497K 1 d497k.htm PIMCO 1-3 YEAR U.S. TREASURY INDEX FUND PIMCO 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index Fund

 

     
Ticker Symbol:   TUZ    Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca

 

Summary Prospectus

October 29, 2010

 

PIMCO 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index Fund

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund online at www.pimcoetfs.com/library. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-888-400-4383 or PIMCO Infolink Audio Response Network at 1-800-987-4626, by visiting www.pimcoetfs.com or by sending an email request to Orders@MySummaryProspectus.com. The Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated October 29, 2010, as supplemented, along with the financial statements included in the Fund’s most recent annual report to shareholders dated June 30, 2010, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

 

The Fund seeks to provide total return that closely corresponds, before fees and expenses, to the total return of The BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury IndexSM.

 

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

 

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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund:     

 

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):

 

Management Fee     0.15
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1)
Fees
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses     0.15
Fee Waiver(1)     (0.06 %) 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver     0.09

 

(1) Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”) has contractually agreed, until October 31, 2011, to waive a portion of its management fee equal to 0.06% of average daily net assets. Under the Fee Waiver Agreement, PIMCO is entitled to reimbursement by the Fund of any portion of the management fees waived, reduced or reimbursed pursuant to the Fee Waiver Agreement (the “Reimbursement Amount”) during the previous three years, provided that such amount paid to PIMCO will not: 1) together with any recoupment of organizational expenses and pro rata Trustees’ fees pursuant to the Expense Limitation Agreement, exceed 0.0049% of the Fund’s average net assets; 2) exceed the total Reimbursement Amount; or 3) include any amounts previously reimbursed to PIMCO. The Fee Waiver Agreement will automatically renew for one-year terms unless PIMCO provides written notice to the Trust at least 30 days prior to the end of the then current term.

 

Example. The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases

and sales of Fund shares, which are not reflected in the Example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, the Example shows what your costs would be based on these assumptions.

 

     1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years          
    $9         $42         $79         $185      

 

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund pays transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example tables, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 256% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

 

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The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in the component securities (“Component Securities”) of The BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury IndexSM (the “Underlying Index”). The Fund may invest the remainder of its assets in Fixed Income Instruments that are not Component Securities, but which PIMCO believes will help the Fund track its Underlying Index, as well as in cash and investment grade, liquid short-term instruments, forwards or derivatives, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements, and shares of affiliated bond funds. “Fixed Income Instruments” include bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities. The average portfolio duration of this Fund will closely correspond to the duration of its Underlying Index, which as of September 30, 2010 was 1.867 years. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates.

 

The Underlying Index is an unmanaged index comprised of U.S. dollar denominated sovereign debt securities publicly issued by the U.S. Treasury having a maturity of at least 1 year and less than 3 years. As of September 30, 2010, there were 66 issues in the Underlying Index. The securities in the Underlying Index have a minimum $1 billion of outstanding face value, have one to three years remaining to maturity, are fixed-rate and are non-convertible. Bills, inflation-indexed debt and strips are excluded from the Underlying Index; however, original


 

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PIMCO 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index Fund

 

issue zero coupon bonds are included in the Underlying Index and the amounts outstanding of qualifying coupon securities are not reduced by any portions that have been stripped. The Underlying Index is capitalization-weighted and the composition of Component Securities is updated monthly. It is not possible to invest directly in the Underlying Index. Intra-month cash flows are reinvested daily, at the beginning-of-month 1-month Libid rate, until the end of the month at which point all cash is removed from the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index does not reflect deductions for fees, expenses or taxes.

 

PIMCO uses an indexing approach in managing the Fund’s investments. The Fund employs a representative sampling strategy in seeking to achieve its investment objective. In using this strategy, PIMCO seeks to invest in a combination of Component Securities and other instruments such that the combination effectively provides exposure to the Underlying Index. In using a representative sampling strategy, the Fund may not track its Underlying Index with the same degree of accuracy as a fund that replicates the composition of the Underlying Index. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not attempt to outperform the index the Fund tracks. An indexing approach may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform its Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs by keeping portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

 

The Fund may invest in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. The Fund may, without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs). The “total return” sought by the Fund consists of income earned on the Fund’s investments, plus capital appreciation, if any, which generally arises from decreases in interest rates.

 

PRINCIPAL RISKS

 

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It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund. The principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return are:

 

Market Trading Risk: the risk that an active secondary trading market for Fund shares does not continue once developed, that the Fund may not continue to meet a listing exchange’s trading or listing requirements, or that Fund shares trade at prices other than the Fund’s net asset value

 

Interest Rate Risk: the risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of an increase in interest rates; a fund with a longer average portfolio duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a fund with a shorter average portfolio duration

 

Credit Risk: the risk that the Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a derivative contract, is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations

 

Market Risk: the risk that the value of securities owned by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular sectors

Liquidity Risk: the risk that a particular investment may be difficult to purchase or sell and that the Fund may be unable to sell illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price or achieve its desired level of exposure to a certain sector

 

Derivatives Risk: the risk of investing in derivative instruments, including liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, mispricing or improper valuation. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and the Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested

 

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, causing the Fund to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged

 

Management and Tracking Error Risk: the risk that the portfolio manager’s investment decisions may not produce the desired results or that the Fund’s portfolio may not closely track the Underlying Index for a number of reasons. The Fund incurs operating expenses, which are not applicable to the Underlying Index, and the costs of buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s portfolio to reflect changes in the composition of the Underlying Index. Performance of the Fund and the Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between the Fund’s portfolio and the Underlying Index due to legal restrictions, cost or liquidity restraints. In addition, the Fund’s use of a representative sampling approach may cause the Fund to be less correlated to the return of the Underlying Index then if the Fund held all of the securities in the Underlying Index

 

Indexing Risk: the risk that the Fund is negatively affected by general declines in the asset classes represented by the Underlying Index

 

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.

 

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

 

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The Fund does not have a full calendar year of performance. Thus, no bar chart or Average Annual Total Returns table is included for the Fund. Performance is updated daily and quarterly and may be obtained at www.pimcoetfs.com/fundinfo.

 

INVESTMENT ADVISER/PORTFOLIO MANAGER

 

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PIMCO serves as the investment adviser for the Fund. The Fund’s portfolio is managed by Vineer Bhansali. Dr. Bhansali is a Managing Director of PIMCO and he has managed the Fund since June 2009.          



 

Summary Prospectus

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

 

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The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). Individual Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer and may not be purchased or redeemed directly with the Fund. The price of Fund shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than net asset value (“NAV”), shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). The Fund will only issue or redeem shares at NAV that have been aggregated into blocks of

100,000 shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) with certain large institutional investors who have entered into agreements with the Fund’s Distributor (“Authorized Participants”).

 

TAX INFORMATION

 

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The Fund’s taxable distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or a combination of the two, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.



 

 

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