NEW YORK, Aug. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Each of the below reorganizations (each, a “Merger” and collectively, the “Mergers”) were completed following the close of business on Friday, August 1, 2025:

• National Mergers: PIMCO Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: PMF) and PIMCO Municipal Income Fund III (NYSE: PMX) with and into PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II (NYSE: PML);
• New York Mergers: PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: PNF) and PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund III (NYSE: PYN) with and into PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund II (NYSE: PNI); and
• California Mergers: PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund II (NYSE: PCK) and PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund III (NYSE: PZC) with and into PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: PCQ).
  

In the Mergers, each of PML, PNI, and PCQ (each, an “Acquiring Fund”) acquired all of the assets and liabilities of, as applicable, PMF, PMX, PNF, PYN, PCK, and PZC (each, an “Acquired Fund” and together with the Acquiring Funds, the “Funds”), and the common shares of each Acquired Fund were, in effect, exchanged for newly-issued common shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund (the “Common Merger Shares”) with an equal aggregate net asset value (“NAV”). Shareholders of each Acquired Fund received, or will receive, an amount of Common Merger Shares issued as of the close of business on August 1, 2025 (and cash in lieu of fractional Common Merger Shares, if any). The exchange was based on the NAV per common share of each applicable Acquired Fund in relation to the corresponding Acquiring Fund’s NAV per share as of the close of business on Friday, August 1, 2025.

National Mergers

New York Mergers

California Mergers

In addition, each Fund had one or more series of Remarketable Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares (“RVMTP Shares”) outstanding. As part of each Merger, the outstanding RVMTP Shares of each Acquired Fund have been, or will be, in effect, exchanged for RVMTP Shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund with an aggregate liquidation preference equal to, and other terms that are substantially identical to, the corresponding series of RVMTP Shares of each such Acquired Fund.

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Registration statements relating to each Acquiring Fund’s Common Merger Shares have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). This press release is not intended to, and does not, constitute an offer to purchase or sell shares of the Funds; nor is this press release intended to solicit a proxy from any shareholder of the Funds.

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