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For your convenience, a complete, revised sales charge schedule for all of the Allianz Funds and PIMCO Funds is available below. If  you have any questions or would like further information, please call Investor Services at 1-800-426-0107.

 

SALES CHARGE REDUCTION PROGRAMS

 

Initial Sales Charge- Class A Shares

 

Allianz Global Investors Multi-Style Fund, Allianz CCM Capital Appreciation, Allianz CCM Focused Growth, Allianz CCM Mid-Cap, Allianz NACM Emerging Markets Opportunity, Allianz NACM Global, Allianz NACM Growth, Allianz NACM Income & Growth, Allianz NACM International, Allianz NACM Pacific Rim, Allianz NFJ All-Cap Value, Allianz NFJ Dividend Value, Allianz NFJ International Value, Allianz NFJ Large-Cap Value, Allianz NFJ Mid-Cap Value, Allianz NFJ Small-Cap Value, Allianz OCC Core Equity, Allianz OCC Equity Premium Strategy, Allianz OCC Growth, Allianz OCC Opportunity, Allianz OCC Renaissance, Allianz OCC Target, Allianz OCC Value, Allianz RCM Biotechnology, Allianz RCM Global Resources, Allianz RCM Global Small-Cap, Allianz RCM Healthcare, Allianz RCM International Growth Equity, Allianz RCM Large-Cap Growth, Allianz RCM Mid-Cap, Allianz RCM Strategic Growth and Allianz RCM Technology Funds.

 

Amount of Purchase
Sales Charge as % of Net Amount Invested
Sales Charge as % of Public Offering Price
$0 - $49,999
5.82%
5.50%
$50,000 - $99,999
4.71%
4.50%
$100,000 - $249,999
3.63%
3.50%
$250,000 - $499,999
2.56%
2.50%
$500,000 - $999,999
2.04%
2.00%
$1,000,000 +
0.00%(1)
0.00%(1)


PIMCO All Asset, PIMCO All Asset All Authority, PIMCO Developing Local Markets, PIMCO Diversified Income, PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond, PIMCO Foreign Bond (Unhedged), PIMCO Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), PIMCO Fundamental IndexPLUS™ TR, PIMCO Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), PIMCO GNMA, PIMCO High Yield, PIMCO Income, PIMCO International StocksPLUS® TR Strategy (Unhedged), PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond, PIMCO Long-Term U.S. Government, PIMCO Small-Cap StocksPLUS® TR, PIMCO StocksPLUS®, PIMCO StocksPLUS® Total Return, PIMCO StocksPLUS® TR Short Strategy, PIMCO Total Return and PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Funds.

Amount of Purchase
Sales Charge as % of Net Amount Invested
Sales Charge as % of Public Offering Price
$0 - $99,999
3.90%
3.75%
$100,000 - $249,999
3.36%
3.25%
$250,000 - $499,999
2.30%
2.25%
$500,000 - $999,999
1.78%
1.75%
$1,000,000 +
0.00%(1)
0.00%(1)



PIMCO California Intermediate Municipal Bond, PIMCO Municipal Bond, PIMCO New York Municipal Bond, PIMCO Real Return and PIMCO StocksPLUS® Funds.


Amount of Purchase
Sales Charge as % of Net Amount Invested
Sales Charge as % of Public Offering Price
$0 - $99,999
3.09%
3.00%
$100,000 - $249,999
2.04%
2.00%
$250,000 - $499,999
1.52%
1.50%
$500,000 - $999,999
1.27%
1.25%
$1,000,000 +
0.00%(1)
0.00%(1)



PIMCO High Yield Municipal Bond Fund


Amount of Purchase
Sales Charge as % of Net Amount Invested
Sales Charge as % of Public Offering Price
$0 - $99,999
4.71%
4.50%
$100,000 - $249,999
3.36%
3.25%
$250,000 - $499,999
2.83%
2.75%
  $500,000 - $999,999   2.04%   2.00%
$1,000,000 +
0.00%*
0.00%*


 

 

PIMCO California Short Duration Municipal Income, PIMCO Floating Income, PIMCO Low Duration, PIMCO Short Duration Municipal Income and PIMCO Short-Term Funds.


Amount of Purchase
Sales Charge as % of Net Amount Invested
Sales Charge as % of Public Offering Price
$0 - $99,999
2.30%
2.25%
$100,000 - $249,999
1.27%
1.25%
$250,000+
0.00%(1)
0.00%(1)



** From time to time, these discounts and commissions may be increased pursuant to special arrangements between the Distributor and certain participating brokers.

 

1. As shown, investors that purchase more than $1,000,000 of any Fund's Class A shares ($250,000 in the case of the Floating Income, Low Duration, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds) will not pay any initial sales charge on such purchase. However, except with regard to purchases of Class A shares of the Money Market Fund and certain purchases of Class A shares of the California Intermediate Municipal Bond, Low Duration, New York Municipal Bond and Short-Term Funds described in Note 4 below, purchasers of $1,000,000 ($250,000 in the case of the Floating Income, Low Duration, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds) or more of Class A shares (other than those purchasers described below under "Sales at Net Asset Value" where no commission is paid) will be subject to a CDSC of up to 1% (0.50% in the case of the California Intermediate Municipal Bond, Floating Income, New York Municipal Bond, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds and 0.75% in the case of the Low Duration Fund) if such shares are redeemed during the first 18 months after such shares are purchased unless such purchaser is eligible for a waiver of the CDSC as described under "Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charges" above. See "Class A Deferred Sales Charge" below.

 

2. The Distributor will pay a commission to dealers who sell amounts of $1,000,000 or more of Class A shares according to the following schedule: 0.75% of the first $2,000,000, 0.50% of amounts from $2,000,001 to $5,000,000, and 0.25% of amounts over $5,000,000. These payments are not made in connection with sales to employer-sponsored plans.

 

3. The Distributor will pay a commission to dealers who sell amounts of $1,000,000 or more of Class A shares of each of these Funds except for the Money Market Fund (for which no payment is made), in each case according to the following schedule: 0.50% of the first $2,000,000 and 0.25% of amounts over $2,000,000. These payments are not made in connection with sales to employer-sponsored plans.

 

4. (A) The Distributor will pay a commission to dealers who sell $250,000 or more of Class A shares of the Floating Income, Low Duration, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds at the annual rate of 0.15% (0.35% in the case of the Low Duration Fund) of the net asset value of such Class A shares as in effect from time to time; such commission shall be paid in installments covering the 18 month period commencing with the date of sale. Such installments shall be paid after the end of calendar quarters in accordance with the Distributor’s practice, which may change from time to time. Investors purchasing Class A shares of such Funds through such dealers will not be subject to the Class A CDSC on such shares. (B) Alternatively, dealers may elect (through an agreement with the Distributor) to receive a commission at the time of sale on purchases of $250,000 or more of these Funds of 0.25% of the public offering price (for purchases of the Floating Income, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds) or 0.50% of the public offering price (for purchases of the Low Duration Fund). Investors who purchase through dealers that elect the commission schedule described in this clause (B) will be subject to the Class A CDSC. (C) In addition to the commissions described in (A) and (B) above, dealers may be entitled to receive an annual servicing fee of 0.25% of the net asset value of such shares for so long as such shares are outstanding, as described below under “Participating Brokers.” These payments are not made in connection with sales to employer-sponsored plans.

 



This section includes important information about sales charge reduction programs available to investors in Class A shares of the Funds and describes information or records you may need to provide to the Distributor or your financial intermediary in order to be eligible for sales charge reduction programs.

 

Investors in the Funds may reduce or eliminate sales charges applicable to purchases of Class A shares through utilization of the Combined Purchase Privilege, the Cumulative Quantity Discount (Right of Accumulation), a Letter of Intent or the Reinstatement Privilege. These programs, which apply to purchases of one of more funds that are series of the Trust or Allianz Funds and PIMCO Funds (other than the Money Market Fund) that offer Class A shares (together, “Eligible Funds”), are described below and are also described in the Guide.

 

Each Fund receives the entire net asset value of its Class A shares purchased by investors (i.e., the gross purchase price minus the applicable sales charge). The Distributor receives the sales charge shown above less any applicable discount or commission "re-allowed" to participating brokers in the amounts indicated in the table above. The Distributor may, however, elect to re-allow the entire sales charge to participating brokers for all sales with respect to which, orders are placed with the Distributor for any particular Fund during a particular period. During such periods as may from time to time be designated by the Distributor, the Distributor will pay an additional amount of up to 0.50% of the purchase price on sales of Class A shares of all or selected Funds purchased to each participating broker which obtains purchase orders in amounts exceeding thresholds established from time to time by the Distributor.

 

Shares issued pursuant to the automatic reinvestment of income dividends or capital gains distributions are issued at net asset value and are not subject to any sales charges.


Under the circumstances described below, investors may be entitled to pay reduced sales charges for Class A shares.


These discounts and commissions may be increased pursuant to special arrangements from time to time agreed upon between the Distributor and certain participating brokers.

 

Combined Purchase Privilege. Investors may qualify for a reduced sales charge on Class A shares by combining purchases of the Class A shares of one or more Funds (other than the Money Market Fund) which offer Class A shares (together, "Eligible Funds") into a single purchase (a “Single Purchase”), if the resulting purchase totals at least $50,000. The term Single Purchase refers to:


(i) a single purchase by an individual, or concurrent purchases, which in the aggregate are at least equal to the prescribed amount, by an individual, his or her spouse and their children under the age of 21 years purchasing Class A shares of the Eligible Funds for his, her or their own account(s);


(ii) a single purchase by a trustee or other fiduciary purchasing shares for a single trust, estate or fiduciary account although more than one beneficiary is involved; or


(iii) a single purchase for the employee benefit plans of a single employer.


For further information, call the Distributor at 1-800-426-0107 or your broker.

 

Cumulative Quantity Discount (Right of Accumulation). A purchase of Class A shares of any Eligible Fund (which does not include the Money Market Fund) may qualify for a Cumulative Quantity Discount at the rate applicable to the discount bracket obtained by adding:

 

(i) the amount of the investor’s total current purchase (including any sales charge);

 

(ii) the aggregate net asset value (at the close of business on the day of the current purchase) of all Class A, Class B and Class C shares of any Eligible Fund held by the investor; and

 

(iii) the net asset value (at the close of business on the day of the current purchase) of all Class A, Class B and Class C shares owned by another shareholder eligible to be combined with the investor's purchase into a Single Purchase.

 

For example, if a shareholder owned Class A shares of the Allianz OCC Equity Premium Strategy Fund with a current net asset value of $10,000, Class C shares of the Allianz OCC Target Fund with a current net asset value of $10,000 and he wished to purchase Class A shares of the Allianz OCC Growth Fund with a purchase price of $30,000 (including sales charge), the sales charge for the $30,000 purchase would be at the 4.50% rate applicable to a single $55,000 purchase of shares of the Allianz OCC Growth Fund, rather than the 5.50% rate that would otherwise apply to a $30,000 purchase. The discount will be applied only to the current purchase (i.e., the $30,000 purchase), not to any previous transaction.

 

Shares purchased or held by an investor through a Covered Plan (as defined above) or other employer-sponsored benefit program do not count for purposes of determining whether an investor qualifies for a Cumulative Quantity Discount.

 

Letter of Intent. An investor may also obtain a reduced sales charge on purchases of Class A shares by means of a written Letter of Intent, which expresses an intention to invest not less than $50,000 within a period of 13 months in Class A shares of any Eligible Fund(s) (which does not include the Money Market Fund). The maximum intended investment amount allowable in a Letter of Intent is $1,000,000 (except for Class A shares of the Floating Income, Low Duration Fund, Short-Term Fund, and Short Duration Municipal Income Fund, for which the maximum intended investment amount is $100,000). Each purchase of shares under a Letter of Intent will be made at the public offering price or prices applicable at the time of such purchase to a Single Purchase of the dollar amount indicated in the Letter. At the investor's option, a Letter of Intent may include purchases of Class A shares of any Eligible Fund made not more than 90 days prior to the date the Letter of Intent is signed; however, the 13- month period during which the Letter is in effect will begin on the date of the earliest purchase to be included and the sales charge on any purchases prior to the Letter will not be adjusted. In making computations concerning the amount purchased for purpose of a Letter of Intent, any redemptions during the operative period are deducted from the amount invested.

 

Investors qualifying for the Combined Purchase Privilege described above may purchase shares of the Eligible Funds (which does not include the Money Market Fund) under a single Letter of Intent. For example, if at the time you sign a Letter of Intent to invest at least $100,000 in Class A shares of any Eligible Fund, you and your spouse each purchase Class A shares of the Allianz OCC Growth Fund worth $30,000 (for a total of $60,000), it will only be necessary to invest a total of $40,000 during the following 13 months in Class A shares of any of the Eligible Funds to qualify for the 3.50% sales charge on the total amount being invested (the sales charge applicable to an investment of $100,000 in any of the Funds other than the All Asset, California Intermediate Municipal Bond, Diversified Income, Emerging Markets Bond, Foreign Bond (Unhedged), Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), GNMA, High Yield, Investment Grade Corporate Bond, Long-Term U.S. Government, Low Duration, Money Market, Municipal Bond, New York Municipal Bond, Real Return, Short Duration Municipal Income, Short-Term, StocksPLUS®, StocksPLUS® Total Return, Total Return and Mortgage-Backed Securities Funds).

 

A Letter of Intent is not a binding obligation to purchase the full amount indicated. The minimum initial investment under a Letter of Intent is 5% of such amount. Shares purchased with the first 5% of the amount indicated in the Letter of Intent will be held in escrow (while remaining registered in your name) to secure payment of the higher sales charge applicable to the shares actually purchased in the event the full intended amount is not purchased. If the full amount indicated is not purchased, a sufficient amount of such escrowed shares will be involuntarily redeemed to pay the additional sales charge applicable to the amount actually purchased, if necessary. Dividends on escrowed shares, whether paid in cash or reinvested in additional Eligible Fund shares, are not subject to escrow. When the full amount indicated has been purchased, the escrow will be released.

 

If you wish to enter into a Letter of Intent in conjunction with your initial investment in Class A shares of a Fund, you should complete the appropriate portion of the account application. If you are a current Class A shareholder desiring to do so you may obtain a form of Letter of Intent by contacting the Distributor at 1-800-426-0107 or any broker participating in this program.


Shares purchased or held by an investor through a Covered Plan (as defined above) do not count for purposes of determining whether an investor has qualified for a reduced sales charge through the use of a Letter of Intent.

 

Reinstatement Privilege. A Class A shareholder who has caused any or all of his shares (other than the Money Market Fund shares that were not acquired by exchanging Class A shares of another Fund) to be redeemed may reinvest all or any portion of the redemption proceeds in Class A shares of any Eligible Fund at net asset value without any sales charge, provided that such reinvestment is made within 120 calendar days after the redemption or repurchase date. Shares are sold to a reinvesting shareholder at the net asset value next determined. See "How Net Asset Value is Determined" in the applicable Retail Prospectus. A reinstatement pursuant to this privilege will not cancel the redemption transaction and, consequently, any gain or loss so realized may be recognized for federal tax purposes except that no loss may be recognized to the extent that the proceeds are reinvested in shares of the same Fund within 30 days. The reinstatement privilege may be utilized by a shareholder only once, irrespective of the number of shares redeemed, except that the privilege may be utilized without limit in connection with transactions whose sole purpose is to transfer a shareholder's interest in a Fund to his Individual Retirement Account or other qualified retirement plan account. An investor may exercise the reinstatement privilege by written request sent to the Distributor or to the investor's broker.

 

Sales at Net Asset Value. Each Fund may sell its Class A shares at net asset value without a sales charge to:

 

(i) current or retired officers, trustees, directors or employees of either Trust, Allianz, Allianz Global Investors Fund Management, Pacific Investment Management Company or the Distributor, other affiliates of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management and funds advised or subadvised by any such affiliates, in any case at the discretion of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management, Pacific Investment Management Company or the Distributor; a parent, brother or sister of any such officer, trustee, director or employee or a spouse or child of any of the foregoing persons, or any trust, profit-sharing or pension plan for the benefit of any such person and to any other person if the Distributor anticipates that there will be minimal sales expenses associated with the sale;


(ii) current registered representatives and other full-time employees of participating brokers or such persons' spouses or for trust or custodial accounts for their minor children;


(iii) trustees or other fiduciaries purchasing shares for certain plans sponsored by employers, professional organizations or associations or charitable organizations, the trustee, administrator, record keeper, fiduciary, broker, trust company or registered investment adviser for which has an agreement with the Distributor, Allianz Global Investors Fund Management or Pacific Investment Management Company with respect to such purchases (including provisions related to minimum levels of investment in the Trust), and to participants in such plans and their spouses purchasing for their account(s) or IRAs;


(iv) participants investing through accounts known as "wrap accounts" established with brokers or dealers approved by the Distributor where such brokers or dealers are paid a single, inclusive fee for brokerage and investment management services;


(v) client accounts of broker-dealers or registered investment advisers affiliated with such broker-dealers with which the Distributor, Allianz Global Investors Fund Management or Pacific Investment Management Company has an agreement for the use of a Fund in particular investment products or programs or in particular situations;


(vi) accounts for which the company that serves as trustee or custodian either (a) is affiliated with Allianz Global Investors Fund Management or Pacific Investment Management Company or (b) has a specific agreement to that effect with the Distributor; and


(vii) investors who purchase shares in “Exempt Transactions,” as described under “Exempt Transactions; No CDSCs or Payments to Brokers” above.

The Distributor will only pay service fees and will not pay any initial commission or other fees to dealers upon the sale of Class A shares to the purchasers described in subparagraphs (i) through (vii) above except that the Distributor will pay initial commissions to any dealer for sales to purchasers described under sub-paragraph (iii) above provided such dealer has a written agreement with the Distributor specifically providing for the payment of such initial commissions.

 

Notification of Distributor. In many cases, neither the Trusts, the Distributor nor the transfer agents will have the information necessary to determine whether a quantity discount or reduced sales charge is applicable to a purchase. An investor or participating broker must notify the Distributor whenever a quantity discount or reduced sales charge is applicable to a purchase and must provide the Distributor with sufficient information at the time of purchase to verify that each purchase qualifies for the privilege or discount, including such information as is necessary to obtain any applicable "combined treatment" of an investor's holdings in multiple accounts. Upon such notification, the investor will receive the lowest applicable sales charge. For investors investing in Class A shares through a financial intermediary, it is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to ensure that the investor obtains the proper quantity discount or reduced sales charge. The quantity discounts and commission schedules described above may be modified or terminated at any time.

 

Class A Deferred Sales Charge. For purchases of Class A shares of all Funds (except the California Intermediate Municipal Bond, Floating Income, Low Duration, Money Market, New York Municipal Bond, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds), investors who purchase $1,000,000 ($250,000 in the case of the Floating Income, Low Duration, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds) or more of Class A shares (and, thus, purchase such shares without any initial sales charge) may be subject to a 1% CDSC if such shares are redeemed within 18 months of their purchase. Certain purchases of Class A shares of the California Intermediate Municipal Bond, Floating Income, Low Duration, New York Municipal Bond, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds described above under “Initial Sales Charge—Class A Shares” will be subject to a CDSC of 0.75% (for the Low Duration Fund) or 0.50% (for the California Intermediate Municipal Bond, New York Municipal Bond, Floating Income, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds) if such shares are redeemed within 18 months after their purchase. The CDSCs described in this paragraph are sometimes referred to as the “Class A CDSC.” Shares of certain Funds purchased prior to October 1, 2001 are subject to different Class A CDSC rates. The Class A CDSC does not apply to investors purchasing any Fund's Class A shares if such investors are otherwise eligible to purchase Class A shares without any sales charge because they are described under "Sales at Net Asset Value" above.

 

For purchases subject to the Class A CDSC, a CDSC will apply for any redemption of such Class A shares that occurs within 18 months of their purchase. No CDSC will be imposed if the shares redeemed have been acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions or if the amount redeemed is derived from increases in the value of the account above the amount of purchase payments subject to the CDSC. In determining whether a CDSC is payable, it is assumed that the shareholder will redeem first the lot of Class A shares which will incur the lowest CDSC. Any CDSC imposed on a redemption of Class A shares is paid to the Distributor. The manner of calculating the CDSC on Class A shares purchased after December 31, 2001 differs and is described below under “Calculation of CDSC on Shares Purchased After December 31, 2001.”

 

The Class A CDSC does not apply to Class A shares of the Money Market Fund or to certain purchases of Class A shares of the California Intermediate Municipal Bond, Floating Income, Low Duration, New York Municipal Bond, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds described above under "Initial Sales Charge -- Class A Shares." However, if Class A shares of these Funds are purchased in a transaction that, for any other Fund, would be subject to the CDSC (i.e., a purchase of $1,000,000 or more ($249,999 or more in the case of the Floating Income, Low Duration, Short Duration Municipal Income and Short-Term Funds)) and are subsequently exchanged for Class A shares of any other Fund, a Class A CDSC will apply to the shares of the Fund(s) acquired by exchange for a period of 18 months from the date of the exchange.

 

The Class A CDSC is currently waived in connection with certain redemptions as described above under "Alternative Purchase Arrangements—Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charges." For more information about the Class A CDSC, call the Distributor at 1-800-426-0107.

 

For Class A shares outstanding for one year or more (or a shorter period if the Distributor has an agreement with the broker to that effect), the Distributor may also pay participating brokers annual servicing fees of 0.25% of the net asset value of such shares.

 

 



Deferred Sales Charge Alternative--Class B Shares

Class B shares are sold at their current net asset value without any initial sales charge. The full amount of an investor's purchase payment will be invested in shares of the Fund(s) selected.


Calculation of CDSC on Shares Purchased On or Before December 31, 2001. A CDSC will be imposed on Class B shares if an investor redeems an amount which causes the current value of the investor's account for a Fund to fall below the total dollar amount of purchase payments subject to the CDSC, except that no CDSC is imposed if the shares redeemed have been acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions or if the amount redeemed is derived from increases in the value of the account above the amount of purchase payments subject to the CDSC. The manner of calculating the CDSC on Class B shares purchased after December 31, 2001 differs and is described below under “Calculation of CDSC on Shares Purchased After December 31, 2001.

 

Class B shares of the Short-Term Fund and the Money Market Fund are not offered for initial purchase but may be obtained through exchanges of Class B shares of other Funds. See "Exchange Privilege" below. Class B shares are not available for purchase by employer sponsored retirement plans.


Whether a CDSC is imposed and the amount of the CDSC will depend on the number of years since the investor made a purchase payment from which an amount is being redeemed. Class B shares of the All Asset, Diversified Income, Emerging Markets Bond, Foreign Bond (U.S Dollar- Hedged), Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), GNMA, High Yield, Long-Term U.S. Government, StocksPLUS® Total Return, Total Return and Total Return Mortgage Funds purchased prior to October 1, 2004 and all other Allianz Funds and PIMCO Funds purchased at any time are subject to the CDSC according to the following schedule:


Years Since Purchase Percentage Contingent Percentage was Made Deferred Sales Charge
First 5
Second 4
Third 3
Fourth 3
Fifth 2
Sixth 1
Seventh and thereafter 0*

 

 

* After the seventh year, Class B shares of the series of the PIMCO Funds purchased on or before December 31, 2001 and Class B shares of series of the Allianz Funds Trust and series of the PIMCO Funds Trust not listed above purchased after September 30, 2004 convert into Class A shares as described below. Class B shares of the series of the Allianz Funds and PIMCO Funds purchased after December 31, 2001 but before October 1, 2004 convert into Class A shares after the eighth year.


Class B shares of All Asset, Diversified Income, Emerging Markets Bond, Foreign Bond (U.S Dollar-Hedged), Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), GNMA, High Yield, Long-Term U.S. Government, StocksPLUS® Total Return, Total Return and Mortgage-Backed Securities Funds purchased on or after October 1, 2004 are subject to the CDSC according to the following schedule:


 

 Years Since Purchase

 Payment Was Made

 Percentage Contingent

 Deferred Sales Charge

 First   3.50
 Second  2.75
 Third   2.00
 Fourth  1.25
 Fifth  0.50
 Sixth and thereafter  0*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* After the fifth year, Class B shares of All Asset, Diversified Income, Emerging Markets Bond, Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), GNMA, High Yield, Long-Term U.S. Government, StocksPLUS® Total Return, Total Return and Mortgage-Backed Securities Funds purchased on or after October 1, 2004 will convert into Class A shares.


In determining whether a CDSC is payable on shares purchased on or before December 31, 2001, it is assumed that the shareholder will redeem first the lot of shares which will incur the lowest CDSC.

 

The following example will illustrate the operation of the Class B CDSC on shares purchased on or before December 31, 2001:


Assume that an individual opens a Fund account and makes a purchase payment of $10,000 for Class B shares of a Fund and that six months later the value of the investor's account for that Fund has grown through investment performance and reinvestment of distributions to $11,000. The investor then may redeem up to $1,000 from that Fund account ($11,000 minus $10,000) without incurring a CDSC. If the investor should redeem $3,000 from that Fund account, a CDSC would be imposed on $2,000 of the redemption (the amount by which the investor's account for the Fund was reduced below the amount of the purchase payment). At the rate of 5%, the Class B CDSC would be $100.

 

In determining whether an amount is available for redemption without incurring a CDSC, the purchase payments made for all Class B shares in the shareholder's account for the particular Fund are aggregated, and the current value of all such shares is aggregated. Any CDSC imposed on a redemption of Class B shares is paid to the Distributor.

 

Class B shares are subject to higher distribution fees than Class A shares for a fixed period after their purchase, after which the y automatically convert to Class A shares and are no longer subject to such higher distribution fees. Class B shares of the All Asset, Diversified Income, Emerging Markets Bond, Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), GNMA, High Yield, Long-Term U.S. Government, StocksPLUS® Total Return, Total Return and Mortgage-Backed Securities Funds purchased on or after October 1, 2004 automatically convert into Class A shares after they have been held for five years (seven years for Class B shares purchased on or before December 31, 2001 and eight years for Class B shares purchased after December 31, 2001 but before September 30, 2004). Class B shares of each series of the Allianz Trust and the series of the PIMCO Trust not listed above automatically convert into Class A shares after they have been held for seven years (eight years for Class B shares purchased after December 31, 2001 but before October 1, 2004).

 



For sales of Class B shares made and services rendered to Class B shareholders, the Distributor intends to make payments to participating brokers, at the time a shareholder purchases Class B shares, of 4.00% of the purchase amount for each of the Funds (except in the case of the All Asset Fund, Diversified Income Fund, Emerging Markets Bond Fund, Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged) Fund, Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged) Fund, GNMA Fund, High Yield Fund, Long-Term U.S. Government Fund, StocksPLUS® Total Return Fund, Total Return Fund and Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund, for which such payments will be at the rate of 3.00% of the purchase amount ). For Class B shares outstanding for one year or more, the Distributor may also pay participating brokers annual servicing fees of 0.25% (0.20% effective January 1, 2005 until March 31, 2006 (unless extended), on all outstanding Class B shares of the Short-Term Fund, even if the shares were purchased before January 1, 2005) of the net asset value of such shares. During such periods as may from time to time be designated by the Distributor, the Distributor will pay selected participating brokers an additional amount of up to 0.50% of the purchase price on sales of Class B shares of all or selected Funds purchased to each participating broker which obtains purchase orders in amounts exceeding thresholds established from time to time by the Distributor.

 

The Class B CDSC is currently waived in connection with certain redemptions as described above under "Alternative Purchase Arrangements —Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charges." For more information about the Class B CDSC, call the Distributor at 1-800-426-0107.

 

Calculation of CDSC on Shares Purchased After December 31, 2001. The manner of calculating the CDSC on Class B and Class C shares (and where applicable, Class A shares) purchased after December 31, 2001 differs from that described above.


Under the new calculation method, for shares purchased after December 31, 2001, the following rules apply:

  • Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions will be redeemed first and will not be subject to any CDSC.
  • For the redemption of all other shares, the CDSC will be based on either the shareholder’s original purchase price or the then current net asset value of the shares being sold, whichever is lower.
  • CDSCs will be deducted from the proceeds of the shareholder’s redemption, not from amounts remaining in the shareholder’s account.
  • In determining whether a CDSC is payable, it is assumed that the shareholder will redeem first the lot of shares which will incur the lowest CDSC.

The following example illustrates the operation of the Class B CDSC on Class B shares purchased after December 31, 2001:

 

Assume that an individual opens an account and makes a purchase payment of $10,000 for 1,000 Class B shares of a Fund (at $10 per share) and that six months later the value of the investor’s account for that Fund has grown through investment performance to $11,000 ($11 per share). If the investor should redeem $2,200 (200 shares), a CDSC would be applied against $2,000 of the redemption (the purchase price of the shares redeemed, because the purchase price is lower than the current net asset value of such shares ($2,200)). At the rate of 5%, the Class B CDSC would be $100.

 

For investors investing in Class B shares through a financial intermediary, it is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to ensure that the investor is credited with the proper holding period for the shares redeemed.

 

Except as otherwise disclosed herein or in the appropriate Prospectus(es), Class B shares that are received in an exchange will be subject to a CDSC to the same extent as the shares exchanged. In addition, Class B shares that are received in an exchange will convert into Class A shares at the same time as the original shares would have converted into Class A shares. For example, Class B shares of the Allianz Trust received in an exchange for Class B shares of the PIMCO Trust purchased on or after October 1, 2004, will convert into Class A shares after the fifth year. Class C shares received in exchange for Class C shares with a different CDSC period will have the same CDSC period as the shares exchanged. Furthermore, shares that are received in an exchange will be subject to the same CDSC calculation as the shares exchanged. In other words, shares received in exchange for shares purchased on or before December 31, 2001 will be subject to the same manner of CDSC calculation as the shares exchanged.

 

Conversion of Class B Shares Purchased Through Reinvestment of Distributions. For purposes of determining the date on which Class B shares convert into Class A shares, a Class B share purchased through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions (a “Distributed Share”) will be considered to have been purchased on the purchase date (or deemed purchase date) of the Class B share through which such Distributed Share was issued.

 



Asset Based Sales Charge Alternative--Class C Shares

Class C shares are sold at their current net asset value without any initial sales charge. A CDSC is imposed on Class C shares if an investor redeems an amount which causes the current value of the investor's account for a Fund to fall below the total dollar amount of purchase payments subject to the CDSC, except that no CDSC is imposed if the shares redeemed have been acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions or if the amount redeemed is derived from increases in the value of the account above the amount of purchase payments subject to the CDSC. All of an investor's purchase payments are invested in shares of the Fund(s) selected.


Whether a CDSC is imposed and the amount of the CDSC will depend on the number of years since the investor made a purchase payment from which an amount is being redeemed. Purchases are subject to the CDSC according to the following schedule:


 

Years Since Purchase Payment was Made Percentage Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
First* 1
Thereafter 0

 

 

* Shares of the PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy, PIMCO International StocksPLUS® TR Strategy (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), PIMCO RealEstateRealReturn Strategy, Allianz NACM Global, Allianz NACM International, Allianz NACM Pacific Rim, Allianz NFJ International Value, Allianz RCM Healthcare, Allianz RCM Global Small-Cap, Allianz RCM Technology and Allianz RCM International Growth Equity Funds are subject to the Class C CDSC for the first eighteen months after purchase.

 



In determining whether a CDSC is payable on Class C shares purchased on or before December 31, 2001, it is assumed that the shareholder will redeem first the lot of Class C shares which will incur the lowest CDSC. Any CDSC imposed on a redemption of Class C shares is paid to the Distributor.

 

The following example will illustrate the operation of the Class C CDSC on shares purchased on or before December 31, 2001:


Assume that an individual opens a Fund account and makes a purchase payment of $10,000 for Class C shares of a Fund and that six months later the value of the investor's account for that Fund has grown through investment performance and reinvestment of distributions to $11,000. The investor then may redeem up to $1,000 from that Fund account ($11,000 minus $10,000) without incurring a CDSC. If the investor should redeem $3,000 from that Fund account, a CDSC would be imposed on $2,000 of the redemption (the amount by which the investor's account for the Fund was reduced below the amount of the purchase payment). At the rate of 1%, the Class C CDSC would be $20.

 

Any CDSC imposed on a redemption of Class C shares is paid to the Distributor. For investors investing in Class C shares through a financial intermediary, it is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to ensure that the investor is credited with the proper holding period for the shares redeemed. Unlike Class B shares, Class C shares do not automatically convert to any other class of shares of the Funds.

 

The manner of calculating the CDSC on Class C shares purchased after December 31,2001 is the same as that of Class B shares purchased after December 31, 2001, as described above under “Calculation of CDSC on Shares Purchased After December 31, 2001.”

 

Please see the Guide or the appropriate prospectus for more complete information.

 


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