PIMCO Income Strategy Fund Launches $50M At-The-Market Offering

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PIMCO Income Strategy Fund announced an At-The-Market (ATM) offering to sell up to $50 million in common shares, leveraging its ability to issue shares at or above net asset value.

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• New At-The-Market Offering

  The Fund has launched an At-The-Market (ATM) offering to sell up to $50,000,000 in common shares from time to time through JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC.

• NAV Protection for Share Sales

  Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund is prohibited from selling common shares at a price below their current Net Asset Value (NAV), ensuring that any sales are not dilutive to NAV per share.

• Continuation of Capital Raising Strategy

  This offering follows prior ATM programs, which had already resulted in the sale of 20,935,378 common shares for net proceeds of $200,337,539 as of February 27, 2026.

• Use of Proceeds

  Net proceeds from the offering will be invested in line with the Fund's objective to seek high current income, consistent with the preservation of capital.

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PIMCO Income Strategy Fund has initiated an At-The-Market (ATM) offering to sell up to $50 million in common shares. This is a significant capital raise for the fund, representing approximately 13.78% of its current market capitalization. A key aspect of this offering is the legal restriction under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which prohibits the fund from selling shares below its current Net Asset Value (NAV). Given that the last reported sale price of $8.43 per share (as of February 27, 2026) was at a premium to its NAV of $7.87 per share, the fund is positioned to issue shares in a manner that is accretive to its NAV per share, rather than dilutive. The proceeds from this offering will be invested in accordance with the fund's objective of seeking high current income consistent with capital preservation. This offering builds upon previous ATM programs, which had already generated over $200 million in net proceeds from the sale of approximately 20.9 million shares as of February 27, 2026.