PIMCO Fixed Income Source ETFs plc
An umbrella type open-ended investment company with variable capital and segregated liability between Funds incorporated with limited
liability under the laws of Ireland with registered number 489440.
GERMAN COUNTRY SUPPLEMENT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR INVESTORS IN GERMANY
12 October 2016
This Country Supplement dated 12 October 2016 forms part of, and should be read in
conjunction with the prospectus for PIMCO Fixed Income Source ETFs plc (the
“Company”) dated 12 October 2016 and the supplements for the sub-funds:
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PIMCO Euro Short Maturity Source UCITS ETF dated 12 October 2016
PIMCO US Dollar Short Maturity Source UCITS ETF dated 12 October 2016
PIMCO European Advantage Government Bond Index Source UCITS ETF
dated 12 October 2016
PIMCO Sterling Short Maturity Source UCITS ETF dated 12 October 2016
PIMCO Emerging Markets Advantage Local Bond Index Source UCITS ETF
dated 12 October 2016
PIMCO Short-Term High Yield Corporate Bond Index Source UCITS ETF
dated 12 October 2016
PIMCO German Government Bond Index Source UCITS ETF dated 12 October
2016
PIMCO Covered Bond Source UCITS ETF dated 12 October 2016
PIMCO Low Duration Euro Corporate Bond Source UCITS ETF dated 12
October 2016
PIMCO Low Duration US Corporate Bond Source UCITS ETF dated 12
October 2016
to the prospectus of the Company dated 12 October 2016, as amended from time to time
(hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus”).
Terms used herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Prospectus.
Right to publicly market Shares in Germany
The Company has notified the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (“BaFin”) of its
intention to market Shares in Germany. Since completion of the notification process the Company has
the right to market Shares in Germany.
Paying Agent in Germany
Marcard, Stein & Co. AG
Ballindamm 36
20095 Hamburg
has been appointed as Paying Agent in Germany (the “German Paying Agent”).
Redemption and conversion applications may be sent to the German Paying Agent for onward
transmission to the Company. Shareholders residing in Germany may request that they receive
payments (redemption proceeds, distributions, if any, and any other payments) from the Company
through the German Paying Agent, as set out in the Prospectus.
Information Agent in Germany
Marcard, Stein & Co. AG
Ballindamm 36
20095 Hamburg
has been appointed as information agent in Germany (the “German Information Agent”).
Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, the Prospectus together with
the Supplements to the Prospectus, the Key Investor Information Documents, the audited annual
report and, if subsequently published, the unaudited semi-annual report may be obtained free of
charge in either paper form or electronically at the office of the German Information Agent.
(The German Paying Agent and the German Information Agent are, together, the “German Paying
and Information Agent”)
Copies of the Irish Companies Acts 2014 and the UCITS Regulations are available for inspection free
of charge during normal business hours at the registered office of the German Paying and Information
Agent.
The Paying and Information Agency Agreement, dated 3 December 2010 between the Manager and
the German Paying and Information Agent provides that the appointment of the German Paying and
Information Agent will continue for a period of two years and thereafter shall continue in effect until
terminated without payment of any penalty on 30 days’ written notice by either party; the agreement
contains certain indemnities from the Manager in favour of the German Paying and Information
Agent which are restricted to exclude matters arising by reason of the gross negligence or wilful
misconduct or bad faith of the German Paying and Information Agent in the performance of its duties
under the agreement.
Publication of Issue and Redemption prices of the Shares
The subscription, conversion and redemption prices of the Company are also available free of charge
at the office of the German Paying and Information Agent. Such information will relate to the Net
Asset Value per Share for the previous Dealing Day and is made available for information only. It is
not an invitation to subscribe for or repurchase Shares at that Net Asset Value per Share. In Germany,
these prices are currently published in “Handelsblatt”; shareholder notifications, if any, are made via
shareholder letter.
Publication of particular events
In addition to receiving a shareholder letter, shareholders will be informed via a publication in the
German Federal Gazette about the following changes:
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the suspension of redemption of a fund's shares;
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the termination of the management of a fund or its liquidation;
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changes being made to the Memorandum and Articles of Association or the Prospectus which
are not in compliance with the existing investment principles or changes which affect material
shareholder rights or which relate to fees and cost refunds that may be withdrawn from the
Company;
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the merger of a fund; and, where applicable,
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the conversion of a fund into a feeder fund and a change of a master.
Local Representative Fees
The German Paying and Information Agent shall be entitled to receive as remuneration for its services
an annual fee of EUR 7,000 (plus VAT if applicable) payable by the Manager.
The Directors of PIMCO Fixed Income Source ETFs plc whose names appear in the Prospectus accept
responsibility for the information contained in this Supplement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the
Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure such is the case) the information contained in this
document is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such
information.