reporting, accounting, corporate governance
and auditing standards, increased risk of delayed settlement of portfolio transactions or loss of
certificates of portfolio securities, and the risk of unfavorable U.S. or foreign government
actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, currency blockage, political changes, diplomatic developments, trade restrictions (including tariffs) or the imposition of sanctions and other similar
measures. Foreign securities may also be less liquid and more difficult to value than securities of U.S. issuers
Real Estate Risk: the risk that the Fund’s investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) or real estate-linked derivative instruments will subject the Fund to
risks similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including risks related to losses from casualty or condemnation, changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, interest rates, zoning
laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes and operating expenses. The Fund’s investments in REITs or real estate-linked derivative instruments subject it to management and tax risks. In addition,
REITs that are privately held or not traded on a national securities exchange may subject the Fund to liquidity and valuation risk
Emerging Markets Risk: the risk of investing in emerging market securities, primarily increased foreign (non-U.S.) investment
risk
Sovereign Debt Risk: the risk that investments in fixed income instruments issued by sovereign entities may decline in value as a result of default or other adverse credit
event resulting from an issuer’s inability or unwillingness to make principal or interest payments in a timely fashion
Currency Risk: the risk that foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will change in value relative to the U.S. dollar and affect the
Fund’s investments in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues in, or in derivatives that provide exposure to, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies
Smaller Company Risk: the risk that the value of securities issued by a smaller company may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably as compared to more widely held
securities, due to narrow markets and limited resources of smaller companies. Investments in
smaller companies generally are subject to greater levels of credit, market and issuer risk
Leveraging Risk: the risk that certain transactions of the Fund, such as reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities, and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery
or forward commitment transactions, or derivative instruments, may give rise to leverage,
magnifying gains and losses and causing the Fund to be more volatile than if it had not been
leveraged. This means that leverage entails a heightened risk of loss. The use of leverage may also increase the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rate risks
Management Risk: the risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses applied by PIMCO, including the use of quantitative
models or methods, will not produce the desired results and that actual or potential conflicts of
interest, legislative, regulatory or tax restrictions, policies or developments may affect the investment techniques available
to PIMCO and the individual portfolio
managers in connection with managing the Fund and may cause PIMCO to restrict or prohibit
participation in certain investments. There is no guarantee that the investment objective of the
Fund will be achieved
Short Exposure Risk: the risk of entering into short sales or other short positions, including the potential loss of more money than the actual cost of the investment, and the
risk that the third party to the short sale or other short position will not fulfill its contractual obligations, causing a loss to the Fund
Tax Risk: the risk that the tax treatment of swap agreements and other derivative instruments, such as commodity-linked
derivative instruments, including commodity index-linked notes, swap agreements, commodity
options, futures, and options on futures, may be affected by future regulatory or legislative
changes that could affect whether income from such investments is “qualifying income” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, or otherwise affect the character, timing and/or amount of the Fund’s taxable
income or gains and distributions
Subsidiary
Risk: the risk that, by investing in certain Underlying PIMCO Funds that invest in a subsidiary (each a “Subsidiary”), the Fund is indirectly exposed to
the risks associated with a Subsidiary’s investments. The Subsidiaries are not registered under the 1940 Act and may not be subject to all the investor protections of the 1940 Act. There is no guarantee that the investment
objective of a Subsidiary will be achieved
Value Investing Risk: a value stock may decrease in price or may not increase in price as anticipated by PIMCO if it continues to be
undervalued by the market or the factors that the portfolio manager believes will cause the stock
price to increase do not occur
Arbitrage
Risk: the risk that securities purchased pursuant to an arbitrage strategy intended to take advantage of a perceived relationship between the value of two securities
may not perform as expected. In addition, disruptions in market conditions or limitations on the
Fund’s ability to access certain markets or securities may reduce the effectiveness of arbitrage strategies
Convertible Securities Risk: as convertible securities share both fixed income and equity characteristics, they are subject to risks to which fixed income and equity
investments are subject. These risks include equity risk, interest rate risk and credit risk
Exchange-Traded Fund Risk: the risk that an exchange-traded fund may not achieve its investment objective, among other reasons, because of regulatory restrictions, including,
for example, exchange rules, market prices of shares of an exchange-traded fund may fluctuate rapidly and materially, or shares of an exchange-traded fund may trade significantly above or below net asset value, any
of which may cause losses to the Fund invested in the exchange-traded fund
Please see “Description of Principal Risks” in the Fund's prospectus for a more detailed description of the risks of investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.