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Item 8.01 Other Events.
Effective immediately, Mark R. Kiesel no longer manages the PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund (the “Fund”). John M. Devir, Greg E. Sharenow, Daniel J. Ivascyn, Alfred T. Murata, and Giang Bui will continue to be primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Mr. Devir is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office. He is the head of Americas credit research, lead analyst for global energy, and lead portfolio manager for MLP and energy infrastructure and long/short equity strategies. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, he was a managing director and head of equity strategies at Barclays Capital in New York.
Mr. Sharenow is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, focusing on commodities and real assets. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2011, he was an energy trader at Hess Energy Trading, Goldman Sachs, and DE Shaw.
Mr. Ivascyn is Group Chief Investment Officer and a managing director in the Newport Beach office. Prior to joining PIMCO in 1998, he worked at Bear Stearns in the asset-backed securities group, as well as T. Rowe Price and Fidelity Investments.
Mr. Murata is a managing director and portfolio manager in the Newport Beach office, managing income-oriented, multisector credit, opportunistic and securitized strategies. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2001, he researched and implemented exotic equity and interest rate derivatives at Nikko Financial Technologies.
Ms. Bui is an executive vice president in the Newport Beach office and a portfolio manager and trader of securitized debt instruments and bank loans, focusing on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), leveraged loans, asset-backed collateralized debt obligations, and off-the-run sectors within structured products. Ms. Bui joined PIMCO in 2000 and is a member of the bank loan portfolio management team, responsible for bank loan investments and the management of PIMCO-issued CLOs.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund | ||||||
| By: |
/s/ Ryan G. Leshaw | |||||
| Name: |
Ryan G. Leshaw | |||||
| Title: |
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer | |||||
| Date: November 14, 2025 |
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