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Form 497K PIMCO FUNDS

July 1, 2022 3:37 PM EDT
 
 
PIMCO StocksPLUS® Long Duration
Fund
Summary Prospectus
July 30, 2021 (as supplemented July 1, 2022) 
Share Class:
Inst
I-2
A
Ticker:
PSLDX
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-
As permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website, pimco.com/literature, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically by visiting pimco.com/edelivery or by contacting your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank.
You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you own these shares through a financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank, you may contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can inform the Fund that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by calling 888.87.PIMCO (888.877.4626). Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund or to all funds held in your account if you invest through a financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank.
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, reports to shareholders (once available) 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 [email protected]. The Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, dated July 30, 2021, respectively, as supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks total return which exceeds that of its benchmarks, 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, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. 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 78 of the Fund’s prospectus, Appendix B to the Fund’s prospectus (Financial Firm-Specific Sales Charge Waivers and Discounts) or from your financial professional.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): 
 
Inst
Class
I-2
Class A
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
None
3.75%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower
of the original purchase price or redemption price)
None
None
1.00%
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment): 
 
Inst
Class
I-2
Class A
Management Fees
0.59%
0.69%
0.74%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
N/A
N/A
0.25%
Other Expenses(1)
0.02%
0.02%
0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
0.61%
0.71%
1.01%
1
“Other Expenses” include interest expense of 0.02%. Interest expense is borne by the Fund separately from the management fees paid to Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”). Excluding interest expense, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are 0.59%, 0.69%, and 0.99% for Institutional Class, I-2 and Class A shares, respectively.
Example. The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in Institutional Class, I-2, or Class A 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
$62
$195
$340
$762
I-2
$73
$227
$395
$883
Class A
$474
$684
$912
$1,565
If you do not redeem your shares: 
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A
$474
$684
$912
$1,565
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 104% of the average value of its portfolio.
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PIMCO StocksPLUS® Long Duration Fund
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund seeks to exceed the total return of its benchmark indexes, the S&P 500 Index and a secondary blended index (as described below, and together with the S&P 500 Index, the “Indexes”), by investing under normal circumstances in S&P 500 Index derivatives, backed by a diversified portfolio of long-term Fixed Income Instruments. “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 Fund may invest in common stocks, options, futures, options on futures and swaps. The Fund normally uses S&P 500 Index derivatives instead of S&P 500 Index stocks to attempt to equal or exceed the daily performance of the Indexes. The Fund typically will seek to gain long exposure to the S&P 500 Index in an amount, under normal circumstances, approximately equal to the Fund’s net assets. The value of S&P 500 Index derivatives should closely track changes in the value of the S&P 500 Index. However, S&P 500 Index derivatives may be purchased with a small fraction of the assets that would be needed to purchase the equity securities directly, so that the remainder of the assets may be invested in Fixed Income Instruments. PIMCO actively manages the Fixed Income Instruments held by the Fund with a view toward enhancing the Fund’s total return, subject to an overall portfolio duration which normally varies within two years (plus or minus) of the portfolio duration of the securities comprising the Bloomberg Barclays Long-Term Government/Credit Index, as calculated by PIMCO, which as of May 31, 2021 was 16.00 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 S&P 500 Index is composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all U.S. common stocks. The Fund seeks to remain invested in S&P 500 Index derivatives and/or S&P 500 Index stocks even when the S&P 500 Index is declining.
Though the Fund does not normally invest directly in S&P 500 Index securities, when S&P 500 Index derivatives appear to be overvalued relative to the S&P 500 Index, the Fund may invest all of its assets in a “basket” of S&P 500 Index stocks.
The Fund may invest, without limitation, in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements, or in mortgage- or asset-backed securities, subject to applicable law and any other restrictions described in the Fund’s prospectus or Statement of Additional Information. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis and may engage in short sales. Assets not invested in equity securities or derivatives may be invested in Fixed Income Instruments. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in high yield securities (“junk bonds”) rated B or higher 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 PIMCO to be of comparable quality. In the event that ratings services assign different ratings to the same security, PIMCO will use the highest rating as the credit rating for that security. The Fund may invest up to 30% of
its total assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies and may invest beyond this limit in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in securities and instruments that are 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, which means the Fund may invest, together with any other investments denominated in foreign currencies, up to 30% of its total assets in such instruments). The Fund will normally limit its foreign currency exposure (from non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities or currencies) to 20% of its total assets. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in preferred securities.
Principal Risks
It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund. Under certain conditions, generally in a market where the value of both S&P 500 Index derivatives and Fixed Income Instruments are declining or in periods of heightened market volatility, the Fund may experience greater losses or lesser gains than would be the case if it invested directly in a portfolio of S&P 500 Index stocks. The principal risks of investing in the Fund, which could adversely affect its net asset value, yield and total return, are:
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, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as 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. 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
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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 investments 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 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 leverage, liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, and valuation complexity. Changes in the value of a 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 initial 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. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives are also subject to the risk that a counterparty to the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations to the other party, as many of the protections afforded to centrally-cleared derivative transactions might not be available for OTC derivatives. The primary credit risk on derivatives that are exchange-traded or traded through a central clearing counterparty resides with the Fund's clearing broker or the clearinghouse. Changes in regulation relating to a mutual fund’s use of derivatives and related instruments could potentially limit or impact the Fund’s ability to invest in derivatives, limit the Fund’s ability to employ certain strategies that use derivatives and/or adversely affect the value of derivatives and the Fund’s performance
Equity Risk: the risk that the value of equity securities, such as common stocks and preferred securities, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company or to factors affecting a particular industry or industries. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed income securities
Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk: the risks of investing in mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, including interest rate risk, extension risk, prepayment risk and credit risk
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
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
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 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 manager 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, 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 will not fulfill its contractual obligations, causing a loss to the Fund
LIBOR Transition Risk: the risk related to the anticipated discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Certain instruments held by the Fund rely in some fashion upon LIBOR. Although the transition process away from LIBOR has become increasingly well-defined in advance of the anticipated discontinuation date, there remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate, and any potential effects of the transition away from LIBOR on the Fund or on certain instruments in which the Fund invests can be difficult to ascertain. The transition process may involve, among other things, increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that currently rely on LIBOR and may result in a reduction in the value of certain instruments held by the Fund
July 30, 2021 (as supplemented July 1, 2022) | SUMMARY PROSPECTUS  3
PIMCO StocksPLUS® Long Duration 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 primary and secondary 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 Fund’s I-2 and Class A shares have not commenced operations as of the date of this prospectus. The Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The Fund measures its performance against a primary benchmark and a secondary benchmark. The Fund’s primary benchmark is the S&P 500 Index. The Fund’s secondary benchmark is a blend constructed by adding the returns of the S&P 500 Index to the Bloomberg Long-Term Government/Credit Index and subtracting ICE BofA SOFR Overnight Rate Index. This blend is intended to represent a portfolio which obtains 100% exposure to the S&P 500 Index via derivatives in exchange for payment of SOFR and invests the capital in a long duration bond portfolio. The portfolio manager believes that this self-blended benchmark reflects the Fund’s investment strategy more accurately than the S&P 500 Index. 
The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged market index generally considered representative of the stock market as a whole. The S&P 500 Index focuses on the large-cap segment of the U.S. equities market. The secondary benchmark is a blend constructed by adding the returns of the S&P 500 Index to the Bloomberg Long-Term Government/Credit Index and subtracting ICE BofA SOFR Overnight Rate Index. The Bloomberg Long-Term Government/Credit Index is an unmanaged index of U.S. Government or Investment Grade Credit Securities having a maturity of 10 years or more. The ICE BofA SOFR Overnight Rate Index tracks the performance of a synthetic asset paying SOFR to a stated maturity. The index is based on the assumed purchase at par of a synthetic instrument having exactly its stated maturity and with a coupon equal to that day’s fixing rate. That issue is assumed to be sold the following business day (priced at a yield equal to the current day fixing rate) and rolled into a new instrument. SOFR (Secured Overnight Funding Rate) is an overnight rate (published in arrears) and was chosen by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“ARRC”) as the successor to the USD LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate). SOFR is secured (collateralized by Treasuries), calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and transactions based. Prior to July 1, 2022, the Fund’s secondary benchmark was a blend constructed by adding the returns of the S&P 500 Index to the Bloomberg Long-Term Government/Credit Index and subtracting 3 Month LIBOR. The Fund’s
new secondary benchmark index was selected to replace the 3 Month LIBOR portion of the Fund’s former secondary benchmark index in light of the upcoming cessation of LIBOR. The 3 Month LIBOR is an average interest rate, determined by the ICE Benchmark Administration, that banks charge one another for the use of short-term money (3 months) in England’s Eurodollar market. The Lipper Specialty Diversified Equity Funds Average is a total return performance average of funds tracked by Lipper, Inc., that, by portfolio practice, invest in all market capitalization ranges without restriction. These funds typically have distinctly different strategies and performance, resulting in a low coefficient of determination (r-squared) compared to other U.S. diversified equity funds. 
Performance for the Fund is updated daily and quarterly and may be obtained as follows: daily and quarterly updates on the net asset value and performance page at https://www.pimco.com/en-us/product-finder.
 
 Calendar Year Total Returns — Institutional Class
  
Best Quarter
June 30, 2020
27.86%
Worst Quarter
March 31, 2020
-15.72%
Year-to-Date
June 30, 2021
10.72%
Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ended 12/31/20) 
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Institutional Class Return Before Taxes
35.62%
24.49%
21.69%
Institutional Class Return After Taxes on Distributions(1)
29.95%
18.17%
15.28%
Institutional Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
and Sales of Fund Shares(1)
21.26%
16.63%
14.66%
S&P 500 Index (reflects no deductions for
fees,expenses or taxes)
18.40%
15.22%
13.88%
S&P 500 Index + Bloomberg Long-Term
Government/Credit Index - ICE BofA SOFR Overnight
Rate Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes)(2)
0.37%
-
-
S&P 500 Index + Bloomberg Long-Term
Government/Credit Index - 3 Month LIBOR (reflects
nodeductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
37.51%
24.64%
22.59%
Lipper Specialty Diversified Equity Funds Average
(reflects no deductions for taxes)
22.97%
16.56%
14.77%
(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
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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.
(2)
ICE BofA SOFR Overnight Rate Index was first published on October 1, 2019.
Investment Adviser/Portfolio Managers
PIMCO serves as the investment adviser for the Fund. The Fund’s portfolio is jointly and primarily managed by Mike Cudzil, Mohit Mittal and Steve Rodosky. Messrs. Cudzil, Mittal and Rodosky are Managing Directors of PIMCO. Messrs. Cudzil and Mittal have managed the Fund since February 2016. Mr. Rodosky has managed the Fund since its inception in August 2007.
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 (“NYSE”) 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 and I-2
The minimum initial investment for Institutional Class and I-2 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.
You may sell (redeem) all or part of your Institutional Class and I-2 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 regular mail to:
PIMCO Funds
P.O. Box 219024, Kansas City, MO 64121-9024
or by overnight mail to:
PIMCO Funds c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
430 W 7th Street, STE 219024, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407
◾
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 [email protected]
Class A
The minimum initial investment for Class A shares of the Fund is $1,000. The minimum subsequent investment for Class A 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 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 219294, Kansas City, MO 64121-9294 or overnight mail to PIMCO Funds, c/o DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc., 430 W. 7th Street, STE 219294, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. 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.
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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