497K 1 d803857d497k.htm PIMCO SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND PIMCO Senior Floating Rate Fund

PIMCO Senior Floating Rate Fund

SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

July 31, 2014 (as supplemented October 14, 2014)

 

Share Class:

Inst

P

Admin

D

A

C

R

Ticker:

PSRIX

PSRPX

PSRMX

PSRDX

PSRZX

PSRWX

PSRRX

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which, as supplemented, contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund online at http://investments.pimco.com/prospectuses. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 888.87.PIMCO or by sending an email request to pimcoteam@bfdsmidwest.com. The Fund's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated July 31, 2014, as supplemented, along with the financial statements included in the Fund's most recent annual report to shareholders dated March 31, 2014, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks a high level of current income, consistent with prudent investment management.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in Class A shares of eligible funds offered by PIMCO Equity Series and PIMCO Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available in the "Classes of Shares" section on page 47 of the Fund's prospectus or from your financial advisor.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):

Inst
Class

Class P

Admin
Class

Class D

Class A

Class C

Class R

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

None

None

None

2.25%

None

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or redemption price)

None

None

None

None

0.75%

1.00%

None

Redemption Fees1

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

1

Shares that are held 30 or fewer calendar days are subject to a redemption fee.  The Trust may waive this fee under certain circumstances.

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

 

Inst
Class

Class P

Admin
Class

Class D

Class A

Class C

Class R

Management Fees

0.70%

0.80%

0.70%

0.75%

0.75%

0.75%

0.75%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

N/A

N/A

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

1.00%

0.50%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.70%

0.80%

0.95%

1.00%

1.00%

1.75%

1.25%

Example. The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in Institutional Class, Class P, Administrative Class, Class D, Class A, Class C or Class R shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all 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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

If you redeem your shares at the end of each period:

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Institutional Class

$72

$224

$390

$871

Class P

$82

$255

$444

$990

Administrative Class

$97

$303

$525

$1,166

Class D

$102

$318

$552

$1,225

Class A

$325

$536

$765

$1,422

Class C

$278

$551

$949

$2,062

Class R

$127

$397

$686

$1,511

If you do not redeem your shares:

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Institutional Class

$72

$224

$390

$871

Class P

$82

$255

$444

$990

Administrative Class

$97

$303

$525

$1,166

Class D

$102

$318

$552

$1,225

Class A

$325

$536

$765

$1,422

Class C

$178

$551

$949

$2,062

Class R

$127

$397

$686

$1,511

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 132% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of floating or adjustable rate senior secured loans, senior corporate debt and other senior Fixed Income Instruments that effectively enable the Fund to achieve a floating rate of income. "Fixed Income Instruments" include bank loans, bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. entities.

A senior secured debt security holds a senior position in the issuer's capital structure and is typically secured by collateral such that, under normal circumstances, holders (such as the Fund) enjoy a priority claim to some or all of the issuer's assets in the event of default as compared to other creditors of the issuer. Variable and floating-rate Fixed Income Instruments generally pay interest at rates that adjust whenever a specified interest rate changes and/or reset on predetermined dates (such as the last day of a month or calendar quarter). The Fund may also invest in fixed-rate Fixed Income Instruments, including those with respect to which the Fund has entered into derivative instruments to effectively convert the fixed-rate interest payments into floating-rate interest payments.

The Fund may invest in both investment grade securities and high yield securities ("junk bonds") and may primarily invest its assets in below investment grade securities subject to a maximum of 5% of its total assets in securities rated below Caa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), or equivalently rated by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P") or Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch"), or, if unrated, determined by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC ("PIMCO") to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities and instruments of issuers economically tied to emerging market countries (this limitation does not apply to investment grade sovereign debt denominated in the local currency with less than 1 year remaining to maturity). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies and in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers. The Fund will normally limit its foreign currency exposure (from non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities or currencies) to 5% of its total assets.

The Fund may invest in derivative instruments, such as credit default swap and total return swap agreements, interest rate swaps, futures and options, subject to applicable law and any other restrictions described in the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis, including currency forwards, and may engage in short sales.

The average portfolio duration of the Fund will normally vary within one year (plus or minus) of the portfolio duration of the securities comprising the J.P. Morgan BB/B Leveraged Loan Index, as calculated by PIMCO, which was less than 1 year as of June 30, 2014. 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.

Principal Risks

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:

Senior Debt Risk: the risk that investing in senior debt exposes the Fund to heightened credit risk, liquidity risk and valuation risk. If the issuer prepays, the Fund will have to reinvest the proceeds in other senior debt or instruments that may pay lower interest rates

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

Call Risk: the risk that an issuer may exercise its right to redeem a fixed income security earlier than expected (a call). Issuers may call outstanding securities prior to their maturity for a number of reasons (e.g., declining interest rates, changes in credit spreads and improvements in the issuer's credit quality). If an issuer calls a security that the Fund has invested in, the Fund may not recoup the full amount of its initial investment and may be forced to reinvest in lower-yielding securities, securities with greater credit risks or securities with other, less favorable features

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

High Yield Risk: the risk that high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as "junk bonds") are subject to greater levels of credit, call and liquidity risks, including the risk that a court will subordinate high yield senior debt to other debt of the issuer or take other actions detrimental to holders of the senior debt. High yield securities are considered primarily speculative with respect to the issuer's continuing ability to make principal and interest payments, and may be more volatile than higher-rated securities of similar maturity

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 industries

Issuer Risk: the risk that the value of a security may decline for a reason directly related to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services

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. Liquidity risk may result from the lack of an active market, reduced number and capacity of traditional market participants to make a market in fixed income securities, and may be magnified in a rising interest rate environment or other circumstances where investor redemptions from fixed income mutual funds may be higher than normal, causing increased supply in the market due to selling activity

Derivatives Risk: the risk of investing in derivative instruments (such as futures, swaps and structured securities), including liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, mispricing or valuation complexity. Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with, and may be more sensitive to market events than, the underlying asset, rate or index, and the Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested. The Fund's use of derivatives may result in losses to the Fund, a reduction in the Fund's returns and/or increased volatility. Derivatives are also subject to the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations

Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investment Risk: the risk that investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies, due to smaller markets, differing reporting, accounting and auditing standards, increased risk of delayed settlement of portfolio transactions or loss of certificates of portfolio securities, and the risk of unfavorable foreign government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, currency blockage, or political changes or diplomatic developments. Foreign securities may also be less liquid and more difficult to value than securities of U.S. issuers

Emerging Markets Risk: the risk of investing in emerging market securities, primarily increased foreign (non-U.S.) investment 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

Management Risk: the risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses applied by PIMCO will not produce the desired results and that legislative, regulatory, or tax restrictions, policies or developments may affect the investment techniques available to PIMCO and the individual portfolio manager in connection with managing the Fund. There is no guarantee that the investment objective of the Fund will be achieved

Short Sale Risk: the risk of entering into short sales, 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 may fail to honor its contract terms, causing a loss to the 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.

Performance Information

The performance information shows summary performance information for the Fund in a bar chart and an Average Annual Total Returns table. The information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in its performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with the returns of a broad-based securities market index and an index of similar funds. Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows performance of the Fund's Institutional Class shares. The Administrative Class of the Fund is not operational as of the date of this prospectus. Performance for Class A and Class shares in the Average Annual Total Returns table reflects the impact of sales charges. The Fund's past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Performance for the Fund is updated daily and quarterly and may be obtained as follows: daily updates on the net asset value and performance page at http://investments.pimco.com/DailyPerformance and quarterly updates at http://investments.pimco.com/QuarterlyPerformance.

Effective January 1, 2014, the Fund's broad-based securities market index is the J.P. Morgan BB/B Leveraged Loan Index. The J.P. Morgan BB/B Leveraged Loan Index is designed to mirror the investable universe of USD institutional leveraged loans, excluding the most aggressively rated loans and non-rated loans. The J.P. Morgan BB/B Leveraged Loan Index is a subset of the broader Leveraged Loan Index, and as such follows all of the same inclusion rules, loan selection methodology and the rebalance process, with the sole exception being the tranche rating criteria. The Fund's new broad-based securities market index was selected as its use is more closely aligned with the Fund's principal investment strategies. Prior to January 1, 2014, the Fund's primary benchmark was the Credit Suisse Institutional Leveraged Loan Index. The Credit Suisse Institutional Leveraged Loan Index is a sub-index of the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index and is designed to more closely reflect the investment criteria of institutional investors by sampling a lower volatility component of the market. The Index is formed by excluding the following facilities from the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index: facility types TL and TLa, facilities priced 90 or lower at the beginning of the month and facilities rated CC, C or Default. The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index is designed to mirror the investable universe of the $US-denominated leveraged loan market. Lipper Loan Participation Funds Average is a total performance average of funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that invest primarily in participation interests in collateralized senior corporate loans that have floating or variable rates.

Calendar Year Total Returns — Institutional Class*

*The year-to-date return as of June 30, 2014 is 1.84%. For the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest quarterly return was 2.38% in the Q1 2012, and the lowest quarterly return was -0.09% in the Q2 2013.

Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ended 12/31/13)

 

1 Year

Since Inception (04/29/2011)

Institutional Class Return Before Taxes

4.46

%

4.66

%

Institutional Class Return After Taxes on Distributions(1)

2.53

%

3.20

%

Institutional Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sales of Fund Shares(1)

2.53

%

2.99

%

Class P Return Before Taxes

4.36

%

4.56

%

Class D Return Before Taxes

4.15

%

4.35

%

Class A Return Before Taxes

0.23

%

2.87

%

Class C Return Before Taxes

2.38

%

3.60

%

Class R Return Before Taxes

3.89

%

4.09

%

J.P. Morgan BB/B Leveraged Loan Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)

5.08

%

4.82

%

Credit Suisse Institutional Leveraged Loan Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)

5.99

%

5.32

%

 

Lipper Loan Participation Funds Average (reflects no deductions for taxes)

5.36

%

4.75

%

(1) After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. In some cases the return after taxes may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are for Institutional Class shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.

Investment Adviser/Portfolio Manager

PIMCO serves as the investment adviser for the Fund. The Fund's portfolio is managed by Elizabeth O. MacLean. Ms. MacLean is an Executive Vice President of PIMCO and she has managed the Fund since its inception in April 2011.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Fund shares may be purchased or sold (redeemed) on any business day (normally any day when the New York Stock Exchange is open). Generally, purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares are processed at the net asset value next calculated after an order is received by the Fund.

Institutional Class, Class P, Administrative Class and Class D

The minimum initial investment for Institutional Class, Class P or Administrative Class shares of the Fund is $1 million, except that the minimum initial investment may be modified for certain financial firms that submit orders on behalf of their customers.

The minimum initial investment for Class D shares of the Fund is $1,000, except that the minimum initial investment may be modified for certain financial firms that submit orders on behalf of their customers. The minimum subsequent investment for Class D shares is $50.

You may sell (redeem) all or part of your Institutional Class, Class P, Administrative Class and Class D shares of the Fund on any business day. If you are the registered owner of the shares on the books of the Fund, depending on the elections made on the Account Application, you may sell by:

Sending a written request by mail to:
PIMCO Funds c/o BFDS Midwest
330 W. 9th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105 

Calling us at 888.87.PIMCO and a Shareholder Services associate will assist you 

Sending a fax to our Shareholder Services department at 816.421.2861 

Sending an e-mail to pimcoteam@bfdsmidwest.com

Class A, Class C and Class R

The minimum initial investment for Class A and Class C shares of the Fund is $1,000. The minimum subsequent investment for Class A and Class C shares is $50. The minimum initial investment may be modified for certain financial firms that submit orders on behalf of their customers. You may purchase or sell (redeem) all or part of your Class A and Class C shares through a broker-dealer, or other financial firm, or, if you are the registered owner of the shares on the books of the Fund, by regular mail to PIMCO Funds, P.O. Box 55060, Boston, MA 02205-5060 or overnight mail to PIMCO Funds, c/o Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Canton, MA 02021-2809. The Fund reserves the right to require payment by wire or U.S. Bank check in connection with accounts opened directly with the Fund by Account Application.

There is no minimum initial or minimum subsequent investment in Class R shares because Class R shares may only be purchased through omnibus accounts for specified benefit plans. Specified benefit plans that wish to invest directly by mail should send a check payable to the PIMCO Family of Funds, along with a completed Account Application, by regular mail to PIMCO Funds, P.O. Box 55060, Boston, MA 02205-5060 or overnight mail to PIMCO Funds, c/o Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., 30 Dan Road, Canton, MA 02021-2809.

Tax Information

The Fund's 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, in which case distributions may be taxable upon withdrawal.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Firms

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial firm (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies (including PIMCO) may pay the financial firm for the sale of those shares of the Fund and/or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial firm and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial firm's Web site for more information.

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