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He is a member of the CFA Society of Orange County. 2 Agenda 1. FCERA StocksPLUS Small AR 2. FCERA RAE Fundamental International 3. Appendix 3 1. FCERA StocksPLUS Small AR StocksPLUS Small: An innovative strategy that benefits from PIMCO’s core strengths StocksPLUS BETA ALPHA = Return from Russell + Active high quality Small 2000 equity exposure bond portfolio How StocksPLUS works… EFFICIENCY . Gain passive equity exposure to the index through futures and total return swaps . Invest in a high quality, actively managed bond alpha portfolio with meaningful return potential over QUALITY cash CONSISTENCY . Seek to take advantage of structural return opportunities in the bond market in an effort to deliver consistent excess returns FINANCING . Russell 2000 Index futures have historically traded below cash rates, providing an additional structural ADVANTAGE advantage The bond portfolio is designed to be… . Uncorrelated to equities . High quality . Highly liquid . Flexible stocksplus_phil_02a_751 5 StocksPLUS Small AR: Passive equity exposure complemented by fixed income alpha BETA ALPHA 4.24% 7.01% 3.48% 7.01% 3M LIBOR 3M LIBOR 1.60% 1.60% -0.77% Russell 2000 AR Bond Portfolio Equity Financing PIMCO StocksPLUS Small AR Rep. Account Index Return + Return vs. ‒ Spread vs. = Total Return (Before fees) 3M LIBOR 3M LIBOR As of 30 June 2019 * Since inception, 31 March 2006 Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results. Performance is shown for the StocksPLUS Small AR representative account before fees. Bond Alpha Portfolio returns are estimated based off of historical financing costs and composite alpha. Financing costs are comprised of 3m LIBOR and a positive or negative spread to LIBOR (also known as “roll costs”) The above data is for a representative account. An investor should refer to the PIMCO StocksPlUS Small AR Composite included in the Appendix stocksplus_TR_phil_01_751a 6 PIMCO StocksPLUS suite A time-tested approach that seeks meaningful long-term excess returns Since inception performance Excess returns (before fees) Benchmark 12.0% 1.27% 10.0% 2.45% 4.05% 3.03% 8.0% 6.0% 10.43% 2.80% 8.81% 4.0% 7.06% 6.95% 2.0% 3.45% 0.0% PIMCO StocksPLUS PIMCO StocksPLUS PIMCO PIMCO PIMCO StocksPLUS International AR Enhanced Equity StocksPLUS Absolute StocksPLUS Small AR International AR Composite (USD- Composite Return Composite Composite Composite Hedged) Inception date 31 Jul '86 30 Jun '02 30 Apr '06 31 Jan '06 30 Nov '03 Composite vs. benchmark monthly 96% 92% 100% 100% 98% rolling 5-year periods outperformance MSCI EAFE Net MSCI EAFE Net Dividend Benchmark S&P 500 Index S&P 500 Index Russell 2000 Index Dividend Index USD-Hedged Index Bond Alpha Strategy Short-term Absolute return Absolute return Absolute return Absolute return Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results. As of 30 June 2019. Performance shown are before fees. Refer to Appendix for additional performance and fee, chart, composite, index, and risk information. stockplus_perf_comp_summary 7 StocksPLUS Small has an additional source of return potential Index Typical Range (bps) • The difficulty in shorting individual S&P 500 -15 to 15 small cap stocks tends to lead investors Russell 2000 -75 to 0 to sell the Russell 2000 futures contract as a substitute for short sales MSCI EAFE -15 to 25 MSCI EM -15 to 50 • This dynamic tends to create a supply/demand imbalance that causes Russell 2000 futures financing cost annualized spread relative to LIBOR per the Russell 2000 futures contract to roll quarterly expiration “cheap” 50 0 • Costs and operational challenges associated with shorting individual small cap stocks tends to prevent this -50 “cheapness” from being arbitraged away -100 Average: -73 bps -150 Annualized financing cost (bps) cost financing Annualized -200 -250 03Q3 05Q2 07Q1 08Q4 10Q3 12Q2 14Q1 15Q4 17Q3 19Q2 As of 30 June 2019. Source: PIMCO, Bank of America Merrill Lynch The terms “cheap” in this context refers to a futures contract that is deemed to be substantially underpriced compared to futures contracts on other equity indices. There is no guarantee of future results or that a valuation will ensure a profit or protect against a loss. A financing cost at a discount to LIBOR can be viewed as a potential source of return to the fund. stocksplus_review_54 8 StocksPLUS aims to deliver consistent long-term excess returns PIMCOStocksPLUS StocksPLUS Enhanced Enhanced Equity EquityComposite Composite PIMCOStocksPLUS StocksPLUS Absolute Absolute Return ReturnComposite Composite PIMCOStocksPLUS StocksPLUS Small SmallAR Composite AR Composite (beforeRolling fees) 5-Year vs S&P Returns 500 index, vs. S&P rolling 500 Indexmonthly (beforeRolling fees)5-Year vs S&PReturns 500 vs.Index, S&P rolling 500 Index monthly (beforeRolling fees) 5-Year vs Russell Returns 2000 vs. Index,Russell rolling 2000 monthlyIndex 5-yrJuly returns 1986 – from June 312019 Jul '86 through 31 Dec '18 5-yrJune returns 2002 – from June 302019 Jun '02 through 31 Mar '19 5-yrApril returns 2006 from– June 30 2019 Apr '06 through 31 Mar '19 40 40 40 Outperformed Outperformed Outperformed 30 323 periods 30 134 periods 30 99 periods 20 20 20 10 10 10 Returns (%) Returns (%) Returns (%) 0 0 0 -10 Underperformed -10 Underperformed -10 Underperformed 13 periods 11 periods 0 periods -20 -20 -20 -20-100 10203040 -20-100 10203040 -20-100 10203040 Benchmark returns (%) Benchmark returns (%) Benchmark returns (%) 96% outperformance 92% outperformance 100% outperformance 1.26% average alpha 2.47% average alpha 4.55% average alpha As of 30 June 2019 Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results.