UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-21238

 

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1633 Broadway, New York, New York

 

10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Lawrence G. Altadonna —1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

212-739-3371

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

November 30, 2012

 

 

Date of reporting period:

November 30, 2012

 

 



 

Item 1: Report to Shareholders

 

 

November 30, 2012

 

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

 

 


 

 

Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letter to Shareholders

2–3

 

Fund Insights

4–5

 

Performance & Statistics

6

 

Schedule of Investments

7–20

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

21

 

Statement of Operations

22

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

23

 

Statement of Cash Flows

24

 

Notes to Financial Statements

25-37

 

Financial Highlights

38

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

39

 

Annual Shareholder Meeting Results/Changes in Investment Policy

40

 

Tax Information/Proxy Voting Policies & Procedures

41

 

Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management & Portfolio Management Agreements

42-44

 

Privacy Policy

45

 

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

46-47

 

Board of Trustees

48-49

 

Fund Officers

50

 

 

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Dear Shareholder,

 

 

 

 

 

The U.S. economy expanded throughout the twelve-month fiscal reporting period ended November 30, 2012. Growth occurred despite ongoing geopolitical and economic concerns both at home and abroad, notably in the European Union (“E.U.”). After reaching multi-year highs, stock markets eased as corporate profits leveled off. U.S. Treasury yields touched record lows, as many investors shifted assets to the perceived safe haven of U.S. government debt.

 

Twelve Months in Review

For the fiscal twelve-month reporting period ended November 30, 2012, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund rose 42.72% on net asset value (“NAV”) and 36.86% on market price.

 

As the fiscal reporting period began, U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”), the value of goods and services produced in the country, the broadest measure of U.S. economic activity and the principal indicator of economic performance, was expanding at a healthy annual rate of 4.1%. However, this growth, the strongest since 2009, eased to a 2.0% annual pace during the first quarter of 2012 and to 1.3% in the second quarter of 2012, before accelerating to 3.1% during the third quarter of 2012.

 

There were also visible gains on the U.S. labor front during the twelve-month fiscal reporting period; as unemployment fell from 8.6% to 7.7%, the lowest level since December 2008. The housing market also appeared to have turned the corner. New home construction is on the rise; recent data indicates median prices up 11% on a year-over-year basis, while inventories are falling on a national basis.

 

Hans W. Kertess

Chairman

 

Brian S. Shlissel

President & CEO

 

The fiscal crisis in the E.U. is far from resolved, but a series of firm and coordinated measures by both political leaders and the European Central Bank (“E.C.B.”) have helped. The head of the E.C.B., Mario Draghi, maintained that the bank would do “whatever it takes” to save the Euro.

 

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Outlook

We anticipate that global growth in 2013 will be slightly under trend, with continued weakness in both the E.U. and United Kingdom. Growth in Asia will not be at the level of prior years but will likely provide a modest tailwind. Real interest rates are expected to remain in the low-to-negative range which would tend to support higher equity prices.

 

As the United States grapples with its fiscal problems, we believe that lawmakers will edge away from the so-called “fiscal cliff” in order to avert negative consequences to the U.S. economy. Fiscal issues must eventually be dealt with, and one way of doing so is by growing the economy. In this respect, the United States is in the advantageous position of possessing, among other attributes, a vibrant, well-educated and flexible workforce, and demographics that bode well for the long-term. There is no denying that the U.S. economy faces serious challenges, however; over countless market cycles and ever-changing economic conditions, it has proven to be resilient.

 

 

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For specific information on the Fund and its performance, please review the following pages. If you have any questions regarding the information provided, we encourage you to contact your financial advisor or call the Fund’s shareholder servicing agent at (800) 254-5197. In addition, a wide range of information and resources is available on our website, www.allianzinvestors.com/closedendfunds.

 

Together with Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, the Fund’s investment manager, and Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”), the Fund’s sub-adviser, we thank you for investing with us.

 

We remain dedicated to serving your investment needs.

 

Sincerely,

 

Hans W. Kertess

Brian S. Shlissel

Chairman

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Fund Insights

November 30, 2012 (unaudited)

 

 

For the twelve months ended November 30, 2012, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund returned 42.72% on net asset value (“NAV”) and 36.86% on market price.

 

While the U.S. fixed income market experienced periods of weakness during the reporting period, all told, solid results were achieved; and investors who assumed greater risk were generally rewarded. Market volatility was often triggered by macro issues impacting investor sentiment, including the European sovereign debt crisis and moderating global growth. However, the market’s setbacks were typically short-lived, as investor risk aversion was often quickly replaced with renewed risk appetite and investors sought incremental yield in the low interest rate environment. Investor sentiment was also buoyed later in the reporting period given signs of progress in Europe, coupled with additional quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve Board and the European Central Bank. During the twelve months ended November 30, 2012, short-term Treasury yields remained flat, long-term Treasury yields declined and the yield curve flattened. Spread sectors (non-U.S. Treasuries) generally outperformed equal-duration Treasuries, with lower-rated, higher yielding securities generating the strongest returns.

 

Compared to the 5.51% return for the overall U.S. fixed income market (as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index), investment grade and high yield bonds returned 11.59% and 17.05%, respectively (as measured by the Barclays U.S. Credit and Barclays High Yield Indices) for the twelve month reporting period ended November 30, 2012.

 

Given strong overall demand from investors looking for yield, on a total return basis, lower rated, higher yielding corporate bonds generally outperformed higher quality, lower yielding corporate bonds. For instance, AAA-, AA-, A- and BBB-rated issues, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Credit Index, returned 4.45%, 8.86%, 12.33%, and 13.58%, respectively. This trend held true in the high yield market, as BB-rated issues returned 16.07%, versus 16.70% for B-rated names as measured by the Barclays High Yield Index.

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Fund Insights

November 30, 2012 (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Sector and duration positioning drive results

An overweighting to the Banking and Life Insurance sectors contributed to results, as these issues outperformed the credit market as measured by the Fund’s benchmark, the 70% Barclays U.S. credit/30% Merrill Lynch High Yield BB/B Index, during the reporting period. An underweighting to Electric Utilities was positive for returns due to its underperformance versus the credit market. The Fund’s duration positioning was also rewarded, as having a longer duration than that of the Fund’s benchmark during the reporting period was positive as interest rates declined during the twelve month reporting period.

 

On the downside, an underweighting to Telecommunications was negative for results as this sector outperformed the credit market. An overweighting to Energy also detracted from performance as this sector underperformed the credit market during the reporting period.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Performance & Statistics

November 30, 2012 (unaudited)

 

Total Return(1):

 

Market Price

 

NAV

1 Year

 

36.86%

 

42.72%

5 Year

 

22.02%

 

18.81%

Commencement of Operations (12/27/02) to 11/30/12

 

15.97%

 

15.46%

 

Market Price/NAV Performance:

Market Price/NAV:

 

 

 

Commencement of Operations (12/27/02) to 11/30/12

Market Price

 

$20.37

 

 

NAV

 

$17.58

 

 Market Price

Premium to NAV

 

15.87%

 

 NAV

Market Price Yield(2)

 

7.66%

 

 

Leverage Ratio(3)

 

21.30%

 

 

Moody’s Rating

(as a % of total investments)

 

 

 

(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total return is calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV or market price (as applicable) in the specified period. The calculation assumes that all income dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, have been reinvested. Total return does not reflect broker commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares. Total return for a period of more than one year represents the average annual total return.

Performance at market price will differ from results at NAV. Although market price returns typically reflect investment results over time, during shorter periods returns at market price can also be influenced by factors such as changing views about the Fund, market conditions, supply and demand for the Fund’s shares, or changes in Fund dividends.

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including the loss of principal. Total return, market price, market price yield and NAV will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. This data is provided for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are traded in the open market through a stock exchange. NAV is equal to total assets attributable to common shareholders less total liabilities divided by the number of common shares outstanding. Holdings are subject to change daily.

(2) Market Price Yield is determined by dividing the annualized current monthly dividend per common share (comprised of net investment income) by the market price per common share at November 30, 2012.

(3) Represents Preferred Shares and Reverse Repurchase Agreements (collectively “Leverage”) outstanding, as a percentage of total Managed assets. Total Managed assets refer to total assets (including assets attributable to Leverage) minus accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing Leverage).

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000s)

 

 

 

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES – 58.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines – 2.6%

 

 

 

$2,574

 

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, 10.375%, 1/2/21

 

$2,727,922

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust,

 

 

 

840

 

6.545%, 8/2/20

 

927,801

 

2,410

 

6.703%, 12/15/22

 

2,620,612

 

698

 

7.373%, 6/15/17

 

746,008

 

7,412

 

7.707%, 10/2/22

 

8,360,763

 

1,377

 

9.798%, 10/1/22

 

1,500,652

 

14,224

 

Northwest Airlines, Inc., 7.15%, 4/1/21 (MBIA)

 

15,219,637

 

 

 

United Air Lines Pass-Through Trust,

 

 

 

2,534

 

7.336%, 1/2/21 (a) (b) (d) (i) (acquisition cost-$2,533,737; purchased 6/19/07)

 

2,495,731

 

3,815

 

10.40%, 5/1/18

 

4,373,418

 

 

 

 

 

38,972,544

 

Auto Manufacturers – 2.3%

 

 

 

30,600

 

Ford Motor Co., 7.70%, 5/15/97

 

35,075,250

 

Banking – 27.6%

 

 

 

4,800

 

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, 7.30%, 12/31/12 (a) (b) (d) (g) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$3,808,000; purchased 2/26/10-3/2/10)

 

4,799,568

 

 

 

Ally Financial, Inc.,

 

 

 

614

 

5.70%, 6/15/13-12/15/13

 

608,081

 

189

 

5.85%, 6/15/13

 

188,065

 

761

 

5.90%, 12/15/13-1/15/19

 

759,466

 

6,497

 

6.00%, 7/15/13-9/15/19

 

6,433,670

 

56

 

6.05%, 8/15/19

 

55,223

 

132

 

6.10%, 5/15/13-9/15/19

 

131,558

 

881

 

6.15%, 9/15/13-10/15/19

 

881,213

 

1,470

 

6.20%, 11/15/13-4/15/19

 

1,463,249

 

5,375

 

6.25%, 3/15/13-5/15/19

 

5,334,450

 

1,221

 

6.30%, 10/15/13-3/15/16

 

1,219,429

 

3,051

 

6.35%, 5/15/13-7/15/19

 

3,035,557

 

54

 

6.375%, 8/1/13

 

54,101

 

348

 

6.40%, 3/15/16-12/15/18

 

345,750

 

3,252

 

6.50%, 5/15/13-2/15/20

 

3,225,958

 

139

 

6.55%, 10/15/16

 

136,220

 

497

 

6.60%, 5/15/18-6/15/19

 

492,979

 

1,334

 

6.65%, 6/15/18-2/15/20

 

1,324,116

 

494

 

6.70%, 5/15/14-6/15/19

 

489,451

 

1,687

 

6.75%, 7/15/16-6/15/19

 

1,671,517

 

423

 

6.80%, 2/15/13-10/15/18

 

423,687

 

740

 

6.85%, 4/15/16

 

734,326

 

420

 

6.875%, 4/15/13

 

424,121

 

189

 

6.90%, 6/15/17-8/15/18

 

188,438

 

87

 

6.95%, 6/15/17

 

86,807

 

9,283

 

7.00%, 12/15/12-11/15/24

 

9,192,216

 

1,240

 

7.05%, 3/15/18-4/15/18

 

1,229,821

 

3,495

 

7.10%, 1/15/13

 

3,504,751

 

3,169

 

7.125%, 12/15/12-10/15/17

 

3,150,065

 

15

 

7.15%, 9/15/18

 

14,876

 

2,858

 

7.20%, 10/15/17

 

2,848,630

 

11,615

 

7.25%, 12/15/12-3/15/25

 

11,594,693

 

3,086

 

7.30%, 12/15/17-1/15/18

 

3,083,689

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000s)

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (continued)

 

 

 

$5,267

 

7.375%, 11/15/16-4/15/18

 

$5,271,476

 

6,933

 

7.50%, 6/15/16-3/15/25

 

6,913,516

 

826

 

7.55%, 5/15/16

 

825,143

 

658

 

7.75%, 10/15/17

 

654,691

 

1,180

 

8.00%, 10/15/17-11/15/17

 

1,176,749

 

705

 

8.125%, 11/15/17

 

704,377

 

5

 

8.20%, 3/15/17

 

5,001

 

50

 

8.50%, 8/15/15

 

49,403

 

93

 

9.00%, 7/15/15-7/15/20

 

93,068

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC,

 

 

 

14,480

 

10.179%, 6/12/21 (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$14,516,200; purchased 6/10/09)

 

19,502,460

 

£24,300

 

14.00%, 6/15/19 (g)

 

52,261,891

 

 

 

BNP Paribas S.A. (g),

 

 

 

$9,200

 

7.195%, 6/25/37 (a) (d) (k)

 

9,188,500

 

€2,500

 

7.781%, 7/2/18

 

3,527,744

 

 

 

BPCE S.A. (g),

 

 

 

2,000

 

9.00%, 3/17/15

 

2,744,162

 

2,800

 

9.25%, 4/22/15

 

3,841,827

 

$2,000

 

Capital One Capital V, 10.25%, 8/15/39

 

2,020,000

 

9,700

 

Capital One Capital VI, 8.875%, 5/15/40

 

9,787,843

 

 

 

Citigroup, Inc.,

 

 

 

€300

 

4.75%, 2/10/19 (converts to FRN on 2/10/14)

 

374,789

 

3,000

 

6.393%, 3/6/23

 

4,186,758

 

$22,050

 

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA,
11.00%, 6/30/19 (a) (b) (d) (g) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$22,609,206; purchased 5/29/09-6/4/09)

 

30,068,527

 

 

 

Credit Agricole S.A. (g),

 

 

 

€4,000

 

7.875%, 10/26/19

 

5,386,881

 

$4,256

 

8.375%, 10/13/19 (a) (d)

 

4,431,560

 

4,000

 

HBOS PLC, 6.75%, 5/21/18 (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$3,983,360; purchased 5/15/08)

 

4,270,000

 

2,000

 

HSBC Capital Funding L.P., 10.176%, 6/30/30 (g)

 

2,740,000

 

12,700

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 7.90%, 4/30/18 (g)

 

14,398,485

 

 

 

LBG Capital No. 1 PLC,

 

 

 

€1,500

 

7.375%, 3/12/20

 

1,961,166

 

£6,300

 

7.588%, 5/12/20

 

10,477,104

 

900

 

7.867%, 12/17/19

 

1,504,516

 

5,439

 

7.869%, 8/25/20

 

9,136,732

 

$5,300

 

7.875%, 11/1/20 (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$4,728,000; purchased 2/2/10-4/16/10)

 

5,657,750

 

12,600

 

8.00%, 6/15/20 (a) (b) (d) (g) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$10,420,500; purchased 2/2/10-3/23/10)

 

12,946,500

 

16,040

 

8.50%, 12/17/21 (a) (b) (d) (f) (g) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$7,328,094; purchased 11/14/08-11/18/08)

 

14,921,756

 

£5,000

 

11.04%, 3/19/20

 

9,166,305

 

 

 

LBG Capital No. 2 PLC,

 

 

 

€900

 

8.875%, 2/7/20

 

1,240,257

 

£400

 

9.125%, 7/15/20

 

686,361

 

2,470

 

9.334%, 2/7/20

 

4,313,423

 

400

 

12.75%, 8/10/20

 

735,772

 

650

 

14.50%, 1/30/22

 

1,341,321

 

2,000

 

15.00%, 12/21/19

 

4,453,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000s)

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (continued)

 

 

 

€7,800

 

15.00%, 12/21/19

 

$14,024,489

 

$6,900

 

National City Preferred Capital Trust I, 12.00%, 12/10/12 (g)

 

6,925,709

 

1,000

 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 6.75%, 8/1/21 (g)

 

1,129,307

 

3,600

 

Regions Financial Corp., 7.375%, 12/10/37

 

3,928,500

 

 

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (g),

 

 

 

3,000

 

7.64%, 9/29/17

 

2,595,000

 

3,350

 

7.648%, 9/30/31

 

3,375,125

 

£1,100

 

Santander Finance Preferred SAU, 11.30%, 7/27/14 (g)

 

1,828,807

 

3,000

 

Santander Issuances SAU, 7.30%, 7/27/19 (converts to FRN on 9/27/14)

 

4,806,452

 

€5,850

 

Societe Generale S.A., 9.375%, 9/4/19 (g)

 

8,502,188

 

$12,900

 

UBS AG, 7.625%, 8/17/22 (h)

 

14,182,802

 

20,900

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 7.98%, 3/15/18 (g) (k)

 

24,113,375

 

 

 

 

 

417,505,288

 

Building Materials – 0.4%

 

 

 

2,000

 

Desarrolladora Homex S.A.B. De C.V., 9.50%, 12/11/19 (a) (d)

 

2,120,000

 

3,300

 

Macmillan Bloedel Pembroke L.P., 7.70%, 2/15/26

 

3,815,467

 

 

 

 

 

5,935,467

 

Diversified Financial Services – 6.6%

 

 

 

10,000

 

Glen Meadow Pass-Through Trust, 6.505%, 2/12/67
(converts to FRN on 2/15/17) (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$7,700,000; purchased 2/18/10)

 

9,050,000

 

2,000

 

International Lease Finance Corp., 8.625%, 9/15/15

 

2,235,000

 

 

 

SLM Corp.,

 

 

 

5,000

 

5.625%, 8/1/33

 

4,687,500

 

21,200

 

8.00%, 3/25/20

 

24,327,000

 

23,600

 

8.45%, 6/15/18

 

27,553,000

 

 

 

Springleaf Finance Corp.,

 

 

 

€7,248

 

3.25%, 1/16/13

 

9,473,524

 

$4,300

 

5.40%, 12/1/15

 

4,042,000

 

8,500

 

6.50%, 9/15/17

 

7,458,750

 

12,500

 

6.90%, 12/15/17

 

11,156,250

 

 

 

 

 

99,983,024

 

Electric Utilities – 1.9%

 

 

 

10,105

 

Ameren Energy Generating Co., 7.95%, 6/1/32

 

9,700,800

 

709

 

Cedar Brakes II LLC, 9.875%, 9/1/13 (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$544,156; purchased 12/27/02)

 

731,468

 

4,200

 

Dynegy Roseton LLC / Dynegy Danskammer LLC Pass-Through Trust,
7.67%, 11/8/16 (b) (e)

 

210,000

 

10,500

 

NSG Holdings LLC, 7.75%, 12/15/25 (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$9,450,000; purchased 7/8/10)

 

10,815,000

 

2,100

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc., 6.70%, 3/30/67 (converts to FRN on 3/30/17)

 

2,223,249

 

5,000

 

Red Oak Power LLC, 9.20%, 11/30/29

 

5,462,500

 

 

 

 

 

29,143,017

 

Home Builders – 0.1%

 

 

 

1,800

 

Hampton Roads PPV LLC, 6.171%, 6/15/53 (a) (b) (d) (f) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$1,710,198; purchased 9/25/12)

 

1,724,796

 

Insurance – 14.5%

 

 

 

33,000

 

American General Institutional Capital A, 7.57%, 12/1/45 (a) (d)

 

38,115,000

 

 

 

American International Group, Inc.,

 

 

 

6,500

 

6.25%, 3/15/87 (converts to FRN on 3/15/37)

 

6,678,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000s)

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (continued)

 

 

 

£15,522

 

6.765%, 11/15/17

 

$29,382,480

 

MXN130,000

 

7.98%, 6/15/17

 

9,842,805

 

€21,200

 

8.00%, 5/22/68 (converts to FRN on 5/22/18) (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$25,155,715; purchased 2/8/12)

 

31,919,647

 

$9,100

 

8.175%, 5/15/68 (converts to FRN on 5/15/38)

 

11,420,500

 

£18,450

 

8.625%, 5/22/68 (converts to FRN on 5/22/18)

 

35,708,095

 

23,150

 

8.625%, 5/22/68 (converts to FRN on 5/22/18) (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$38,047,428; purchased 1/19/11-5/7/12)

 

44,804,466

 

$6,100

 

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd., 7.25%, 7/25/21 (a) (b) (d) (g) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$6,100,000; purchased 3/8/11)

 

7,182,823

 

3,200

 

Pacific Life Insurance Co., 7.90%, 12/30/23 (a) (d)

 

4,046,854

 

 

 

 

 

219,101,420

 

Lodging – 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

MGM Resorts International,

 

 

 

1,300

 

10.375%, 5/15/14

 

1,459,250

 

1,950

 

11.125%, 11/15/17

 

2,149,875

 

7,290

 

Times Square Hotel Trust, 8.528%, 8/1/26 (a) (b) (d) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$8,426,930; purchased 11/18/03-12/8/04)

 

7,792,771

 

 

 

 

 

11,401,896

 

Oil & Gas – 1.0%

 

 

 

14,160

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 7.00%, 11/15/27

 

15,750,479

 

Telecommunications – 1.1%

 

 

 

15,730

 

Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co., 7.375%, 5/1/30

 

17,306,785

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (cost-$775,039,109)

 

891,899,966

 

 

 

 

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES – 20.6%

 

 

 

1,773

 

American Home Mortgage Assets LLC, 0.438%, 9/25/46, CMO (k)

 

246,702

 

564

 

Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, 6.00%, 1/25/36, CMO

 

436,872

 

13,273

 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 6.00%, 3/25/37, CMO

 

11,526,865

 

 

 

BCAP LLC Trust, CMO (a) (d) (k),

 

 

 

3,116

 

5.111%, 7/26/37

 

226,933

 

4,779

 

5.449%, 3/26/37

 

652,388

 

3,266

 

11.399%, 6/26/36

 

615,671

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, CMO (k),

 

 

 

3,762

 

2.888%, 9/25/35

 

2,752,422

 

1,278

 

2.961%, 11/25/36

 

819,967

 

 

 

Chase Mortgage Finance Corp., CMO,

 

 

 

58

 

2.88%, 12/25/35 (k)

 

51,041

 

5,561

 

6.00%, 2/25/37

 

5,236,204

 

4,806

 

6.00%, 7/25/37

 

4,295,262

 

6,562

 

Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc., 6.00%, 6/25/36, CMO

 

6,721,254

 

11,381

 

Citimortgage Alternative Loan Trust, 6.00%, 6/25/37, CMO

 

9,449,260

 

 

 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, CMO,

 

 

 

68

 

5.25%, 5/25/21

 

65,289

 

1,543

 

5.50%, 3/25/35

 

1,279,349

 

13,924

 

5.50%, 9/25/35

 

12,542,087

 

453

 

5.50%, 3/25/36

 

331,429

 

1,955

 

6.00%, 2/25/35

 

1,747,267

 

1,541

 

6.00%, 4/25/37

 

1,203,844

 

4,790

 

6.00%, 8/25/37

 

3,219,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

Principal
Amount
(000s)

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1,967

 

6.50%, 8/25/36

 

$1,307,190

 

 

 

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, CMO,

 

 

 

3,836

 

5.50%, 10/25/35

 

3,831,272

 

1,309

 

5.75%, 12/25/35

 

1,222,765

 

4,674

 

5.75%, 3/25/37

 

4,064,901

 

3,610

 

5.75%, 6/25/37

 

3,323,250

 

2,187

 

6.00%, 4/25/36

 

1,909,688

 

483

 

6.00%, 5/25/36

 

440,896

 

3,006

 

6.00%, 2/25/37

 

2,737,451

 

7,929

 

6.00%, 3/25/37

 

7,066,060

 

832

 

6.00%, 4/25/37

 

766,536

 

 

 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, CMO,

 

 

 

2,764

 

6.00%, 2/25/37

 

2,389,964

 

6,632

 

6.00%, 6/25/37

 

5,734,312

 

6,192

 

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities, 6.00%, 8/25/36, CMO

 

5,226,763

 

 

 

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, CMO,

 

 

 

7,984

 

2.997%, 3/25/37 (k)

 

5,968,822

 

1,166

 

5.50%, 5/25/36

 

1,039,483

 

27,551

 

6.00%, 2/25/36

 

26,178,366

 

9,339

 

IndyMac IMSC Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-F2, 6.50%, 7/25/37, CMO

 

5,757,409

 

4,800

 

JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust, 6.31%, 8/25/36, CMO

 

3,412,135

 

 

 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, CMO,

 

 

 

6,948

 

4.983%, 2/25/36 (k)

 

5,921,984

 

6,813

 

5.00%, 3/25/37

 

5,753,732

 

227

 

5.225%, 10/25/35 (k)

 

227,620

 

3,579

 

5.317%, 1/25/37 (k)

 

3,171,005

 

3,222

 

5.421%, 6/25/36 (k)

 

2,941,893

 

1,380

 

6.00%, 8/25/37

 

1,206,757

 

1,044

 

Lehman Mortgage Trust 2007-6, 6.00%, 7/25/37, CMO

 

886,303

 

23,146

 

New Century Alternative Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-ALT1, 6.31%, 7/25/36, CMO

 

16,149,704

 

 

 

RBSSP Resecuritization Trust, CMO (a) (d) (k),

 

 

 

3,609

 

0.437%, 10/27/36

 

358,638

 

8,000

 

0.457%, 8/27/37

 

947,061

 

 

 

Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., CMO,

 

 

 

387

 

0.388%, 6/25/46 (k)

 

171,601

 

2,509

 

0.438%, 5/25/37 (k)

 

592,828

 

7,596

 

6.00%, 8/25/36

 

5,961,640

 

 

 

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, CMO,

 

 

 

982

 

5.75%, 2/25/36

 

799,502

 

1,822

 

6.00%, 9/25/36

 

1,161,485

 

6,258

 

6.00%, 3/25/37

 

4,847,410

 

8,449

 

6.00%, 5/25/37

 

7,581,755

 

8,671

 

6.25%, 9/25/37

 

6,048,108

 

 

 

Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, CMO,

 

 

 

8,702

 

6.00%, 1/25/37

 

7,761,741

 

5,002

 

6.25%, 8/25/36

 

4,546,311

 

 

 

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, CMO (k),

 

 

 

16,383

 

5.327%, 1/25/36

 

12,075,760

 

12,382

 

5.333%, 5/25/36

 

10,203,459

 

349

 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc., 0.328%, 8/25/36, CMO (k)

 

222,034

 

 

 

Suntrust Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, CMO (k),

 

 

 

2,506

 

5.487%, 4/25/37

 

2,162,686

 

2,063

 

5.812%, 2/25/37

 

1,663,353

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

Principal
 Amount
    (000s)

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, CMO (k),

 

 

 

$1,127

 

2.306%, 12/25/36

 

$849,499

 

5,097

 

2.467%, 6/25/37

 

3,928,377

 

1,992

 

2.588%, 7/25/37

 

1,461,873

 

1,307

 

2.708%, 9/25/36

 

1,043,888

 

3,655

 

5.156%, 2/25/37

 

3,426,704

 

4,753

 

6.099%, 10/25/36

 

4,160,240

 

 

 

Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, CMO,

 

 

 

1,325

 

0.913%, 4/25/47 (k)

 

79,300

 

2,600

 

1.00%, 5/25/47 (k)

 

385,491

 

7,094

 

6.00%, 3/25/36

 

6,138,424

 

4,135

 

Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust, 6.00%, 7/25/37, CMO

 

3,918,908

 

 

 

Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, CMO,

 

 

 

2,415

 

2.614%, 7/25/36 (k)

 

2,072,004

 

1,073

 

2.699%, 4/25/36 (k)

 

988,846

 

2,430

 

2.724%, 4/25/36 (k)

 

2,233,281

 

8,693

 

5.079%, 8/25/36 (k)

 

8,063,025

 

2,932

 

6.00%, 7/25/37

 

2,940,783

 

21,455

 

6.00%, 8/25/37

 

21,358,859

 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost-$286,534,591)

 

312,210,344

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK – 6.4%

 

 

 

Banking – 4.0%

 

 

 

17,000

 

Ally Financial, Inc., 7.00%, 12/31/12 (a) (d) (g)

 

16,552,687

 

298,700

 

CoBank Acb, 11.00%, 7/1/13, Ser. C (a) (b) (d) (g) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$16,727,200; purchased 8/23/10-2/1/11)

 

16,144,735

 

1,114,000

 

GMAC Capital Trust I, 8.125%, 2/15/40, Ser. 2 (j)

 

29,019,700

 

 

 

 

 

61,717,122

 

Diversified Financial Services – 2.0%

 

 

 

570,000

 

Citigroup Capital XIII, 7.875%, 10/30/15 (j)

 

15,960,000

 

12,000

 

Farm Credit Bank, 10.00%, 12/15/20, Ser. 1 (g)

 

14,193,750

 

 

 

 

 

30,153,750

 

Real Estate Investment Trust – 0.4%

 

 

 

4,800

 

Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust, 12.00%, 5/16/20 (a) (b) (d) (g) (i) 
(acquisition cost-$4,992,000; purchased 6/6/12)

 

5,782,512

 

Total Preferred Stock (cost-$91,963,950)

 

97,653,384

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
 Amount
    (000s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS – 4.8%

 

 

 

California – 4.3%

 

 

 

$3,000

 

Inglewood Rev. zero coupon, 9/1/35, Ser. B (AMBAC)

 

630,330

 

3,400

 

Long Beach Redev. Agcy., Tax Allocation, 8.36%, 8/1/40

 

3,769,716

 

6,480

 

Los Angeles Community Redev. Agcy., Tax Allocation, 6.02%, 9/1/21, Ser. L (NPFGC)

 

6,555,427

 

3,425

 

Riverside Cnty. Economic Dev. Agcy., Tax Allocation, 7.50%, 10/1/30, Ser. A-T

 

3,608,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

Principal
 Amount
    (000s)

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California (continued)

 

 

 

$21,545

 

San Diego Redev. Agcy., Tax Allocation, 7.75%, 9/1/40, Ser. A

 

$22,837,269

 

28,500

 

Stockton Public Financing Auth. Rev., 7.942%, 10/1/38, Ser. B

 

28,408,230

 

 

 

 

 

65,809,381

 

Louisiana – 0.1%

 

 

 

700

 

New Orleans, Public Improvements, GO, 8.80%, 12/1/39, Ser. A

 

793,478

 

Texas – 0.4%

 

 

 

6,075

 

State Public Finance Auth. Charter School Finance Corp. Rev.,
8.125%, 2/15/27, Ser. O

 

6,241,577

 

Total Municipal Bonds (cost-$71,661,449)

 

72,844,436

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK – 2.5%

 

 

 

Electric Utilities – 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

PPL Corp.,

 

 

 

201,000

 

8.75%, 5/1/14

 

10,813,800

 

495,000

 

9.50%, 7/1/13

 

26,680,500

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stock (cost-$36,104,030)

 

37,494,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
 Amount
    (000s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES – 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing (k),

 

 

 

$8,300

 

8.30%, 10/15/26

 

9,189,872

 

6,543

 

8.45%, 6/20/31

 

6,235,809

 

 

 

GSAA Trust,

 

 

 

2,329

 

5.80%, 3/25/37

 

1,388,509

 

4,134

 

6.295%, 6/25/36

 

2,649,738

 

5,664

 

Indymac Residential Asset-Backed Trust, 0.368%, 7/25/37 (k)

 

3,041,118

 

2,529

 

Mid-State Trust IV, 8.33%, 4/1/30

 

2,648,306

 

3,364

 

Mid-State Trust VII, 6.34%, 10/15/36

 

3,560,715

 

2,485

 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 6.25%, 7/25/47 (k)

 

1,817,483

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost-$28,159,806)

 

30,531,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS – 1.8%

 

 

 

Brazil – 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Ser. F,

 

 

 

BRL 2,452

 

10.00%, 1/1/14

 

1,179,943

 

51,919

 

10.00%, 1/1/17

 

25,490,865

 

204

 

10.00%, 1/1/21

 

99,893

 

Total Sovereign Debt Obligations (cost-$27,203,592)

 

26,770,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENIOR LOANS – 1.3%

 

 

 

Financial Services – 1.3%

 

 

 

$20,000

 

Springleaf Finance Corp., 5.50%, 5/10/17 (a) (c) (cost-$19,925,193)

 

19,783,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.30.12 | PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Annual Report 13


 

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

Principal
 Amount
    (000s)

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements – 1.7%

 

 

 

$24,200

 

RBC Capital Markets LLC,
dated 11/30/12, 0.26%, due 12/3/12,
proceeds $24,200,524; collateralized by
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.25%, due 9/15/15,
valued at $24,697,123 including accrued interest

 

$24,200,000

 

857

 

State Street Bank and Trust Co.,
dated 11/30/12, 0.01%, due 12/3/12,
proceeds $857,001; collateralized by
Freddie Mac, 2.10%, due 10/17/22,
valued at $876,757 including accrued interest

 

857,000

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (cost-$25,057,000)

 

25,057,000

 

Total Investments (cost-$1,361,648,720) – 100.0%

 

$1,514,245,021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)

Private Placement–Restricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Securities with an aggregate value of $327,649,142, representing 21.6% of total investments.

 

(b)

Illiquid.

 

(c)

These securities generally pay interest at rates which are periodically pre-determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally either the lending rate offered by one or more major European banks, such as the “LIBOR” or the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks, or the certificate of deposit rate. These securities are generally considered to be restricted as the Fund is ordinarily contractually obligated to receive approval from the Agent bank and/or borrower prior to disposition. Remaining maturities of senior loans may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional payments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. The interest rate disclosed reflects the rate in effect on November 30, 2012.

 

(d)

144A–Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, typically only to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.

 

(e)

In default.

 

(f)

Fair-Valued–Securities with an aggregate value of $16,646,552, representing 1.1% of total investments. See Note 1(a) and Note 1(b) in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

(g)

Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date. For Corporate Bonds & Notes the interest rate is fixed until the first call date and variable thereafter.

 

(h)

All or partial amount transferred for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for reverse repurchase agreement.

 

(i)

Restricted. The aggregate acquisition cost of such securities is $188,780,724. The aggregate market value is $230,610,510, representing 15.2% of total investments.

 

(j)

Dividend rate fixed until the first call date and variable thereafter.

 

(k)

Variable or Floating Rate Security–Securities with an interest rate that changes periodically. The interest rate disclosed reflects the rate in effect on November 30, 2012.

 

(l)

Credit default swap agreements outstanding at November 30, 2012:

 

 

 

OTC sell protection swap agreements:

 

 

 

Swap
Counterparty/
Referenced 
Debt Issuer

 

Notional
Amount
(000s) 
(1)

 

Credit
Spread

 

Termination
Date

 

Payments
Received

 

Market
Value 
(2)

 

Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Bank of America:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway

 

$25,000

 

1.29%

 

3/20/17

 

1.00%

 

$(245,265

)

$(632,928

)

$387,663

 

Brazilian Government International Bond

 

1,000

 

0.72%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

10,653

 

(7,664

)

18,317

 

SLM

 

375

 

0.67%

 

12/20/13

 

5.00%

 

21,045

 

(52,500

)

73,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14  PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Annual Report | 11.30.12


 

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

OTC sell protection swap agreements (continued):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swap
Counterparty/
Referenced 
Debt Issuer

 

Notional
Amount
(000s) 
(1)

 

Credit
Spread

 

Termination
Date

 

Payments
Received

 

Market
Value 
(2)

 

Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Barclays Bank:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian Government International Bond

 

$39,600

 

0.72%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

$421,875

 

$(293,737

)

$715,612

 

Republic of Indonesia

 

30,000

 

0.62%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

411,189

 

(581,570

)

992,759

 

SLM

 

6,000

 

0.67%

 

12/20/13

 

5.00%

 

336,716

 

(750,000

)

1,086,716

 

BNP Paribas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Bank of Scotland

 

3,500

 

0.07%

 

  6/20/13

 

2.65%

 

69,607

 

 

69,607

 

Royal Bank of Scotland

 

3,500

 

0.15%

 

  6/20/13

 

1.50%

 

37,172

 

 

37,172

 

Citigroup:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Government International Bond

 

41,000

 

0.33%

 

  6/20/16

 

1.00%

 

1,061,224

 

551,759

 

509,465

 

Mexico Government International Bond

 

20,000

 

0.63%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

269,324

 

(19,820

)

289,144

 

Credit Suisse First Boston:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Indonesia

 

12,000

 

0.62%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

164,476

 

(249,756

)

414,232

 

South Africa Government International Bond

 

8,000

 

0.97%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

22,770

 

(74,433

)

97,203

 

Deutsche Bank:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian Government International Bond

 

50,000

 

0.78%

 

  3/20/16

 

1.00%

 

470,857

 

(448,936

)

919,793

 

General Electric

 

10,000

 

0.87%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

61,143

 

(421,878

)

483,021

 

General Electric

 

32,000

 

1.05%

 

  9/20/16

 

1.00%

 

6,915

 

(2,238,018

)

2,244,933

 

General Electric

 

18,000

 

1.05%

 

  9/20/16

 

5.00%

 

2,839,623

 

2,016,678

 

822,945

 

SLM

 

10,000

 

0.43%

 

  3/20/13

 

5.00%

 

242,027

 

254,558

 

(12,531)

 

SLM

 

3,000

 

0.67%

 

12/20/13

 

5.00%

 

168,357

 

(390,000

)

558,357

 

HSBC Bank:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian Government International Bond

 

45,800

 

0.78%

 

  3/20/16

 

1.00%

 

431,305

 

(411,225

)

842,530

 

Credit Agricole

 

€10,000

 

2.88%

 

  6/20/16

 

3.00%

 

134,457

 

319,177

 

(184,720)

 

Mexico Government International Bond

 

$8,000

 

0.63%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

107,730

 

(102,364

)

210,094

 

Russian Government International Bond

 

25,000

 

0.95%

 

  3/20/16

 

1.00%

 

92,306

 

(515,162

)

607,468

 

JPMorgan Chase:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway

 

35,000

 

1.07%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

3,184

 

(1,081,114

)

1,084,298

 

Merrill Lynch & Co.

 

10,000

 

1.24%

 

  9/20/16

 

1.00%

 

(68,161

)

(1,447,258

)

1,379,097

 

Republic of Indonesia

 

25,000

 

0.78%

 

  6/20/16

 

1.00%

 

244,550

 

(459,878

)

704,428

 

South Africa Government International Bond

 

25,000

 

0.97%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

71,160

 

(244,762

)

315,922

 

Morgan Stanley:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch & Co.

 

5,000

 

1.24%

 

  9/20/16

 

1.00%

 

(34,080

)

(741,653

)

707,573

 

Russian Government International Bond

 

25,000

 

0.95%

 

  3/20/16

 

1.00%

 

92,305

 

(526,697

)

619,002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

OTC sell protection swap agreements (continued):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swap
Counterparty/
Referenced 
Debt Issuer

 

Notional
Amount
(000s) 
(1)

 

Credit
Spread

 

Termination
Date

 

Payments
Received

 

Market
Value 
(2)

 

Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

UBS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MetLife

 

$15,000

 

1.34%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

$(123,849

)

$(904,109

)

$780,260

 

Republic of Korea

 

58,000

 

0.24%

 

12/20/15

 

1.00%

 

1,460,274

 

687,227

 

773,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$8,780,889

 

$(8,766,063

)

$17,546,952

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

This represents the maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to make available as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.

 

 

 

 

(2)

The quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements serve as an indicator of the status at November 30, 2012 of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative should the notional amount of the swap agreement have been closed/sold as of the period end. Increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

 

 

(m)

Interest rate swap agreements outstanding at November 30, 2012:

 

 

OTC interest rate swaps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rate Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swap
Counterparty

 

Notional
Amount
(000s)

 

Termination
Date

 

Payments
Made

 

Payments
Received

 

Market
Value

 

Upfront
Premiums
Paid

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

Bank of America

 

$218,400

 

3/20/20

 

3-Month USD-LIBOR

 

1.65%

 

$1,086,363

 

 

$9,009

 

 

 

$1,077,354

 

 

 

(n)

Forward foreign currency contracts outstanding at November 30, 2012:

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

U.S.$
Value on
Origination
Date

 

U.S.$ Value
November 30, 2012

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Purchased:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,731,647 Brazilian Real settling 12/4/12

 

HSBC Bank

 

$25,259,593

 

$24,209,868

 

$(1,049,725)

63,071,000 British Pound settling 12/4/12

 

BNP Paribas

 

101,216,341

 

101,049,249

 

(167,092)

63,071,000 British Pound settling 12/4/12

 

Goldman Sachs

 

100,938,828

 

101,049,248

 

110,420

2,047,000 British Pound settling 12/4/12

 

HSBC Bank

 

3,259,778

 

3,279,603

 

19,825

1,152,000 British Pound settling 1/2/13

 

Royal Bank of Scotland

 

1,846,017

 

1,845,613

 

(404)

525,000 British Pound settling 12/4/12

 

UBS

 

833,540

 

841,129

 

7,589

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

U.S.$
Value on
Origination
Date

 

U.S.$ Value
November 30, 2012

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Purchased (continued):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,416,307 Chinese Yuan Renminbi settling 2/1/13

 

UBS

 

$2,618,857

 

$2,621,821

 

$2,964

67,728,000 Euro settling 12/4/12

 

BNP Paribas

 

87,673,896

 

88,083,703

 

409,807

11,297,000 Euro settling 12/4/12

 

HSBC Bank

 

14,639,568

 

14,692,323

 

52,755

21,256,000 Mexican Peso settling 12/3/12

 

Goldman Sachs

 

1,600,000

 

1,643,490

 

43,490

88,078,946 Mexican Peso settling 12/3/12

 

Morgan Stanley

 

6,872,148

 

6,810,166

 

(61,982)

17,911,499 Mexican Peso settling 12/3/12

 

UBS

 

1,350,188

 

1,384,897

 

34,709

Sold:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,731,647 Brazilian Real settling 2/4/13

 

HSBC Bank

 

25,058,926

 

23,994,270

 

1,064,656

51,731,647 Brazilian Real settling 12/4/12

 

UBS

 

24,993,548

 

24,209,868

 

783,680

64,357,000 British Pound settling 12/4/12

 

Bank of America

 

103,732,801

 

103,109,615

 

623,186

64,357,000 British Pound settling 12/4/12

 

Barclays Bank

 

103,301,673

 

103,109,614

 

192,059

63,071,000 British Pound settling 1/2/13

 

BNP Paribas

 

101,218,233

 

101,045,709

 

172,524

63,071,000 British Pound settling 1/2/13

 

Goldman Sachs

 

100,941,351

 

101,045,708

 

(104,357)

16,416,307 Chinese Yuan Renminbi settling 2/1/13

 

JPMorgan Chase

 

2,617,813

 

2,621,821

 

(4,008)

67,728,000 Euro settling 1/2/13

 

BNP Paribas

 

87,710,130

 

88,111,580

 

(401,450)

76,216,000 Euro settling 12/4/12

 

Citigroup

 

98,573,583

 

99,122,779

 

(549,196)

2,809,000 Euro settling 12/4/12

 

UBS

 

3,571,082

 

3,653,247

 

(82,165)

127,246,445 Mexican Peso settling 12/3/12

 

HSBC Bank

 

9,302,661

 

9,838,554

 

(535,893)

88,078,946 Mexican Peso settling 4/3/13

 

Morgan Stanley

 

6,790,609

 

6,733,551

 

 

57,058

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$618,450

 

 

 

(o)

At November 30, 2012, the Fund held $10,920,000 in cash as collateral for derivatives. Cash collateral held may be invested in accordance with the Fund’s investment strategy.

(p)

Open reverse repurchase agreements at November 30, 2012:

 

 

Counterparty

 

Rate

 

Trade Date

 

Due Date

 

Principal & Interest

 

Principal

 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

 

0.55%

 

10/1/12

 

1/4/13

 

$1,101,025

 

$1,100,000

 

 

 

(q)

The weighted average daily balance of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding during the year ended November 30, 2012 was $160,982,676, at a weighted average interest rate of 0.77%. The total market value of underlying collateral (refer to the Schedule of Investments for positions transferred for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral) for open reverse repurchase agreements at November 30, 2012 was $1,209,386.

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

(r)  Fair Value Measurement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 –
Quoted Prices

 

Level 2 –
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs

 

Level 3 –
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

Value at
11/30/12

 

Investments in Securities – Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines

 

 

$15,219,637

 

$23,752,907

 

$38,972,544

 

Banking

 

 

402,583,532

 

14,921,756

 

417,505,288

 

Home Builders

 

 

 

1,724,796

 

1,724,796

 

All Other

 

 

433,697,338

 

 

433,697,338

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

310,942,285

 

1,268,059

 

312,210,344

 

Preferred Stock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banking

 

$29,019,700

 

32,697,422

 

 

61,717,122

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

15,960,000

 

14,193,750

 

 

30,153,750

 

Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

5,782,512

 

 

5,782,512

 

Municipal Bonds

 

 

72,844,436

 

 

72,844,436

 

Convertible Preferred Stock

 

37,494,300

 

 

 

37,494,300

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

 

30,531,550

 

 

30,531,550

 

Sovereign Debt Obligations

 

 

26,770,701

 

 

26,770,701

 

Senior Loans

 

 

19,783,340

 

 

19,783,340

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

25,057,000

 

 

25,057,000

 

Total Investments in Securities – Assets

 

$82,474,000

 

$1,390,103,503

 

$41,667,518

 

$1,514,245,021

 

Other Financial Instruments* – Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Contracts

 

 

$17,744,203

 

 

$17,744,203

 

Foreign Exchange Contracts

 

 

3,574,722

 

 

3,574,722

 

Interest Rate Contracts

 

 

1,077,354

 

 

1,077,354

 

Total Other Financial Instruments* – Assets

 

 

$22,396,279

 

 

$22,396,279

 

Other Financial Instruments* – Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Contracts

 

 

$(197,251)

 

 

$(197,251)

 

Foreign Exchange Contracts

 

 

(2,956,272)

 

 

(2,956,272)

 

Total Other Financial Instruments* – Liabilities

 

 

$(3,153,523)

 

 

$(3,153,523)

 

Total Investments

 

$82,474,000

 

$1,409,346,259

 

$41,667,518

 

$1,533,487,777

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security valued at $29,019,700 was transferred from Level 2 to 1 due to the availability of a quoted price in an active market.

 

 

 

A roll forward of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the year ended November 30, 2012, was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
Balance
11/30/11

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Accrued
Discount/
(Premiums)

 

Net
Realized
Gain/
(Loss)

 

Net
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

 

Transfers
into
Level 3**

 

Transfers
out of
Level 3***

 

Ending
Balance
11/30/12

 

Investments in Securities – Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines

 

$23,633,504

 

 

$(1,481,106

)

$110,842

 

$7,309

 

$1,482,358

 

 

 

$23,752,907

 

Banking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$14,921,756

 

 

14,921,756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
Balance
11/30/11

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Accrued
Discount/
(Premiums)

 

Net
Realized
Gain/
(Loss)

 

Net 
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

 

Transfers
into
Level 3**

 

Transfers
out of
Level 3***

 

Ending
Balance
11/30/12

 

Investments in Securities – Assets (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities

 

$2,541,000

 

 

$(2,118,815

)

 

 

$(212,185

)

 

$(210,000

)

 

Home Builders

 

 

$1,710,198

 

 

$81

 

 

14,517

 

 

 

$1,724,796

 

Transportation

 

1,279,120

 

 

(1,268,025

)

(540

)

$(8,375

)

(2,180

)

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

980,373

 

 

(2,058,703

)

(102,414

)

1,725,595

 

723,208

 

 

 

1,268,059

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

9,383,135

 

 

 

27,755

 

 

(221,018

)

 

(9,189,872

)

 

Totals

 

$37,817,132

 

$1,710,198

 

$(6,926,649

)

$35,724

 

$1,724,529

 

$1,784,700

 

$14,921,756

 

$(9,399,872

)

$41,667,518

 

 

 

The following table presents additional information about valuation techniques and inputs used for investments that are measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 at November 30, 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending Balance
at 11/30/12

 

Valuation
Technique Used

 

Unobservable
Inputs

 

Input 
Values

 

Investments in Securities – Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

$23,752,907

 

Third-Party Pricing Vendor

 

Single Broker Quote

 

$98.50-$114.65

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

 

16,646,552

 

Benchmark Pricing

 

Security Price Reset

 

 $93.03-$95.82

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

1,268,059

 

Third-Party Pricing Vendor

 

Single Broker Quote

 

$13.65-$18.85

 

Total Investments

 

$41,667,518

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Other financial instruments are derivatives such as swap agreements and forward foreign currency contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instrument.

**

Transferred out of Level 2 into Level 3 because evaluated price from a third-party pricing vendor was not available.

***

Transferred out of Level 3 into Level 2 because evaluated price with observable inputs from a third-party pricing vendor became available.

 

 

The net change in unrealized appreciation of Level 3 investments, which the Fund held at November 30, 2012, was $5,887,580. Net realized gain (loss) and net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation are reflected on the Statement of Operations.

 

 

(s)

The following is a summary of the fair valuation of the Fund’s derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure:

 

 

The effect of derivatives on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at November 30, 2012:

 

Location

 

Interest Rate
Contracts

 

Credit
Contracts

 

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

 

Total

 

Asset derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation of OTC swaps

 

$1,077,354

 

$17,744,203

 

 

$18,821,557

 

Unrealized appreciation of forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

$3,574,722

 

3,574,722

 

Total asset derivatives

 

$1,077,354

 

$17,744,203

 

$3,574,722

 

$22,396,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liability derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized depreciation of OTC swaps

 

 

$(197,251

)

 

$(197,251

)

Unrealized depreciation of forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

$(2,956,272

)

(2,956,272

)

Total liability derivatives

 

 

$(197,251

)

$(2,956,272

)

$(3,153,523

)

 

 

 

 

 

11.30.12 | PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Annual Report 19


 

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2012 (continued)

 

 

 

The effect of derivatives on the Statement of Operations for the year ended November 30, 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location

 

Interest 
Rate Contracts

 

Credit
Contracts

 

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts

 

Total

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$759,992

 

 

 

$759,992

 

Swaps

 

(215,943

)

$1,856,514

 

 

1,640,571

 

Foreign currency transactions (forward foreign currency contracts)

 

 

 

$9,084,344

 

9,084,344

 

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

$544,049

 

$1,856,514

 

$9,084,344

 

$11,484,907

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swaps

 

$1,077,355

 

$41,663,536

 

 

$42,740,891

 

Foreign currency transactions (forward foreign currency contracts)

 

 

 

$(5,858,522

)

(5,858,522

)

Total net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

$1,077,355

 

$41,663,536

 

$(5,858,522

)

$36,882,369

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMBAC

-   insured by American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

BRL

-   Brazilian Real

£

-   British Pound

CMO

-   Collateralized Mortgage Obligation

-   Euro

FRN

-   Floating Rate Note

GO

-   General Obligation Bond

LIBOR

-   London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

MBIA

-   insured by Municipal Bond Investors Assurance

MXN

-   Mexican Peso

NPFGC

-   insured by National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.

OTC

-   Over-the-Counter

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

November 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

Investments, at value (cost-$1,361,648,720)

 

$1,514,245,021

 

Cash (including foreign currency, at value of $17,961 with a cost of $18,079)

 

18,295

 

Interest receivable

 

23,058,938

 

Unrealized appreciation of OTC swaps

 

18,821,557

 

Swap premiums paid

 

3,838,408

 

Unrealized appreciation of forward foreign currency contracts

 

3,574,722

 

Receivable from broker

 

2,373,969

 

Receivable for investments sold

 

1,845,044

 

Prepaid expenses

 

38,300

 

Total Assets

 

1,567,814,254

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

Swap premiums received

 

12,595,462

 

Payable to brokers for cash collateral received

 

10,920,000

 

Dividends payable to common and preferred shareholders

 

8,918,081

 

Unrealized depreciation of forward foreign currency contracts

 

2,956,272

 

Payable for reverse repurchase agreements

 

1,100,000

 

Investment management fees payable

 

747,616

 

Unrealized depreciation of OTC swaps

 

197,251

 

Interest payable for reverse repurchase agreements

 

1,025

 

Interest payable for cash collateral received

 

542

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

287,983

 

Total Liabilities

 

37,724,232

 

Preferred Shares ($0.00001 par value and $25,000 liquidation preference per share applicable to an aggregate of 13,000 shares issued and outstanding)

 

325,000,000

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

$1,205,090,022

 

 

 

 

 

Composition of Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

 

 

 

Common Shares:

 

 

 

Par value ($0.00001 per share, applicable to 68,552,786 shares issued and outstanding)

 

$686

 

Paid-in-capital in excess of par

 

976,671,584

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

12,310,242

 

Accumulated net realized gain

 

44,220,911

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

171,886,599

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

$1,205,090,022

 

Net Asset Value Per Common Share

 

$17.58

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

Statement of Operations

Year ended November 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Income:

 

 

 

Interest

 

$113,708,752

 

Dividends

 

11,821,969

 

Miscellaneous Income

 

34,198

 

Total Investment Income

 

125,564,919

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

Investment management fees

 

8,404,141

 

Interest expense

 

1,261,583

 

Auction agent fees and commissions

 

519,726

 

Custodian and accounting agent fees

 

415,102

 

Shareholder communications

 

214,833

 

Audit and tax service fees

 

126,216

 

Trustees’ fees and expenses

 

100,421

 

New York Stock Exchange listing fees

 

55,369

 

Legal fees

 

53,088

 

Transfer agent fees

 

44,652

 

Insurance expense

 

34,430

 

Miscellaneous expense

 

19,277

 

Total Expenses

 

11,248,838

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

114,316,081

 

 

 

 

 

Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss):

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

 

 

Investments

 

67,291,221

 

Futures contracts

 

759,992

 

Swaps

 

1,640,571

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

8,146,423

 

Payments from Affiliates (See Note 8)

 

24,514

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of:

 

 

 

Investments

 

147,785,304

 

Swaps

 

42,740,891

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

(5,560,096

)

Net realized and change in unrealized gain

 

262,828,820

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations

 

377,144,901

 

Dividends on Preferred Shares from Net Investment Income

 

(544,607

)

Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders Resulting from Investment Operations

 

$376,600,294

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended November 30,

 

 

2012

 

 

2011

 

Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

$114,316,081

 

 

$127,201,763

 

Net realized gain

 

77,838,207

 

 

37,068,741

 

Payments from Affiliates (see Note 8)

 

24,514

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

184,966,099

 

 

(164,907,958

)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations

 

377,144,901

 

 

(637,454

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends on Preferred Shares from Net Investment Income

 

(544,607

)

 

(546,539

)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shareholders resulting from investment operations

 

376,600,294

 

 

(1,183,993

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends to Common Shareholders from Net Investment Income

 

(148,482,960

)

 

(140,162,918

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of dividends

 

9,777,530

 

 

9,622,424

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shareholders

 

237,894,864

 

 

(131,724,487

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

967,195,158

 

 

1,098,919,645

 

End of year*

 

$1,205,090,022

 

 

$967,195,158

 

*Including undistributed net investment income of:

 

$12,310,242

 

 

$31,489,335

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Shares Issued in Reinvestment of Dividends

 

551,807

 

 

555,631

 

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Statement of Cash Flows

Year ended November 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in Cash and Foreign Currency from:

 

 

 

Cash Flows provided by Operating Activities:

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from investment operations

 

$377,144,901

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to Reconcile Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Investment Operations to Net Cash provided by Operating Activities:

 

 

 

Purchases of long-term investments

 

(438,281,273

)

Proceeds from sales of long-term investments

 

676,778,346

 

Sales of short-term portfolio investments, net

 

31,062,549

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

(184,966,099

)

Net realized gain

 

(77,838,207

)

Net amortization/accretion on investments

 

(2,668,450

)

Increase in receivable for investments sold

 

(1,575,039

)

Decrease in interest and dividends receivable

 

4,083,033

 

Proceeds from futures contracts transactions

 

759,992

 

Increase in receivable from broker

 

(890,239

)

Decrease in prepaid expenses

 

2,403

 

Decrease in payable for investments purchased

 

(18,011,881

)

Increase in payable to brokers for cash collateral received

 

7,560,000

 

Net cash used for swap transactions

 

(14,470,232

)

Net cash provided by foreign currency transactions

 

8,444,849

 

Increase in investment management fees payable

 

99,836

 

Decrease in interest payable for reverse repurchase agreements

 

(237,181

)

Increase in interest payable on cash collateral

 

542

 

Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

741

 

Net cash provided by operating activities*

 

366,998,591

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows used for Financing Activities:

 

 

 

Decrease in payable for reverse repurchase agreements

 

(229,112,000

)

Cash dividends paid (excluding reinvestment of dividends of $9,777,530)

 

(138,154,793

)

Net cash used for financing activities

 

(367,266,793

)

Net decrease in cash and foreign currency

 

(268,202

)

Cash and foreign currency, at beginning of year

 

286,497

 

Cash and foreign currency, at end of year

 

$18,295

 

 

*            Included in operating expenses is cash paid by the Fund for interest primarily related to participation in reverse repurchase agreement transactions of $1,498,617.

 

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), formerly PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund, was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on September 13, 2002. Prior to commencing operations on December 27, 2002, the Fund had no operations other than matters relating to its organization and registration as a diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940; as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (the “Investment Manager”) and Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment manager and sub-adviser, respectively, and are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. (“AAM”). AAM is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE, a publicly traded European insurance and financial services company. The Fund has authorized an unlimited amount of common shares with $0.00001 par value.

 

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek maximum total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its total assets in a combination of corporate debt obligations of varying maturities, other corporate income-producing securities, and income-producing securities of non-corporate issuers such as U.S. Government securities, municipal securities and mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities issued on a public or private basis. There can be no assurance that the Fund will meet its stated objective.

 

The preparation of the Fund’s financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the Fund’s financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

 

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-11, “Disclosures About Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”, which requires enhanced disclosures that will enable users to evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting arrangements on an entity’s financial position, including the effect or potential effect of rights of setoff associated with certain financial instruments and derivative instruments. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The Fund’s management is currently evaluating the effect that the guidance may have on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund:

 

(a) Valuation of Investments

Portfolio securities and other financial instruments for which market quotations are readily available are stated at market value. Market value is generally determined on the basis of last reported sales prices, or if no sales are reported, on the basis of quotes obtained from a quotation reporting system, established market makers, or independent pricing services. The Fund’s investments are valued daily using prices supplied by an independent pricing service or dealer quotations, or by using the last sale price on the exchange that is the primary market for such securities, or the mean between the last quoted bid and ask price. Independent pricing services use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics.

 

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has adopted procedures for valuing portfolio securities and other financial derivative instruments in circumstances where market quotes are not readily available, and has delegated the responsibility for applying the valuation methods to the Investment Manager and Sub-Adviser, an affiliate of the Investment Manager. The Fund’s Valuation Committee was established by the Board to oversee the implementation of the Fund’s valuation methods and to make fair value determinations on behalf of the Board, as instructed. The Sub-Adviser monitors the continued appropriateness of methods applied and determines if adjustments should be made in light of market changes, events affecting the issuer, or other factors. If the Sub-Adviser determines that a valuation method may no longer be appropriate, another valuation method may be selected, or the Valuation Committee will be convened to consider the matter and take any appropriate action in accordance with procedures set forth by the Board. The Board shall review the appropriateness of the valuation methods and these methods may be amended or supplemented from time to time by the Valuation Committee.

 

Benchmark pricing procedures are used as the basis for setting the base price of a fixed-income security and for subsequently adjusting the price proportionally to market value changes of a pre-determined security deemed to be

 

 

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comparable in duration, generally a U.S. Treasury or sovereign note based on country of issuance. The base price may be a broker-dealer quote, transaction price, or an internal value as derived by analysis of market data. The base price of the security may be reset on a periodic basis based on the availability of market data and procedures approved by the Valuation Committee. The validity of the fair value is reviewed by the Sub-Adviser on a periodic basis and may be amended as the availability of market data indicates a material change.

 

Short-term securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, if their original term to maturity was 60 days or less, or by amortizing their value on the 61st day prior to maturity, if the original term to maturity exceeded 60 days.

 

Investments initially valued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted to the U.S. dollar using exchange rates obtained from pricing services. As a result, the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund’s shares may be affected by changes in the value of currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar. The value of securities traded in markets outside the United States or denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar may be affected significantly on a day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is closed.

 

The prices used by the Fund to value securities may differ from the value that would be realized if the securities were sold, and these differences could be material to the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s NAV is normally determined as of the close of regular trading (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the NYSE on each day the NYSE is open for business.

 

(b) Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e. the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

·                  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments that the Fund has the ability to access

·                  Level 2 – valuations based on other significant observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates or other market corroborated inputs

·                  Level 3 – valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Sub-Adviser’s or Valuation Committee’s own assumptions and single broker quotes in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following are certain inputs and techniques that the Fund generally uses to evaluate how to classify each major category of assets and liabilities for Level 2 and Level 3, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”).

 

Equity Securities (Common and Preferred Stock) — Equity securities traded in inactive markets are valued using inputs which include broker-dealer quotes, recently executed transactions adjusted for changes in the benchmark index, or evaluated price quotes received from independent pricing services that take into account the integrity of the market sector and issuer, the individual characteristics of the security, and information received from broker-dealers and other market sources pertaining to the issuer or security. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of equity securities are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Government Sponsored Enterprise and Mortgage-Backed Securities — Government sponsored enterprise and mortgage-backed securities are valued by independent pricing services using pricing models based on inputs that include issuer type, coupon, cash flows, mortgage prepayment projection tables and Adjustable Rate Mortgage evaluations that incorporate index data, periodic and life caps, the next coupon reset date, and the convertibility of the bond. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of government sponsored enterprise and mortgage-backed securities are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Municipal Bonds — Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services based on pricing models that take into account, among other factors, information received from market makers and broker-dealers, current trades, bid-want lists, offerings, market movements, the callability of the bond, state of issuance, benchmark yield curves,

 

 

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November 30, 2012

 

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

and bond insurance. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of municipal bonds are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Sovereign Debt Obligations — Sovereign debt obligations are valued by independent pricing services based on discounted cash flow models that incorporate option adjusted spreads along with benchmark curves and credit spreads. In addition, international bond markets are monitored regularly for information pertaining to the issuer and/or the specific issue. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of sovereign debt obligations are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes — Corporate bonds & notes are generally comprised of two main categories: investment grade bonds and high yield bonds. Investment grade bonds are valued by independent pricing services using various inputs and techniques, which include broker-dealer quotations, live trading levels, recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, and option adjusted spread models that include base curve and spread curve inputs. Adjustments to individual bonds can be applied to recognize trading differences compared to other bonds issued by the same issuer. High yield bonds are valued by independent pricing services based primarily on broker-dealer quotations from relevant market makers and recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. The broker-dealer quotations received are supported by credit analysis of the issuer that takes into consideration credit quality assessments, daily trading activity, and the activity of the underlying equities, listed bonds and sector-specific trends. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of corporate bonds & notes are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Asset-Backed Securities and Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — Asset-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations are valued by independent pricing services using pricing models based on a security’s average life volatility. The models also take into account tranche characteristics such as coupon, average life, collateral types, ratings, the issuer and tranche type, underlying collateral and performance of the collateral, and discount margin for certain floating rate issues. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of asset-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — Forward foreign currency contracts are valued by independent pricing services using various inputs and techniques, which include broker-dealer quotations, actual trading information and foreign currency exchange rates gathered from leading market makers and foreign currency exchange trading centers throughout the world. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of forward foreign currency contracts are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Credit Default Swaps — Credit default swaps traded over-the-counter (“OTC”) are valued by independent pricing services using pricing models that take into account, among other factors, information received from market makers and broker-dealers, default probabilities from index specific credit spread curves, recovery rates, and cash flows. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of OTC credit default swaps are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Interest Rate Swaps — OTC interest rate swaps are valued by independent pricing services using pricing models that are based on real-time intraday snapshots of relevant interest rate curves that are built using the most actively traded securities for a given maturity. The pricing models also incorporate cash and money market rates. In addition, market data pertaining to interest rate swaps is monitored regularly to ensure that interest rates are properly depicting the current market rate. Centrally cleared interest rate swaps are valued at the price determined by the relevant exchange. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of interest rate swaps are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

Senior Loans — Senior Loans are valued by independent pricing services based on the average of quoted prices received from multiple dealers or valued relative to other benchmark securities when broker-dealer quotes are unavailable. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of Senior Loans are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

 

The valuation techniques used by the Fund to measure fair value during the year ended November 30, 2012 were intended to maximize the use of observable inputs and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

 

 

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November 30, 2012

 

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels at the end of the reporting period. An investment asset’s or liability’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level input, individually or in aggregate, that is significant to the fair value measurement. The objective of fair value measurement remains the same even when there is a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability and regardless of the valuation techniques used. Investments categorized as Level 1 or 2 as of period end may have been transferred between Levels 1 and 2 since the prior period due to changes in the valuation method utilized in valuing the investments.

 

(c) Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments are determined on an identified cost basis. Interest income adjusted for the accretion of discount and amortization of premiums is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts or premiums on debt securities purchased are accreted or amortized, respectively, to interest income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Facility fees and other fees (such as origination fees) received at the settlement date are amortized as income over the expected term of the senior loan. Facility fees and other fees received after settlement date relating to senior loans, consent fees relating to corporate actions and commitment fees received relating to unfunded purchase commitments are recorded as miscellaneous income upon receipt. Paydown gains and losses are netted and recorded as interest income on the Statement of Operations.

 

(d) Federal Income Taxes

The Fund intends to distribute all of its taxable income and to comply with the other requirements of Subchapter M of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes is required.

 

Accounting for uncertainty in income taxes establishes for all entities, including pass-through entities such as the Fund, a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of positions taken in filing tax returns (including whether an entity is taxable in a particular jurisdiction), and requires certain expanded tax disclosures. The Fund’s management has determined that its evaluation has resulted in no material impact to the Fund’s financial statements at November 30, 2012. The Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

(e) Dividends and Distributions — Common Shares

The Fund declares dividends from net investment income to common shareholders monthly. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are paid at least annually. The Fund records dividends and distributions on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These “book-tax” differences are considered either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal income tax treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and/or distributions exceed current and accumulated earnings and profits for federal income tax purposes, they are reported as dividends and/or distributions to shareholders from return of capital.

 

(f) Foreign Currency Translation

The Fund’s accounting records are maintained in U.S. dollars as follows: (1) the foreign currency market value of investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the prevailing exchange rate at the end of the period; and (2) purchases and sales, income and expenses are translated at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of such transactions. The resulting net foreign currency gain (loss) is included in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.

 

The Fund does not generally isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign currency exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities. Accordingly, such foreign currency gain (loss) is included in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. However, the Fund does isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates when determining the gain (loss) upon the sale or maturity of foreign currency denominated debt obligations pursuant to U.S. federal income tax regulations; such amount is categorized as foreign currency gain (loss) for both financial reporting and income tax reporting purposes.

 

 

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1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

(g) Senior Loans

The Fund may purchase assignments of, and participations in, Senior Loans originated, negotiated and structured by a U.S. or foreign commercial bank, insurance company, finance company or other financial institution (the “Agent”) for a lending syndicate of financial institutions (the “Lender”). When purchasing an assignment, the Fund succeeds to all the rights and obligations under the loan agreement with the same rights and obligations as the assigning Lender. Assignments may, however, be arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and potential assignors, and the rights and obligations acquired by the purchaser of an assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the assigning Lender.

 

(h) Repurchase Agreements

The Fund enters into transactions with its custodian bank or securities brokerage firms whereby it purchases securities under agreements to resell such securities at an agreed upon price and date (“repurchase agreements”). The Fund, through its custodian, takes possession of securities collateralizing the repurchase agreement. Such agreements are carried at the contract amount in the financial statements, which is considered to represent fair value. Collateral pledged (the securities received), which consists primarily of U.S. government obligations and asset-backed securities, is held by the custodian bank for the benefit of the Fund until maturity of the repurchase agreement. Provisions of the repurchase agreements and the procedures adopted by the Fund require that the market value of the collateral, including accrued interest thereon, be sufficient in the event of default by the counterparty. If the counterparty defaults and the value of the collateral declines or if the counterparty enters an insolvency proceeding, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

 

(i) Reverse Repurchase Agreements

In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells securities to a bank or broker-dealer and agrees to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed upon date and price. Generally, the effect of such a transaction is that the Fund can recover and reinvest all or most of the cash invested in portfolio securities involved during the term of the reverse repurchase agreement and still be entitled to the returns associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are advantageous if the interest cost to the Fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the returns it obtains on investments purchased with the cash. To the extent the Fund does not cover its positions in reverse repurchase agreements (by segregating liquid assets at least equal in amount to the forward purchase commitment), the Fund’s uncovered obligations under the agreements will be subject to the Fund’s limitations on borrowings. Reverse repurchase agreements involve leverage risk and also the risk that the market value of the securities that the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreements may decline below the repurchase price. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities.

 

(j) Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities

Investments in mortgage-related or other asset-backed securities include mortgage pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), commercial mortgage-backed securities, mortgage dollar rolls, CMO residuals, stripped mortgage-backed securities (“SMBSs”) and other securities that directly or indirectly represent a participation in, or are secured by and payable from, mortgage loans on real property. The value of some mortgage-related or asset-backed securities may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. Early repayment of principal on some mortgage-related securities may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. The value of these securities may fluctuate in response to the market’s perception of the creditworthiness of the issuers. The decline in liquidity and prices of these types of securities may make it more difficult to determine fair market value. Additionally, although mortgages and mortgage-related securities are generally supported by some form of government or private guarantee and/or insurance, there is no assurance that private guarantors or insurers will meet their obligations.

 

(k) U.S. Government Agencies or Government-Sponsored Enterprises

Securities issued by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored enterprises may not be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. The Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA” or “Ginnie Mae”), a wholly-owned U.S. Government corporation, is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, the timely payment of principal and interest on securities issued by institutions approved by GNMA and backed by pools of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Government-related guarantors not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government include the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA” or “Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC” or “Freddie Mac”). Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA, but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. FHLMC guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal, but its participation certificates are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

 

(l) Restricted Securities

The Fund is permitted to invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expenses, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult.

 

(m) Interest Expense

Interest expense primarily relates to the Fund’s participation in reverse repurchase agreement transactions. Interest expense is recorded as incurred.

 

(n) Custody Credits on Cash Balances

The Fund benefits from an expense offset arrangement with its custodian bank, whereby uninvested cash balances may earn credits that reduce monthly custodian and accounting agent expenses. Had these cash balances been invested in income-producing securities, they would have generated income for the Fund. Cash overdraft charges, if any, are included in custodian and accounting agent fees.

 

2. Principal Risks

In the normal course of business, the Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to, among other things, changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to a transaction to perform (counterparty risk). The Fund is also exposed to other risks such as, but not limited to, interest rate, foreign currency, credit and leverage risks.

 

Interest rate risk is the risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. As nominal interest rates rise, the values of certain fixed income securities held by the Fund are likely to decrease. A nominal interest rate can be described as the sum of a real interest rate and an expected inflation rate. Fixed income securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than securities with shorter durations. Duration is used primarily as a measure of the sensitivity of a fixed income security’s market price to interest rate (i.e. yield) movements.

 

Variable and floating rate securities generally are less sensitive to interest rate changes but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as interest rates in general. Conversely, floating rate securities will not generally increase in value if interest rates decline. Inverse floating rate securities may decrease in value if interest rates increase. Inverse floating rate securities may also exhibit greater price volatility than a fixed rate obligation with similar credit quality. When the Fund holds variable or floating rate securities, a decrease (or, in the case of inverse floating rate securities, an increase) in market interest rates will adversely affect the income received from such securities and the NAV of the Fund’s shares.

 

Mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities often involve risks that are different from or more acute than risks associated with other types of debt instruments. Generally, rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of fixed rate mortgage-related securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, if the Fund holds mortgage-related securities, it may exhibit additional volatility. This is known as extension risk. In addition, adjustable and fixed rate mortgage-related securities are subject to prepayment risk. When interest rates decline, borrowers may pay off their mortgages sooner than expected. This can reduce the returns of the Fund because the Fund may have to reinvest that money at the lower prevailing interest rates. The Fund’s investments in other asset-backed securities are subject to risks similar to those associated with mortgage-related securities, as well as additional risks associated with the nature of the assets and the servicing of those assets.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

2. Principal Risks (continued)

 

The Fund is exposed to credit risk, which is the risk of losing money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. Securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.

 

To the extent the Fund directly invests in foreign currencies or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues in, foreign currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies, it will be subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including economic growth, inflation, changes in interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments, central banks or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, or the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the United States or abroad. As a result, the Fund’s investments in foreign currency-denominated securities may reduce the returns of the Fund.

 

The Fund is subject to elements of risk not typically associated with investments in the U.S., due to concentrated investments in foreign issuers located in a specific country or region. Such concentrations will subject the Fund to additional risks resulting from future political or economic conditions in such country or region and the possible imposition of adverse governmental laws or currency exchange restrictions affecting such country or region, which could cause the securities and their markets to be less liquid and prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies.

 

The market values of securities may decline due to general market conditions (market risk) which are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment. They may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. Equity securities and equity-related investments generally have greater market price volatility than fixed income securities.

 

The Fund is exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss to the Fund could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the Fund’s financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to counterparty risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The Sub-Adviser, seeks to minimize the Fund’s counterparty risk by performing reviews of each counterparty and by minimizing concentration of counterparty risk by undertaking transactions with multiple customers and counterparties on recognized and reputable exchanges. Delivery of securities sold is only made once the Fund has received payment. Payment is made on a purchase once the securities have been delivered by the counterparty. The trade will fail if either party fails to meet its obligation.

 

The Fund is exposed to risks associated with leverage. Leverage may cause the value of the Fund’s shares to be more volatile than if the Fund did not use leverage. This is because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The Fund may engage in transactions or purchase instruments that give rise to forms of leverage. Obligations to settle reverse repurchase agreements may be detrimental to the Fund’s performance. In addition, to the extent the Fund employs leverage, dividend and interest costs may not be recovered by any appreciation of the securities purchased with the leverage proceeds and could exceed the Fund’s investment returns, resulting in greater losses.

 

The Fund is party to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements (“ISDA Master Agreements”) with select counterparties that govern transactions, over-the-counter derivatives and foreign exchange contracts entered into by the Fund and those counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreements contain provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral and events of default or termination. Events of termination include conditions that may entitle counterparties to elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all outstanding transactions under the applicable ISDA Master Agreement. Any election to terminate early could be material to the financial statements of the Fund.

 

The considerations and factors surrounding the settlement of certain purchases and sales made on a delayed-delivery basis are governed by Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements (“Master Forward Agreements”) between the Fund and select counterparties. The Master Forward Agreements maintain provisions for, among other things, initiation and confirmation, payment and transfer, events of default, termination, and maintenance of collateral.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

2. Principal Risks (continued)

 

The Fund is also a party to Master Repurchase Agreements (“Master Repo Agreements”) with select counterparties. The Master Repo Agreements maintain provisions for initiation, income payments, events of default, and maintenance of collateral.

 

The counterparty risk associated with certain contracts may be reduced by master netting arrangements to the extent that if an event of default occurs, all amounts with the counterparty are terminated and settled on a net basis. The Fund’s overall exposure to counterparty risk with respect to transactions subject to master netting arrangements can change substantially within a short period, as it is affected by each transaction subject to the arrangement.

 

The Fund had security transactions outstanding with Lehman Brothers entities as the counterparty at the time the relevant Lehman Brothers entity filed for bankruptcy protection or was placed in administration. The security transactions associated with Lehman Brothers, Inc. (“SLH”) as counterparty were written down to their estimated recoverable values. Adjustments to anticipated losses for security transactions associated with SLH have been incorporated as net realized gain (loss) on the Fund’s Statement of Operations. The remaining balances due from SLH are included in receivable from broker on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The estimated recoverable value of receivables is determined by an independent broker quote.

 

3. Financial Derivative Instruments

Disclosure about derivatives and hedging activities requires qualitative disclosure regarding objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosure about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivatives, and disclosure about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The disclosure requirements distinguish between derivatives, which are accounted for as “hedges”, and those that do not qualify for such accounting. Although the Fund sometimes uses derivatives for hedging purposes, the Fund reflects derivatives at fair value and recognizes changes in fair value through the Fund’s Statement of Operations, and such derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment.

 

(a) Futures Contracts

The Fund uses futures contracts to manage its exposure to the securities markets or the movements in interest rates and currency values. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a financial instrument at a set price on a future date. Upon entering into such a contract, the Fund is required to pledge to the broker an amount of cash or securities equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange. Pursuant to the contracts, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash or securities equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contracts. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When the contracts are closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contracts at the time they were opened and the value at the time they were closed. Any unrealized appreciation or depreciation recorded is simultaneously reversed. The use of futures transactions involves various risks, including the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts, interest rates and underlying hedging assets, and possible inability or unwillingness of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. There were no open futures transactions at November 30, 2012.

 

(b) Swap Agreements

Swap agreements are bilaterally negotiated agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to exchange or swap investment cash flows, assets, foreign currencies or market or event-linked returns at specified, future intervals. Swap agreements may be privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market (“OTC swaps”) or may be executed in a multilateral or other trade facility platform, such as a registered commodities exchange (“centrally cleared swaps”). The Fund enters into credit default, cross-currency, interest rate, total return, variance and other forms of swap agreements in order to manage its exposure to credit, currency and interest rate risk. In connection with these agreements, securities may be identified as collateral or margin in accordance with the terms of the respective swap agreements to provide assets of value and recourse in the event of default or bankruptcy/insolvency.

 

OTC swap payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected as such on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represent payments made or received upon entering into the swap agreement to compensate for differences between the stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, interest rates, and other relevant factors). These upfront payments are recorded as realized gains or losses on the Fund’s Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap is recorded as realized gain or loss on the

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

3. Financial Derivative Instruments (continued)

 

Fund’s Statement of Operations. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are included as part of realized gains or losses on the Fund’s Statement of Operations. Changes in market value, if any, are reflected as a component of net changes in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Fund’s Statement of Operations. Daily changes in valuation of centrally cleared swaps, if any, are recorded as a receivable or payable, as applicable, for variation margin on centrally cleared swaps on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Entering into these agreements involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, legal, market and documentation risk in excess of the amounts recognized on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks include the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparties to the agreements may default on their obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of contractual terms in the agreements and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates.

 

Credit Default Swap Agreements — Credit default swap agreements involve one party (referred to as the buyer of protection) making a stream of payments to another party (the seller of protection) in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default or other credit event for the referenced entity, obligation or index. As a seller of protection on credit default swap agreements, the Fund will generally receive from the buyer of protection a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. As the seller, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its investment portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

 

If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index. If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation, other deliverable obligations or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index. Recovery values are assumed by market makers considering either industry standard recovery rates or entity specific factors and considerations until a credit event occurs. If a credit event has occurred, the recovery value is determined by a facilitated auction whereby a minimum number of allowable broker bids, together with a specified valuation method, are used to calculate the settlement value.

 

Credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default or other credit event. If a credit event occurs and cash settlement is not elected, a variety of other deliverable obligations may be delivered in lieu of the specific referenced obligation. The ability to deliver other obligations may result in a cheapest-to-deliver option (the buyer of protection’s right to choose the deliverable obligation with the lowest value following a credit event). The Fund uses credit default swaps on corporate or sovereign issues to provide a measure of protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund owns or has exposure to the referenced obligation) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default.

 

Credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default or other credit events. Unlike credit default swaps on corporate or sovereign issues, deliverable obligations in most instances would be limited to the specific referenced obligation as performance for asset-backed securities can vary across deals. Prepayments, principal paydowns, and other writedown or loss events on the underlying mortgage loans will reduce the outstanding principal balance of the referenced obligation. These reductions may be temporary or permanent as defined under the terms of the swap agreement and the notional amount for the swap agreement will be adjusted by corresponding amounts. The Fund uses credit default swaps on asset-backed securities to provide a measure of protection against defaults of the referenced obligation or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular referenced obligation’s default.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

3. Financial Derivative Instruments (continued)

 

Credit default swap agreements on credit indices involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising the credit index. A credit index is a basket of credit instruments or exposures designed to be representative of some part of the credit market as a whole. These indices are made up of reference credits that are judged by a poll of dealers to be the most liquid entities in the credit default swap market based on the sector of the index. Components of the indices may include, but are not limited to, investment grade securities, high yield securities, asset backed securities, emerging markets, and/or various credit ratings within each sector. Credit indices are traded using credit default swaps with standardized terms including a fixed spread and standard maturity dates. An index credit default swap references all the names in the index, and if there is a default, the credit event is settled based on that name’s weight in the index, or in the case of a tranched index credit default swap, the credit event is settled based on the name’s weight in the index that falls within the tranche for which the Fund bears exposure. The composition of the indices changes periodically, usually every six months, and for most indices, each name has an equal weight in the index. The Fund uses credit default swaps on credit indices to hedge a portfolio of credit default swaps or bonds, which is less expensive than it would be to buy many credit default swaps to achieve a similar effect. Credit-default swaps on indices are benchmarks for protecting investors owning bonds against default, and traders use them to speculate on changes in credit quality.

 

Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues as of period end are disclosed in the Notes to Schedule of Investments and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. For credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting values serve as the indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk. Wider credit spreads and increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund as a seller of protection could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. Notional amounts of all credit default swap agreements outstanding as of November 30, 2012 for which the Fund is the seller of protection are disclosed in the Notes to Schedule of Investments. These potential amounts would be partially offset by any recovery values of the respective referenced obligations, upfront payments received upon entering into the agreement, or net amounts received from the settlement of buy protection credit default swap agreements entered into by the Fund for the same referenced entity or entities.

 

Interest Rate Swap Agreements — Interest rate swap agreements involve the exchange by the Fund with a counterparty of its respective commitments to pay or receive interest, e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments, with respect to the notional amount of principal. Certain forms of interest rate swap agreements may include: (i) interest rate caps, under which, in return for a premium, one party agrees to make payments to the other to the extent that interest rates exceed a specified rate, or “cap”, (ii) interest rate floors, under which, in return for a premium, one party agrees to make payments to the other to the extent that interest rates fall below a specified rate, or “floor”, (iii) interest rate collars, under which a party sells a cap and purchases a floor or vice versa in an attempt to protect itself against interest rate movements exceeding given minimum or maximum levels, (iv) callable interest rate swaps, under which the counterparty may terminate the swap transaction in whole at zero cost by a predetermined date and time prior to the maturity date, (v) spreadlocks, which allow the interest rate swap users to lock in the forward differential (or spread) between the interest rate swap rate and a specified benchmark, or (vi) basis swaps, under which two parties can exchange variable interest rates based on different money markets.

 

(c) Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a future date. The Fund enters into forward foreign currency contracts for the purpose of hedging against foreign currency risk arising from the investment or anticipated investment in securities denominated in foreign currencies. The Fund also enters into these contracts for purposes of increasing exposure to a foreign currency or shifting exposure to foreign currency fluctuations from one country to another. The market value of a forward foreign

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

3. Financial Derivative Instruments (continued)

 

currency contract fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. All commitments are marked to market daily at the applicable exchange rates and any resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded. Realized gains or losses are recorded at the time the forward contract matures or by delivery of the currency. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. In addition, these contracts may involve market risk in excess of the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) reflected in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The average volume (measured at each fiscal quarter-end) of derivative activity during the year ended November 30, 2012:

 

 

 

Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
(1)

 

Credit Default
Swap Agreements 
(2)

 

 

 

Purchased

 

Sold

 

USD Sell

 

Euro Sell

 

 

 

$176,176,578

 

$468,625,719

 

$751,685

 

€10,000

 

 

(1)  U.S $ value on origination date

(2)  Notional amount (in thousands)

 

4. Investment Manager/Sub-Adviser

The Fund has an Investment Management Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Investment Manager. Subject to the supervision of the Fund’s Board, the Investment Manager is responsible for managing, either directly or through others selected by it, the Fund’s investment activities, business affairs and administrative matters. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Investment Manager receives an annual fee, payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, inclusive of net assets attributable to any Preferred Shares outstanding.

 

The Investment Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to manage the Fund’s investments. Subject to the supervision of the Investment Manager, the Sub-Adviser is responsible for making all of the Fund’s investment decisions. The Investment Manager, not the Fund, pays a portion of the fees it receives as Investment Manager to the Sub-Adviser in return for its services.

 

5. Investments in Securities

For the year ended November 30, 2012, purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term securities and U.S. government obligations, were $438,281,273 and $695,341,261, respectively. Sales of U.S. government obligations were $25,860.

 

6. Income Tax Information

For the years ended November 30, 2012 and November 30, 2011, the tax character of dividends paid of $149,027,567 and $140,709,457 , respectively was entirely comprised of ordinary income.

 

At November 30, 2012, the tax character of distributable earnings of $68,691,012 was comprised $16,180,941 of ordinary income and $52,510,071 of long-term capital gains.

 

For the year ended November 30, 2012, permanent “book-tax” differences were primarily attributable to the differing treatment of swap payments, amortization of bond discount, foreign currency transactions and paydowns. These adjustments were to increase undistributed net investment income and decrease accumulated net realized gain by $15,532,393.

 

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Fund will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010, for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. As a result of this, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term capital losses.

 

During the year ended November 30, 2012, the Fund utilized $10,181,346 of available capital loss carryforwards.

 

The cost basis of portfolio securities for federal income tax purposes is $1,361,683,879. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for securities in which there is an excess of value over tax cost is $160,836,738; aggregate gross

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

6. Income Tax Information (continued)

 

unrealized depreciation for securities in which there is an excess of tax cost over value is $8,275,596; and net unrealized appreciation for federal income tax purposes is $152,561,142. The difference between book and tax appreciation is primarily attributable to wash sale loss deferrals.

 

7. Auction-Rate Preferred Shares

The Fund has issued 2,600 shares of Preferred Shares Series M, 2,600 shares of Preferred Shares Series T, 2,600 shares of Preferred Shares Series W, 2,600 shares of Preferred Shares Series TH and 2,600 shares of Preferred Shares Series F outstanding, each with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share plus any accumulated, unpaid dividends.

 

Dividends are accumulated daily at an annual rate (typically re-set every seven days) through auction procedures (or through default procedures in the event of failed auctions). Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are paid annually.

 

For the year ended November 30, 2012, the annualized dividend rates ranged from:

 

 

 

High

 

Low

 

At November 30, 2012

 

Series M

 

0.320%

 

0.040%

 

0.240%

 

Series T

 

0.300%

 

0.040%

 

0.240%

 

Series W

 

0.320%

 

0.040%

 

0.240%

 

Series TH

 

0.320%

 

0.040%

 

0.240%

 

Series F

 

0.320%

 

0.040%

 

0.220%

 

 

The Fund is subject to certain limitations and restrictions while Preferred Shares are outstanding. Failure to comply with these limitations and restrictions could preclude the Fund from declaring or paying any dividends or distributions to common shareholders or repurchasing common shares and/or could trigger the mandatory redemption of Preferred Shares at their liquidation preference plus any accumulated, unpaid dividends.

 

Preferred shareholders, who are entitled to one vote per share, generally vote together with the common shareholders but vote separately as a class to elect two Trustees and on any matters affecting the rights of the Preferred Shares.

 

Since mid-February 2008, holders of auction-rate preferred shares (“ARPS”) issued by the Fund have been directly impacted by an unprecedented lack of liquidity, which has similarly affected ARPS holders in many of the nation’s closed-end funds. Since then, regularly scheduled auctions for ARPS issued by the Fund have consistently “failed” because of insufficient demand (bids to buy shares) to meet the supply (shares offered for sale) at each auction. In a failed auction, ARPS holders cannot sell all, and may not be able to sell any, of their shares tendered for sale. While repeated auction failures have affected the liquidity for ARPS, they do not constitute a default or automatically alter the credit quality of the ARPS, and ARPS holders have continued to receive dividends at the defined “maximum rate”, the 7-day “AA” Financial Composite Commercial Paper Rate multiplied by a minimum of 200%, depending on the credit rating of the ARPS (which is a function of short-term interest rates and typically higher than the rate that would have otherwise been set through a successful auction). If the Fund’s ARPS auctions continue to fail and the “maximum rate” payable on the ARPS rises as a result of changes in short-term interest rates, returns for the Fund’s common shareholders could be adversely affected.

 

In July 2012, Moody’s Investors Services downgraded its ratings of each series of the Fund’s Preferred Shares from A2 to A3.

 

8. Payments from Affiliate

During the year ended November 30, 2012, the Sub-Adviser reimbursed the Fund $24,514 (less than $0.005 per common share) for realized losses resulting from a trading error.

 

9. Transfer Agent Change

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”) assumed responsibility as the Fund’s transfer agent effective September 17, 2012, (the “Effective Date”). The amended Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) and AST’s role as transfer agent for Participants under the Plan commenced as of the Effective Date.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Notes to Financial Statements

November 30, 2012

 

 

10. Subsequent Events

 

On December 3, 2012, a dividend of $0.13 per share was declared to common shareholders payable January 2, 2013 to shareholders of record on December 13, 2012.

 

On December 18, 2012, a special income dividend of $0.395 per share and a net long-term capital gain distribution of $0.62421 per share was declared to common shareholders, payable January 18, 2013 to shareholders of record on December 28, 2012.

 

On January 2, 2013, a dividend of $0.13 per share was declared to common shareholders payable February 1, 2013 to shareholders of record on January 14, 2013.

 

There were no other subsequent events that require recognition or disclosure. In preparing these financial statements, Fund management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Financial Highlights

For a common share outstanding throughout each year:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended November 30,

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$14.22

 

 

$16.29

 

 

$13.63

 

 

$8.54

 

 

$14.34

 

Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

1.68

 

 

1.88

 

 

1.80

 

 

1.64

 

 

1.40

 

Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss)

 

3.87

 

 

(1.87

)

 

2.83

 

 

4.85

 

 

(5.52

)

Total from investment operations

 

5.55

 

 

0.01

 

 

4.63

 

 

6.49

 

 

(4.12

)

Dividends on Preferred Shares from Net Investment Income

 

(0.01

)

 

(0.01

)

 

(0.01

)

 

(0.02

)

 

(0.30

)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shareholders resulting from investment operations

 

5.54

 

 

0.00

 

 

4.62

 

 

6.47

 

 

(4.42

)

Dividends to Common Shareholders from Net Investment Income

 

(2.18

)

 

(2.07

)

 

(1.96

)

 

(1.38

)

 

(1.38

)

Net asset value, end of year

 

$17.58

 

 

$14.22

 

 

$16.29

 

 

$13.63

 

 

$8.54

 

Market price, end of year

 

$20.37

 

 

$16.78

 

 

$17.30

 

 

$14.00

 

 

$7.55

 

Total Investment Return (1)

 

36.86

%

 

9.24

%

 

40.36

%

 

111.56

%

 

(39.06

)%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, applicable to common shareholders, end of year (000s)

 

$1,205,090

 

 

$967,195

 

 

$1,098,920

 

 

$911,702

 

 

$566,927

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets, including interest expense (2)(4)

 

1.05

%

 

1.09

%

 

1.02

%

 

1.32

%

 

1.39

%(3)

Ratio of expenses to average net assets, excluding interest expense (2)

 

0.93

%

 

0.94

%

 

0.93

%

 

1.23

%

 

1.30

%(3)

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (2)

 

10.63

%

 

11.76

%

 

11.98

%

 

16.16

%

 

11.08

%

Preferred shares asset coverage per share

 

$117,697

 

 

$99,399

 

 

$109,530

 

 

$95,129

 

 

$50,082

 

Portfolio turnover rate

 

29

%

 

53

%

 

70

%

 

80

%

 

130

%

 

(1)              Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a common share at the market price on the first day and a sale of a common share at the market price on the last day of each year reported. Dividends are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares.

(2)              Calculated on the basis of income and expenses applicable to both common and preferred shares relative to the average net assets of common shareholders.

(3)             Inclusive of expenses offset by custody credits earned on cash balances at the custodian bank (See note 1(n) in Notes to Financial Statements).

(4)              Interest expense primarily relates to participation in reverse repurchase agreement transactions.

 

 

 

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and cash flows and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (formerly PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at November 30, 2012, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at November 30, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
January 25, 2013

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Annual Shareholder Meeting Results/Changes in Investment Policy
(unaudited)

 

 

Annual Shareholder Meeting Results:

The Fund held its annual meeting of shareholders on April 23, 2012. Common and/or Preferred shareholders voted as indicated below:

 

 

Affirmative

 

Withheld
Authority

Re-election of John C. Maney† – Class III to serve until 2015

61,090,864

 

1,404,285

 

Election of Deborah A. DeCotis – Class III to serve until 2015

61,014,925

 

1,480,224

 

 

The other members of the Board of Trustees at the time of the meeting, namely, Messrs. Bradford K. Gallagher, James A. Jacobson*, Hans W. Kertess*, William B. Ogden, IV and Alan Rappaport* continued to serve as Trustees of the Fund.

 


*  Preferred Shares Trustee

 

†  Interested Trustee

 

 

.

Changes in Investment Policy:

Effective of December 21, 2012, the Fund amended an existing non-fundamental investment policy, which now provides that it may invest up to 5% of its total assets in defaulted bonds when the Sub-Adviser believes that the issuer’s potential revenue and prospects for recovery are favorable (except that the Fund may invest in mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities without regard to this limit, subject to the Fund’s other investment policies). Prior to the amendment, the Fund’s non-fundamental investment policy provided that it could invest up to 5% of its total assets in defaulted bonds when the Sub-Adviser believed that the issuer’s potential revenue and prospects for recovery are favorable — and did not exempt mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities from the 5% limit.

 

The amended non-fundamental policy may subject the Fund to additional or heightened levels of risk associated with defaulted bonds high yield bonds and mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities. Securities that are in default or the issuers of which are in bankruptcy involve substantial risks. The Fund may incur additional expenses to the extent it is required to seek recovery on a defaulted security with respect to the payment of principal or interest. In any reorganization or liquidation proceeding relating to such an investment, the Fund may lose its entire investment or may be required to accept cash or securities with a value substantially less than its original investment. In addition, it frequently may be difficult to obtain information as to the true financial condition of the issuer of a defaulted security, and the Sub-Adviser’s judgments about the relative value of these securities may prove to be wrong. Please see also “Note 2. Principal Risks” in the Notes to Financial Statements for a description of risks associated with mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Tax Information/Proxy Voting Policies & Procedures
(unaudited)

 

 

Tax Information:

As required by the Internal Revenue Code, shareholders must be notified regarding certain tax attributes of distributions made by the Fund.

 

Under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, the Fund designates 8% of ordinary dividends paid (or the maximum amount allowable) as qualified dividend income.

 

The Fund designates 8% of ordinary dividends paid (or the maximum amount allowable) as qualifying for the Dividend Received Deduction.

 

Since the Fund’s tax year is not the calendar year, another notification will be sent with respect to calendar year 2012. In January 2013, shareholders will be advised on IRS Form 1099-DIV as to the federal tax status of the dividends and distributions received during calendar 2012. The amount that will be reported will be the amount to use on the shareholder’s 2012 federal income tax return and may differ from the amount which must be reported in connection with the Fund’s tax year ended November 30, 2012. Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisers as to the federal, state and local tax status of the dividend income received from the Fund.

 

 

 

Proxy Voting Policies & Procedures:

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund has adopted to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve month period ended June 30 is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund’s shareholder servicing agent at (800) 254-5197; (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.allianzinvestors.com/closedendfunds; and (iii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management &
Portfolio Management Agreements
(unaudited)

 

 

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that both the full Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”) and a majority of the non-interested Trustees (the “Independent Trustees”), voting separately, approve the Fund’s Management Agreement with the Investment Manager (the “Advisory Agreement”) and Portfolio Management Agreement between the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”, and together with the Advisory Agreement, the “Agreements”). The Trustees met in person on June 26-27, 2012 (the “contract review meeting”) for the specific purpose of considering whether to approve the continuation of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Agreements by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately from Fund management during the contract review meeting.

 

Based on their evaluation of factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described below, the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, concluded that the continuation of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement should be approved for a one-year period commencing July 1, 2012.

 

In connection with their deliberations regarding the continuation of the Agreements, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered such information and factors as they believed, in light of the legal advice furnished to them and their own business judgment, to be relevant. As described below, the Trustees considered the nature, quality, and extent of the various investment management, administrative and other services performed by the Investment Manager or the Sub-Adviser under the applicable Agreement.

 

In connection with their contract review meetings, the Trustees received and relied upon materials provided by the Investment Manager which included, among other items: (i) information provided by Lipper Inc. (“Lipper”) on the total return investment performance (based on net assets) of the Fund for various time periods, the investment performance of a group of funds with substantially similar investment classifications/objectives as the Fund identified by Lipper and the performance of an applicable benchmark index, (ii) information provided by Lipper on the Fund’s management fees and other expenses and the management fees and other expenses of comparable funds identified by Lipper, (iii) information regarding the investment performance and management fees of any comparable portfolios of other clients of the Sub-Adviser; including institutional and separate accounts and other clients, (iv) the estimated profitability to the Investment Manager from its relationship with the Fund for the one year period ended December 31, 2011, (v) descriptions of various functions performed by the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser for the Fund, such as portfolio management, compliance monitoring and portfolio trading practices, and (vi) information regarding the overall organization of the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser, including information regarding senior management, portfolio managers and other personnel providing investment management, administrative and other services to the Fund.

 

The Trustees’ conclusions as to the continuation of the Agreements were based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees and were not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees’ deliberations are described below, although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, attributing different weights to various factors.

 

As part of their review, the Trustees examined the Investment Manager’s and the Sub-Adviser’s abilities to provide high quality investment management and other services to the Fund. The Trustees considered the investment philosophy and research and decision-making processes of the Sub-Adviser; the experience of key advisory personnel of the Sub-Adviser responsible for portfolio management of the Fund; the ability of the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain capable personnel; the capability and integrity of the senior management and staff of the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser; and the level of skill required to manage the Fund. In addition, the Trustees reviewed the quality of the Investment Manager’s and the Sub-Adviser’s services with respect to regulatory compliance and compliance with the investment policies of the Fund; the nature and quality of certain administrative services the Investment Manager is responsible for providing to the Fund; and conditions that might affect the Investment Manager’s or the Sub-Adviser’s ability to provide high quality services to the Fund in the future under the Agreements, including each organization’s respective business reputation, financial condition and operational stability. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the Sub-Adviser’s investment process, research

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management &
Portfolio Management Agreements
(unaudited) (continued)

 

 

capabilities and philosophy were well suited to the Fund given its investment objective and policies, and that the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser would be able to continue to meet any reasonably foreseeable obligations under the Agreements.

 

Based on information provided by Lipper, the Trustees also reviewed the Fund’s total return investment performance as well as the performance of comparable funds identified by Lipper. In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees took into account information provided by the Investment Manager in connection with the contract review meeting, as well as during investment review meetings conducted with portfolio management personnel during the course of the year regarding the Fund’s performance.

 

In assessing the reasonableness of the Fund’s fees under the Agreements, the Trustees considered, among other information, the Fund’s management fee and its total expense ratio as a percentage of average net assets attributable to common shares and as a percentage attributable to common shares, preferred shares and the management fee and total expense ratios of comparable funds identified by Lipper.

 

The Trustees specifically took note of how the Fund compared to its Lipper peers as to performance, management fee expense and total net expenses. The Trustees noted that while the Fund is not charged a separate administration fee, it was not certain if the peer funds in the Lipper categories were separately charged such a fee by their investment managers, so that the total expense ratio (rather than any individual expense component) represented the most relevant comparison. It was noted that the total expense ratio reflects the effect of expense waivers/reimbursements (although none exist for the Fund) and does not reflect interest expense.

 

The Trustees noted that the expense group for the Fund provided by Lipper consisted of a total of eight closed-end funds, including the Fund another peer Fund managed by the Investment Manager. The Trustees noted that only leveraged closed-end funds were considered for inclusion in the group. The Trustees also noted that average net assets of the common shares of the eight funds in the peer group ranged from $164 million to $2.159 billion, and that two of the funds are larger in asset size than the Fund. The Trustees also noted that the Fund was ranked second out of eight funds in the expense peer group for total expense ratio based on common share assets, fourth out of eight funds in the expense peer group for total expense ratio based on common share and leveraged assets combined, second out of eight funds in actual management fees based on common share assets and fifth out of eight funds in actual management fees based on common share and leveraged assets combined (with funds ranked first having the lowest fees/expenses and ranked eighth having the highest fees/expenses in the peer group).

 

With respect to Fund performance (based on net asset value), the Trustees noted that the Fund had fifth quintile performance for the one-year period and first quintile performance for the three-year and five-year periods ended February 29, 2012.

 

The Trustees also took into account that the Fund has preferred shares outstanding, which increases the amount of fees received by the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser under the Agreements (because the fees are calculated based on the Fund’s net assets, including assets attributable to preferred shares outstanding). In this regard, the Trustees took into account that the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser have a financial incentive for the Fund to continue to have preferred shares outstanding, which may create a conflict of interest between the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser, on one hand, and the Fund’s common shareholders, on the other. In this regard, the Trustees considered information provided by the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser indicating that the Fund’s use of leverage through preferred shares continues to be appropriate and in the interests of the Fund’s common shareholders.

 

The Trustees also considered the management fees charged by Sub-Adviser to other clients, including institutional separate accounts with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. Regarding the institutional separate accounts, they noted that the management fees paid by the Fund is generally higher than the fees paid by these clients of the Sub-Adviser, but the Trustees were advised by the Sub-Adviser that the administrative burden for the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund is also relatively higher, due in part to the more

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Matters Relating to the Trustees’ Consideration of the Investment Management &
Portfolio Management Agreements
(unaudited) (continued)

 

 

extensive regulatory regime to which the Fund is subject in comparison to institutional separate accounts. The Trustees noted that the management fees paid by the Fund is generally higher than the fees paid by the open-end funds offered for comparison but were advised that there are additional portfolio management challenges in managing the Fund, such as those associated with the use of leverage and meeting a regular dividend level.

 

The Trustees also took into account that the Fund uses leverage, such as by the use of preferred shares, swaps and reverse repurchase agreements, which increase total assets and thus the amount of fees received by the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser under the Agreements (because the fees are calculated based on total managed assets). In this regard, the Trustees took into account that the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser have a financial incentive for the Fund to continue to have leverage outstanding, which may create a conflict of interest between the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser, on the one hand and the Fund’s shareholders, on the other. In this regard, the Trustees considered information provided by the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser and the presentations by portfolio managers and determined that the Fund’s use of leverage continues to be appropriate and in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders.

 

Based on a profitability analysis provided by the Investment Manager, the Trustees also considered the estimated profitability of the Investment Manager from its relationship with the Fund and determined that such profitability did not appear to be excessive.

 

The Trustees also took into account that, as a closed-end investment company, the Fund does not currently intend to raise additional assets, so the assets of the Fund will grow (if at all) only through the investment performance of the Fund. Therefore, the Trustees did not consider potential economies of scale as a principal factor in assessing the fee rates payable under the Agreements.

 

Additionally, the Trustees considered so-called “fall-out benefits” to the Investment Manager and the Sub-Adviser, such as reputational value derived from serving as Investment Manager and Sub-Adviser to the Fund.

 

After reviewing these and other factors described herein, the Trustees concluded with respect to the Fund, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the Agreements and based on the information provided and related representations made by management, that the fees payable under the Agreements represent reasonable compensation in light of the nature and quality of the services being provided by the Investment Manager and Sub-Adviser to the Fund.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Privacy Policy (unaudited)

 

 

Our Commitment to You

We consider customer privacy to be a fundamental aspect of our relationship with shareholders and are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of our current, prospective and former shareholders’ personal information. To ensure our shareholders’ privacy, we have developed policies that are designed to protect this confidentiality, while allowing shareholders’ needs to be served.

 

Obtaining Personal Information

In the course of providing shareholders with products and services, we may obtain non-public personal information about shareholders, which may come from sources such as account applications and other forms, from other written, electronic or verbal correspondence, from shareholder transactions, from a shareholder’s brokerage or financial advisory firm, financial adviser or consultant, and/or from information captured on our internet web sites.

 

Respecting Your Privacy

As a matter of policy, we do not disclose any personal or account information provided by shareholders or gathered by us to non-affiliated third parties, except as required for our everyday business purposes, such as to process transactions or service a shareholder’s account, or as otherwise permitted by law. As is common in the industry, non-affiliated companies may from time to time be used to provide certain services, such as preparing and mailing prospectuses, reports, account statements and other information, and gathering shareholder proxies. We may also retain non-affiliated financial services providers, such as broker-dealers, to market our shares or products and we may enter into joint-marketing arrangements with them and other financial companies. We may also retain marketing and research service firms to conduct research on shareholder satisfaction. These companies may have access to a shareholder’s personal and account information, but are permitted to use this information solely to provide the specific service or as otherwise permitted by law. We may also provide a shareholder’s personal and account information to their respective brokerage or financial advisory firm, Custodian, and/or to their financial advisor or consultant.

 

Sharing Information with Third Parties

We reserve the right to disclose or report personal information to non-affiliated third parties, in limited circumstances, where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required under law to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities, to protect our rights or property or upon reasonable request by any Fund in which a shareholder has chosen to invest. In addition, we may disclose information about a shareholder or shareholder’s accounts to a non-affiliated third party only if we receive a shareholder’s written request or consent.

 

Sharing Information with Affiliates

We may share shareholder information with our affiliates in connection with our affiliates’ everyday business purposes, such as servicing a shareholder’s account, but our affiliates may not use this information to market products and services to you except in conformance with applicable laws or regulations. The information we share includes information about our experiences and transactions with a shareholder and may include, for example, a shareholder’s participation in one of the Funds or in other investment programs, a shareholder’s ownership of certain types of accounts (such as IRAs), or other data about a shareholder’s transactions or accounts. Our affiliates, in turn, are not permitted to share shareholder information with non-affiliated entities, except as required or permitted by law.

 

Procedures to Safeguard Private Information

We take seriously the obligation to safeguard shareholder non-public personal information. In addition to this policy, we have also implemented procedures that are designed to restrict access to a shareholder’s non-public personal information only to internal personnel who need to know that information in order to provide products or services to such shareholders. In addition, we have physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in place to guard a shareholder’s non-public personal information.

 

Disposal of Confidential Records

We will dispose of records, if any, that are knowingly derived from data received from a consumer reporting agency regarding a shareholder that is an individual in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the data is maintained. Such records include, among other things, copies of consumer reports and notes of conversations with individuals at consumer reporting agencies.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
(unaudited)

 

 

Each Fund has adopted a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) which allows common shareholders to reinvest Fund distributions in additional common shares of the Fund. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Plan Agent”) serves as agent for common shareholders in administering the Plan. It is important to note that participation in the Plan and automatic reinvestment of Fund distributions does not ensure a profit, nor does it protect against losses in a declining market.

 

Automatic enrollment/voluntary participation Under the Plan, common shareholders whose shares are registered with the Plan Agent (“registered shareholders”) are automatically enrolled as participants in the Plan and will have all Fund distributions of income, capital gains and returns of capital (together, “distributions”) reinvested by the Plan Agent in additional common shares of the applicable Fund, unless the shareholder elects to receive cash. Registered shareholders who elect not to participate in the Plan will receive all distributions in cash paid by check and mailed directly to the shareholder of record (or if the shares are held in street or other nominee name, to the nominee) by the Plan Agent. Participation in the Plan is voluntary. Participants may terminate or resume their enrollment in the Plan at any time without penalty by notifying the Plan Agent online at www.amstock.com, by calling (800) 254-5197, by writing to the Plan Agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, at P.O. Box 922, Wall Street Station, New York, NY 10269-0560, or, as applicable, by completing and returning the transaction form attached to a Plan statement. A proper notification will be effective immediately and apply to the Fund’s next distribution if received by the Plan Agent at least three (3) days prior to the record date for the distribution; otherwise, a notification will be effective shortly following the Fund’s next distribution and will apply to the Fund’s next succeeding distribution thereafter. If you withdraw from the Plan and so request, the Plan Agent will arrange for the sale of your shares and send you the proceeds, minus a transaction fee and brokerage commissions.

 

How shares are purchased under the Plan For each Fund distribution, the Plan Agent will acquire common shares for participants either (i) through receipt of newly issued common shares from the Fund (“newly issued shares”) or (ii) by purchasing common shares of the Fund on the open market (“open market purchases”). If, on a distribution payment date, the net asset value per common shares of the Fund (“NAV”) is equal to or less than the market price per common shares plus estimated brokerage commissions (often referred to as a “market premium”), the Plan Agent will invest the distribution amount on behalf of participants in newly issued shares at a price equal to the greater of (i) NAV or (ii) 95% of the market price per common share on the payment date. If the NAV is greater than the market price per common shares plus estimated brokerage commissions (often referred to as a “market discount”) on a distribution payment date, the Plan agent will instead attempt to invest the distribution amount through open market purchases. If the Plan Agent is unable to invest the full distribution amount in open market purchases, or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Agent will invest any un-invested portion of the distribution in newly issued shares at a price equal to the greater of (i) NAV or (ii) 95% of the market price per share as of the last business day immediately prior to the purchase date (which, in either case, may be a price greater or lesser than the NAV per common shares on the distribution payment date). No interest will be paid on distributions awaiting reinvestment. Under the Plan, the market price of common shares on a particular date is the last sales price on the exchange where the shares are listed on that date or, if there is no sale on the exchange on that date, the mean between the closing bid and asked quotations for the shares on the exchange on that date. The NAV per common share on a particular date is the amount calculated on that date (normally at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange) in accordance with the Fund’s then current policies.

 

Fees and expenses No brokerage charges are imposed on reinvestments in newly issued shares under the Plan. However, all participants will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred by the Plan Agent when it makes open market purchases. There are currently no direct service charges imposed on participants in the Plan, although the Funds reserve the right to amend the Plan to include such charges. The Plan Agent imposes a transaction fee (in addition to brokerage commissions that are incurred) if it arranges for the sale of your common shares held under the Plan.

 

Shares held through nominees In the case of a registered shareholder such as a broker, bank or other nominee (together, a “nominee”) that holds common shares for others who are the beneficial owners, the Plan Agent will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of common shares certified by the nominee/record shareholder as representing the total amount registered in such shareholder’s name and held for the account of beneficial owners who are to participate in the Plan. If your common shares are held through a broker, bank or other nominee and are not registered with the Plan Agent, neither you nor the nominee will be participants in or have distributions reinvested under the Plan. If you are a beneficial owner of common shares and wish to participate in the Plan, and your nominee is unable or unwilling to become a registered shareholder and a Plan participant on your behalf, you may request that

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
(unaudited) (continued)

 

 

your nominee arrange to have all or a portion of your shares re-registered with the Plan Agent in your name so that you may be enrolled as a participant in the Plan. Please contact your nominee for details or for other possible alternatives. Participants whose shares are registered with the Plan Agent in the name of one nominee firm may not be able to transfer the shares to another firm and continue to participate in the Plan.

 

Tax consequences Automatically reinvested dividends and distributions are taxed in the same manner as cash dividends and distributions – i.e., automatic reinvestment in additional shares does not relieve shareholders of, or defer the need to pay, any income tax that may be payable (or that is required to be withheld) on Fund dividends and distributions. The Fund and the Plan Agent reserve the right to amend or terminate the Plan. Additional information about the Plan, as well as a copy of the full Plan itself, may be obtained from the Plan Agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, at P.O. Box 922, Wall Street Station, New York, NY 10269-0560; telephone number: (800) 254-5197; web site: www.amstock.com.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Board of Trustees (unaudited)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth, Position(s) Held with Fund,

Length of Service, Other Trusteeships/Directorships

Held by Trustee; Number of Portfolios in Fund

Complex/Outside Fund Complexes Currently

Overseen by Trustee

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years:

The address of each trustee is 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

 

 

 

 

 

Hans W. Kertess

Year of Birth: 1939

Chairman of the Board of Trustees since: 2007

Trustee since: 2003

Term of office: Expected to stand for re-election at annual meeting of shareholders for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

Trustee/Director of 64 funds in Fund Complex;

Trustee/Director of no funds outside of Fund Complex

 

President, H. Kertess & Co., a financial advisory company. Formerly, Managing Director, Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets.

 

 

 

Deborah A. DeCotis

Year of Birth: 1952

Trustee since: 2011

Term of office: Expected to stand for re-election at annual meeting of shareholders for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

Trustee/Director of 64 funds in Fund Complex

Trustee/Director of no funds outside of Fund Complex

 

Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. (since 1996); Co-Chair Special Projects Committee, Memorial Sloan Kettering (since 2005); Board Member and Member of the Investment and Finance Committees, Henry Street Settlement (since 2007); Trustee, Stanford University (since 2010). Formerly, Director, Helena Rubenstein Foundation (1997-2012); Advisory Council, Stanford Business School (2002-2008); and Director, Armor Holdings, a manufacturing company (2002-2007).

 

 

 

Bradford K. Gallagher

Year of Birth: 1944

Trustee since: 2010

Term of office: Expected to stand for re-election at annual meeting of shareholders for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

Trustee/Director of 64 funds in Fund Complex

Trustee/Director of no funds outside of Fund Complex

Formerly, Chairman and Trustee of Grail Advisors TF Trust (2009-2010) and Trustee of Nicholas-Applegate Institutional Funds (2007-2010)

 

Partner, New Technology Ventures Capital Management LLC, a venture capital fund (since 2011); Chairman and Trustee, Atlantic Maritime Heritage Foundation (since 2007); Trustee, The Common Fund (since 2005); Founder, Spyglass Investments LLC, a private investment vehicle (since 2001); and Founder, President and CEO, Cypress Holding Company and Cypress Tree Investment Management Company (since 1995).

 

 

 

James A. Jacobson

Year of Birth: 1945

Trustee since: 2009

Term of office: Expected to stand for re-election at annual meeting of shareholders for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

Trustee/Director of 64 funds in Fund Complex

Trustee/Director of 17 funds in Alpine Mutual Funds Complex

 

Retired. Formerly, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Spear, Leeds & Kellogg Specialists, LLC, a specialist firm on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

 

 

William B. Ogden, IV

Year of Birth: 1945

Trustee since: 2006

Term of office: Expected to stand for re-election at annual meeting of shareholders for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

Trustee/Director of 64 funds in Fund Complex;

Trustee/Director of no funds outside of Fund Complex

 

Asset Management Industry Consultant. Formerly, Managing Director, Investment Banking Division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Board of Trustees (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth, Position(s) Held with Fund,
Length of Service, Other Trusteeships/Directorships
Held by Trustee; Number of Portfolios in Fund
Complex/Outside Fund Complexes Currently
Overseen by Trustee

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years:

Alan Rappaport

Year of Birth: 1953

Trustee since: 2010

Term of office: Expected to stand for re-election at annual meeting of shareholders for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

Trustee/Director of 59 funds in Fund Complex

Trustee/Director of no funds outside of Fund Complex

 

Advisory Director (since 2012), formerly, Vice Chairman, Roundtable Investment Partners (since 2009); Chairman (formerly President), Private Bank of Bank of America; Vice Chairman, US Trust (2001-2008); Trustee, American Museum of Natural History (since 2005) and Trustee, NYU Langone Medical Center (since 2007).

 

 

 

John C. Maney

Year of Birth: 1959

Trustee since: 2006

Term of office: Expected to stand for re-election at annual meeting of shareholders for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

Trustee/Director of 83 funds in Fund Complex

Trustee/Director of no funds outside the Fund Complex

 

Management Board, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; Management Board and Managing Director of Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. (since January 2005) and Chief Operating Officer of Allianz Asset Management of America L.P. (since November 2006).

 


† Mr. Maney is an “interested person” of the Fund, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, due to his positions set forth in the table above, among others with the Funds’ Investment Manager and various affiliated entities.

 

 

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PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Fund Officers (unaudited)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth, Position(s) Held with the Fund.

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years:

Brian S. Shlissel

Year of Birth: 1964

President & Chief Executive Officer since: 2002

 

Management Board, Managing Director and Head of Mutual Fund Services of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; President and Chief Executive Officer of 29 funds in the Fund Complex; President of 54 funds in the Fund Complex; and Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of The Korea Fund, Inc. Formerly, Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of 50 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

 

 

Lawrence G. Altadonna

Year of Birth: 1966

Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
since: 2002

 

Senior Vice President, Director of Fund Administration of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of 83 funds in the Fund Complex; and Assistant Treasurer of The Korea Fund, Inc. Formerly, Assistant Treasurer of 50 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

 

 

Thomas J. Fuccillo

Year of Birth: 1968

Vice President, Secretary & Chief Legal Officer
since: 2004

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; Executive Vice President, Chief Regulatory Counsel and Head of U.S. Compliance of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of 83 funds in the Fund Complex; and Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of The Korea Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Scott Whisten

Year of Birth: 1971

Assistant Treasurer since: 2007

 

Senior Vice President of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; and Assistant Treasurer of 83 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

 

 

Richard J. Cochran

Year of Birth: 1961

Assistant Treasurer since: 2008

 

Vice President of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; Assistant Treasurer of 83 funds in the Fund Complex and of The Korea Fund, Inc. Formerly, Tax Manager, Teachers Insurance Annuity Association/College Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF) (2002-2008).

 

 

 

Orhan Dzemaili

Year of Birth: 1974

Assistant Treasurer since: 2011

 

Vice President of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC; Assistant Treasurer of 83 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

 

 

Youse E. Guia

Year of Birth: 1972

Chief Compliance Officer since: 2004

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy Chief of U.S. Compliance, Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; Chief Compliance Officer of 83 funds in the Fund Complex and of The Korea Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Lagan Srivastava

Year of Birth: 1977

Assistant Secretary since: 2006

 

Vice President of Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; Assistant Secretary of 83 funds in the Fund Complex and of The Korea Fund, Inc.

 

Officers hold office at the pleasure of the Board and until their successors are appointed and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

 

 

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Trustees

Hans W. Kertess
Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Deborah A. DeCotis

Bradford K. Gallagher

James A. Jacobson

John C. Maney

William B. Ogden, IV

Alan Rappaport

Fund Officers

Brian S. Shlissel

President & Chief Executive Officer

Lawrence G. Altadonna

Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer

Thomas J. Fuccillo

Vice President, Secretary & Chief Legal Officer

Scott Whisten

Assistant Treasurer

Richard J. Cochran

Assistant Treasurer

Orhan Dzemaili

Assistant Treasurer

Youse E. Guia

Chief Compliance Officer

Lagan Srivastava

Assistant Secretary


 

Investment Manager

Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

 

Sub-Adviser

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
840 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

Custodian & Accounting Agent

State Street Bank & Trust Co.
801 Pennsylvania Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64105-1307

 

Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and Registrar

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
6201 15
th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
300 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017

 

Legal Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199

 

This report, including the financial information herein, is transmitted to the shareholders of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund for their information. It is not a prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase of shares of the Fund or any securities mentioned in this report.

 

Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that from time to time the Fund may purchase their common shares in the open market.

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The information on Form N-Q is also available on the Fund’s website at www.allianzinvestors.com/closedendfunds.

 

Information on the Fund is available at www.allianzinvestors.com/closedendfunds or by calling the Fund’s shareholder servicing agent at (800) 254-5197.

 


 

 

 

Receive this report electronically and eliminate paper mailings.

To enroll, go to www.allianzinvestors.com/edelivery.

 

 

AGI-2012-11-28-5116

 

 

Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC.

AZ610AR_113012

 


 

ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS

 

(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the “Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies — Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers”) that applies to the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer; the registrant’s Principal Financial Officer also serves as the Principal Accounting Officer. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of such code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-254-5197. The code of ethics is included as an Exhibit 99.CODEETH hereto.

 

(b) During the period covered by this report, there were not any amendments to a provision of the code of ethics adopted in 2(a) above.

 

(c) During the period covered by this report, there were not any waivers or implicit waivers to a provision of the code of ethics adopted in 2(a) above.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

 

The registrant’s Board has determined that James A. Jacobson, a member of the Board’s Audit Oversight Committee is an “audit committee financial expert,” and that he is “independent,” for purposes of this Item.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

a) Audit fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years (the “Reporting Periods”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $76,590 in 2011 and $85,000 in 2012.

 

b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (e) of this Item were $12,000 in 2011 and $12,000 in 2012. These services consist of accounting consultations, agreed upon procedure reports (inclusive of annual review of basic maintenance testing associated with the Preferred Shares), attestation reports and comfort letters.

 



 

c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax service and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $15,000 in 2011 and $15,000 in 2012. These services consisted of review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns and calculation of excise tax distributions.

 

d) All Other Fees. There were no other fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor to the Registrant.

 

e) 1. Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Registrant’s Audit Committee has established policies and procedures for pre-approval of all audit and permissible non-audit services by the Auditor for the Registrant, as well as the Auditor’s engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant. The Registrant’s policy is stated below.

 

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”)

 

AUDIT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE POLICY FOR PRE-APPROVAL OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

The Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee (“Committee”) is charged with the oversight of the Fund’s financial reporting policies and practices and their internal controls. As part of this responsibility, the Committee must pre-approve any independent accounting firm’s engagement to render audit and/or permissible non-audit services, as required by law. In evaluating a proposed engagement by the independent accountants, the Committee will assess the effect that the engagement might reasonably be expected to have on the accountant’s independence. The Committee’s evaluation will be based on:

 

a review of the nature of the professional services expected to provided,

 

the fees to be charged in connection with the services expected to be provided,

 

a review of the safeguards put into place by the accounting firm to safeguard independence, and

 

periodic meetings with the accounting firm.

 

POLICY FOR AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED TO THE FUND

 

On an annual basis, the Fund’s Committee will review and pre-approve the scope of the audit of the Fund and proposed audit fees and permitted non-audit (including audit-related) services that may be performed by the Fund’s independent accountants. At least annually, the Committee will receive a report of all audit and non-audit services that were rendered in the previous calendar year pursuant to this Policy. In addition to the Committee’s pre-approval of services pursuant to this Policy, the engagement of the independent accounting firm for any permitted non-audit service provided to the Fund will also require the separate written pre-approval of the President of the Fund, who will confirm, independently, that the accounting firm’s engagement will not adversely affect the firm’s independence.

 



 

All non-audit services performed by the independent accounting firm will be disclosed, as required, in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

AUDIT SERVICES

 

The categories of audit services and related fees to be reviewed and pre-approved annually by the Committee are:

 

Annual Fund financial statement audits

 

Seed audits (related to new product filings, as required)

 

SEC and regulatory filings and consents

 

AUDIT-RELATED SERVICES

 

The following categories of audit-related services are considered to be consistent with the role of the Fund’s independent accountants and services falling under one of these categories will be pre-approved by the Committee on an annual basis if the Committee deems those services to be consistent with the accounting firm’s independence:

 

Accounting consultations

Fund merger support services

Agreed upon procedure reports (inclusive of quarterly review of Basic Maintenance testing associated with issuance of Preferred Shares)

Other attestation reports

Comfort letters

Other internal control reports

 

Individual audit-related services that fall within one of these categories and are not presented to the Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process described above, may be pre-approved, if deemed consistent with the accounting firm’s independence, by the Committee Chair (or any other Committee member who is a disinterested trustee under the Investment Company Act to whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $250,000. Any such pre-approval shall be reported to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

TAX SERVICES

 

The following categories of tax services are considered to be consistent with the role of the Fund’s independent accountants and services falling under one of these categories will be pre-approved by the Committee on an annual basis if the Committee deems those services to be consistent with the accounting firm’s independence:

 



 

Tax compliance services related to the filing or amendment of the following:

 

Federal, state and local income tax compliance; and, sales and use tax compliance

Timely RIC qualification reviews

Tax distribution analysis and planning

Tax authority examination services

Tax appeals support services

Accounting methods studies

Fund merger support service

Other tax consulting services and related projects

 

Individual tax services that fall within one of these categories and are not presented to the Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process described above, may be pre-approved, if deemed consistent with the accounting firm’s independence, by the Committee Chairman (or any other Committee member who is a disinterested trustee under the Investment Company Act to whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $250,000. Any such pre-approval shall be reported to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

PROSCRIBED SERVICES

 

The Fund’s independent accountants will not render services in the following categories of non-audit services:

 

Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund

Financial information systems design and implementation

Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports

Actuarial services

Internal audit outsourcing services

Management functions or human resources

Broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services

Legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit

 

Any other service that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible

 

PRE-APPROVAL OF NON-AUDIT SERVICES PROVIDED TO OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE FUND COMPLEX

 

The Committee will pre-approve annually any permitted non-audit services to be provided to Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC or any other investment manager to the Funds (but not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is sub-contracted by the investment manager) (the “Investment Manager”) and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Investment Manager that provides ongoing services to the Fund (including affiliated sub-advisers to the Fund), provided, in each case, that the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund (such entities, including the Investment Manager, shall

 



 

be referred to herein as the “Accounting Affiliates”). Individual projects that are not presented to the Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process, may be pre-approved, if deemed consistent with the accounting firm’s independence, by the Committee Chairman (or any other Committee member who is a disinterested trustee under the Investment Company Act to whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $250,000. Any such pre-approval shall be reported to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

Although the Committee will not pre-approve all services provided to the Investment Manager and its affiliates, the Committee will receive an annual report from the Fund’s independent accounting firm showing the aggregate fees for all services provided to the Investment Manager and its affiliates.

 

DE MINIMUS EXCEPTION TO REQUIREMENT OF PRE-APPROVAL OF NON-AUDIT SERVICES

 

With respect to the provision of permitted non-audit services to a Fund or Accounting Affiliates, the pre-approval requirement is waived if:

 

(1) The aggregate amount of all such permitted non-audit services provided constitutes no more than (i) with respect to such services provided to the Fund, five percent (5%) of the total amount of revenues paid by the Fund to its independent accountant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided, and (ii) with respect to such services provided to Accounting Affiliates, five percent (5%) of the total amount of revenues paid to the Fund’s independent accountant by the Fund and the Accounting Affiliates during the fiscal year in which the services are provided;

 

(2) Such services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement for such services to be non-audit services; and

 

(3) Such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Committee or by the Committee Chairman (or any other Committee member who is a disinterested trustee under the Investment Company Act to whom this Committee Chairman or other delegate shall be reported to the full Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

e) 2. No services were approved pursuant to the procedures contained in paragraph (C) (7) (i) (C) of Rule 2-01 of Registration S-X.

 

f) Not applicable

 

g) Non-audit fees. The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Adviser, for the 2011 Reporting Period was $6,014,865 and the 2012 Reporting Period was $7,248,782.

 



 

h) Auditor Independence. The Registrant’s Audit Oversight Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Adviser which were not pre- approved is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANT

 

The Fund has a separately designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The audit committee of the Fund is comprised of Deborah A. DeCotis, Bradford K. Gallagher, James A. Jacobson, Hans W. Kertess, William B. Ogden, IV and Alan Rappaport.

 

ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS

 

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 



 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

PIMCO CORPORATE & INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND

 

(the “trust”)

 

PROXY VOTING POLICY

 

1.                                      It is the policy of the Trust that proxies should be voted in the interest of its shareholders, as determined by those who are in the best position to make this determination.  The Trust believes that the firms and/or persons purchasing and selling securities for the Trust and analyzing the performance of the Trust’s securities are in the best position and have the information necessary to vote proxies in the best interests of the Trust and its shareholders, including in situations where conflicts of interest may arise between the interests of shareholders, on one hand, and the interests of the investment adviser, a sub-adviser and/or any other affiliated person of the Trust, on the other.  Accordingly, the Trust’s policy shall be to delegate proxy voting responsibility to those entities with portfolio management responsibility for the Trust.

 

2.                                      The Trust delegates the responsibility for voting proxies to Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (“AGIFM”), which will in turn delegate such responsibility to the sub-adviser of the particular Trust.  AGIFM’s Proxy Voting Policy Summary is attached as Appendix A hereto.  Summaries of the detailed proxy voting policies of the Trust’s current sub-advisers are set forth in Appendix B attached hereto.  Such summaries may be revised from time to time to reflect changes to the sub-advisers’ detailed proxy voting policies.

 

3.                                      The party voting the proxies (i.e., the sub-adviser) shall vote such proxies in accordance with such party’s proxy voting policies and, to the extent consistent with such policies, may rely on information and/or recommendations supplied by others.

 

4.                                      AGIFM and the sub-adviser of the Trust with proxy voting authority shall deliver a copy of its respective proxy voting policies and any material amendments thereto to the applicable Board of the Trust promptly after the adoption or amendment of any such policies.

 

5.                                      The party voting the proxy shall: (i) maintain such records and provide such voting information as is required for the Trust’s regulatory filings including, without limitation, Form N-PX and the required disclosure of policy called for by Item 18 of Form N-2 and Item 7 of Form N-CSR; and (ii) shall provide such additional information as may be requested, from time to time, by the Board or the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer.

 

6.                                      This Proxy Voting Policy Statement, the Proxy Voting Policy Summary of AGIFM and summaries of the detailed proxy voting policies of the sub-adviser of the Trust

 



 

with proxy voting authority and how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve month period ending June 30, shall be made available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-254-5197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at www.allianzinvestors.com; and (iii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) website at http://www.sec.gov.  In addition, to the extent required by applicable law or determined by the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer or Board of Trustees, the Proxy Voting Policy Summary of AGIFM and summaries of the detailed proxy voting policies of the sub-adviser with proxy voting authority shall also be included in the Trust’s Registration Statements or Form N-CSR filings.

 



 

Appendix A

 

ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC (“AGIFM”)

 

PROXY VOTING POLICY SUMMARY

 

1.                                      It is the policy of AGIFM that proxies should be voted in the interest of the shareholders of the applicable fund, as determined by those who are in the best position to make this determination.  AGIFM believes that the firms and/or persons purchasing and selling securities for the funds and analyzing the performance of the funds’ securities are in the best position and have the information necessary to vote proxies in the best interests of the funds and their shareholders, including in situations where conflicts of interest may arise between the interests of shareholders, on one hand, and the interests of the investment adviser, a sub-adviser and/or any other affiliated person of the fund, on the other.  Accordingly, AGIFM’s policy shall be to delegate proxy voting responsibility to those entities with portfolio management responsibility for the funds.

 

2.                                      AGIFM, for each fund for which it acts as investment adviser, delegates the responsibility for voting proxies to the sub-adviser for the respective fund.

 

3.                                      The party voting proxies (e.g., the sub-adviser) vote the proxies in accordance with their proxy voting policies and, to the extent consistent with their policies, may rely on information and/or recommendations supplied by others.

 

4.                                      AGIFM and each sub-adviser of a fund will deliver a copy of their respective proxy voting policies and any material amendments thereto to the board of the relevant fund promptly after the adoption or amendment of any such policies.

 

5.                                      The party voting the proxy will:  (i) maintain such records and provide such voting information as is required for such funds’ regulatory filings including, without limitation, Form N-PX and the required disclosure of policy called for by Item 18 of Form N-2 and Item 7 of Form N-CSR; and (ii) will provide additional information as may be requested, from time to time, by the funds’ respective boards or chief compliance officers.

 

6.                                      Summaries of the proxy voting policies for AGIFM and each sub-adviser of a fund advised by AGIFM and how each fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve month period ended June 30 will be available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-254-5197; (ii) on the Allianz Global Investors Distributors Web site at www.allianzinvestors.com; and (iii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) website at http://www.sec.gov.  In addition, to the extent required by applicable law or

 



 

determined by the relevant fund’s board of directors/trustees or chief compliance officer, summaries of the detailed proxy voting policies of AGIFM, each sub-adviser and each other entity with proxy voting authority for a fund advised by AGIFM shall also be included in the Registration Statement or Form N-CSR filings for the relevant fund.

 



 

Appendix B

 

PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

 

Description of Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures

 

PIMCO has adopted written proxy voting policies and procedures (“Proxy Policy”) as required by Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act.  In addition to covering the voting of equity securities, the Proxy Policy also applies generally to voting and/or consent rights of PIMCO, on behalf of each Fund, with respect to debt securities, including but not limited to, plans of reorganization, and waivers and consents under applicable indentures.   The Proxy Policy does not apply, however, to consent rights that primarily entail decisions to buy or sell investments, such as tender or exchange offers, conversions, put options, redemption and Dutch auctions.  The Proxy Policy is designed and implemented in a manner reasonably expected to ensure that voting and consent rights are exercised in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders.

 

With respect to the voting of proxies relating to equity securities, PIMCO has selected an unaffiliated third party proxy research and voting service (“Proxy Voting Service”), to assist it in researching and voting proxies.  With respect to each proxy received, the Proxy Voting Service researches the financial implications of the proposals and provides a recommendation to PIMCO as to how to vote on each proposal based on the Proxy Voting Service’s research of the individual facts and circumstances and the Proxy Voting Service’s application of its research findings to a set of guidelines that have been approved by PIMCO.  Upon the recommendation of the applicable Fund’s portfolio managers, PIMCO may determine to override any recommendation made by the Proxy Voting Service.  In the event that the Proxy Voting Service does not provide a recommendation with respect to a proposal, PIMCO may determine to vote on the proposals directly.

 

PIMCO exercises voting and consent rights directly with respect to debt securities held by a Fund.  PIMCO considers each proposal regarding a debt security on a case-by-case basis taking into consideration any relevant contractual obligations as well as other relevant facts and circumstances at the time of the vote.  In general, PIMCO reviews and considers corporate governance issues related to proxy matters and generally supports proposals that foster good corporate governance practices.  PIMCO may vote proxies as recommended by management on routine matters related to the operation of the issuer and on matters not expected to have a significant economic impact on the issuer and/or its shareholders.

 

PIMCO may determine not to vote a proxy for a debt or equity security if: (1) the effect on the applicable Fund’s economic interests or the value of the portfolio holding is insignificant in relation to the Fund’s portfolio; (2) the cost of voting the proxy outweighs the possible benefit to the applicable Fund, including, without limitation, situations where a jurisdiction imposes share blocking restrictions which may affect the ability of the

 



 

portfolio managers to effect trades in the related security; or (3) PIMCO otherwise has determined that it is consistent with its fiduciary obligations not to vote the proxy.

 

In the event that the Proxy Voting Service does not provide a recommendation or the portfolio managers of a Fund propose to override a recommendation by the Proxy Voting Service, and for all debt security proxies, PIMCO will review the proxy to determine whether there is a material conflict between PIMCO and the applicable Fund or between the Fund and another Fund or PIMCO-advised account.  If no material conflict exists, the proxy will be voted according to the portfolio managers’ recommendation.  If a material conflict does exist, PIMCO will seek to resolve the conflict in good faith and in the best interests of the applicable Fund, as provided by the Proxy Policy.  The Proxy Policy permits PIMCO to seek to resolve material conflicts of interest by pursuing any one of several courses of action.  With respect to material conflicts of interest between PIMCO and a Fund, the Proxy Policy permits PIMCO to either: (i) convene a committee to assess and resolve the conflict (the “Proxy Conflicts Committee”); or (ii) vote in accordance with protocols previously established by the Proxy Conflicts Committee with respect to specific types of conflicts.  With respect to material conflicts of interest between a Fund and one or more other Funds or PIMCO-advised accounts, the Proxy Policy permits PIMCO to: (i) designate a PIMCO portfolio manager who is not subject to the conflict to determine how to vote the proxy if the conflict exists between two Funds or accounts with at least one portfolio manager in common; or (ii) permit the respective portfolio managers to vote the proxies in accordance with each Fund’s or account’s best interests if the conflict exists between Funds or accounts managed by different portfolio managers.

 

PIMCO will supervise and periodically review its proxy voting activities and the implementation of the Proxy Policy.

 



 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

(a)(1)

 

As of February 5, 2013, the following individual has primary responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of the PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (“PTY” or the “Fund”):

 

William H. Gross, CFA

Mr. Gross has been the portfolio manager for the Fund since December 2009.  Mr. Gross co-founded Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (``PIMCO’’) more than 40 years ago and is a managing director and co-Chief Investment Officer of the company. He has 43 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University.

 

(a)(2)

 

The following summarizes information regarding each of the accounts, excluding the Fund managed by the Portfolio Manager as of November 30, 2012, including accounts managed by a team, committee, or other group that includes the Portfolio Manager.  Unless mentioned otherwise, the advisory fee charged for managing each of the accounts listed below is not based on performance.

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Investment
Companies

 

Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles

 

Other Accounts

 

PM

 

Fund

 

#

 

AUM($million)

 

#

 

AUM($million)

 

#

 

AUM($million)

 

William H. Gross, CFA

 

PTY

 

42

 

417,588.02

 

33

 

52,070.63

*

67

 

34,349.97

**

 


*Of these Other Pooled Investment Vehicles, 7 accounts totaling $3,707.96 million in assets pay an advisory fee that is based in part on the performance of the accounts.

 

**Of these Other Accounts, 18 accounts totaling $8,610.38 million in assets pay an advisory fee that is based in part on the performance of the accounts.

 

From time to time, potential and actual conflicts of interest may arise between a portfolio manager’s management of the investments of a Fund, on the one hand, and the management of other accounts, on the other.  Potential and actual conflicts of interest may also arise as a result of PIMCO’s other business activities and PIMCO’s possession of material non-public information about an issuer. Other accounts managed by a portfolio manager might have similar investment objectives or strategies as a Fund, or otherwise hold, purchase, or sell securities that are eligible to be held, purchased or sold by the Funds.  The other accounts might also have different investment objectives or strategies than the Funds.

 

Knowledge and Timing of Fund Trades.  A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio manager’s day-to-day management of a Fund.  Because of their positions with the Funds, the portfolio managers know the size, timing and possible market impact of a Fund’s trades.  It is theoretically

 



 

possible that the portfolio managers could use this information to the advantage of other accounts they manage and to the possible detriment of a Fund.

 

Investment Opportunities.  A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio manager’s management of a number of accounts with varying investment guidelines.  Often, an investment opportunity may be suitable for both a Fund and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager, but may not be available in sufficient quantities for both the Fund and the other accounts to participate fully.  Similarly, there may be limited opportunity to sell an investment held by a Fund and another account.  PIMCO has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to allocate investment opportunities on a fair and equitable basis over time.

 

Under PIMCO’s allocation procedures, investment opportunities are allocated among various investment strategies based on individual account investment guidelines and PIMCO’s investment outlook.  PIMCO has also adopted additional procedures to complement the general trade allocation policy that are designed to address potential conflicts of interest due to the side-by-side management of the Funds and certain pooled investment vehicles, including investment opportunity allocation issues.

 

Conflicts potentially limiting a Fund’s investment opportunities may also arise when the Fund and other PIMCO clients invest in different parts of an issuer’s capital structure, such as when the Fund owns senior debt obligations of an issuer and other clients own junior tranches of the same issuer.  In such circumstances, decisions over whether to trigger an event of default, over the terms of any workout, or how to exit an investment may result in conflicts of interest.  In order to minimize such conflicts, a portfolio manager may avoid certain investment opportunities that would potentially give rise to conflicts with other PIMCO clients or PIMCO may enact internal procedures designed to minimize such conflicts, which could have the effect of limiting a Fund’s investment opportunities.  Additionally, if PIMCO acquires material non-public confidential information in connection with its business activities for other clients, a portfolio manager may be restricted from purchasing securities or selling securities for a Fund.  When making investment decisions where a conflict of interest may arise, PIMCO will endeavor to act in a fair and equitable manner as between a Fund and other clients; however, in certain instances the resolution of the conflict may result in PIMCO acting on behalf of another client in a manner that may not be in the best interest, or may be opposed to the best interest, of a Fund.

 

Performance Fees.  A portfolio manager may advise certain accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based entirely or partially on performance.  Performance fee arrangements may create a conflict of interest for the portfolio manager in that the portfolio manager may have an incentive to allocate the investment opportunities that he or she believes might be the most profitable to such other accounts instead of allocating them to a Fund.  PIMCO has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to allocate investment opportunities between the Funds and such other accounts on a fair and equitable basis over time.

 

(a) (3)

 

As of November 30, 2012, the following explains the compensation structure of the individual who has primary responsibility for day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund:

 

PIMCO has adopted a Total Compensation Plan for its professional level employees, including its portfolio managers, that is designed to pay competitive compensation and reward performance, integrity and teamwork consistent with the firm’s mission statement.  The Total Compensation Plan includes an incentive component that rewards high performance standards, work ethic and consistent individual and team contributions to the firm.  The compensation of portfolio managers consists of a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and may include an equity or long term incentive component.

 

Certain employees of PIMCO, including portfolio managers, may elect to defer compensation through PIMCO’s deferred compensation plan.  PIMCO also offers its employees a non-contributory

 



 

defined contribution plan through which PIMCO makes a contribution based on the employee’s compensation.  PIMCO’s contribution rate increases at a specified compensation level, which is a level that would include portfolio managers.

 

The Total Compensation Plan consists of three components:

 

·                  Base Salary - Base salary is determined based on core job responsibilities, positions/levels, and market factors. Base salary levels are reviewed annually, when there is a significant change in job responsibilities or a significant change in the market. Base salary is paid in regular installments throughout the year and payment dates are in line with local practice.

 

·                  Performance Bonus - Performance bonuses are designed to reward individual performance. Each professional and his or her supervisor will agree upon performance objectives to serve as a basis for performance evaluation during the year. The objectives will outline individual goals according to pre-established measures of the group or department success. Achievement against these goals as measured by the employee and supervisor will be an important, but not exclusive, element of the Compensation Committee’s bonus decision process. Final award amounts are determined at the discretion of the Compensation Committee and will also consider firm performance.

 

·                  Equity or Long Term Incentive Compensation - Equity allows key professionals to participate in the long-term growth of the firm. This program provides mid to senior level employees with the potential to acquire an equity stake in PIMCO over their careers and to better align employee incentives with the firm’s long-term results. These options vest over a number of years and may convert into PIMCO equity which shares in the profit distributions of the firm. M Units are non-voting common equity of PIMCO and provide a mechanism for individuals to build a significant equity stake in PIMCO over time. Employees who reach a total compensation threshold are delivered their annual compensation in a mix of cash and option awards. PIMCO incorporates a progressive allocation of option awards as a percentage of total compensation which is in line with market practices.

 

In certain countries with significant tax implications for employees to participate in the M Unit Option Plan, PIMCO continues to use the Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) in place of the M Unit Option Plan. The LTIP provides cash awards that appreciate or depreciate based upon PIMCO’s performance over a three-year period.  The aggregate amount available for distribution to participants is based upon PIMCO’s profit growth.

 

Participation in the M Unit Option Plan and LTIP is contingent upon continued employment at PIMCO.

 

In addition, the following non-exclusive list of qualitative criteria may be considered when specifically determining the total compensation for portfolio managers:

 

·                  3-year, 2-year and 1-year dollar-weighted and account-weighted, pre-tax investment performance as judged against the applicable benchmarks for each account managed by a portfolio manager (including the Funds) and relative to applicable industry peer groups;

 

·                  Appropriate risk positioning that is consistent with PIMCO’s investment philosophy and the Investment Committee/CIO approach to the generation of alpha;

 

·                  Amount and nature of assets managed by the portfolio manager;

 

·                  Consistency of investment performance across portfolios of similar mandate and guidelines (reward low dispersion);

 

·                  Generation and contribution of investment ideas in the context of PIMCO’s secular and cyclical forums, portfolio strategy meetings, Investment Committee meetings, and on a day-to-day basis;

 



 

·                  Absence of defaults and price defaults for issues in the portfolios managed by the portfolio manager;

 

·                  Contributions to asset retention, gathering and client satisfaction;

 

·                  Contributions to mentoring, coaching and/or supervising; and

 

·                  Personal growth and skills added.

 

A portfolio manager’s compensation is not based directly on the performance of any Fund or any other account managed by that portfolio manager.

 

Profit Sharing Plan.  Portfolio managers who are Managing Directors of PIMCO receive compensation from a non-qualified profit sharing plan consisting of a portion of PIMCO’s net profits.  Portfolio managers who are Managing Directors receive an amount determined by the Compensation Committee, based upon an individual’s overall contribution to the firm.

 

(a)(4)

 

The following summarizes the dollar range of securities the portfolio manager for the Fund beneficially owned of the Fund that he managed as of November 30, 2012.

 

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

 

 

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Fund

 

 

 

William H. Gross, CFA

 

over $1,000,000

 



 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

None

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fund’s Board of Trustees since the Fund last provided disclosure in response to this item.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) The registrant’s President and Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)), as amended) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

 

(b) There were no significant changes in internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS

 

(a) (1) Exhibit 99.CODE ETH — Code of Ethics

 

(a) (2) Exhibit 99.302 Cert. — Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

(a) (3) Not applicable

 

(b) Exhibit 99.906 Cert. — Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 



 

Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

(Registrant)

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian S. Shlissel

 

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 5, 2013

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lawrence G. Altadonna

 

Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 5, 2013

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:

/s/ Brian S. Shlissel

 

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 5, 2013

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lawrence G. Altadonna

 

Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 5, 2013