
|
Vice President, Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC;
Assistant Treasurer of 78 funds in the Fund Complex. Formerly,
Accounting Manager, Prudential Investments
(2000-2005).
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|
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|
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Richard J. Cochran 01/23/1961
|
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
|
Since May 2008
|
|
Vice President, Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC;
Assistant Treasurer of 78 funds in the Fund Complex; formerly,
Tax manager, Teachers Insurance Annuity Association/College
Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF) (2002-2008).
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Kathleen A. Chapman 11/11/1954
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Assistant Secretary
|
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PCM
Since April 2008
PTY & PCN
Since December 2006
PKO
Since inception
(November 2007)
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Assistant Secretary of 78 funds in the Fund Complex. Formerly,
Manager Individual Investor Group Advisory Law,
Morgan Stanley (2004-2005).
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Name, Address*
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Position(s) Held
|
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Term of Office and Length
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Principal Occupation(s) During
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and Date of Birth
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with Fund
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of Time Served
|
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the Past 5 Years
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Lagan Srivastava
09/20/1977
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Assistant Secretary
|
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PCM
Since April 2008
PTY & PCN
Since December 2006
PKO
Since inception
(November 2007)
|
|
Assistant Secretary of 78 funds in the Fund Complex and The
Korea Fund, Inc. Formerly, Research Assistant, Dechert LLP
(2004-2005).
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Unless otherwise noted, the address of the Funds officers
is Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, 1345
Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10105. |
Investment Manager and
Sub-Adviser. The
Manager, located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York,
New York 10105, serves as the investment manager of the Funds.
The Manager retains its affiliate, PIMCO, as
Sub-Adviser
to manage each Funds investments. PIMCO is located at 800
Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660. The Manager and
the
Sub-Adviser
are each majority-owned indirect subsidiaries of Allianz SE, a
publicly traded European insurance and financial services
company.
Legal Proceedings. In June and September 2004,
the Manager and certain of its affiliates (including PEA Capital
LLC (PEA), Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC
and Allianz Global Investors of America, L.P.) agreed to settle,
without admitting or denying the allegations, claims brought by
the SEC and the New Jersey Attorney General alleging violations
of federal and state securities laws with respect to certain
open-end funds for which the Manager serves as investment
adviser. The settlements related to an alleged market
timing arrangement in certain open-end funds formerly
sub-advised
by PEA. The Manager and its affiliates agreed to pay a total of
$68 million to settle the claims. In addition to monetary
payments, the settling parties agreed to undertake certain
corporate governance, compliance and disclosure reforms related
to market timing, and consented to cease and desist orders and
censures. Subsequent to these events, PEA deregistered as an
investment adviser and dissolved. None of the settlements
alleged that any inappropriate activity took place with respect
to the Funds.
Since February 2004, the Manager, and certain of its affiliates
and their employees have been named as defendants in a number of
pending lawsuits concerning market timing, which
allege the same or similar conduct underlying the regulatory
settlements discussed above. The market timing lawsuits have
been consolidated in a multi-district litigation proceeding in
the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Any potential resolution of these matters may include, but not
be limited to, judgments or settlements for damages against the
Manager, or its affiliates or related injunctions.
In addition, the
Sub-Adviser
is the subject of a lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois
Eastern Division in which the complaint alleges that plaintiffs
each purchased and sold a
10-year
Treasury note futures contract and suffered damages from an
alleged shortage when the
Sub-Adviser
held both physical and futures positions in
10-year
Treasury notes for its client accounts. In July 2007, the court
granted class certification of a class consisting of those
persons who purchased futures contracts to offset short
positions between May 9, 2005 and June 30, 2005. The
Sub-Adviser
currently believes that the complaint is without merit and the
Sub-Adviser
intends to vigorously defend against this action.
The Manager and the
Sub-Adviser
believe that these matters are not likely to have a material
adverse effect on the Funds or on their ability to perform their
respective investment advisory activities relating to the Funds.
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The foregoing speaks only as of the date of this document.
Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm. The Audit Oversight Committee of each
Funds Board unanimously selected PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (PwC) as the independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal years ending October 31,
2010 for PCN and PKO, November 30, 2010 for PTY and
December 31, 2010 for PCM. PwC served as the independent
registered public accounting firm of each Fund for the last
fiscal year and also serves as the independent registered public
accounting firm of various other investment companies for which
the Manager and the
Sub-Adviser
serve as investment adviser or
sub-advisers.
PwC is located at 1100 Walnut Street, Suite 1300, Kansas
City, MO
64106-2197.
None of the Funds knows of any direct financial or material
indirect financial interest of PwC in the Funds.
A representative of PwC, if requested by any Shareholder, will
be present at the Meeting via telephone to respond to
appropriate questions from Shareholders and will have an
opportunity to make a statement if he or she chooses to do so.
Pre-approval Policies and Procedures. Each
Funds Audit Oversight Committee has adopted written
policies relating to the pre-approval of audit and permitted
non-audit services to be performed by the Funds
independent registered public accounting firm. Under the
policies, on an annual basis, a Funds Audit Oversight
Committee reviews and pre-approves proposed audit and permitted
non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered
public accounting firm on behalf of the Fund. The President of
each Fund also pre-approves any permitted non-audit services to
be provided to the Fund.
In addition, each Funds Audit Oversight Committee
pre-approves annually any permitted non-audit services
(including audit-related services) to be provided by the
independent registered public accounting firm to the Manager,
the
Sub-Adviser
and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with the Manager that provides ongoing services to the
Fund (together, the Accounting Affiliates),
provided, in each case, that the engagement relates directly to
the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Although the
Audit Oversight Committee does not pre-approve all services
provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to
Accounting Affiliates (for instance, if the engagement does not
relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the
Fund), the Committee receives an annual report from the
independent registered public accounting firm showing the
aggregate fees paid by Accounting Affiliates for such services.
Each Funds Audit Oversight Committee may also from time to
time pre-approve individual non-audit services to be provided to
the Fund or an Accounting Affiliate that were not pre-approved
as part of the annual process described above. The Chairman of
each Funds Audit Oversight Committee (or any other member
of the Committee to whom this responsibility has been delegated)
may also pre-approve these individual non-audit services,
provided that the fee for such services does not exceed certain
pre-determined dollar thresholds. Any such pre-approval by the
Chairman (or by a delegate) is reported to the full Audit
Oversight Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
The pre-approval policies provide for waivers of the requirement
that the Audit Oversight Committee pre-approve permitted
non-audit services provided to the Funds or their Accounting
Affiliates pursuant to de minimis exceptions described in
Section 10A of the Exchange Act and applicable regulations
(referred to herein as the de minimis exception).
Audit Fees. Audit Fees are fees related to the
audit and review of the financial statements included in annual
reports and registration statements, and other services that are
normally provided in connection with
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statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. For each
Funds last two fiscal years, the Audit Fees billed by PwC
are shown in the table below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended
|
|
Audit Fees
|
|
|
PCM
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
50,000
|
|
PCN
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
69,000
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
69,000
|
|
PTY
|
|
November 30, 2009
|
|
$
|
74,000
|
|
|
|
November 30, 2008
|
|
$
|
74,000
|
|
PKO
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
55,000
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2008*
|
|
$
|
55,000*
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
The initial fiscal year for PKO which ended October 31,
2008 covered only eleven months. |
Audit-Related Fees. Audit-Related Fees are
fees related to assurance and related services that are
reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of
financial statements, but not reported under Audit
Fees above, and that include accounting consultations,
agreed-upon
procedure reports (inclusive of annual review of basic
maintenance testing associated with the Preferred Shares),
attestation reports and comfort letters. The table below shows,
for each Funds last two fiscal years, the Audit-Related
Fees billed by PwC to that Fund. During those fiscal years,
there were no Audit-Related Fees billed by PwC to the
Funds Accounting Affiliates for audit-related services
related directly to the operation and financial reporting of the
Funds.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended
|
|
Audit-Related Fees
|
|
PCM
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
PCN
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
16,000
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
16,000
|
|
PTY
|
|
November 30, 2009
|
|
$
|
12,000
|
|
|
|
November 30, 2008
|
|
$
|
12,000
|
|
PKO
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2008*
|
|
$
|
0*
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
The initial fiscal year for PKO which ended October 31,
2008 covered only eleven months. |
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Tax Fees. Tax Fees are fees associated with
tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including services
relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local
income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification
reviews, and tax distribution and analysis reviews. The table
below shows, for each Funds last two fiscal years, the
aggregate Tax Fees billed by PwC to each Fund. During those
fiscal years, there were no Tax Fees billed by PwC to the
Funds Accounting Affiliates for audit-related services
related directly to the operation and financial reporting of the
Funds:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended
|
|
Tax Fees
|
|
PCM
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
15,425
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
4,935
|
|
PCN
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
14,175
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
14,175
|
|
PTY
|
|
November 30, 2009
|
|
$
|
14,175
|
|
|
|
November 30, 2008
|
|
$
|
14,175
|
|
PKO
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
14,175
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2008*
|
|
$
|
15,425*
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
The initial fiscal year for PKO which ended October 31,
2008 covered only eleven months. |
All Other Fees. All Other Fees are fees
related to services other than those reported above under
Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees and
Tax Fees. For each Funds last two fiscal
years, no such fees were billed by PwC to the Fund or the
Funds Accounting Affiliates.
During the periods indicated in the tables above, no services
described under Audit-Related Fees, Tax
Fees or All Other Fees were approved pursuant
to the de minimis exception.
Aggregate Non-Audit Fees. The aggregate
non-audit fees billed by PwC, during each Funds last two
fiscal years, for services rendered to each Fund and the
Funds Accounting Affiliates are shown in the table below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate Non-
|
|
Non-Audit Fees for
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit Fees
|
|
Accounting
|
|
Aggregate
|
Fund
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended
|
|
for Fund
|
|
Affiliates
|
|
Non-Audit Fees
|
|
PCM
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
15,425
|
|
|
$
|
2,063,450
|
|
|
$
|
2,078,875
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
4,935
|
|
|
$
|
1,060,499
|
|
|
$
|
1,065,434
|
|
PCN
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
30,175
|
|
|
$
|
4,252,549
|
|
|
$
|
4,282,724
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
30,175
|
|
|
$
|
3,894,972
|
|
|
$
|
3,925,147
|
|
PTY
|
|
November 30, 2009
|
|
$
|
26,175
|
|
|
$
|
668,193
|
|
|
$
|
694,368
|
|
|
|
November 30, 2008
|
|
$
|
26,175
|
|
|
$
|
932,224
|
|
|
$
|
958,399
|
|
PKO
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
14,175
|
|
|
$
|
4,252,549
|
|
|
$
|
4,266,724
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2008*
|
|
$
|
15,425*
|
|
|
$
|
3,909,722*
|
|
|
$
|
3,925,147*
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
The initial fiscal year for PKO which ended October 31,
2008 covered only eleven months. |
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Each Funds Audit Oversight Committee has determined that
the provision by PwC of non-audit services to the Funds
Accounting Affiliates that were not pre-approved by the
Committee were compatible with maintaining the independence of
PwC as the Funds principal auditors.
Other Business. As of the date of this Proxy
Statement, each Funds officers and the Manager know of no
business to come before the Meeting other than as set forth in
the Notice. If any other business is properly brought before the
Meeting, including any adjournment thereof, the persons named as
proxies will vote in their sole discretion.
Quorum, Adjournments and Methods of
Tabulation. A quorum for each of PCN, PTY and PKO
at the Meeting will consist of the presence in person or by
proxy of thirty percent (30%) of the total Shares of each of
PCN, PTY and PKO entitled to vote at the Meeting. For PCM, the
presence at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, of Shareholders
entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast
shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. In the
event that a quorum is not present at the Meeting or, even if a
quorum is present, in the event that sufficient votes in favor
of each Proposal set forth in the Notice are not received by the
time scheduled for the Meeting, the persons named as proxies may
propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting after the date
set for the original Meeting, with no other notice than
announcement at the Meeting, to permit further solicitation of
proxies with respect to that Proposal. In addition, if, in the
judgment of the persons named as proxies, it is advisable to
defer action on a Proposal, the persons named as proxies may
propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting with respect to
that Proposal for a reasonable time. Any adjournments with
respect to a Proposal will require the affirmative vote of a
plurality of the Shares of PCN, PTY and PKO and the affirmative
vote of a majority of the Shares of PCM entitled to vote thereon
present in person or represented by proxy at the session of the
Meeting to be adjourned. The persons named as proxies will vote
in favor of such adjournment those proxies which they are
entitled to vote in favor of a Proposal. They will vote against
any such adjournment those proxies required to be voted against
a Proposal. The costs of any additional solicitation and of any
adjourned session will be borne by the applicable Fund. Any
proposals properly before the Meeting for which sufficient
favorable votes have been received by the time of the Meeting
will be acted upon and such action will be final regardless of
whether the Meeting is adjourned to permit additional
solicitation with respect to any other proposal.
Votes cast by proxy or in person at the Meeting will be counted
by persons appointed by PCN, PTY and PKO as tellers, and by PCM
as inspectors (collectively, the Tellers/Inspectors)
for the Meeting. For purposes of determining the presence of a
quorum for each Fund, the Tellers/Inspectors will count the
total number of votes cast for or
against approval of each Proposal for that Fund, as
well as Shares represented by proxies that reflect abstentions
and broker non-votes (i.e., shares held by
brokers or nominees as to which instructions have not been
received from the beneficial owners or the persons entitled to
vote and the broker or nominee does not have the discretionary
voting power on a particular matter). Abstentions and broker
non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the Proposals
for a Fund.
Reports to Shareholders. The 2009 Annual
Report to Shareholders for PCM was mailed to Shareholders on or
about February 24, 2010. The 2009 Annual Report to
Shareholders for PCN was mailed to Shareholders on or about
December 28, 2009. The 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders
for PTY was mailed to Shareholders on or about January 29,
2010. The 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders for PKO was mailed
to Shareholders on or about December 28, 2009.
Additional copies of the Annual Reports and the Funds
Semi-Annual Reports may be obtained without charge from the
Funds by calling 1-877-819-2224 or by writing to the Funds at
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105.
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Shareholder Proposals for 2011 Annual
Meeting. It is currently anticipated that each
Funds next annual meeting of Shareholders after the
Meeting addressed in this Proxy Statement will be held in April
2011. Proposals of Shareholders intended to be presented at that
annual meeting of the Fund must be received by the Fund no later
than October 29, 2010 for inclusion in the Funds
proxy statement and proxy cards relating to that meeting. The
submission by a Shareholder of a proposal for inclusion in the
proxy materials does not guarantee that it will be included.
Shareholder proposals are subject to certain requirements under
the federal securities laws and must be submitted in accordance
with the applicable Funds Bylaws. Shareholders submitting
any other proposals for the Fund intended to be presented at the
2011 annual meeting (i.e., other than those to be
included in the Funds proxy materials) must ensure that
such proposals are received by the Fund, in good order and
complying with all applicable legal requirements and
requirements set forth in the Funds Bylaws, no earlier
than December 28, 2010 and no later than January 12,
2011 for PCN, PTY and PKO, and no earlier than November 28,
2010 and no later than December 28, 2010 for PCM. If a
Shareholder who wishes to present a proposal fails to notify the
Fund within these dates, the proxies solicited for the meeting
will have discretionary authority to vote on the
Shareholders proposal if it is properly brought before the
meeting. If a Shareholder makes a timely notification, the
proxies may still exercise discretionary voting authority under
circumstances consistent with the SECs proxy rules.
Shareholder proposals should be addressed to the attention of
the Secretary of the applicable Fund, at the address of the
principal executive offices of the Fund, with a copy to David C.
Sullivan, Ropes & Gray LLP, One International Place,
Boston, Massachusetts
02110-2624.
PLEASE EXECUTE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARDS PROMPTLY
TO ENSURE THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. A
SELF-ADDRESSED, POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR
CONVENIENCE.
February 26, 2010
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Exhibit A
PCM Fund,
Inc.
Form of Plan of Liquidation
The following Plan of Liquidation (Plan) of the PCM
Fund, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Maryland and a closed-end, non-diversified,
management investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act), is
intended to accomplish the complete termination of the Fund in
conformity with the laws of the State of Maryland, the 1940 Act,
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code)
and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Fund.
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Funds Articles of
Incorporation, approval of a proposal to liquidate the Fund
requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds
(662/3%)
of the Funds shares outstanding and entitled to vote on
the matter;
WHEREAS, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on
April 14, 2010 (or upon reconvening after an adjournment
thereof), [ ] percent of the
shareholders of the Fund voted for a proposal to provide for the
orderly liquidation of the Fund and the payment of the net
proceeds of liquidation to shareholders;
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2010, the Funds Board
of Directors unanimously approved this Plan in order to effect
the orderly liquidation of the Fund and the payment of the net
proceeds of liquidation to shareholders;
NOW, THEREFORE, the termination of the Fund shall be
carried out in the manner hereinafter set forth:
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1.
|
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Effective Date of Plan. The Plan shall be and
become effective upon the approval of the proposal to liquidate
the Fund by the affirmative vote of two-thirds
(662/3%)
of the Funds shares outstanding and entitled to vote on
the matter. The day of such approval is hereinafter called the
Effective Date. |
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2.
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Liquidation. As promptly as practicable
following approval of the Plan, the Fund shall be liquidated in
accordance with Section 331 of the Code. |
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3.
|
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Cessation of Business. After the Effective
Date of the Plan, the Fund shall cease its business as an
investment company and shall not engage in any business
activities except for the purposes of winding up its business
and affairs, preserving the value of its assets and distributing
its remaining assets ratably among the shareholders of the Fund,
in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, after discharging
or making reasonable provisions for the Funds liabilities. |
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4.
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Notice of Termination. The Fund will mail a
notice to the appropriate parties that this Plan has been
approved by the Board and that the Fund will be liquidating all
of its assets and cancelling all shares of the Fund. |
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5.
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Liquidation of Assets and Payments of
Debts. On such date as the President of the Fund
may determine, but in all events no later
than ,
2010 (Termination Date), the Fund shall convert into
cash or cash equivalents such portfolio securities as are
necessary to pay or make reasonable provision to pay, in full
all claims and obligations, including, without limitation, all
contingent, conditional or unmatured claims and obligations,
known to the Fund and all claims and obligations that are known
to the Fund but for which the identity of the claimant is
unknown. |
A-1
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6.
|
|
Liquidation Distribution. On the Liquidation
Date, the Fund shall distribute pro rata to the Funds
shareholders of record as of the close of business on the
Liquidation Date all of the remaining assets of the Fund in
complete cancellation and redemption of all the outstanding
shares of the Fund, except for cash, bank deposits or cash
equivalents in an estimated amount necessary to
(i) discharge any unpaid liabilities and obligations of the
Fund on the Funds books on the Liquidation Date, including
but not limited to, income dividends and capital gains
distributions, if any, payable through the Liquidation Date and
(ii) pay such contingent liabilities as the Board shall
reasonably deem to exist against the assets of the Fund on the
Funds books. |
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7.
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Management and Expenses of the Fund Subsequent to the
Liquidating Distribution. The Fund shall bear the
expenses incurred in carrying out this Plan including, but not
limited to, printing, legal, accounting, custodian and transfer
agency fees, and the expenses of reports to shareholders,
whether or not the liquidation contemplated by this Plan is
effected. |
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8.
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Power of Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors, and subject to the authority of the Directors, the
officers, shall have authority to do or authorize any acts and
things as provided for in the Plan and as they may consider
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the Plan,
including the execution and filing of certificates, tax returns
and other papers. The death, resignation or disability of any
Director or any officer of the Fund shall not impair the
authority of the surviving or remaining Directors or officers to
exercise any of the powers provided for in the Plan. |
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9.
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Amendment of Plan. The Board of Directors
shall have the authority to authorize variations from or
amendments of the provisions of the Plan as may be necessary or
appropriate to effect the liquidation of the Fund, and the
distribution of the Funds net assets to its shareholders
in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, the 1940
Act, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Fund, if
the Board determines that such action would be advisable and in
the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. |
A-2
Exhibit B
to Proxy Statement
Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management Sponsored Closed-End
Funds
Audit Oversight Committee Charter
(Adopted as
of January 14, 2004,
as amended through
June 10, 2008)
The Board of Trustees (each a Board) of each of the
registered investment companies listed in Appendix A
hereto (each a Fund and, collectively, the
Funds), as the same may be periodically updated, has
adopted this Charter to govern the activities of the Audit
Oversight Committee (the Committee) of the
particular Board with respect to its oversight of the Fund. This
Charter applies separately to each Fund and its particular Board
and Committee, and shall be interpreted accordingly. This
Charter supersedes and replaces any audit committee charter
previously adopted by the Board or a committee of the Board.
Statement
of Purpose and Functions
The Committees general purpose is to oversee the
Funds accounting and financial reporting policies and
practices and its internal controls, including by assisting with
the Boards oversight of the integrity of the Funds
financial statements, the Funds compliance with legal and
regulatory requirements, the qualifications and independence of
the Funds independent auditors, and the performance of the
Funds internal control systems and independent auditors.
The Committees purpose is also to prepare reports required
by Securities and Exchange Commission rules to be included in
the Funds annual proxy statements, if any.
The Committees function is oversight. While the Committee
has the responsibilities set forth in this Charter, it is not
the responsibility of the Committee to plan or conduct audits,
to prepare or determine that the Funds financial
statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, or to assure
compliance with laws, regulations or any internal rules or
policies of the Fund. Fund management is responsible for Fund
accounting and the implementation and maintenance of the
Funds internal control systems, and the independent
auditors are responsible for conducting a proper audit of the
Funds financial statements. Members of the Committee are
not employees of the Funds and, in serving on this Committee,
are not, and do not hold themselves out to be, acting as
accountants or auditors. As such, it is not the duty or
responsibility of the Committee or its members to conduct
field work or other types of auditing or accounting
reviews or procedures. Each member of the Committee shall be
entitled to rely on (i) the integrity of those persons and
organizations within management and outside the Fund from which
the Committee receives information and (ii) the accuracy of
financial and other information provided to the Committee by
such persons or organizations absent actual knowledge to the
contrary.
Membership
The Committee shall be comprised of as many trustees as the
Board shall determine, but in any event not less than three
(3) Trustees. Each member of the Committee must be a member
of the Board. The Board may remove or replace any member of the
Committee at any time in its sole discretion. One or more
members of the Committee may be designated by the Board as the
Committees chairman or co-chairman, as the case may be.
Each member of the Committee may not be an interested
person of the Fund, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
Investment Company Act), and must otherwise satisfy
the standards for independence of an audit committee member of
an investment company issuer as set forth in
Rule 10A-3(b)
(taking into account any exceptions to those requirements set
for
B-1
in such rule) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and under applicable listing standards of the New York
Stock Exchange (the NYSE). Each member of the
Committee must be financially literate (or must
become so within a reasonable time after his or her appointment
to the Committee) and at least one member of the Committee must
have accounting or related financial management
expertise, in each case as the Board interprets such
qualification in its business judgment under NYSE listing
standards.
Responsibilities
and Duties
The Committees policies and procedures shall remain
flexible to facilitate the Committees ability to react to
changing conditions and to generally discharge its functions.
The following describe areas of attention in broad terms. The
Committee shall:
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1.
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Determine the selection, retention or termination of the
Funds independent auditors based on an evaluation of their
independence and the nature and performance of the audit and any
permitted non-audit services. Decisions by the Committee
concerning the selection, retention or termination of the
independent auditors shall be submitted to the Board for
ratification in accordance with the requirements of
Section 32(a) of the Investment Company Act. The
Funds independent auditors must report directly to the
Committee, which shall be responsible for resolution of
disagreements between management and the independent auditors
relating to financial reporting. |
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2.
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To consider the independence of the Funds independent
auditors at least annually, and in connection therewith receive
on a periodic basis formal written disclosures and letters from
the independent auditors as required by the Independence
Standards Board Standard (ISB) No. 1. |
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3.
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To the extent required by applicable regulations, pre-approve
(i) all audit and permitted non-audit services rendered by
the independent auditors to the Fund and (ii) all non-audit
services rendered by the independent auditors to the Funds
investment advisers (including
sub-advisers)
and to certain of the investment advisers affiliates. The
Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such
services are approved other than by the full Committee. |
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4.
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Review the fees charged by the independent auditors to the Fund,
the investment advisers and certain affiliates of the investment
advisers for audit, audit-related and permitted non-audit
services. |
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5.
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If and to the extent that the Fund intends to have employees,
set clear policies for the hiring by the Fund of employees or
former employees of the Funds independent auditors. |
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6.
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Obtain and review at least annually a report from the
independent auditors describing (i) the accounting
firms internal quality-control procedures and
(ii) any material issues raised (a) by the accounting
firms most recent internal quality-control review or peer
review or (b) by any governmental or other professional
inquiry or investigation performed within the preceding five
years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by
the firm, and any steps taken to address any such issues. |
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7.
|
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Review with the Funds independent auditors arrangements
for and the scope of the annual audit and any special audits,
including the form of any opinion proposed to be rendered to the
Board and shareholders of the Fund. |
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8.
|
|
Meet with management and the independent auditors to review and
discuss the Funds annual audited financial statements,
including a review of any specific disclosures of
managements discussion of the Funds investment
performance; and, with respect to the Funds audited
financial statements, discuss with the independent auditors
matters required by Statement of Accounting |
B-2
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Standards (SAS) No. 61 and any other matters
required to be reported to the Committee under applicable law;
and provide a statement whether, based on its review of the
Funds audited financial statements, the Committee
recommends to the Board that the audited financial statements be
included in the Funds Annual Report. |
Meet with management to review and discuss the Funds
unaudited financial statements included in the semi-annual
report, including, if any, a review of any specific disclosure
of managements discussion of the Funds investment
performance.
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9.
|
|
Discuss with management and the independent auditors the
Funds unaudited financial statements. |
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10.
|
|
Review with the independent auditors any audit problems or
difficulties encountered in the course of their audit work and
managements responses thereto. |
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11.
|
|
Review with management and, as applicable, with the independent
auditors the Funds accounting and financial reporting
policies, practices and internal controls, managements
guidelines and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk
management, including the effect on the Fund of any
recommendation of changes in accounting principles or practices
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Funds investment performance and other financial
information about the Fund, as well as any financial information
provided by management to analysts or rating agencies. The
Committee may discharge this responsibility by discussing the
general types of information to be disclosed by the Fund and the
form of presentation (i.e., a
case-by-case
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treatment of complaints received by the Fund regarding
accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing
matters; and (ii) the confidential, anonymous submission by
employees of the Fund, the Funds investment advisers,
administrator, principal underwriter (if any) or any other
provider of accounting-related services for the investment
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or suspected improprieties in the Funds accounting
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material impact on the Funds financial and accounting
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Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Bylaws applicable to the
Fund, and applicable law or regulation, as the Committee or the
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The Committee may delegate any portion of its authority and
responsibilities as set forth in this Charter to a subcommittee
of one or more members of the Committee.
Meetings
At least annually, the Committee shall meet separately with the
independent auditors and separately with the representatives of
Fund management responsible for the financial and accounting
operations of the Fund. The Committee shall hold other regular
or special meetings as and when it deems necessary or
appropriate.
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Outside
Resources and Assistance from Management
The appropriate officers of the Fund shall provide or arrange to
provide such information, data and services as the Committee may
request. The Committee shall have the authority to engage at the
Funds expense independent counsel and other experts and
consultants whose expertise the Committee considers necessary to
carry out its responsibilities. The Fund shall provide for
appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for the
payment of: (i) compensation of the Funds independent
auditors for the issuance of an audit report relating to the
Funds financial statements or the performance of other
audit, review or attest services for the Fund;
(ii) compensation of independent legal counsel or other
advisers retained by the Committee; and (iii) ordinary
administrative expenses of the Committee that are necessary or
appropriate in fulfilling its purposes or carrying out its
responsibilities under this Charter.
Annual
Evaluations
The Committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of this
Charter at least annually and recommend any changes to the
Board. In addition, the performance of the Committee shall be
reviewed at least annually by the Board.
Adoption
and Amendments
The Board shall adopt and approve this Charter and may amend the
Charter at any time on the Boards own motion.
B-4
Appendix A
Funds
Subject to this Charter
(As of
June 10, 2008)
ALLIANZ
FUNDS MULTI STRATEGY TRUST
(MST)
ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS MANAGED ACCOUNTS TRUST
(AGIMAT)
NFJ DIVIDEND, INTEREST & PREMIUM STRATEGY FUND
(NFJ)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND
(NCV)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE CONVERTIBLE & INCOME
FUND II (NCZ)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE EQUITY & CONVERTIBLE INCOME FUND
(NIE)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE GLOBAL EQUITY & CONVERTIBLE
INCOME FUND (NGZ)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE INTERNATIONAL & PREMIUM STRATEGY
FUND (NAI)
PCM FUND, INC. (PCM)
PIMCO CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND
(PCQ)
PIMCO CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II
(PCK)
PIMCO CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND III
(PZC)
PIMCO CORPORATE INCOME FUND (PCN)
PIMCO CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY FUND (PTY)
PIMCO FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND (PFL)
PIMCO FLOATING RATE STRATEGY FUND (PFN)
PIMCO GLOBAL STOCKSPLUS & INCOME FUND
(PGP)
PIMCO HIGH INCOME FUND (PHK)
PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND (PKO)
PIMCO MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND (PMF)
PIMCO MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II (PML)
PIMCO MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND III (PMX)
PIMCO NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND (PNF)
PIMCO NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II
(PNI)
PIMCO NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND III
(PYN)
PIMCO STRATEGIC GLOBAL GOVERNMENT FUND INC.
(RCS)
Exhibit C-1
to Proxy Statement
Report of
Audit Oversight Committee
of the Board of Directors of
PCM Fund, Inc. (the Fund)
Dated February 22, 2010
The Audit Oversight Committee (the Committee)
oversees the Funds financial reporting process on behalf
of the Board of Directors of the Fund (the Board)
and operates under a written Charter adopted by the Board. The
Committee meets with the Funds management
(Management) and independent registered public
accounting firm and reports the results of its activities to the
Board. Management has the primary responsibility for the
financial statements and the reporting process, including the
system of internal controls. In connection with the
Committees and independent accountants
responsibilities, Management has advised that the Funds
financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009 were prepared in conformity with the generally accepted
accounting principles.
The Committee has reviewed and discussed with Management and
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), the Funds
independent registered public accounting firm, the audited
financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009. The Committee has discussed with PwC the matters required
to be discussed by Statements on Auditing Standard No. 61
(SAS 61). SAS 61 requires independent auditors to communicate to
the Committee matters including, if applicable: 1) methods
used to account for significant unusual transactions;
2) the effect of significant accounting policies in
controversial or emerging areas for which there is a lack of
authoritative guidance or consensus; 3) the process used by
management in formulating particularly sensitive accounting
estimates and the basis for the independent registered public
accounting firms conclusions regarding the reasonableness
of those estimates; and 4) disagreements with Management
over the application of accounting principles and certain other
matters.
With respect to the Fund, the Committee has received the written
disclosure and the letter from PwC required by Rule 3526 of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (requiring
auditors to make written disclosure to and discuss with the
Committee various matters relating to the independent registered
public accounting firms independence), and has discussed
with PwC their independence. The Committee has also reviewed the
aggregate fees billed by PwC for professional services rendered
to the Fund and for non-audit services provided to Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC (AGIFM),
the Funds investment manager during portions of the last
fiscal year, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
(PIMCO), the Funds
sub-adviser
and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with AGIFM or PIMCO that provided services to the Fund.
As part of this review, the Committee considered, in addition to
other practices and requirements relating to selection of the
Funds independent registered public accounting firm,
whether the provision of such non-audit services was compatible
with maintaining the independence of PwC.
Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Committee
presents this Report to the Board and recommends that
(1) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2009, be included in the Funds
Annual Report to shareholders for such fiscal year,
(2) such Annual Report be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and
(3) PwC be reappointed as the Funds independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2010.
Submitted by the Audit Oversight Committee of the Board of
Directors:
Paul Belica
Robert E. Connor
James A. Jacobson
Hans W. Kertess
William B. Ogden, IV
R. Peter Sullivan III
C-1
Exhibit C-2
to Proxy Statement
Report of
Audit Oversight Committee
of the Board of Trustees of
PIMCO Corporate Income Fund (the Fund)
Dated December 23, 2009
The Audit Oversight Committee (the Committee)
oversees the Funds financial reporting process on behalf
of the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the Board) and
operates under a written Charter adopted by the Board. The
Committee meets with the Funds management
(Management) and independent registered public
accounting firm and reports the results of its activities to the
Board. Management has the primary responsibility for the
financial statements and the reporting process, including the
system of internal controls. In connection with the
Committees and independent accountants
responsibilities, Management has advised that the Funds
financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31,
2009 were prepared in conformity with the generally accepted
accounting principles.
The Committee has reviewed and discussed with Management and
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), the Funds
independent registered public accounting firm, the audited
financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31,
2009. The Committee has discussed with PwC the matters required
to be discussed by Statements on Auditing Standard No. 61
(SAS 61). SAS 61 requires independent auditors to communicate to
the Committee matters including, if applicable: 1) methods
used to account for significant unusual transactions;
2) the effect of significant accounting policies in
controversial or emerging areas for which there is a lack of
authoritative guidance or consensus; 3) the process used by
management in formulating particularly sensitive accounting
estimates and the basis for the independent registered public
accounting firms conclusions regarding the reasonableness
of those estimates; and 4) disagreements with Management
over the application of accounting principles and certain other
matters.
With respect to the Fund, the Committee has received the written
disclosure and the letter from PwC required by Rule 3526 of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (requiring
auditors to make written disclosure to and discuss with the
Committee various matters relating to the independent registered
public accounting firms independence), and has discussed
with PwC their independence. The Committee has also reviewed the
aggregate fees billed by PwC for professional services rendered
to the Fund and for non-audit services provided to Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC (AGIFM),
the Funds investment manager during portions of the last
fiscal year, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
(PIMCO), the Funds
sub-adviser
and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with AGIFM or PIMCO that provided services to the Fund.
As part of this review, the Committee considered, in addition to
other practices and requirements relating to selection of the
Funds independent registered public accounting firm,
whether the provision of such non-audit services was compatible
with maintaining the independence of PwC.
Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Committee
presents this Report to the Board and recommends that
(1) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year
ended October 31, 2009 be included in the Funds
Annual Report to shareholders for such fiscal year,
(2) such Annual Report be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and
(3) PwC be reappointed as the Funds independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
October 31, 2010.
Submitted by the Audit Oversight Committee of the Board of
Trustees:
Paul Belica
Robert E. Connor
Hans W. Kertess
James A. Jacobson
William B. Ogden, IV
R. Peter Sullivan III
C-2
Exhibit C-3
to Proxy Statement
Report of
Audit Oversight Committee
of the Board of Trustees of
PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund (the Fund)
Dated January 25, 2010
The Audit Oversight Committee (the Committee)
oversees the Funds financial reporting process on behalf
of the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the Board) and
operates under a written Charter adopted by the Board. The
Committee meets with the Funds management
(Management) and independent registered public
accounting firm and reports the results of its activities to the
Board. Management has the primary responsibility for the
financial statements and the reporting process, including the
system of internal controls. In connection with the
Committees and independent accountants
responsibilities, Management has advised that the Funds
financial statements for the fiscal year ended November 30,
2009 were prepared in conformity with the generally accepted
accounting principles.
The Committee has reviewed and discussed with Management and
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), the Funds
independent registered public accounting firm, the audited
financial statements for the fiscal year ended November 30,
2009. The Committee has discussed with PwC the matters required
to be discussed by Statements on Auditing Standard No. 61
(SAS 61). SAS 61 requires independent auditors to communicate to
the Committee matters including, if applicable: 1) methods
used to account for significant unusual transactions;
2) the effect of significant accounting policies in
controversial or emerging areas for which there is a lack of
authoritative guidance or consensus; 3) the process used by
management in formulating particularly sensitive accounting
estimates and the basis for the independent registered public
accounting firms conclusions regarding the reasonableness
of those estimates; and 4) disagreements with Management
over the application of accounting principles and certain other
matters.
With respect to the Fund, the Committee has received the written
disclosure and the letter from PwC required by Rule 3526 of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (requiring
auditors to make written disclosure to and discuss with the
Committee various matters relating to the independent registered
public accounting firms independence), and has discussed
with PwC their independence. The Committee has also reviewed the
aggregate fees billed by PwC for professional services rendered
to the Fund and for non-audit services provided to Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC (AGIFM),
the Funds investment manager during portions of the last
fiscal year, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
(PIMCO), the Funds
sub-adviser
and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with AGIFM or PIMCO that provided services to the Fund.
As part of this review, the Committee considered, in addition to
other practices and requirements relating to selection of the
Funds independent registered public accounting firm,
whether the provision of such non-audit services was compatible
with maintaining the independence of PwC.
Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Committee
presents this Report to the Board and recommends that
(1) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year
ended November 30, 2009 be included in the Funds
Annual Report to shareholders for such fiscal year,
(2) such Annual Report be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and
(3) PwC be reappointed as the Funds independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
November 30, 2010.
Submitted by the Audit Oversight Committee of the Board of
Trustees:
Paul Belica
Robert E. Connor
James A. Jacobson
Hans W. Kertess
William B. Ogden, IV
R. Peter Sullivan III
C-3
Exhibit C-4
to Proxy Statement
Report of
Audit Oversight Committee
of the Board of Trustees of
PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund (the Fund)
Dated December 23, 2009
The Audit Oversight Committee (the Committee)
oversees the Funds financial reporting process on behalf
of the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the Board) and
operates under a written Charter adopted by the Board. The
Committee meets with the Funds management
(Management) and independent registered public
accounting firm and reports the results of its activities to the
Board. Management has the primary responsibility for the
financial statements and the reporting process, including the
system of internal controls. In connection with the
Committees and independent accountants
responsibilities, Management has advised that the Funds
financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31,
2009 were prepared in conformity with the generally accepted
accounting principles.
The Committee has reviewed and discussed with Management and
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), the Funds
independent registered public accounting firm, the audited
financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31,
2009. The Committee has discussed with PwC the matters required
to be discussed by Statements on Auditing Standard No. 61
(SAS 61). SAS 61 requires independent auditors to communicate to
the Committee matters including, if applicable: 1) methods
used to account for significant unusual transactions;
2) the effect of significant accounting policies in
controversial or emerging areas for which there is a lack of
authoritative guidance or consensus; 3) the process used by
management in formulating particularly sensitive accounting
estimates and the basis for the independent registered public
accounting firms conclusions regarding the reasonableness
of those estimates; and 4) disagreements with Management
over the application of accounting principles and certain other
matters.
With respect to the Fund, the Committee has received the written
disclosure and the letter from PwC required by Rule 3526 of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (requiring
auditors to make written disclosure to and discuss with the
Committee various matters relating to the independent registered
public accounting firms independence), and has discussed
with PwC their independence. The Committee has also reviewed the
aggregate fees billed by PwC for professional services rendered
to the Fund and for non-audit services provided to Allianz
Global Investors Fund Management LLC (AGIFM),
the Funds investment manager during portions of the last
fiscal year, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
(PIMCO), the Funds
sub-adviser
and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with AGIFM or PIMCO that provided services to the Fund.
As part of this review, the Committee considered, in addition to
other practices and requirements relating to selection of the
Funds independent registered public accounting firm,
whether the provision of such non-audit services was compatible
with maintaining the independence of PwC.
Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Committee
presents this Report to the Board and recommends that
(1) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year
ended October 31, 2009 be included in the Funds
Annual Report to shareholders for such fiscal year,
(2) such Annual Report be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and
(3) PwC be reappointed as the Funds independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
October 31, 2010.
Submitted by the Audit Oversight Committee of the Board of
Trustees:
Paul Belica
Robert E. Connor
James A. Jacobson
Hans W. Kertess
William B. Ogden, IV
R. Peter Sullivan III
C-4
PROXY
PIMCO CORPORATE INCOME FUND
COMMON SHARES
PROXY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14, 2010
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND
The undersigned holder of common shares of PIMCO Corporate Income Fund, a Massachusetts business
trust (the Fund), hereby appoints Lawrence G. Altadonna, Thomas J. Fuccillo and Brian S.
Shlissel, or any of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each
of them, to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the Annual Meeting) to be held
at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, April 14, 2010 at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund
Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, and any
postponement or adjournment thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the
undersigned is entitled to cast at the Annual Meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned
with all powers possessed by the undersigned as if personally present at such Annual Meeting. The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement
and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to the Annual Meeting.
IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST
IN THE MANNER DIRECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF, AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY
HOLDER(S) ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT
OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE AS REGARDS THE
PROPOSAL INCLUDED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT, SUCH VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE
CAST FOR SUCH PROPOSAL.
Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of the Proposal.
PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF
AND RETURN THE SIGNED PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
NOTE: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the books
of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other
fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more
than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation,
partnership or other entity, the signature
should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.
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available when you plan to vote your shares. You will need the
control number found in the box at the right at the time you
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before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, in the discretion of the
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PIMCO CORPORATE INCOME FUND
PREFERRED SHARES
PROXY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14, 2010
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND
The undersigned holder of common shares of PIMCO Corporate Income Fund, a Massachusetts business
trust (the Fund), hereby appoints Lawrence G. Altadonna, Thomas J. Fuccillo and Brian S.
Shlissel, or any of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each
of them, to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the Annual Meeting) to be held
at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, April 14, 2010 at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund
Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, and any
postponement or adjournment thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the
undersigned is entitled to cast at the Annual Meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned
with all powers possessed by the undersigned as if personally present at such Annual Meeting. The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement
and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to the Annual Meeting.
IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST
IN THE MANNER DIRECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF, AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY
HOLDER(S) ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT
OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE AS REGARDS THE
PROPOSAL INCLUDED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT, SUCH VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE
CAST FOR SUCH PROPOSAL.
Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of the Proposal.
PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF
AND RETURN THE SIGNED PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
NOTE: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the books of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other
fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and
where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a
corporation, partnership or other entity, the signature
should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.
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available when you plan to vote your shares. You will need the
control number found in the box at the right at the time you
execute your vote. |
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the automated instructions. Please have this
proxy card available at the time of the call. |
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Your Board
of Trustees urges you to vote FOR the election of all
Nominees.
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Election of Trustees:
(01) Paul Belica (Class II)
(02) James A. Jacobson (Class II)
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before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, in the discretion of the
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PIMCO CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY FUND
COMMON SHARES
PROXY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14, 2010
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND
The undersigned holder of common shares of PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund, a Massachusetts
business trust (the Fund), hereby appoints Lawrence G. Altadonna, Thomas J. Fuccillo and Brian S.
Shlissel, or any of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each
of them, to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the Annual Meeting) to be held
at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, April 14, 2010 at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund
Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, and any
postponement or adjournment thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the
undersigned is entitled to cast at the Annual Meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned
with all powers possessed by the undersigned as if personally present at such Annual Meeting. The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement
and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to the Annual Meeting.
IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST
IN THE MANNER DIRECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF, AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY
HOLDER(S) ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT
OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE AS REGARDS THE
PROPOSAL INCLUDED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT, SUCH VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE
CAST FOR SUCH PROPOSAL.
Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of the Proposal.
PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF
AND RETURN THE SIGNED PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
NOTE: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the books
Of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other
fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more
than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation,
partnership, or other entity, the signature
should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.
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Your Board
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(01) Hans W. Kertess (Class I)
(02) William B. Ogden, IV (Class I)
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PROXY
PIMCO CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY FUND
PREFERRED SHARES
PROXY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14, 2010
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND
The undersigned holder of preferred shares of PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund, a Massachusetts
business trust (the Fund), hereby appoints Lawrence G. Altadonna, Thomas J. Fuccillo and Brian S.
Shlissel, or any of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each
of them, to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the Annual Meeting) to be held
at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, April 14, 2010 at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund
Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, and any
postponement or adjournment thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the
undersigned is entitled to cast at the Annual Meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned
with all powers possessed by the undersigned as if personally present at such Annual Meeting. The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement
and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to the Annual Meeting.
IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST
IN THE MANNER DIRECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF, AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY
HOLDER(S) ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT
OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE AS REGARDS THE
PROPOSAL INCLUDED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT, SUCH VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE
CAST FOR SUCH PROPOSAL.
Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of the Proposal.
PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF
AND RETURN THE SIGNED PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
NOTE: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the books
of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other
fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more
than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, partnership or other entity, the signature
should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.
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Three simple methods to vote your proxy:
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Internet:
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Log on to www.proxyonline.com. Make sure to have this proxy card
available when you plan to vote your shares. You will need the
control number found in the box at the right at the time you
execute your vote. |
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Touchtone
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Simply dial toll-free 1-800-690-6903 and follow
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proxy card available at the time of the call. |
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Mail:
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Simply sign, date, and complete the reverse side
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Your Board of Trustees urges you to vote FOR the election of all Nominees.
I. Election of Trustees:
(01) Robert E. Connor (Class I)
(02) James A. Jacobson (Class II)
(03) Hans W. Kertess (Class I)
(04) William B. Ogden, IV (Class I)
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PIMCO CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY FUND
PREFERRED SHARES
II. To vote and otherwise represent the undersigned on any other matter that may properly come
before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, in the discretion of the
proxy holder(s).
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PROXY
PCM FUND, INC.
PROXY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14, 2010
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND
The undersigned holder of common shares of PCM Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Fund),
hereby appoints Lawrence G. Altadonna, Thomas J. Fuccillo and Brian S. Shlissel, or any of them, as
proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each of them, to attend the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the Annual Meeting) to be held at 11:30 a.m., Eastern Time,
April 14, 2010 at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the
Americas, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, and any postponement or adjournment thereof, to
cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the undersigned is entitled to cast at the Annual
Meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned with all powers
possessed by the undersigned as if
personally present at such Annual Meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the
Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement and revokes any proxy heretofore given with
respect to the Annual Meeting.
IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST
IN THE MANNER DIRECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF, AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY
HOLDER(S) ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT
OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE AS REGARDS TO
THE PROPOSALS INCLUDED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT, SUCH VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED
WILL BE CAST AGAINST PROPOSAL 1 TO LIQUIDATE THE FUND AND
FOR PROPOSAL 2 TO ELECT DIRECTORS.
Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of the Proposals.
PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF
AND RETURN THE SIGNED PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
NOTE: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the books
of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Directors and other
fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more
than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, partnership or other entity, the signature
should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.
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Three simple methods to vote your proxy:
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Internet:
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Log on to www.proxyonline.com. Make sure to have this proxy card
available when you plan to vote your shares. You will need the
control number found in the box at the right at the time you
execute your vote. |
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Touchtone Phone
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Simply dial toll-free 1-800-690-6903 and follow
the automated instructions. Please have this
proxy card available at the time of the call. |
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Mail:
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Simply sign, date, and complete the reverse side
of this proxy card and return it in the postage
paid envelope provided. |
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Your Board of Directors urges you to vote AGAINST the liquidation of the Fund.
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Your Board
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(01) James A. Jacobson (Class I)
(02) William B. Ogden, IV (Class I) |
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PCM FUND, INC.
II. To vote and otherwise represent the undersigned on any other matter that may properly come
before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, in the discretion of the
proxy holder(s).
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PROXY
PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND
PROXY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 14, 2010
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND
The undersigned holder of common shares of PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund, a Massachusetts business
trust (the Fund), hereby appoints Lawrence G. Altadonna, Thomas J. Fuccillo and Brian S.
Shlissel, or any of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each
of them, to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the Annual Meeting) to be held
at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, April 14, 2010 at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund
Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, and any
postponement or adjournment thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the
undersigned is entitled to cast at the Annual Meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned
with all powers possessed by the undersigned as if personally present at such Annual Meeting. The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement
and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to the Annual Meeting.
IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST
IN THE MANNER DIRECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF, AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY
HOLDER(S) ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT
OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE AS REGARDS THE
PROPOSAL INCLUDED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT, SUCH VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE
CAST FOR SUCH PROPOSAL.
Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of the Proposal.
PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF
AND RETURN THE SIGNED PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
NOTE: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the books of the Fund. Joint
owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other
fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one name appears,
a majority must sign. If a corporation, partnership or other entity, the signature should be that of an authorized officer who
should state his or her title.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? |
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Three simple methods to vote your proxy:
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Internet:
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Log on to www.proxyonline.com. Make sure to have this proxy card
available when you plan to vote your shares. You will need the
control number found in the box at the right at the time you
execute your vote. |
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Touchtone
Phone
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Simply dial toll-free 1-800-690-6903 and follow
the automated instructions. Please have this
proxy card available at the time of the call. |
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Mail:
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Simply sign, date, and complete the reverse side
of this proxy card and return it in the postage
paid envelope provided. |
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Please mark
votes as in
this example. |
Your Board of Trustees urges you to vote FOR the election of all Nominees.
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(01) Paul Belica (Class II)
(02) James A. Jacobson (Class II)
(03) John C. Maney (Class II) |
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PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND
COMMON SHARES
II. To vote and otherwise represent the undersigned on any other matter that may properly come
before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, in the discretion of the
proxy holder(s).
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February 26, 2010
BY EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
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PCM Fund, Inc., PIMCO Corporate Income Fund, PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund and PIMCO
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of PCM Fund, Inc. (PCM), PIMCO Corporate Income Fund (PCN), PIMCO Corporate
Opportunity Fund (PTY), and PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund (PKO), we are filing today via EDGAR
a definitive joint proxy statement on Schedule 14A pursuant to Rule 14a-6 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This proxy statement relates to a liquidation proposal for PCM
and the election of Directors/Trustees for each Fund. The Funds expect to begin mailing the
definitive joint proxy statement to shareholders on or about March 1, 2010.
Please direct any questions you may have concerning this filing to me at 212-739-3213.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Angela Borreggine
Angela Borreggine
Vice President and Senior Counsel
Allianz Global Investors of America
Allianz Global Investors of America L.P.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
212.739.3000