PIMCO Canada to close the PIMCO Balanced Income Fund (Canada)

TORONTO, June 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PIMCO Canada Corp. (“PIMCO Canada”), the manager of the PIMCO Canada Funds, will terminate PIMCO Balanced Income Fund (Canada) (the “Fund”), effective on or about August 28, 2020.

Investors may redeem their units of the Fund, or switch their units into the same series of another PIMCO Canada mutual fund, up to the close of business on August 28, 2020. PIMCO Canada will waive any redemption fees, sales charges or short-term trading fees for redemptions of units of the Fund. The Fund is closed to new purchases, and the Fund’s units will no longer be switched under PIMCO Canada’s Fee Alignment Program. PIMCO Canada will send a notice to each investor in the Fund regarding the termination.

For further information on PIMCO Canada and the PIMCO mutual funds, please visit www.pimco.ca or call us at 1 866 341 3350 (416 368 3350 in Toronto).

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Certain statements included in this news release constitute forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, those identified by the expressions “expect”, “intend”, “will” and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Funds. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect the Fund’s, PIMCO Canada and/or PIMCO’s current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations, including, but not limited to, market factors. Although the Fund, PIMCO Canada and/or PIMCO believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. The Fund, PIMCO Canada and/or PIMCO undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement or information whether as a result of new information, future events or other factors which affect this information, except as required by law.

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The products and services provided by PIMCO Canada Corp. may only be available in certain provinces or territories of Canada and only through dealers authorized for that purpose.

PIMCO Canada has retained PIMCO LLC as sub-adviser. PIMCO Canada will remain responsible for any loss that arises out of the failure of its sub-adviser.

PIMCO Canada Corp. 199 Bay Street, Suite 2050, Commerce Court Station, P.O. Box 363, Toronto, ON, M5L 1G2 is a company of PIMCO, 416-368-3350

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