UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

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Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )

 

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PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND

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PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND

c/o Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 2009

 

To the Shareholders of PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund (“PKO” or the “Fund”):

 

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of the Fund will be held at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (“AGIFM” or the “Manager”), at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, between West 54^th and West 55^th Streets, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 9:30 A.M., Eastern Time, for the following purposes, all of which are more fully described in the accompanying Proxy Statement dated February 4, 2009:

 

 

The Board of Trustees of the Fund has fixed the close of business on December 29, 2008 as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. The enclosed proxy is being solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Fund.

 

By order of the Board of Trustees of the Fund

 

 

Thomas J. Fuccillo

Secretary

 

New York, New York

February 4, 2009

 

 

 

PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND (“PKO”)

c/o Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
FOR THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 2009

 

The 2009 Proxy Statement and the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008 are also available at www.allianzinvestors.com.

 

 

PROXY STATEMENT

 

 

FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 2009

 

INTRODUCTION

 

This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund (“PKO” or the “Fund”) of proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund and any adjournment or postponement thereof (the “Meeting”). The Meeting will be held at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (“AGIFM” or the “Manager”), at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, between West 54^th and West 55^th Streets, 49^th Floor, New York, New York 10105, on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 9:30 A.M., Eastern Time.

 

The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Notice”), this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card are first being sent to Shareholders on or about February 4, 2009.

 

The Board of the Fund has fixed the close of business on December 29, 2008 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for the determination of Shareholders of the Fund entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting, and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Shareholders of the Fund on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each full share and a proportionate fraction of a vote for each fractional share held, with no cumulative voting rights in the election of Trustees. As of the close of business on the Record Date the Fund had 14,140,870 shares of common stock (“Shares”) issued and outstanding. The Shares are the only class of stock currently authorized by the Fund.

 

All properly executed proxies received in time for the Meeting (as explained on the enclosed proxy card) will be voted as specified in the Proxy. Unless instructions to the contrary are marked, proxies will be voted “FOR” the election of Hans W. Kertess and William B. Ogden, IV as Class I Trustees; Diana L. Taylor as a Class II Trustee; and R. Peter Sullivan III and Robert E. Connor, as Class III Trustees of the Fund. Each Trustee or nominee is considered to be an “Independent Trustee” or “Independent Nominee” due to the fact that they are not “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

 

You may vote by mailing the enclosed proxy card. Shares represented by duly executed and timely delivered proxies will be voted as instructed on the proxy. If you mail the enclosed proxy and no choice is indicated for the election of Trustees, your proxy will be voted in favor of the election of all nominees. At any time before it has been voted, your proxy may be revoked in one of the following ways: (i) by delivering a signed, written letter of revocation to the Secretary of the Fund at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105, (ii) by properly executing and delivering a later-dated proxy, or (iii) by attending the Meeting,

requesting return of any previously delivered proxy and voting in person. If any proposal, other than the Proposal set forth herein, properly comes before the Meeting, including any adjournment thereof, the persons named as proxies will vote in their sole discretion.

 

The principal executive offices of the Fund are located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105. AGIFM serves as the investment manager of the Fund and retains its affiliate, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO” or the “Sub-Adviser”), to serve as the Fund’s sub-adviser. Additional information regarding the Manager and PIMCO may be found under “Additional Information — Investment Manager and Sub-Adviser” below.

 

The solicitation will be by mail primarily and the cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by the Fund. Certain officers of the Fund and certain officers and employees of the Manager or its affiliates (none of whom will receive additional compensation therefor) may solicit proxies by telephone, mail, e-mail and personal interviews. Any out-of pocket expenses incurred in connection with the solicitation will be borne by the Fund.

 

As of December 29, 2008, the Trustees and nominees and the officers of the Fund as a group and individually beneficially owned less than one percent (1%) of the Fund’s outstanding Shares and, to the knowledge of the Fund, no person beneficially owned more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Shares of any class of the Fund.

PROPOSAL: ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

 

The Meeting will constitute the first annual meeting of the Shareholders of the Fund. In accordance with the Fund’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration”), the Trustees have been divided into the following three classes (each a “Class”) prior to the initial public offering of the Common Shares: Class I, whose initial term will expire at the Meeting; Class II, whose initial term will expire at the Fund’s 2010 annual meeting of shareholders; and Class III, whose initial term will expire at the Fund’s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders. At each annual meeting beginning with the Meeting, successors to the Class of Trustee whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term.

 

In March 2008, after the initial public offering of the Common Shares, the Fund’s Board approved an increase in the size of the Board from five to seven members, and R. Peter Sullivan III was appointed to fill a Class III vacancy and William B. Ogden, IV was appointed to fill a Class I vacancy created by such action, such appointments effective March 2008. In May 2008, the Fund’s Board approved an increase in the size of the Board from seven to eight members, and Diana L. Taylor was appointed to fill a Class II vacancy created by such action, such appointment effective June 2008. As required by the Fund’s Declaration, at the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to elect each of Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Ogden and Ms. Taylor. In September 2008, an additional vacancy arose resulting from the death of John J. Dalessandro II, who served as a Class III Trustee. At the Meeting, it is proposed that Shareholders elect Mr. Connor, currently a Class I Trustee, as a Class III Trustee, in order to maintain the number of Trustees in each class as nearly equal as possible, as required by the Declaration.

 

The Nominating Committee has recommended to the Fund’s Board that Messrs. Connor, Kertess, Ogden, Taylor, and Sullivan be nominated for election by the Shareholders for their respective Class, and if elected, to hold office for the terms coinciding with the Class of Trustees to which each has been designated. Therefore, if elected at the Meeting, Messrs. Kertess and Ogden will serve a term consistent with the Class I Trustees, which will expire at the Fund’s 2012 annual meeting; Ms. Taylor will serve a term consistent with the Class II Trustees, which will expire at the Fund’s 2010 annual meeting; and, Messrs. Connor and Sullivan will serve a term consistent with the Class III Trustees, which will expire at the Fund’s 2011 annual meeting.

All members of the Board are and will remain, if elected, “Continuing Trustees,” as such term is defined in the Declarations, having either served as Trustee since the inception of the Fund or having been nominated by at least a majority of the Continuing Trustees then members of the Board.

 

At any annual meeting of shareholders, any Trustee elected to fill a vacancy that has arisen since the preceding annual meeting of shareholders where such vacancy arose other than by an increase in the number of Trustees (whether or not such vacancy has been filled by election of a new Trustee by the Board of Trustees) shall hold office for a term that coincides with the remaining term of the Class of Trustees to which such office was previously assigned, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. In the event such vacancy arose due to an increase in the number of Trustees, any Trustee so elected to fill such vacancy shall hold office for a term which coincides with the Class of Trustees to which such office has been appointed, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify.

 

The following table summarizes the nominees who will stand for election at the Meeting, the respective Class of Trustees to which they have been designated and the expiration of their respective terms if elected:

 

As summarized in the table below, the Shareholders of the Fund have the right to vote on the election of Hans W. Kertess and William B. Ogden, IV as Class I Trustees; Diana L. Taylor as a Class II Trustee; and Robert E. Connor and R. Peter Sullivan III as Class III Trustees of the Fund.

 

 

 

 

Under this classified Board structure, generally only those Trustees in a single Class may be replaced in any one year, and it would require a minimum of two years to change a majority of the Board under normal circumstances. This structure, which may be regarded as an “anti-takeover” provision, may make it more difficult for a Fund’s Shareholders to change the majority of Trustees of the Fund and, thus, promotes the continuity of management.

 

Unless authority is withheld, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy to vote each proxy for the persons listed above. Each of the nominees has indicated he or she will serve if elected, but if he or she should be unable to serve, the proxy holders may vote in favor of such substitute nominee as the Board may designate (or, alternatively, the Board may determine to leave a vacancy).

Information Regarding Trustees and Nominees.

 

The following table provides information concerning the Trustees/Nominees of the Fund.

 

 

 

 

The following table states the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned as of December 29, 2008 by each Trustee and nominee of the Fund and, on an aggregate basis, of any registered investment companies overseen by the Trustee or nominee in the “family of investment companies,” including the Fund.

 

 

 

 

To the knowledge of the Fund, as of December 29, 2008, Trustees and nominees who are Independent Trustees or Independent Nominees and their immediate family members did not own securities of an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Fund or a person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Fund.

 

Compensation

 

Each of the Independent Trustees also serves as a trustee of PIMCO Municipal Income Fund, PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund, PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund, PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II, PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund II, PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund II, PIMCO Municipal Income Fund III, PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund III, PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund III, Nicholas-Applegate Convertible & Income Fund, Nicholas-Applegate Convertible & Income Fund II, PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund, PIMCO High Income Fund, PIMCO Corporate Income Fund, PIMCO Floating Rate Income Fund, PIMCO Floating Rate Strategy Fund, NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund, Nicholas Applegate International and Premium Strategy Fund, Nicholas-Applegate Equity & Convertible Income Fund, Nicholas-Applegate Global Equity & Convertible Income Fund, PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income Fund, PIMCO Municipal Advantage Fund Inc., PCM Fund, Inc. and PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc., each a closed-end fund for which the Manager serves as investment manager and affiliates of the Manager serve as sub-adviser (together, the “Allianz Closed-End Funds”) and certain other open-end investment companies for which the Manager serves as investment manager and administrator and affiliates of the Manager serve as investment sub-advisers (together with the Allianz Closed-End Funds, the “Allianz Managed Funds”). As indicated below, certain of the officers of the Fund are affiliated with the Manager.

 

Each of the Allianz Managed Funds are expected to hold joint meetings of their Boards of Trustees whenever possible. Each Trustee, other than any Trustee who is a director, officer, partner or employee of the Manager, PIMCO or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or

PIMCO receives annual compensation of $250,000, which is payable quarterly. The Independent Chairman of the Boards receives an additional $75,000 per year, payable quarterly. An Audit Oversight Committee Chairman annually receives an additional $50,000 annually, payable quarterly. Trustees will also be reimbursed for meeting-related expenses.

 

Each Trustee’s compensation and other costs of joint meetings will be allocated pro rata among the Allianz Managed Funds for which such Trustee serves as Trustee based on the complexity of issues relating to each such Fund and relative time spent by the Trustees in addressing them, and secondarily, on each such Fund’s relative net assets (including assets attributable to any outstanding preferred shares issued by an Allianz Closed-End Fund).

 

Trustees do not currently receive any pension or retirement benefits from the Fund or the Fund Complex.

 

It is estimated that the Trustees will receive the amounts set forth in the following table from the Fund for its fiscal year ending October 31, 2009. For the calendar year ended December 31, 2008, the Trustees received the compensation set forth in the table below for serving as trustees of the Fund and other funds in the same “Fund Complex” as the Fund. Each officer and each Trustee who is a director, officer, partner, member or employee of the Manager or the Sub-Adviser, or of any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or the Sub-Adviser, including any Interested Trustee, serves without any compensation from the Fund.

 

Compensation Table

 

 

 

 

The Fund has no employees. The Fund’s officers and Mr. Maney are compensated by the Manager, the Sub-Adviser or one of their affiliates.

 

Board Committees and Meetings.

 

Audit Oversight Committee.  The Board of Trustees of the Fund has established an Audit Oversight Committee in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee currently consists of Ms. Taylor and Messrs. Belica, Connor, Kertess, Ogden and Sullivan, each of whom is an Independent Trustee. Mr. Belica is the Chairman of the Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee. The Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee provides oversight with respect to the internal and external accounting and auditing procedures of the Fund and, among other things, determines the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund and considers the scope of the audit, approves all audit and permitted non-audit services proposed to be performed by those auditors on behalf of the Fund, and approves services to be performed by the auditors for certain affiliates, including the Manager, the Sub-Adviser and entities in a control relationship with the Manager or the Sub-Adviser that provide services to the Fund where the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee considers the possible effect of those services on the independence of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Each member of the Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee is “independent,” as independence for audit committee members is defined in the currently applicable listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, on which the Shares of the Fund are listed.

 

The Board of the Fund has adopted a written charter for its Audit Oversight Committee. A copy of the written charter for the Fund, as amended through June 10, 2008 is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit A. A report of the Audit Oversight Committee of the Fund, dated December 20, 2008, is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit B.

 

Nominating Committee.  The Board of the Fund has a Nominating Committee composed solely of Independent Trustees, currently consisting of Ms. Taylor and Messrs. Belica, Connor, Kertess, Ogden, and Sullivan. The Nominating Committee is responsible for reviewing and recommending qualified candidates to the Board in the event that a position is vacated or created or when Trustees are to be nominated for election by shareholders. The Nominating Committee of the Fund has adopted a charter, which is posted on the following website: http://www.allianzinvestors.com/closedendfunds/literature.

 

Each member of the Nominating Committee is “independent,” as independence for nominating committee members is defined in the currently applicable listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, on which the Shares of the Fund are listed.

 

Qualifications, Evaluation and Identification of Trustee Nominees.  The Nominating Committee of the Fund requires that Trustee candidates have a college degree or equivalent business experience. When evaluating candidates, the Fund’s Nominating Committee may take into account a wide variety of factors including, but not limited to: (i) availability and commitment of a candidate to attend meetings and perform his or her responsibilities on the Board, (ii) relevant industry and related experience, (iii) educational background, (iv) financial expertise, (v) an assessment of the candidate’s ability, judgment and expertise and (vi) overall Board composition. The process of identifying nominees involves the consideration of candidates recommended by one or more of the following sources: (i) the Fund’s current Trustees, (ii) the Fund’s officers,

(iii) the Fund’s Shareholders and (iv) any other source the Committee deems to be appropriate. The Nominating Committee of the Fund may, but is not required to, retain a third party search firm at the Fund’s expense to identify potential candidates.

 

Consideration of Candidates Recommended by Shareholders.  The Nominating Committee of the Fund will review and consider nominees recommended by Shareholders to serve as Trustees, provided that the recommending Shareholder follows the “Procedures for Shareholders to Submit Nominee Candidates for the Allianz Global Investors Fund Management Sponsored Closed-End Funds,” which are set forth as Appendix B to the Fund’s Nominating Committee Charter. Among other requirements, these procedures provide that the recommending Shareholder must submit any recommendation in writing to the Fund, to the attention of the Fund’s Secretary, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Fund and that such submission must be received at such offices not less than 45 days nor more than 75 days prior to the date of the Board or shareholder meeting at which the nominee would be elected. Any recommendation must include certain biographical and other information regarding the candidate and the recommending Shareholder, and must include a written and signed consent of the candidate to be named as a nominee and to serve as a Trustee if elected. The foregoing description of the requirements is only a summary. Please refer to Appendix B to the Nominating Committee Charter, which is available at http://www.allianzinvestors.com/closedendfunds/literature, for details.

 

The Nominating Committee has full discretion to reject nominees recommended by Shareholders, and there is no assurance that any such person properly recommended and considered by the Committee will be nominated for election to the Board of the Fund.

 

Valuation Committee.  The Board of the Fund has a Valuation Committee currently consisting of Ms. Taylor and Messrs. Belica, Connor, Kertess, Ogden, Sullivan. The Board of the Fund has delegated to the Committee the responsibility to determine or cause to be determined the fair value of the Fund’s portfolio securities and other assets when market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee reviews and approves procedures for the fair valuation of the Fund’s portfolio securities and periodically reviews information from the Manager and the Sub-Adviser regarding fair value and liquidity determinations made pursuant to Board-approved procedures, and makes related recommendations to the full Board and assists the full Board in resolving particular fair valuation and other valuation matters.

 

Compensation Committee.  The Board of the Fund has a Compensation Committee currently consisting of Ms. Taylor and Messrs. Belica, Connor, Kertess, Ogden and Sullivan. The Compensation Committee meets as the Board deems necessary to review and make recommendations regarding compensation payable to the Trustees of the Fund who are not directors, officers, partners or employees of the Manager, the Sub-Adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or the Sub-Adviser.

 

Meetings.  With respect to the Fund, during the fiscal period November 30, 2007 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2008, the Board of Trustees held four regular meetings and two special meetings. The Audit Oversight Committee met in separate session once, the Nominating Committee met in separate session twice and the Valuation Committee and the Compensation Committee did not meet in separate sessions. Each Trustee attended at least 75% of the regular meetings of the Board and meetings of the committees on which such Trustee served for the Fund that were held during the fiscal period November 30, 2007 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2008, except Ms. Taylor who was not appointed to the Board until June 10, 2008 and Messrs. Sullivan and Ogden who were not appointed to the Board until March 12, 2008.

 

Shareholder Communications with the Board of Trustees.  The Board of Trustees of the Fund has adopted procedures by which Fund Shareholders may send communications to the Board. Shareholders may mail written communications to the Board to the attention of the Board of Trustees, PIMCO Income

Opportunity Fund, c/o Thomas J. Fuccillo, Chief Legal Officer (“CLO”), Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105. Shareholder communications must (i) be in writing and be signed by the Shareholder and (ii) identify the class and number of Shares held by the Shareholder. The CLO or his designee of the Fund is responsible for reviewing properly submitted shareholder communications. The CLO shall either (i) provide a copy of each properly submitted shareholder communication to the Board at its next regularly scheduled Board meeting or (ii) if the CLO determines that the communication requires more immediate attention, forward the communication to the Trustees promptly after receipt. The CLO may, in good faith, determine that a shareholder communication should not be provided to the Board because it does not reasonably relate to the Fund or its operations, management, activities, policies, service providers, Board, officers, shareholders or other matters relating to an investment in the Fund or is otherwise routine or ministerial in nature. These procedures do not apply to (i) any communication from an officer or Trustee of the Fund, (ii) any communication from an employee or agent of the Fund, unless such communication is made solely in such employee’s or agent’s capacity as a shareholder, or (iii) any shareholder proposal submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or any communication made in connection with such a proposal. The Fund’s Trustees are not required to attend the Fund’s annual shareholder meetings or to otherwise make themselves available to shareholders for communications, other than by the aforementioned procedures.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.  The Fund’s Trustees and certain officers, investment advisers, certain affiliated persons of the investment advisers and persons who own more than 10% of any class of outstanding securities of the Fund are required to file forms reporting their affiliation with the Fund and reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the Fund’s securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). These persons and entities are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Fund with copies of all such forms they file.

 

Based solely on a review of these forms furnished to the Fund, the Fund believes that each of the Trustees and relevant officers, investment advisers and relevant affiliated persons of the investment advisers has complied with all applicable filing requirements during the Fund’s fiscal year ended October 31, 2008, except that due to administrative oversight, late Form 3 filings were made for certain employees who are affiliated persons of the Fund, including, Mohamed El-Erian, Brent R. Harris, Thomas J. Otterbein, William C. Powers, Ernest L. Schmider, Richard M. Weil and Daniel J. Ivascyn in May 2008, and Scott Whisten, PIMCO Advisors Fund Management LLC, Allianz Global Investors of America LP, Paul Belica, William B. Ogden, IV, R. Peter Sullivan III, Robert E. Connor, John C. Maney, John J. Dalessandro II, Hans W. Kertess, E. Blake Moore Jr., Andrew Meyers, Barbara R. Claussen, Marna C. Whittington, Udo Frank, Bruce L. Koepfgen, Lagan Srivastava, William V. Healey, Richard H. Kirk, Kathleen A. Chapman, Brian S, Shlissel, Lawrence G. Altadonna, Youse Guia and Thomas J. Fuccillo in April 2008 and William C. Powers, William H. Gross, Steven Ludwig, David C. Flattum and Richard J. Cochran, in December 2008. In addition, in January 2009, twenty-three (23) amended Form 3s were filed solely for the purpose of attaching omitted Powers of Attorney for various reporting persons.

 

Required Vote.  The election of Ms. Taylor and Messrs. Connor, Kertess, Ogden, and Sullivan as Trustees to the Board of the Fund, will require the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast in the election of Trustees at the Meeting, in person or by proxy.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Executive and Other Officers of the Fund.  The table below provides certain information concerning the executive officers of the Fund and certain other officers who perform similar duties. Officers hold office at the pleasure of the Board and until their successors are chosen and qualified, or in each case until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed with or without cause or becomes disqualified. Officers and employees of the Fund who are principals, officers, members or employees of the Manager or the Sub-Adviser are not compensated by the Fund.

 

 

 

 

Investment Manager and Sub-Adviser.  The Manager, located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105, serves as the investment manager of the Fund. The Manager retains its affiliate, PIMCO, as Sub-Adviser to manage the Fund’s investments. PIMCO is located at 800 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660. The Manager and the Sub-Adviser are each majority-owned indirect subsidiaries of Allianz SE, a publicly traded European insurance and financial services company.

 

Legal Proceedings.  In June and September 2004, the Manager and certain of its affiliates (including PEA Capital LLC (“PEA”), Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC and Allianz Global Investors of America, L.P.) agreed to settle, without admitting or denying the allegations, claims brought by the SEC and the New Jersey Attorney General alleging violations of federal and state securities laws with respect to certain open-end funds for which the Manager serves as investment adviser. The settlements related to an alleged “market timing” arrangement in certain open-end funds formerly sub-advised by PEA. The Manager and its affiliates agreed to pay a total of $68 million to settle the claims. In addition to monetary payments, the settling parties agreed to undertake certain corporate governance, compliance and disclosure reforms related to market timing, and consented to cease and desist orders and censures. Subsequent to these events, PEA

deregistered as an investment adviser and dissolved. None of the settlements alleged that any inappropriate activity took place with respect to the Fund.

 

Since February 2004, the Manager, and certain of its affiliates and their employees have been named as defendants in a number of pending lawsuits concerning “market timing,” which allege the same or similar conduct underlying the regulatory settlements discussed above. The market timing lawsuits have been consolidated in a multi-district litigation proceeding in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Any potential resolution of these matters may include, but not be limited to, judgments or settlements for damages against the Manager, or its affiliates or related injunctions.

 

The Manager and the Sub-Adviser believe that these matters are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or on their ability to perform their respective investment advisory activities relating to the Fund.

 

The foregoing speaks only as of the date of this document.

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  The Audit Oversight Committee of the Fund’s Board unanimously selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2009. PwC served as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund for initial fiscal period from November 30, 2007 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2008 and also serves as the independent registered public accounting firm of various other investment companies for which the Manager and the Sub-Adviser serve as investment adviser or sub-advisers. PwC is located at 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017. The Fund does not know of any direct financial or material indirect financial interest of PwC in the Fund.

 

A representative of PwC, if requested by any Shareholder, will be present at the Meeting via telephone to respond to appropriate questions from Shareholders and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she chooses to do so.

 

Pre-approval Policies and Procedures.  The Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee has adopted written policies relating to the pre-approval of audit and permitted non-audit services to be performed by the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm. Under the policies, on an annual basis, the Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee reviews and pre-approves proposed audit and permitted non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm on behalf of the Fund. The President of the Fund also pre-approves any permitted non-audit services to be provided to the Fund.

 

In addition, the Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee pre-approves annually any permitted non-audit services (including audit-related services) to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Manager, the Sub-Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Manager that provides ongoing services to the Fund (together, the “Accounting Affiliates”), provided, in each case, that the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Although the Audit Oversight Committee does not pre-approve all services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to Accounting Affiliates (for instance, if the engagement does not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund), the Committee receives an annual report from the independent registered public accounting firm showing the aggregate fees paid by Accounting Affiliates for such services.

 

The Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee may also from time to time pre-approve individual non-audit services to be provided to the Fund or an Accounting Affiliate that were not pre-approved as part of the annual process described above. The Chairman of the Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee (or any other member of the Committee to whom this responsibility has been delegated) may also pre-approve these individual non-audit services, provided that the fee for such services does not exceed certain pre-determined dollar thresholds.

Any such pre-approval by the Chairman (or by a delegate) is reported to the full Audit Oversight Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

The pre-approval policies provide for waivers of the requirement that the Audit Oversight Committee pre-approve permitted non-audit services provided to the Fund or it’s Accounting Affiliates pursuant to de minimis exceptions described in Section 10A of the Exchange Act and applicable regulations (referred to herein as the “de minimis exception”).

 

Audit Fees.  Audit Fees are fees related to the audit and review of the financial statements included in annual reports and registration statements, and other services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. For the Fund’s initial fiscal year, the Audit Fees billed by PwC are shown in the table below:

 

 

 

 

Audit-Related Fees.  Audit-Related Fees are fees related to assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements, but not reported under “Audit Fees” above, and that include accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports and comfort letters. For the Fund’s initial fiscal year, the Audit-Related Fees billed by PwC are shown in the table below:

 

 

 

 

Tax Fees.  Tax Fees are fees associated with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews, and tax distribution and analysis reviews. The table below shows, for the Fund’s last fiscal year, the aggregate Tax Fees billed by PwC to the Fund. For the Fund’s initial fiscal year, the Tax Fees Fees billed by PwC are shown in the table below:

 

 

 

 

All Other Fees.  All Other Fees are fees related to services other than those reported above under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees.” For the Fund’s initial fiscal year, no such fees were billed by PwC to the Fund or the Fund’s Accounting Affiliates.

 

During the periods indicated in the tables above, no services described under “Audit-Related Fees,” “Tax Fees” or “All Other Fees” were approved pursuant to the de minimis exception.

Aggregate Non-Audit Fees.  The aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC, during the Fund’s initial fiscal year, for services rendered to the Fund and the Fund’s Accounting Affiliates are shown in the table below:

 

 

 

 

The Fund’s Audit Oversight Committee has determined that the provision by PwC of non-audit services to the Fund’s Accounting Affiliates that were not pre-approved by the Committee were compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC as the Fund’s principal auditors.

 

Other Business.  As of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Fund’s officers and the Manager know of no business to come before the Meeting other than as set forth in the Notice. If any other business is properly brought before the Meeting, including any adjournment thereof, the persons named as proxies will vote in their sole discretion.

 

Quorum, Adjournments and Methods of Tabulation.  A quorum for the Fund at the Meeting will consist of the presence in person or by proxy of thirty percent (30%) of the total Shares of the Fund entitled to vote at the Meeting. In the event that a quorum is not present at the Meeting or, even if a quorum is present, in the event that sufficient votes in favor of the Proposal set forth in the Notice are not received by the time scheduled for the Meeting, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting after the date set for the original Meeting, with no other notice than announcement at the Meeting, to permit further solicitation of proxies with respect to the Proposal. In addition, if, in the judgment of the persons named as proxies, it is advisable to defer action on the Proposal, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting with respect to the Proposal for a reasonable time. Any adjournments with respect to the Proposal will require the affirmative vote of a plurality of the Shares of the applicable Fund entitled to vote thereon present in person or represented by proxy at the session of the Meeting to be adjourned. The persons named as proxies will vote in favor of such adjournment those proxies which they are entitled to vote in favor of the Proposal. They will vote against any such adjournment those proxies required to be voted against the Proposal. The costs of any additional solicitation and of any adjourned session will be borne by the Fund. Any proposals properly before the Meeting for which sufficient favorable votes have been received by the time of the Meeting will be acted upon and such action will be final regardless of whether the Meeting is adjourned to permit additional solicitation with respect to any other proposal.

 

Votes cast by proxy or in person at the Meeting will be counted by persons appointed by the Fund as tellers (the “Tellers”) for the Meeting. For purposes of determining the presence of a quorum for the Fund, the Tellers will count the total number of votes cast “for” or “against” approval of the Proposal, as well as Shares represented by proxies that reflect abstentions and “broker non-votes” (i.e., shares held by brokers or nominees as to which instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or the persons entitled to vote and the broker or nominee does not have the discretionary voting power on a particular matter). Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the Proposal, for the Fund.

 

Reports to Shareholders.  The 2008 Annual Report to Shareholders for the Fund was mailed to Shareholders on or about December 30, 2008. Additional copies of the Annual Report and the Fund’s Semi-Annual Report may be obtained without charge from the Fund by calling 1-877-819-2224 or by writing to the Fund at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105.

Shareholder Proposals for 2010 Annual Meeting.  It is currently anticipated that the Fund’s next annual meeting of Shareholders after the Meeting addressed in this Proxy Statement will be held in February 2010. Proposals of Shareholders intended to be presented at that annual meeting of the Fund must be received by the Fund no later than October 7, 2009 for inclusion in the Fund’s proxy statement and proxy cards relating to that meeting. The submission by a Shareholder of a proposal for inclusion in the proxy materials does not guarantee that it will be included. Shareholder proposals are subject to certain requirements under the federal securities laws and must be submitted in accordance with the Fund’s Bylaws. Shareholders submitting any other proposals for the Fund intended to be presented at the 2010 annual meeting (i.e., other than those to be included in the Fund’s proxy materials) must ensure that such proposals are received by the Fund, in good order and complying with all applicable legal requirements and requirements set forth in the Fund’s Bylaws, no earlier than December 7, 2009 and no later than December 22, 2009. If a Shareholder who wishes to present a proposal fails to notify the Fund within these dates, the proxies solicited for the meeting will have discretionary authority to vote on the Shareholder’s proposal if it is properly brought before the meeting. If a Shareholder makes a timely notification, the proxies may still exercise discretionary voting authority under circumstances consistent with the SEC’s proxy rules. Shareholder proposals should be addressed to the attention of the Secretary of the applicable Fund, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Fund, with a copy to David C. Sullivan, Ropes & Gray LLP, One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624.

 

PLEASE EXECUTE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD PROMPTLY TO ENSURE THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. A SELF-ADDRESSED, POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

 

February 4, 2009

Exhibit A to Proxy Statement

 

Allianz Global Investors Fund Management Sponsored Closed-End Funds
Audit Oversight Committee Charter

 

(Adopted as of January 14, 2004,
as amended through
June 10, 2008)

 

The Board of Trustees (each a “Board”) of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto (each a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”), as the same may be periodically updated, has adopted this Charter to govern the activities of the Audit Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) of the particular Board with respect to its oversight of the Fund. This Charter applies separately to each Fund and its particular Board and Committee, and shall be interpreted accordingly. This Charter supersedes and replaces any audit committee charter previously adopted by the Board or a committee of the Board.

 

Statement of Purpose and Functions

 

The Committee’s general purpose is to oversee the Fund’s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and its internal controls, including by assisting with the Board’s oversight of the integrity of the Fund’s financial statements, the Fund’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the qualifications and independence of the Fund’s independent auditors, and the performance of the Fund’s internal control systems and independent auditors. The Committee’s purpose is also to prepare reports required by Securities and Exchange Commission rules to be included in the Fund’s annual proxy statements, if any.

 

The Committee’s function is oversight. While the Committee has the responsibilities set forth in this Charter, it is not the responsibility of the Committee to plan or conduct audits, to prepare or determine that the Fund’s financial statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or to assure compliance with laws, regulations or any internal rules or policies of the Fund. Fund management is responsible for Fund accounting and the implementation and maintenance of the Fund’s internal control systems, and the independent auditors are responsible for conducting a proper audit of the Fund’s financial statements. Members of the Committee are not employees of the Funds and, in serving on this Committee, are not, and do not hold themselves out to be, acting as accountants or auditors. As such, it is not the duty or responsibility of the Committee or its members to conduct “field work” or other types of auditing or accounting reviews or procedures. Each member of the Committee shall be entitled to rely on (i) the integrity of those persons and organizations within management and outside the Fund from which the Committee receives information and (ii) the accuracy of financial and other information provided to the Committee by such persons or organizations absent actual knowledge to the contrary.

 

Membership

 

The Committee shall be comprised of as many trustees as the Board shall determine, but in any event not less than three (3) Trustees. Each member of the Committee must be a member of the Board. The Board may remove or replace any member of the Committee at any time in its sole discretion. One or more members of the Committee may be designated by the Board as the Committee’s chairman or co-chairman, as the case may be.

 

Each member of the Committee may not be an “interested person” of the Fund, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and must otherwise satisfy the standards for independence of an audit committee member of an investment

company issuer as set forth in Rule 10A-3(b) (taking into account any exceptions to those requirements set for in such rule) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and under applicable listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). Each member of the Committee must be “financially literate” (or must become so within a reasonable time after his or her appointment to the Committee) and at least one member of the Committee must have “accounting or related financial management expertise,” in each case as the Board interprets such qualification in its business judgment under NYSE listing standards.

 

Responsibilities and Duties

 

The Committee’s policies and procedures shall remain flexible to facilitate the Committee’s ability to react to changing conditions and to generally discharge its functions. The following describe areas of attention in broad terms. The Committee shall:

 

 

 

 

The Committee may delegate any portion of its authority and responsibilities as set forth in this Charter to a subcommittee of one or more members of the Committee.

Meetings

 

At least annually, the Committee shall meet separately with the independent auditors and separately with the representatives of Fund management responsible for the financial and accounting operations of the Fund. The Committee shall hold other regular or special meetings as and when it deems necessary or appropriate.

 

Outside Resources and Assistance from Management

 

The appropriate officers of the Fund shall provide or arrange to provide such information, data and services as the Committee may request. The Committee shall have the authority to engage at the Fund’s expense independent counsel and other experts and consultants whose expertise the Committee considers necessary to carry out its responsibilities. The Fund shall provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for the payment of: (i) compensation of the Fund’s independent auditors for the issuance of an audit report relating to the Fund’s financial statements or the performance of other audit, review or attest services for the Fund; (ii) compensation of independent legal counsel or other advisers retained by the Committee; and (iii) ordinary administrative expenses of the Committee that are necessary or appropriate in fulfilling its purposes or carrying out its responsibilities under this Charter.

 

Annual Evaluations

 

The Committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter at least annually and recommend any changes to the Board. In addition, the performance of the Committee shall be reviewed at least annually by the Board.

 

Adoption and Amendments

 

The Board shall adopt and approve this Charter and may amend the Charter at any time on the Board’s own motion.

 

Appendix A

 

Funds Subject to this Charter

 

(As of June 10, 2008)

 

ALLIANZ FUNDS MULTI STRATEGY TRUST (“MST”)
FIXED INCOME SHARES (“FISH”)
NFJ DIVIDEND, INTEREST & PREMIUM STRATEGY FUND (“NFJ”)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND (“NCV”)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND II (“NCZ”)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE EQUITY & CONVERTIBLE INCOME FUND (“NIE”)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE GLOBAL EQUITY & CONVERTIBLE INCOME FUND (“NGZ”)
NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE INTERNATIONAL & PREMIUM STRATEGY FUND (“NAI”)
PCM FUND, INC. (“PCM”)
PIMCO CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND (“PCQ”)
PIMCO CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II (“PCK”)
PIMCO CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND III (“PZC”)
PIMCO CORPORATE INCOME FUND (“PCN”)
PIMCO CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY FUND (“PTY”)
PIMCO FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND (“PFL”)
PIMCO FLOATING RATE STRATEGY FUND (“PFN”)
PIMCO GLOBAL STOCKSPLUS & INCOME FUND (“PGP”)
PIMCO HIGH INCOME FUND (“PHK”)
PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND (“PKO”)
PIMCO MUNICIPAL ADVANTAGE FUND INC. (“MAF”)
PIMCO MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND (“PMF”)
PIMCO MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II (“PML”)
PIMCO MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND III (“PMX”)
PIMCO NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND (“PNF”)
PIMCO NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II (“PNI”)
PIMCO NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND III (“PYN”)
PIMCO STRATEGIC GLOBAL GOVERNMENT FUND INC. (“RCS”)

Exhibit B to Proxy Statement

 

Report of Audit Oversight Committee
of the Board of Trustees of
PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”)
Dated December 20, 2008

 

The Audit Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) oversees the Fund’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) and operates under a written Charter adopted by the Board. The Committee meets with the Fund’s management (“Management”) and independent registered public accounting firm and reports the results of its activities to the Board. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls. In connection with the Committee’s and independent accountant’s responsibilities, Management has advised that the Fund’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008 were prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles.

 

The Committee has reviewed and discussed with Management and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008. The Committee has discussed with PwC the matters required to be discussed by Statements on Auditing Standard No. 61 (SAS 61). SAS 61 requires independent auditors to communicate to the Committee matters including, if applicable: 1) methods used to account for significant unusual transactions; 2) the effect of significant accounting policies in controversial or emerging areas for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or consensus; 3) the process used by management in formulating particularly sensitive accounting estimates and the basis for the independent registered public accounting firm’s conclusions regarding the reasonableness of those estimates; and 4) disagreements with Management over the application of accounting principles and certain other matters.

 

With respect to the Fund, the Committee has received the written disclosure and the letter from PwC required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (requiring auditors to make written disclosure to and discuss with the Committee various matters relating to the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence), and has discussed with PwC their independence. The Committee has also reviewed the aggregate fees billed by PwC for professional services rendered to the Fund and for non-audit services provided to Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (“AGIFM”), the Fund’s investment manager during portions of the last fiscal year, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”), the Fund’s sub-adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with AGIFM or PIMCO that provided services to the Fund. As part of this review, the Committee considered, in addition to other practices and requirements relating to selection of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, whether the provision of such non-audit services was compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC.

 

Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Committee presents this Report to the Board and recommends that (1) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2007 be included in the Fund’s Annual Report to shareholders for such fiscal year, (2) such Annual Report be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and (3) PwC be reappointed as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2009.

 

Submitted by the Audit Oversight Committee of the Board of Trustees:

 

Paul Belica

Robert E. Connor

Hans W. Kertess

William B. Ogden, IV

R. Peter Sullivan III

Diana L. Taylor

PROXY
PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND
COMMON SHARES

PROXY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 26, 2009

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND

The undersigned holder of common shares of PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), hereby appoints Lawrence G. Altadonna, Thomas J. Fuccillo and Brian S. Shlissel, or any of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each of them, to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time, February 26, 2009 at the offices of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10105, and any postponement or adjournment thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the undersigned is entitled to cast at the Annual Meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned with all powers possessed by the undersigned if personally present at such Annual Meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to the Annual Meeting.

IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST IN THE MANNER DIRECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF, AND WILL BE VOTED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDER(S) ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE AS REGARDS THE PROPOSAL INCLUDED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT, SUCH VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST “FOR” SUCH PROPOSAL.

Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of the Proposal.

     

PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF
AND RETURN THE SIGNED PROXY PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

     

NOTE: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the books of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, the signature should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.

HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED?		DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?

		Please mark
þ		votes as in
		this example.

Your Board of Trustees urges you to vote “FOR” the election of all Nominees.

I.

Election of Trustees:

	(01)		Hans Kertess (Class I)
	(02)		William B. Ogden, IV (Class I)
	(03)		Diana L. Taylor (Class II)
	(04)		Robert E. Connor (Class III)
	(05)		R. Peter Sullivan III (Class III)

	FOR	o		o		WITHHOLD
	ALL					FROM ALL
	NOMINEES					NOMINEES

		o
				For all Nominees except as noted above

     

PIMCO INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND

COMMON SHARES

II. To vote and otherwise represent the undersigned on any other matter that may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, in the discretion of the proxy holder(s).

Please check box at right if an address change or comment     o
has been made on the reverse side of this card.

Please be sure to sign and date this Proxy.

Shareholder

Joint Owner

signature:

Date:

(if any) signature:

Date: