UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-08216
PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
840 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
(Address of principal executive offices)
John P. Hardaway
Treasurer
PIMCO Funds
840 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copies to:
Brendan Fox
Dechert LLP
1775 I Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (866) 746-2606
Date of fiscal year end: January 31
Date of reporting period: February 1, 2005 January 31, 2006
Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
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Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.
The following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1).
PIMCO
PIMCO STRATEGIC GLOBAL
GOVERNMENT FUND, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT | ||
January 31, 2006 |
Dear PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Shareholder:
We are pleased to present this annual report for PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. (the Fund), covering the twelve-month period ended January 31, 2006, the Funds fiscal year-end.
For the twelve-month reporting period, the Funds portfolio of mortgage-backed securities and emerging market bonds returned 2.57% based on its net asset value performance and 2.95% based on its NYSE share price. The Funds benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index, returned 1.78% for the same period. For the period since PIMCO assumed responsibility for managing the investment portfolio (February 8, 2002) through January 31, 2006, the Fund achieved annualized returns of 6.89% based on its net asset value performance and 10.44% based on its NYSE share price, while the benchmark returned 4.46% on an annualized basis during this same period.
The Fund paid a consistent monthly dividend of $0.074 over the twelve-month period, for a total annual dividend of $0.888 per share. As of January 31, 2006, the Funds annualized dividend yield was 8.55% based on its net asset value and 7.67% based on its NYSE share price. The Funds net assets stood at $382.6 million on January 31, 2006.
Bond returns were generally positive in 2005, though bond markets were dominated by speculation about the pace and duration of the Federal Reserves tightening cycle. The U.S. central bank raised the Federal Funds Rate in 0.25% increments at each of its nine meetings during the twelve-month period, for a total increase of 2.25%. There were also concerns that higher energy prices would lead to higher inflation. The benchmark ten-year Treasury yield closed the period at 4.52%, 0.39% higher than at the end of the last annual period on January 31, 2005.
On the following pages you will find details on the Funds portfolio and total return investment performance, including our discussion of the primary factors that affected performance during the twelve-month reporting period. If you have any questions regarding your investment in the Fund, please contact your account manager or call one of our shareholder associates at 1-866-746-2606. We also invite you to visit the Funds website at www.rcsfund.com.
As recently announced, due to a change in his other responsibilities at PIMCO, Brent R. Harris has decided to step down as Director and Chairman of the Funds Board, and the Board of Directors has appointed me as his successor. I have been closely associated with PIMCOs fund business since joining the firm in 1987 and I have been closely involved with the Fund since PIMCO assumed management responsibility in 2002. I wish to thank Mr. Harris for his dedicated service to the Fund and its shareholders during his tenure and I look forward to serving you as Chairman.
Sincerely,
R. Wesley Burns
Chairman of the Board, PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc.
March 27, 2006
January 31, 2006 | PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report 1
Important Information About the Fund
Background and Investment Objective
The PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. is a closed-end bond fund which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol RCS. Formed in 1994, the primary investment objective of the Fund is to generate, over time, a level of income higher than that generated by high-quality, intermediate-term U.S. debt securities. As a secondary objective, RCS seeks to maintain volatility in the net asset value of the shares of the Fund comparable to that of high-quality, intermediate-term U.S. debt securities. PIMCO assumed responsibility as portfolio manager of the Fund on February 8, 2002.
Primary Investments
The Fund attempts to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of investment grade fixed-income securities of the United States and other countries. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in government securities. Government securities include bonds issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or foreign governments (including states, provinces, cantons, and municipalities), by their agencies, authorities or instrumentalities, or by supranational entities, and synthetic instruments with economic characteristics similar to such securities. Government securities also include mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by certain U.S. Government agencies and government-sponsored enterprises (including Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae), which may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in below-investment grade securities. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its total assets in emerging market debt instruments.
Dividend Policy
The Fund currently pays a monthly dividend out of net investment income at a rate of $0.074 per share. The Fund may also pay a special dividend at the end of each calendar year in order to satisfy tax distribution rules applicable to Regulated Investment Companies.
Shareholders who wish to have their dividends reinvested may elect to do so through the Funds Dividend Reinvestment Plan described in this report beginning on page 24. Shareholders who hold their shares through a financial intermediary may or may not be able to participate in the Funds Dividend Reinvestment Plan and should consult with their financial intermediary to determine eligibility.
Risks of Making an Investment in the Fund
We believe that bond funds have an important role to play in a well-diversified investment portfolio. It is important to note, however, that it is possible to lose money in an investment in the Fund. The past and current dividend rates are not assured, and because the Funds shares trade at market value on an exchange, the shares may trade at a discount or premium to the Funds net asset value (NAV). An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Summary of Risks
The following provides a description of the Funds principal risks. The Fund may be subject to additional risks other than those described below.
| Interest rate risk, including the risk that bond prices fall as interest rates rise |
| Yield curve flattening risk, including the risk of a decrease in the difference between short-term interest rates and long-term interest rates and the risk that financing costs exceed the returns from longer-term investments purchased with borrowed funds |
| Market price versus NAV (discount risk), including the risk that the Funds shares may trade at a smaller premium or a larger discount from their NAV |
| Net investment income risk, including the risk that the Fund may not generate sufficient net income to meet the current monthly dividend rate |
| Duration risk, including the risk that investments with a longer final maturity may be more sensitive to interest rate changes than investments with a shorter final maturity |
| Derivative risk, including the risk of defaults by counterparties and the risk that a derivative performs differently from a direct investment in the instrument underlying the derivative |
| Small company risk, including the risk that securities issued by small companies may be less liquid than securities issued by larger companies |
| Non-U.S. security risk, including the risk that non-U.S. securities may present different risks (such as political, regulatory, accounting and tax risks) from similar securities issued by U.S. issuers |
| Credit and high-yield security risk, including the risk that offerings of debt securities or derivatives may default and the risk that below investment grade bonds may be subject to higher default rates than investment grade bonds |
| Sector-specific risk, including the risk that certain sectors of the bond market may have different risk attributes from the bond market as a whole |
| Leverage risk, including the risk that certain other risks will be magnified when the Fund pursues leveraging strategies and the risk that investments in excess of capital may increase the volatility of returns |
| Concentration risk, which may result in additional volatility compared to a more diversified portfolio. |
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Important Information About the Fund (Cont.)
In an environment where interest rates may trend upward, rising rates will negatively impact the performance of most bond funds, and fixed-income securities held by a fund are likely to decrease in value. The price volatility of fixed-income securities can also increase during periods of rising interest rates resulting in increased losses to a fund. Bond funds and individual bonds with a longer duration (a measure of the expected life of a security) tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, usually making them more volatile than securities or funds with shorter durations. The Funds duration, a measure of the portfolios sensitivity to interest rate changes, was 4.57 years as of January 31, 2006, compared to the duration of Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index which was 3.67 years. The longer-term performance of most bond funds has benefited from capital gains in part resulting from an extended period of declining interest rates. In the event interest rates increase, these capital gains should not be expected to recur. The Fund may use derivative instruments for hedging and leveraging purposes or as part of an investment strategy. Use of these instruments may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, management risk, leveraging risk and the risk that the Fund could not close out a position when it would be most advantageous to do so. A Fund investing in derivatives could lose more than the principal amount invested in these instruments. Investing in non-U.S. securities may entail risk due to non-U.S. economic and political developments; this risk may be enhanced when investing in emerging markets. High-yield bonds typically have a lower credit rating than other bonds. Lower-rated bonds, such as certain of the Funds emerging market holdings, generally involve a greater risk to principal than higher-rated bonds. As of January 31, 2006, the Funds holdings of high-yield bonds were approximately 14% of its total investments. The credit quality of the investments in the Funds portfolio does not apply to the stability of the Fund.
The Funds investments in securities issued by certain U.S. Government Agencies or U.S. Government-Sponsored Enterprises may not be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae), a wholly owned U.S. Government corporation, is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, the timely payment of principal and interest on securities issued by institutions approved by GNMA and backed by pools of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Government-related guarantors (i.e., not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government) include the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac). Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. FHLMC guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal, but its participation certificates are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
The Fund invests in dollar rolls, a simultaneous agreement to sell a security held in the portfolio with a purchase of a similar, but not identical security at a future date at an agreed-upon price, which may create leveraging risk for the Fund. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so. Because leveraging tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities, leverage may cause the Fund to be more volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Other Information Available to Shareholders
On June 30, 2005, the Fund submitted a CEO annual certification to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on which the Funds principal executive officer certified that he was not aware, as of that date, of any violation by the Fund of the NYSEs Corporate Governance listing standards. In addition, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules, the Funds principal executive and principal financial officers have made quarterly certifications, included in filings with the SEC on Forms N-CSR and N-Q, relating to, among other things, the Funds disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, as applicable.
PIMCO has adopted written proxy voting policies and procedures (Proxy Policy) as required by Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The Proxy Policy has been adopted by the Fund as the policies and procedures that PIMCO will use when voting proxies on behalf of the Fund. Copies of the written Proxy Policy and the factors that PIMCO may consider in determining how to vote proxies for the Fund, and information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, are available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-866-746-2606 and on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds proxy voting record is also available on the website maintained by PIMCO for the Fund at http://www.rcsfund.com. The Fund held no securities during the year ended June 30, 2005, in which there was a security holder vote. Accordingly, there are no proxy votes to report.
The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings with the SEC on Form N-Q for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year, which are available on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. A copy of the Funds Form N-Q is also available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-866-746-2606 or visiting the Funds website at http://www.rcsfund.com. In addition, the Funds Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. Holdings are subject to change daily.
January 31, 2006 | PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report 3
PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Performance Summary
NYSE Symbol: RCS
Objective: The Funds primary investment objective is to generate, over time, a level of income higher than that generated by high-quality, intermediate-term U.S. debt securities. |
Primary Investments: Investment grade government securities of the United States and other countries, including mortgage-backed securities (which may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the relevant government). The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in emerging market debt instruments. |
Fund Inception Date: 02/24/1994
Total Net Assets: $382.6 million as of January 31, 2006
Portfolio Manager: Dan Ivascyn | ||
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN For the periods ended January 31, 2006
1 Year |
5 Years |
10 Years |
Since Inception 2/24/1994 |
Since 2/8/2002(a) |
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NYSE Market Value |
-2.95 | % | 11.36 | % | 10.89 | % | 8.71 | % | 10.44 | % | |||||
Net Asset Value (NAV) |
2.57 | % | 7.64 | % | 7.85 | % | 7.20 | % | 6.89 | % | |||||
Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond |
1.78 | % | 5.20 | % | 5.90 | % | 6.15 | %(c) | 4.46 | % |
All Fund returns are net of fees and expenses.
(a) | PIMCO assumed responsibility for portfolio management of the Fund on February 8, 2002. |
(b) | Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index represents securities that are SEC-registered, taxable and dollar-denominated. The Index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities and asset-backed securities. These major sectors are subdivided into more specific indices that are calculated and reported on a regular basis. It is not possible to invest directly in this Index. |
(c) | Index comparisons began on February 28, 1994. |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.rcsfund.com or by calling 1-866-746-2606.
SECTOR BREAKDOWN Percentage of Total Investments as of January 31, 2006 |
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U.S. Government Agencies and Sponsored Entities (GSEs)(d) |
73.0 | % | |
Private Mortgage-Backed Securities |
13.4 | % | |
Sovereign Issues |
8.7 | % | |
Other |
4.9 | % |
(d) | 70.8% of Total Investments are invested in mortgage-backed securities of U.S. Government Agencies not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. |
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CUMULATIVE RETURNS THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2006
$10,000 invested at the Funds inception date
Month |
Net Asset Value |
NYSE Market Value |
Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index | |||
02/28/1994 |
10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |||
03/31/1994 |
9,631 | 9,800 | 9,802 | |||
04/30/1994 |
9,511 | 9,100 | 9,734 | |||
05/31/1994 |
9,507 | 8,758 | 9,752 | |||
06/30/1994 |
9,323 | 8,515 | 9,746 | |||
07/31/1994 |
9,465 | 8,371 | 9,905 | |||
08/31/1994 |
9,443 | 8,636 | 9,936 | |||
09/30/1994 |
9,455 | 8,388 | 9,828 | |||
10/31/1994 |
9,500 | 8,138 | 9,826 | |||
11/30/1994 |
9,403 | 8,303 | 9,786 | |||
12/31/1994 |
9,248 | 8,279 | 9,836 | |||
01/31/1995 |
9,282 | 8,279 | 10,017 | |||
02/28/1995 |
9,457 | 8,449 | 10,241 | |||
03/31/1995 |
9,435 | 8,514 | 10,296 | |||
04/30/1995 |
9,674 | 8,576 | 10,430 | |||
05/31/1995 |
9,958 | 9,081 | 10,749 | |||
06/30/1995 |
9,970 | 9,034 | 10,817 | |||
07/31/1995 |
10,017 | 9,099 | 10,825 | |||
08/31/1995 |
10,119 | 9,052 | 10,928 | |||
09/30/1995 |
10,239 | 9,119 | 11,013 | |||
10/31/1995 |
10,288 | 9,299 | 11,127 | |||
11/30/1995 |
10,520 | 9,251 | 11,266 | |||
12/31/1995 |
10,735 | 9,319 | 11,392 | |||
01/31/1996 |
10,776 | 9,620 | 11,486 | |||
02/29/1996 |
10,547 | 9,571 | 11,366 | |||
03/31/1996 |
10,617 | 9,346 | 11,314 | |||
04/30/1996 |
10,715 | 9,237 | 11,277 | |||
05/31/1996 |
10,682 | 9,307 | 11,260 | |||
06/30/1996 |
10,781 | 9,256 | 11,392 | |||
07/31/1996 |
10,824 | 9,572 | 11,429 | |||
08/31/1996 |
10,943 | 9,643 | 11,435 | |||
09/30/1996 |
11,220 | 9,777 | 11,606 | |||
10/31/1996 |
11,410 | 10,037 | 11,819 | |||
11/30/1996 |
11,709 | 10,235 | 11,980 | |||
12/31/1996 |
11,679 | 10,669 | 11,909 | |||
01/31/1997 |
11,909 | 10,926 | 11,970 | |||
02/28/1997 |
12,044 | 11,129 | 12,000 | |||
03/31/1997 |
11,835 | 11,075 | 11,906 | |||
04/30/1997 |
12,023 | 11,154 | 12,065 | |||
05/31/1997 |
12,232 | 11,362 | 12,171 | |||
06/30/1997 |
12,422 | 11,506 | 12,294 | |||
07/31/1997 |
12,623 | 11,714 | 12,536 | |||
08/31/1997 |
12,607 | 11,926 | 12,486 | |||
09/30/1997 |
12,759 | 12,139 | 12,636 | |||
10/31/1997 |
12,508 | 11,946 | 12,776 | |||
11/30/1997 |
12,597 | 12,231 | 12,809 | |||
12/31/1997 |
12,747 | 12,503 | 12,917 | |||
01/31/1998 |
12,986 | 12,538 | 13,070 | |||
02/28/1998 |
13,111 | 12,515 | 13,074 | |||
03/31/1998 |
13,182 | 12,385 | 13,121 | |||
04/30/1998 |
13,208 | 12,469 | 13,191 | |||
05/31/1998 |
13,212 | 12,124 | 13,285 | |||
06/30/1998 |
13,126 | 12,063 | 13,362 | |||
07/31/1998 |
13,278 | 12,221 | 13,416 | |||
08/31/1998 |
12,486 | 11,282 | 13,592 | |||
09/30/1998 |
13,109 | 11,812 | 13,863 | |||
10/31/1998 |
13,240 | 12,197 | 13,846 | |||
11/30/1998 |
13,453 | 12,136 | 13,874 | |||
12/31/1998 |
13,461 | 12,070 | 13,931 | |||
01/31/1999 |
13,544 | 12,147 | 14,017 | |||
02/28/1999 |
13,406 | 11,775 | 13,871 | |||
03/31/1999 |
13,770 | 11,944 | 13,971 | |||
04/30/1999 |
14,172 | 12,113 | 14,023 | |||
05/31/1999 |
13,752 | 12,363 | 13,927 | |||
06/30/1999 |
13,611 | 12,456 | 13,913 | |||
07/31/1999 |
13,345 | 12,390 | 13,863 | |||
08/31/1999 |
13,289 | 11,840 | 13,869 | |||
09/30/1999 |
13,692 | 11,774 | 14,041 | |||
10/31/1999 |
13,785 | 11,870 | 14,096 | |||
11/30/1999 |
13,878 | 11,757 | 14,110 | |||
12/31/1999 |
14,054 | 12,339 | 14,067 | |||
01/31/2000 |
13,679 | 12,518 | 13,986 | |||
02/29/2000 |
13,788 | 12,096 | 14,120 | |||
03/31/2000 |
13,831 | 12,280 | 14,271 | |||
04/30/2000 |
13,783 | 12,298 | 14,257 | |||
05/31/2000 |
13,698 | 12,135 | 14,271 | |||
06/30/2000 |
14,264 | 12,947 | 14,548 | |||
07/31/2000 |
14,364 | 13,236 | 14,651 | |||
08/31/2000 |
14,654 | 13,976 | 14,846 | |||
09/30/2000 |
14,892 | 13,981 | 14,990 | |||
10/31/2000 |
14,801 | 14,367 | 15,077 | |||
11/30/2000 |
14,960 | 13,930 | 15,293 | |||
12/31/2000 |
15,400 | 15,238 | 15,562 | |||
01/31/2001 |
15,870 | 15,789 | 15,812 | |||
02/28/2001 |
15,861 | 16,054 | 15,937 | |||
03/31/2001 |
15,881 | 16,244 | 16,044 | |||
04/30/2001 |
15,930 | 16,094 | 16,031 | |||
05/31/2001 |
16,183 | 16,521 | 16,127 | |||
06/30/2001 |
16,291 | 16,869 | 16,176 | |||
07/31/2001 |
16,475 | 17,287 | 16,493 | |||
08/31/2001 |
16,780 | 17,372 | 16,653 | |||
09/30/2001 |
17,011 | 17,264 | 16,903 | |||
10/31/2001 |
17,410 | 18,075 | 17,163 | |||
11/30/2001 |
17,234 | 18,015 | 16,993 | |||
12/31/2001 |
17,173 | 17,610 | 16,912 | |||
01/31/2002 |
17,453 | 18,230 | 17,032 | |||
02/28/2002 |
17,945 | 18,739 | 17,195 | |||
03/31/2002 |
17,731 | 18,593 | 16,967 | |||
04/30/2002 |
18,188 | 18,667 | 17,270 | |||
05/31/2002 |
18,307 | 19,636 | 17,422 | |||
06/30/2002 |
18,152 | 19,903 | 17,575 | |||
07/31/2002 |
18,013 | 20,886 | 17,786 | |||
08/31/2002 |
18,449 | 20,918 | 17,999 | |||
09/30/2002 |
18,352 | 21,161 | 18,240 | |||
10/31/2002 |
18,756 | 19,970 | 18,229 | |||
11/30/2002 |
18,879 | 20,334 | 18,207 | |||
12/31/2002 |
19,278 | 21,455 | 18,519 | |||
01/31/2003 |
19,439 | 21,868 | 18,537 | |||
02/28/2003 |
19,738 | 22,121 | 18,744 | |||
03/31/2003 |
19,849 | 21,319 | 18,755 | |||
04/30/2003 |
20,314 | 22,185 | 18,871 | |||
05/31/2003 |
20,508 | 22,607 | 19,106 | |||
06/30/2003 |
20,533 | 22,278 | 19,110 | |||
07/31/2003 |
19,530 | 23,163 | 18,650 | |||
08/31/2003 |
19,823 | 22,971 | 18,731 | |||
09/30/2003 |
20,530 | 22,775 | 19,145 | |||
10/31/2003 |
20,520 | 23,467 | 19,011 | |||
11/30/2003 |
20,654 | 23,228 | 19,043 | |||
12/31/2003 |
21,046 | 24,441 | 19,226 | |||
01/31/2004 |
21,201 | 24,575 | 19,351 | |||
02/29/2004 |
21,339 | 24,969 | 19,535 | |||
03/31/2004 |
21,534 | 25,507 | 19,662 | |||
04/30/2004 |
20,863 | 21,111 | 19,240 | |||
05/31/2004 |
20,549 | 21,653 | 19,172 | |||
06/30/2004 |
20,958 | 21,289 | 19,273 | |||
07/31/2004 |
21,275 | 22,630 | 19,441 | |||
08/31/2004 |
21,747 | 24,564 | 19,759 | |||
09/30/2004 |
21,833 | 24,852 | 19,791 | |||
10/31/2004 |
22,037 | 25,496 | 19,936 | |||
11/30/2004 |
22,064 | 24,459 | 19,808 | |||
12/31/2004 |
22,333 | 25,937 | 19,945 | |||
01/31/2005 |
22,362 | 27,857 | 20,014 | |||
02/28/2005 |
22,308 | 26,740 | 19,910 | |||
03/31/2005 |
22,072 | 25,186 | 19,834 | |||
04/30/2005 |
22,369 | 26,431 | 20,059 | |||
05/31/2005 |
22,626 | 27,956 | 20,232 | |||
06/30/2005 |
22,676 | 27,214 | 20,313 | |||
07/31/2005 |
22,622 | 28,078 | 20,168 | |||
08/31/2005 |
22,822 | 28,230 | 20,385 | |||
09/30/2005 |
22,787 | 28,475 | 20,234 | |||
10/31/2005 |
22,431 | 29,295 | 20,111 | |||
11/30/2005 |
22,482 | 25,490 | 20,189 | |||
12/31/2005 |
22,730 | 24,511 | 20,345 | |||
01/31/2006 |
22,936 | 27,036 | 20,371 |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The line graph depicts the value of a net $10,000 investment made at the Funds inception on February 24, 1994 and held through January 31, 2006, compared to the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index, an unmanaged market index representative of the U.S. taxable fixed-income universe. It is not possible to invest directly in the Index. Investment performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distribution, if any. The Funds NYSE Market Value performance does not reflect the effect of sales loads or broker commissions. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Investment return and share value will fluctuate so that Fund shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on (i) Fund distributions or (ii) the sale of Fund shares.
à | PIMCO assumed responsibility for portfolio management of the Fund on February 8, 2002. |
PORTFOLIO INSIGHTS
| For the twelve-month period ended January 31, 2006, the Fund outperformed the benchmark Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index based on net asset value performance by returning 2.57% versus the 1.78% return of the benchmark. The Funds -2.95% NYSE market price return underperformed the benchmark return for the same period. |
| The Funds above-index duration exposure, or sensitivity to changes in market interest rates, was negative for performance as interest rates rose across the yield curve. |
| Emerging markets holdings with an emphasis on Brazil, Mexico and Russia were a significant positive as improving fundamentals caused spreads to tighten over the period. |
| Although mortgage-backed securities (MBS) performed largely in line with Treasuries over the period, active management of MBS coupons and sectors were positive for performance. |
| Positions in GNMA mortgage-backed securities also aided returns as GNMA prices benefited from dramatically reduced supply relative to other MBS sectors. |
| An underweight to corporate bonds was positive for returns, as downgrades among automobile manufacturers weighed on the sector. |
| Front-end curve positions hurt performance over the twelve-month period as short-term interest rates rose dramatically in response to tightening by the Federal Reserve. |
January 31, 2006 | PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report 5
Selected Per Share Data for the Year Ended: |
01/31/2006 |
01/31/2005 |
01/31/2004 |
01/31/2003 |
01/31/2002 (a) |
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Net asset value beginning of year |
$ | 11.01 | $ | 11.41 | $ | 11.33 | $ | 11.20 | $ | 11.14 | ||||||||||
Net investment income (c) |
0.75 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 1.01 | 0.90 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized/unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
(0.48 | )(d) | (0.23 | )(d) | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.16 | |||||||||||||
Total income from investment operations |
0.27 | 0.59 | 0.99 | 1.14 | 1.06 | |||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income (c) |
(0.89 | ) | (0.99 | ) | (0.91 | ) | (1.01 | ) | (1.00 | ) | ||||||||||
Net asset value end of year |
$ | 10.39 | $ | 11.01 | $ | 11.41 | $ | 11.33 | $ | 11.20 | ||||||||||
Per share market value end of year |
$ | 11.58 | $ | 12.88 | $ | 12.41 | $ | 11.95 | $ | 10.90 | ||||||||||
Total Investment Return (i) |
||||||||||||||||||||
Per share market value (b) |
(2.95 | )% | 13.36 | % | 12.38 | % | 19.96 | % | 15.46 | % | ||||||||||
Per share net asset value (e) |
2.57 | % | 5.47 | % | 9.07 | % | 11.38 | % | 10.23 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios to Average Net Assets |
||||||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses (excluding interest expense) |
1.06 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.04 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.15 | %(f)(g) | ||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
1.52 | % | 1.06 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.15 | %(f)(g) | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
6.99 | % | 7.38 | % | 6.84 | % | 9.02 | % | 8.09 | %(h) | ||||||||||
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets end of year (000s) |
$ | 382,618 | $ | 399,268 | $ | 407,099 | $ | 395,313 | $ | 382,831 | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate |
361 | % | 224 | % | 446 | % | 517 | % | 211 | % |
(a) | On January 18, 2002, the Fund acquired all of the assets and liabilities of the Dresdner RCM Global Strategic Income Fund, Inc. in a tax-free exchange valued at $40,985,851. |
(b) | Total investment return on market value is the combination of reinvested dividend income, reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, and changes in market price per share during the period. Total investment returns exclude the effects of broker commissions. |
(c) | Dividends from net investment income are determined on a tax basis as set forth in the Notes to Financial Statements, Note 5. Net investment income for financial reporting purposes may be higher or lower due to the inclusion of gains and/or losses incurred on paydowns on mortgage-backed securities. Certain paydown gains and losses are treated as an adjustment to net income for financial reporting purposes, but treated as capital gains and losses for tax purposes. See the discussion of Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders in the Notes to the Financial Statements on page 16 for more information about the difference between amounts determined for financial reporting and tax purposes. |
(d) | Net realized and unrealized losses as determined on a tax basis are deferred and do not reduce taxable net investment income. |
(e) | Total investment return on net asset value is the combination of reinvested dividend income on ex-date on a net asset value basis, reinvested capital gains distributions on a net asset value basis, if any, and changes in net asset value per share during the period. |
(f) | If the investment manager had not reimbursed expenses, the ratio of operating expenses to average net assets would have been 1.18%. |
(g) | Ratio includes merger-related expenses of 0.04%. |
(h) | Ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding merger related expenses is 8.13%. |
(i) | Past performance is no guarantee of future results. |
6 PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report | January 31, 2006 | See accompanying notes
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
January 31, 2006
Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts
Assets: |
||||
Investments, at value |
$ | 957,738 | ||
Foreign currency, at value |
9 | |||
Receivable for investments sold |
123,559 | |||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts |
4 | |||
Interest and dividends receivable |
4,690 | |||
Paydown receivable |
961 | |||
Variation margin receivable |
311 | |||
Swap premiums paid |
13,561 | |||
1,100,833 | ||||
Liabilities: |
||||
Reverse repurchase agreement |
$ | 114,305 | ||
Payable for investments purchased |
587,332 | |||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts |
189 | |||
Dividends payable |
2,726 | |||
Accrued investment advisory fee |
260 | |||
Accrued administration fee |
15 | |||
Accrued printing expense |
10 | |||
Accrued custodian expense |
25 | |||
Accrued audit fee |
11 | |||
Variation margin payable |
322 | |||
Swap premiums received |
709 | |||
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements |
11,910 | |||
Other liabilities |
401 | |||
718,215 | ||||
Net Assets |
$ | 382,618 | ||
Net Assets Consist of: |
||||
Capital stockauthorized 500 million shares, $.00001 par value; outstanding 36,842,466 shares |
$ | 5 | ||
Paid-in capital |
432,399 | |||
(Overdistributed) net investment income |
(1,598 | ) | ||
Accumulated undistributed net realized (loss) |
(51,856 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation |
3,668 | |||
$ | 382,618 | |||
Net Asset Value Per Share Outstanding |
$ | 10.39 | ||
Cost of Investments Owned |
$ | 942,059 | ||
Cost of Foreign Currency Held |
$ | 9 | ||
See accompanying notes | January 31, 2006 | PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report 7
Year Ended January 31, 2006
Amounts in thousands
Investment Income: |
||||
Interest |
$ | 33,200 | ||
Miscellaneous income |
14 | |||
Total Income |
33,214 | |||
Expenses: |
||||
Investment advisory fees |
3,318 | |||
Administration fees |
195 | |||
Transfer agent fees |
36 | |||
Directors fees |
119 | |||
Printing expense |
54 | |||
Legal fees |
111 | |||
Audit fees |
62 | |||
Custodian fees |
150 | |||
Interest expense |
1,791 | |||
Miscellaneous expense |
108 | |||
Total Expenses |
5,944 | |||
Net Investment Income |
27,270 | |||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss): |
||||
Net realized (loss) on investments |
(14,091 | ) | ||
Net realized gain on futures contracts, options and swaps |
10,010 | |||
Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions |
1,310 | |||
Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on investments |
(5,278 | ) | ||
Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on futures contracts, options and swaps |
(9,814 | ) | ||
Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies |
(442 | ) | ||
Net (Loss) |
(18,305 | ) | ||
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
$ | 8,965 | ||
8 PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report | January 31, 2006 | See accompanying notes
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Amounts in thousands, except share amounts
Year Ended January 31, 2006 |
Year Ended January 31, 2005 |
|||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from: |
||||||||
Operations: |
||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 27,270 | $ | 29,558 | ||||
Net realized (loss) |
(2,771 | ) | (2,260 | ) | ||||
Net change in unrealized (depreciation) |
(15,534 | ) | (6,076 | ) | ||||
Net increase resulting from operations |
8,965 | 21,222 | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders: |
||||||||
From net investment income (b) |
(32,475 | ) | (35,562 | ) | ||||
Fund Share Transactions: |
||||||||
Issued as reinvestment of distributions (592,628 and 571,309 shares, respectively) |
6,860 | 6,509 | ||||||
Total Decrease in Net Assets |
(16,650 | ) | (7,831 | ) | ||||
Net Assets: |
||||||||
Beginning of period |
399,268 | 407,099 | ||||||
End of period (a) |
$ | 382,618 | $ | 399,268 | ||||
(a) Including (overdistributed) net investment income of: |
$ | (1,598 | ) | $ | (1,222 | ) | ||
(b) Dividends from net investment income are determined on a tax basis as set forth in the Notes to Financial Statements, Note 5. |
|
See accompanying notes | January 31, 2006 | PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report 9
Year Ended January 31, 2006
Amounts in thousands
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Foreign Currency from: | ||||
Financing Activities: |
||||
Cash distributions paid |
$ | (25,572 | ) | |
Proceeds from financing transactions |
98,183 | |||
Net increase from financing activities |
72,611 | |||
Operating Activities: |
||||
Purchases of long-term securities |
(8,904,631 | ) | ||
Proceeds from sales of long-term securities |
8,807,326 | |||
Purchases of short-term securities (net) |
10,885 | |||
Net investment income |
27,270 | |||
Change in other receivables/payables (net) |
(13,863 | ) | ||
Net (decrease) from operating activities |
(73,013 | ) | ||
Net (Decrease) in Cash and Foreign Currency |
(402 | ) | ||
Cash and Foreign Currency: |
||||
Beginning of period |
411 | |||
End of period |
$ | 9 | ||
10 PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report | January 31, 2006 | See accompanying notes
January 31, 2006
Principal Amount (000s) |
Value (000s) | |||||
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES 2.4% | ||||||
Banking & Finance 0.6% |
||||||
Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
||||||
7.375% due 04/25/2012 |
$ | 2,000 | $ | 2,213 | ||
Industrials 1.8% |
||||||
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust |
||||||
5.750% due 12/15/2015 |
3,000 | 2,969 | ||||
Petroliam Nasional Bhd. |
||||||
7.625% due 10/15/2026 |
2,300 | 2,841 | ||||
Southern Copper Corp. |
||||||
7.500% due 07/27/2035 |
1,000 | 1,004 | ||||
6,814 | ||||||
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $8,128) |
9,027 | |||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 182.8% | ||||||
Fannie Mae |
||||||
4.250% due 11/25/2024 |
348 | 295 | ||||
4.600% due 08/01/2031 (a) |
274 | 286 | ||||
4.862% due 04/01/2030 (a) |
89 | 91 | ||||
4.915% due 02/01/2032 (a) |
63 | 65 | ||||
4.955% due 03/01/2032 (a) |
311 | 322 | ||||
5.000% due 05/01/2020 (d) |
2,631 | 2,600 | ||||
5.000% due 05/25/2016 - 04/01/2020 (c) |
429 | 426 | ||||
5.310% due 08/25/2033 |
8,200 | 8,003 | ||||
5.394% due 09/01/2028 (a) |
100 | 103 | ||||
5.416% due 12/01/2028 (a) |
329 | 334 | ||||
5.500% due 08/25/2014 - 09/14/2035 (c) |
152,829 | 151,282 | ||||
5.648% due 02/01/2027 (a) |
112 | 114 | ||||
5.750% due 10/01/2031 (a) |
23 | 24 | ||||
5.750% due 06/25/2033 |
100 | 99 | ||||
5.781% due 12/01/2028 (a) |
137 | 141 | ||||
5.807% due 08/25/2043 |
2,500 | 2,448 | ||||
5.838% due 02/01/2028 (a) |
213 | 218 | ||||
5.956% due 11/01/2027 (a) |
160 | 165 | ||||
6.000% due 01/25/2044 (d) |
13,674 | 13,817 | ||||
6.000% due 02/25/2017 - 04/25/2017 (c) |
23,100 | 23,303 | ||||
6.150% due 10/01/2031 (a) |
54 | 55 | ||||
6.435% due 12/01/2025 (a) |
287 | 294 | ||||
6.500% due 11/01/2028 - 06/25/2044 (c)(d) |
13,882 | 14,225 | ||||
6.500% due 05/01/2013 - 07/01/2035 (c) |
12,160 | 12,510 | ||||
7.000% due 04/01/2030 - 03/25/2045 (c)(d) |
20,663 | 21,458 | ||||
7.000% due 02/01/2015 - 11/25/2043 (c) |
10,666 | 11,048 | ||||
7.065% due 03/01/2032 (a) |
300 | 299 | ||||
7.260% due 02/01/2030 (a) |
123 | 127 | ||||
7.500% due 06/19/2030 (a) |
469 | 489 | ||||
7.500% due 06/25/2044 (d) |
6,721 | 7,068 | ||||
7.500% due 10/25/2022 - 10/25/2042 (c) |
6,952 | 7,273 | ||||
7.750% due 03/01/2031 (a) |
91 | 92 | ||||
7.815% due 12/01/2030 (a) |
255 | 256 | ||||
8.000% due 07/19/2030 (a) |
4,645 | 4,823 | ||||
Federal Housing Administration |
||||||
7.430% due 06/01/2024 |
229 | 230 | ||||
Freddie Mac |
||||||
3.655% due 04/01/2033 (a) |
122 | 121 | ||||
4.448% due 12/01/2026 (a) |
63 | 64 | ||||
5.000% due 10/15/2016 - 02/15/2024 (c) |
525 | 523 | ||||
5.500% due 07/01/2025 (d) |
4,430 | 4,422 | ||||
5.500% due 12/01/2031 |
548 | 543 | ||||
6.000% due 12/15/2016 - 03/01/2033 (c)(d) |
12,592 | 12,810 | ||||
6.000% due 10/15/2012 - 01/12/2036 (c) |
298,038 | 301,156 | ||||
6.500% due 09/25/2043 (a) |
262 | 268 | ||||
6.500% due 04/15/2018 - 03/25/2044 (c) |
54,816 | 56,456 | ||||
7.000% due 06/01/2008 - 10/25/2043 (c) |
10,977 | 11,353 | ||||
7.500% due 06/01/2025 - 07/01/2033 (c) |
3,870 | 4,065 | ||||
8.000% due 08/15/2022 - 08/01/2024 (c) |
368 | 384 | ||||
8.250% due 10/01/2007 |
18 | 18 | ||||
8.500% due 10/01/2030 |
1,207 | 1,279 | ||||
Government National Mortgage Association |
||||||
5.500% due 04/20/2035 - 06/20/2035 (a)(c) |
1,168 | 1,139 | ||||
6.500% due 06/20/2032 |
150 | 156 | ||||
7.000% due 02/15/2024 - 03/20/2031 (c) |
10,125 | 10,388 | ||||
7.500% due 07/15/2006 - 02/15/2028 (c) |
2,588 | 2,730 | ||||
8.000% due 06/15/2016 - 03/20/2030 (c) |
1,208 | 1,236 | ||||
8.500% due 10/15/2016 - 02/15/2031 (c) |
65 | 71 | ||||
Small Business Administration |
||||||
4.754% due 08/10/2014 |
1,891 | 1,850 | ||||
5.038% due 03/10/2015 |
995 | 989 | ||||
6.300% due 07/01/2013 - 06/01/2018 (c) |
1,610 | 1,661 | ||||
6.400% due 08/01/2013 |
411 | 422 | ||||
7.449% due 08/01/2010 |
268 | 285 | ||||
7.540% due 08/10/2009 |
663 | 701 | ||||
Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost $704,697) |
699,473 | |||||
See accompanying notes | January 31, 2006 | PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report 11
Schedule of Investments (Cont.)
January 31, 2006
Principal Amount (000s) |
Value (000s) | |||||
PRIVATE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 33.6% |
||||||
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust |
||||||
6.500% due 07/25/2035 |
$ | 2,453 | $ | 2,473 | ||
Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust |
||||||
6.000% due 11/25/2026 |
10,000 | 9,977 | ||||
7.500% due 11/25/2034 (d) |
7,017 | 7,335 | ||||
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. |
||||||
7.000% due 02/25/2034 (d) |
4,084 | 4,149 | ||||
DLJ Commercial Mortgage Corp. |
||||||
7.340% due 10/10/2032 |
1,500 | 1,605 | ||||
GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust |
||||||
5.239% due 08/19/2034 (a) |
1,590 | 1,569 | ||||
GSAA Trust |
||||||
6.000% due 04/01/2034 |
8,658 | 8,685 | ||||
GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust |
||||||
7.500% due 06/19/2027 |
268 | 277 | ||||
8.000% due 09/19/2027 |
3,546 | 3,743 | ||||
7.000% due 06/25/2043 (d) |
9,997 | 10,131 | ||||
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust |
||||||
6.500% due 01/25/2034 |
6,377 | 6,495 | ||||
MASTR Alternative Loans Trust |
||||||
6.500% due 03/25/2034 |
3,541 | 3,595 | ||||
MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust |
||||||
7.000% due 05/25/2035 |
6,961 | 7,269 | ||||
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. |
||||||
7.500% due 03/25/2034 (d) |
8,272 | 8,660 | ||||
7.000% due 10/25/2034 |
6,079 | 6,289 | ||||
7.500% due 10/25/2034 |
18,237 | 19,246 | ||||
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. |
||||||
7.000% due 08/25/2016 (d) |
6,955 | 7,207 | ||||
8.500% due 10/25/2031 (d) |
2,835 | 2,910 | ||||
8.500% due 11/25/2031 |
3,035 | 3,186 | ||||
Washington Mutual MSC Pass-Through Certificates |
||||||
7.500% due 12/25/2033 |
5,224 | 5,335 | ||||
7.000% due 03/25/2034 |
999 | 1,015 | ||||
6.500% due 08/25/2034 |
7,378 | 7,529 | ||||
Total Private Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $131,205) |
128,680 | |||||
SOVEREIGN ISSUES 21.8% | ||||||
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
||||||
9.375% due 01/13/2034 |
1,000 | 1,253 | ||||
Brazilian Government International Bond |
||||||
11.500% due 03/12/2008 |
2,500 | 2,818 | ||||
8.000% due 01/15/2018 |
2,902 | 3,181 | ||||
10.125% due 05/15/2027 |
3,038 | 3,943 | ||||
12.250% due 03/06/2030 |
9,580 | 14,418 | ||||
11.000% due 08/17/2040 |
5,000 | 6,464 | ||||
Chile Government International Bond |
||||||
7.125% due 01/11/2012 |
2,000 | 2,205 | ||||
Ecuador Government International Bond |
||||||
12.000% due 11/15/2012 |
8,000 | 8,300 | ||||
9.000% due 08/15/2030 (a) |
212 | 206 | ||||
Mexico Government International Bond |
||||||
8.625% due 03/12/2008 |
395 | 426 | ||||
9.875% due 02/01/2010 |
5,180 | 6,071 | ||||
Panama Government International Bond |
||||||
9.375% due 07/23/2012 |
3,325 | 3,948 | ||||
Peru Government International Bond |
||||||
9.125% due 02/21/2012 |
10,000 | 11,600 | ||||
Russia Government International Bond |
||||||
11.000% due 07/24/2018 |
2,680 | 3,950 | ||||
12.750% due 06/24/2028 |
3,227 | 5,841 | ||||
5.000% due 03/31/2030 (a) |
7,437 | 8,318 | ||||
Ukraine Government International Bond |
||||||
7.650% due 06/11/2013 |
500 | 531 | ||||
Total Sovereign Issues (Cost $61,185) |
83,473 | |||||
FOREIGN CURRENCY-DENOMINATED ISSUES (h) 4.7% | ||||||
Deutsche Bundesrepublik |
||||||
4.750% due 07/04/2008 |
EC | 6,500 | 8,209 | |||
Gaz Capital (Gazprom) |
||||||
5.875% due 06/01/2015 |
1,000 | 1,300 | ||||
Mexico Government International Bond |
||||||
8.000% due 07/23/2008 |
DM | 12,100 | 8,347 | |||
Total Foreign Currency-Denominated Issues (Cost $17,598) |
17,856 | |||||
# of Contracts |
||||||
PURCHASED CALL OPTIONS 0.0% | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Note 5-Year Futures (CBOT) |
||||||
Strike @ $110.000 Exp. 02/24/2006 |
230 | 3 | ||||
Strike @ $109.500 Exp. 02/24/2006 |
253 | 4 | ||||
U.S. Treasury Note 10-Year Futures (CBOT) |
||||||
Strike @ $114.000 Exp. 02/24/2006 |
300 | 5 | ||||
Total Purchased Call Options (Cost $15) |
12 | |||||
Notional Amount (000s) |
||||||
PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS 0.0% | ||||||
Fannie Mae (OTC) |
||||||
5.500% due 03/13/2036 |
||||||
Strike @ $93.000 Exp. 03/06/2006 |
$ | 35,000 | 1 | |||
Strike @ $92.219 Exp. 03/06/2006 |
95,000 | 0 | ||||
Total Purchased Put Options (Cost $15) |
1 | |||||
12 PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report | January 31, 2006 | See accompanying notes
Principal Amount (000s) |
Value (000s) |
||||||
SHORT-TERM INSTRUMENTS 5.0% | |||||||
Repurchase Agreements 3.3% |
|||||||
Credit Suisse First Boston |
|||||||
4.360% due 02/01/2006 (Dated 01/31/2006. Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note 3.250% due 08/15/2007 valued at $6,847. Repurchase proceeds are $6,701.) |
$ | 6,700 | $ | 6,700 | |||
State Street Bank |
|||||||
3.900% due 02/01/2006 (Dated 01/31/2006. Collateralized by Federal Home Loan Bank 4.250% due 04/16/2007 valued at $6,120. Repurchase proceeds are $5,998.) |
5,997 | 5,997 | |||||
12,697 | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills 1.7% |
|||||||
4.023% due 03/16/2006 (e)(f) |
6,550 | 6,519 | |||||
Total Short-Term Instruments (Cost $19,216) |
19,216 | ||||||
Total Investments (b) 250.3% (Cost $942,059) |
$ | 957,738 | |||||
Other Assets and Liabilities (Net) (150.3%) |
(575,120 | ) | |||||
Net Assets 100.0% |
$ | 382,618 | |||||
Notes to Schedule of Investments (amounts in thousands, except number of contracts):
(a) | Variable rate security. |
(b) | As of January 31, 2006, portfolio securities with an aggregate market value of $8,425 were valued with reference to securities whose prices are more readily obtainable. |
(c) | Securities are grouped by coupon or range of coupons and represent a range of maturities. |
(d) | On January 31, 2006, securities valued at $116,791 were pledged as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements. |
(e) | Securities with an aggregate market value of $746 have been pledged as collateral for swap and swaption contracts on January 31, 2006. |
(f) | Securities with an aggregate market value of $896 have been segregated with the custodian to cover margin requirements for the following open futures contracts on January 31, 2006: |
Description |
Type |
Expiration Month |
# of Contracts |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
||||||
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note Futures |
Short | 03/2006 | 483 | $ | 332 | |||||
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note Futures |
Short | 03/2006 | 314 | (6 | ) | |||||
U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bond Futures |
Short | 03/2006 | 255 | (247 | ) | |||||
$ | 79 | |||||||||
(g) | Swap agreements outstanding on January 31, 2006: |
Interest Rate Swaps
Counterparty |
Floating Rate Index |
Pay/Receive Floating Rate |
Fixed Rate |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount |
Unrealized (Depreciation) |
||||||||||
Deutsche Bank AG |
6-month BP-LIBOR | Pay | 5.000 | % | 09/15/2010 | BP | 9,300 | $ | (60 | ) | ||||||
Deutsche Bank AG |
6-month BP-LIBOR | Receive | 5.000 | % | 06/18/2034 | 3,400 | (17 | ) | ||||||||
Bank of America |
3-month USD-LIBOR | Pay | 4.570 | % | 01/27/2015 | $ | 12,000 | (395 | ) | |||||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
3-month USD-LIBOR | Receive | 5.000 | % | 06/21/2008 | 8,300 | (2 | ) | ||||||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
3-month USD-LIBOR | Receive | 5.000 | % | 06/15/2025 | 169,000 | (1,752 | ) | ||||||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
3-month USD-LIBOR | Pay | 5.000 | % | 09/30/2025 | 150,000 | (3,045 | ) | ||||||||
Lehman Brothers, Inc. |
3-month USD-LIBOR | Pay | 5.025 | % | 08/11/2025 | 60,000 | (622 | ) | ||||||||
UBS Warburg LLC |
3-month USD-LIBOR | Pay | 4.955 | % | 09/28/2025 | 140,000 | (2,812 | ) | ||||||||
UBS Warburg LLC |
3-month USD-LIBOR | Receive | 5.000 | % | 06/21/2026 | 227,400 | (3,205 | ) | ||||||||
$ | (11,910 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Schedule of Investments (Cont.)
January 31, 2006
(h) | Forward foreign currency contracts outstanding on January 31, 2006: |
Type |
Principal Amount Covered by Contract |
Settlement Month |
Unrealized Appreciation |
Unrealized (Depreciation) |
Net Unrealized Appreciation/ |
||||||||||||
Buy |
BP | 215 | 02/2006 | $ | 4 | $ | 0 | $ | 4 | ||||||||
Sell |
EC | 14,584 | 03/2006 | 0 | (140 | ) | (140 | ) | |||||||||
Buy |
JY | 422,122 | 02/2006 | 0 | (49 | ) | (49 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 4 | $ | (189 | ) | $ | (185 | ) | ||||||||||
14 PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. Annual Report | January 31, 2006 | See accompanying notes
January 31, 2006
1. General Information
The Fund commenced operations on February 24, 1994. The Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act), as amended, as a closed-end, non-diversified, investment management company organized as a Maryland corporation. The stock exchange symbol of the Fund is RCS. Shares of the Fund are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Security Valuation. Portfolio securities and other financial instruments for which market quotations are readily available are stated at market value. Portfolio securities and other financial instruments for which market quotes are not readily available are valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Directors, including certain fixed-income securities which may be valued with reference to securities whose prices are more readily obtainable. Market value is determined at the close of regular trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the New York Stock Exchange on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Market value is determined on the basis of last reported sales price, or if no sales are reported, as is the case for most securities traded over-the-counter, the mean between representative bid and asked quotations obtained from a quotation reporting system or from established market makers. The prices of certain portfolio securities or other financial instruments may be determined at a time prior to the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Fair valuation may be used if significant events occur after the close of the relevant markets and prior to the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange that materially affect the values of such securities or financial instruments. The net asset value per share (NAV) is determined on each business day as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Fixed-income securities are normally valued on the basis of quotes obtained from brokers and dealers or pricing services. Prices obtained from independent pricing services use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics. Certain fixed-income securities purchased on a delayed-delivery basis are marked to market daily until settlement at the forward settlement value. Short-term investments, which mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Exchange traded options, futures and options on futures are valued at the settlement price determined by the relevant exchange. The prices used by the Fund may differ from the value that would be realized if the securities were sold and the differences could be material to the financial statements. The NAV is available on the website maintained by PIMCO on behalf of the Fund at www.rcsfund.com, by clicking on the Daily NAV link.
Securities Transactions and Investment Income. Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Securities purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis may be settled a month or more after the trade date. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are subject to market value fluctuations during this period. On the commitment date of such purchases, the Fund designates specific assets with a value at least equal to the commitment, to be utilized to settle the commitment. The proceeds to be received from delayed-delivery sales are included in the Funds net assets on the date the commitment is executed. Accordingly, any fluctuation in the value of such assets is excluded from the Funds net asset value while the commitment is in effect. Realized gains and losses from securities sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Interest income, adjusted for the accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums, is recorded on the accrual basis. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage- and asset-backed securities are recorded as a component of interest income in the Statement of Operations.
Borrowing Under Mortgage Dollar Rolls and Forward Commitments. The Fund enters into dollar rolls in which the Fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, same or similar interest rate and maturity) securities on a specified future date. The difference between the selling price and the future purchase price is an adjustment to interest income in the Statement of Operations. During the roll period, the Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. The Fund accounts for dollar rolls as financing transactions. Dollar rolls are intended to enhance the Funds yield by earning a spread between the yield on the underlying mortgage securities and short-term interest rates. At January 31, 2006, there were $563,225,039 in dollar roll commitments.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Cont.)
January 31, 2006
Leverage. The Fund is authorized to borrow funds and utilize leverage subject to certain limitations under the Act. The Funds ability to use leverage creates an opportunity for increased net income, but at the same time poses special risks. Certain transactions may give rise to a form of leverage. Such transactions may include, among others, reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities, and the use of mortgage-dollar rolls, when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment transactions. The use of leverage increases the overall duration risk of the Fund and creates an increased sensitivity of the Fund to rising short-term interest rates. The use of leverage, which is generally the economic equivalent of borrowing to purchase securities, thus creates risks of greater volatility of the net asset value and market value of Fund shares. If the income from the securities purchased with borrowed funds is not sufficient to cover the cost of borrowing, the net income of the Fund will be less than if borrowing has not been used, reducing the amount available for distribution to shareholders. Yield curve flattening reduces the potential benefits to the Fund from borrowing. Conversely, a steep yield curve increases the potential benefit to the Fund from borrowing.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. The Fund expects to pay monthly dividends of net investment income (other than net realized gains) to the shareholders. Under the Funds current policy, which may be changed at any time by the Funds Board of Directors, the Funds monthly dividends will be made at a level that reflects the past and projected performance of the Fund, which policy over time will be expected to result in the distribution of all net investment income of the Fund. Distributions, if any, of net realized short- or long-term capital gains will be distributed no less frequently than once each year. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Differences between tax regulations and GAAP may change the fiscal year when income and capital items are recognized for tax and GAAP purposes. Examples of events that give rise to timing differences include wash sales, straddles, net operating losses and capital loss carryforwards. Further, the character of investment income and capital gains may be different for certain transactions under the two methods of accounting. Examples of characterization differences include the treatment of mortgage paydowns, swaps, foreign currency transactions and contingent debt instruments. As a result, income dividends and capital gain distributions paid during a fiscal period may differ significantly from the net investment income and realized capital gain reported in a Funds annual financial statements presented under GAAP.
Federal Income Taxes. The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income and net realized gains, if applicable, to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes has been made.
Foreign Currency. The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollar. The market values of foreign securities, currency holdings and other assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollar based on the current exchange rates each business day. Fluctuations in the value of currency holdings and other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains or losses. Realized gains or losses and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities and income and expenses are translated on the respective dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are not segregated in the Statement of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those securities, but are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investment securities. Investing in securities of foreign companies and foreign governments involves special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies and securities of the U.S. Government. These risks include revaluation of currencies and the risk of expropriation. Moreover, the markets for securities of many foreign companies and foreign governments may be less liquid and the prices of such securities may be more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies and the U.S. Government.
Non-U.S. currency symbols utilized throughout reports are defined as follows:
BP | | British Pound | ||
DM | | German Mark | ||
EC | | Euro | ||
JY | | Japanese Yen |
Forward Currency Transactions. The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts and forward cross-currency contracts in connection with settling planned purchases or sales of securities, to hedge the currency exposure associated with some or all of the Funds securities or as a part of an investment strategy. A forward currency
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contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. The market value of a forward currency contract fluctuates with changes in forward currency exchange rates. Forward currency contracts are marked to market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. Realized gains or losses equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed are recorded upon delivery or receipt of the currency or, if a forward currency contract is offset by entering into another forward currency contract with the same broker, upon settlement of the net gain or loss. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Funds Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to risk if the counterparties are unable to meet the terms of the contracts or if the value of the currency changes unfavorably to the U.S. dollar.
Futures Contracts. The Fund is authorized to enter into futures contracts. The Fund may use futures contracts to manage its exposure to the securities markets or to movements in interest rates and currency values. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures contracts, the possibility of an illiquid market, and the inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit with its custodian, in a segregated account in the name of the futures broker, an amount of cash or U.S. Government and Agency Obligations in accordance with the initial margin requirements of the broker or exchange. Futures contracts are marked to market daily and an appropriate payable or receivable for the change in value (variation margin) is recorded by the Fund. Gains or losses are recognized but not considered realized until the contracts expire or are closed. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Guarantees and Indemnifications. Under the Funds organizational documents, each Director, officer, employee or other agent of the Fund (including the Funds investment manager) is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Funds maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts, and believes the risk of loss to be remote.
Options Contracts. The Fund may write call and put options on futures, swaps, securities or currencies it owns or in which it may invest. Writing put options tends to increase the Funds exposure to the underlying instrument. Writing call options tends to decrease the Funds exposure to the underlying instrument. When the Fund writes a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option written. These liabilities are reflected as written options outstanding in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or made, if any, from writing options with premiums to be determined on a future date are reflected as such on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against amounts paid on the underlying future, swap, security or currency transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. The Fund as a writer of an option has no control over whether the underlying future, swap, security or currency may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the future, swap, security or currency underlying the written option. There is the risk the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market.
The Fund may also purchase put and call options. Purchasing call options tends to increase the Funds exposure to the underlying instrument. Purchasing put options tends to decrease the Funds exposure to the underlying instrument. The Fund pays a premium which is included in the Funds Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying future, swap, security or currency transaction to determine the realized gain or loss.
Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may engage in repurchase transactions. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund takes possession of an underlying debt obligation subject to an obligation of the
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Notes to Financial Statements (Cont.)
January 31, 2006
seller to repurchase, and the Fund to resell, the obligation at an agreed-upon price and time. The market value of the collateral must be equal at all times to the total amount of the repurchase obligations, including interest. Securities purchased under repurchase agreements are reflected as an asset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Generally, in the event of counterparty default, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset losses incurred. If the counterparty should default, the Fund will seek to sell the securities which it holds as collateral. This could involve procedural costs or delays in addition to a loss on the securities if their value should fall below their repurchase price.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the sale of a portfolio-eligible security by the Fund, coupled with an agreement to repurchase the security at a specified date and price. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of securities retained by the Fund may decline below the repurchase price of the securities sold by the Fund, which the Fund is obligated to repurchase. Reverse repurchase agreements are considered to be borrowings by the Fund. To the extent the Fund collateralizes its obligations under reverse repurchase agreements, such transactions will not be deemed subject to the 300% asset coverage requirements imposed by the Act. The Fund will segregate assets determined to be liquid by PIMCO or otherwise cover its obligations under reverse repurchase agreements. The average amount of borrowings outstanding during the year ended January 31, 2006 was $46,778,084 at a weighted average interest rate of 3.96%.
Swap Agreements. The Fund may invest in swap agreements. A swap is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one instrument for the return generated by another instrument. The Fund may enter into interest rate swap agreements to manage its exposure to interest rates and credit risks.
Interest rate swap agreements involve the exchange by the Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest, e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments with respect to the notional amount of principal.
Swaps are marked to market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change in value, if any, is recorded as unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected as such on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These upfront payments are recorded as realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap is recorded as realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations. Net periodic payments received by the Fund are included as part of realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations. Entering into these agreements involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of contractual terms in the agreements and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates.
U.S. Government Agencies or Government-Sponsored Enterprises. Securities issued by U.S. Government agencies or Government-sponsored enterprises may not be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. GNMA, a wholly owned U.S. Government corporation, is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, the timely payment of principal and interest on securities issued by institutions approved by GNMA and backed by pools of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Government-related guarantors (i.e., not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government) include the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac). Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. FHLMC guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal, but its participation certificates are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
3. Fees, Expenses and Related Party Transactions
Investment Advisory Fee. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) is a majority-owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P. (AGI) and serves as investment adviser (the Adviser) to the Fund, pursuant to an investment advisory contract. The Adviser receives a monthly fee from the Fund at an annual rate of 0.85% based on average daily net assets of the Fund during the month.
Administration Fee. PIMCO serves as administrator (the Administrator), and provides administrative services to the Fund for which it receives from the Fund a monthly administrative fee at an annual rate of 0.05% based on average daily net assets of the Fund during the month.
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Expenses. The Fund is responsible for the following expenses: (i) independent auditors fees; (ii) printing fees; (iii) transfer agent fees; (iv) custody and accounting fees; (v) taxes and governmental fees; (vi) brokerage fees and commissions and other portfolio transaction expenses; (vii) the costs of borrowing money, including interest expenses and bank overdraft charges; (viii) fees and expenses of the Directors who are not interested persons of PIMCO or the Fund (each an Independent Director), and any counsel retained exclusively for their benefit; (ix) legal fees; and (x) extraordinary expenses, including costs of litigation and indemnification expenses.
Each Independent Director receives from the Fund an annual retainer of $10,000, plus $2,000 for each regular meeting of the Board of Directors, $1,500 for each special meeting of the Board, and $1,000 for each committee meeting, in each case attended either in person or telephonically, plus reimbursement of related expenses.
4. Purchases and Sales of Securities
The length of time the Fund has held a particular security is not generally a consideration in investment decisions. A change in the securities held by the Fund is known as portfolio turnover. The Fund may engage in frequent and active trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective, particularly during periods of volatile market movements. High portfolio turnover (e.g., over 100%) involves correspondingly greater expenses to the Fund, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestments in other securities. Such sales may also result in realization of taxable capital gains, including short-term capital gains (which are generally taxed at ordinary income tax rates). The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Funds performance.
Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments) for the year ended January 31, 2006 were as follows (amounts in thousands):
U.S Government/Agency | Non-U.S. Government/Agency | ||||||||
Purchases | Sales | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
$8,915,206 | $ | 8,751,401 | $ | 133,549 | $ | 37,047 |
5. Federal Income Tax Matters
As of January 31, 2006, the components of distributable taxable earnings are as follows (amounts in thousands):
Undistributed Ordinary Income |
Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains |
Net Tax Basis Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)(1) |
Other Book-to-Tax Accounting Differences(2) |
Accumulated Capital Losses(3) |
Post-October Deferral(4) |
||||||||||||||
$ | 2,302 | $ | 0 | $ | 2,676 | $ | (2,989 | ) | $ | (50,045 | ) | $ | (1,730 | ) |
(1) | Adjusted for accelerated recognition of unrealized gain or loss on certain futures, options and forward contracts. Also adjusted for differences between book and tax realized and unrealized gain/loss on swap contracts. |
(2) | Represents differences between tax regulations and financial accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for straddle loss deferrals and distributions payable at fiscal year-end. |
(3) | Capital losses available to offset future net capital gains expire in varying amounts as shown below. |
(4) | Capital losses realized during the period November 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006, which the Fund elected to defer to the following taxable year pursuant to income tax regulations. |
As of January 31, 2006, the Fund had accumulated capital losses expiring in the following years (amounts in thousands):
Expiration of Accumulated Capital Losses | |||||||||||||
01/31/2008 | 01/31/2009 | 01/31/2012 | 01/31/2013 | 01/31/2014 | |||||||||
$ | 3,440(5) | $ | 28,488 | $ | 2,188 | $ | 9,752 | $ | 6,177 |
(5) | Represents acquired capital loss carryovers which may be limited under current tax law. |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Cont.)
January 31, 2006
As of January 31, 2006, the aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments for federal income tax purposes are as follows (amounts in thousands):
Federal Tax Cost |
Unrealized Appreciation |
Unrealized (Depreciation) |
Net Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)(6) | |||||||
$942,059 | $ | 24,742 | $ | (9,063 | ) | $ | 15,679 |
(6) | There were no differences between book and tax net unrealized appreciation on investments. |
The Fund made the following tax basis distributions (amounts in thousands):
Fiscal Year Ended |
Ordinary Income Distributions |
Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions |
Return of Capital | ||||||
01/31/2006 | $ | 32,475 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||
01/31/2005 | 35,562 | 0 | 0 |
Capital loss carryforwards expired at January 31, 2006 in the amount of $1,736 have been reclassified from accumulated undistributed net realized loss to paid-in-capital to more appropriately conform financial accounting to tax accounting.
The Fund did not distribute capital gains during the fiscal year due to accumulated capital losses. The Fund will resume capital gain distributions in the future to the extent gains are realized in excess of accumulated capital losses.
6. Regulatory and Litigation Matters
On June 1, 2004, the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey announced that it had dismissed PIMCO from a complaint filed by the New Jersey Attorney General on February 17, 2004, and that it had entered into a settlement agreement (the New Jersey Settlement) with PIMCOs parent company, AGI, PEA Capital LLC (an entity affiliated with PIMCO through common ownership) (PEA) and Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC (AGID), in connection with the same matter. In the New Jersey Settlement, AGI, PEA and AGID neither admitted nor denied the allegations or conclusions of law, but did agree to pay New Jersey a civil fine of $15 million and $3 million for investigative costs and further potential enforcement initiatives against unrelated parties. They also undertook to implement certain governance changes. The complaint relating to the New Jersey Settlement alleged, among other things, that AGI, PEA and AGID had failed to disclose that they improperly allowed certain hedge funds to engage in market timing in certain funds. The complaint sought injunctive relief, civil monetary penalties, restitution and disgorgement of profits.
Since February 2004, PIMCO, AGI, PEA, AGID, and certain of their affiliates, PIMCO Funds, and Allianz Funds, have been named as defendants in 14 lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York, the Central District of California and the Districts of New Jersey and Connecticut. Ten of those lawsuits concern market timing, and they have been transferred to and consolidated for pre-trial proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; four of those lawsuits concern revenue sharing and have been consolidated into a single action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The lawsuits have been commenced as putative class actions on behalf of investors who purchased, held or redeemed shares of the various series of the PIMCO Funds and the Allianz Funds during specified periods, or as derivative actions on behalf of the PIMCO Funds and the Allianz Funds.
The market timing actions in the District of Maryland generally allege that certain hedge funds were allowed to engage in market timing in certain of the PIMCO Funds and the Allianz Funds and this alleged activity was not disclosed. Pursuant to tolling agreements entered into with the derivative and class action plaintiffs, PIMCO, the Trustees of the PIMCO Funds, and certain employees of PIMCO who were previously named as defendants have all been dropped as defendants in the market timing actions; the plaintiffs continue to assert claims on behalf of the shareholders of the PIMCO Funds or on behalf of the PIMCO Funds themselves against other defendants. By order dated November 3, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted PIMCO Funds motion to dismiss claims asserted against them in a consolidated amended complaint where the PIMCO Funds were named, in the complaint, as a nominal defendant. The revenue sharing action in the District of Connecticut generally alleges that fund assets were inappropriately used to pay brokers to promote the PIMCO Funds or the Allianz Funds,
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including directing fund brokerage transactions to such brokers, and that such alleged arrangements were not fully disclosed to shareholders. On August 11, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut conducted a hearing on defendants motion to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint in the revenue sharing action but has not yet ruled on the motion to dismiss. The market timing and revenue sharing lawsuits seek, among other things, unspecified compensatory damages plus interest and, in some cases, punitive damages, the rescission of investment advisory contracts, the return of fees paid under those contracts and restitution.
On April 11, 2005, the Attorney General of the State of West Virginia filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Marshall County, West Virginia (the West Virginia Complaint) against Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC (formerly PA Fund Management LLC) (AGIF), PEA and AGID alleging, among other things, that they improperly allowed broker-dealers, hedge funds and investment advisers to engage in frequent trading of various open-end funds advised or distributed by AGIF and certain of its affiliates in violation of the funds stated restrictions on market timing. On May 31, 2005, AGIF, PEA and AGID, along with the other mutual fund defendants in the action, removed the action to the U.S. District Court for the District of West Virginia. The West Virginia Complaint also names numerous other defendants unaffiliated with AGIF in separate claims alleging improper market timing and/or late trading of open-end management investment companies advised or distributed by such other defendants. The West Virginia Complaint seeks injunctive relief, civil monetary penalties, investigative costs and attorneys fees.
Under Section 9(a) of the Act, if the New Jersey Settlement or any of the lawsuits described above were to result in a court injunction against AGI, PEA, AGID and/or their affiliates, PIMCO could, in the absence of exemptive relief granted by the SEC, be barred from serving as an investment adviser to any registered investment company, including the Fund. In connection with an inquiry from the SEC concerning the status of the New Jersey Settlement under Section 9(a), PEA, AGID, AGI and certain of their affiliates (including PIMCO) (together, the Applicants) have sought exemptive relief from the SEC under Section 9(c) of the Act. The SEC has granted the Applicants a temporary exemption from the provisions of Section 9(a) with respect to the New Jersey Settlement until the earlier of (i) September 13, 2006 and (ii) the date on which the SEC takes final action on their application for a permanent order. There is no assurance that the SEC will issue a permanent order. If the West Virginia Complaint were to result in a court injunction against AGIF, PEA or AGID, the Applicants would, in turn, seek exemptive relief under Section 9(c) with respect to that matter, although there is no assurance that such exemptive relief would be granted.
The foregoing speaks only as of the date of this report. None of the aforementioned complaints alleges that any improper activity took place in the Fund. PIMCO believes that these developments will not have a material adverse effect on the Fund or on PIMCOs ability to perform its investment advisory services on behalf of the Fund.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Directors and Shareholders of PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc.
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and of cash flows, and the financial highlights presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the Fund) at January 31, 2006, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and cash flows for the year then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to collectively as financial statements) are the responsibility of the Funds management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit, which included confirmation of securities at January 31, 2006 by correspondence with the custodian and counterparties, provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
March 17, 2006
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The Funds consider customer privacy to be a fundamental aspect of their relationships with shareholders and are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of their current, prospective and former shareholders personal information. To ensure their shareholders privacy, the Funds have developed policies that are designed to protect this confidentiality, while allowing shareholder needs to be served.
Obtaining Personal Information
In the course of providing shareholders with products and services, the Funds and certain service providers to the Funds, such as the Funds investment advisers (Advisers), may obtain non-public personal information about shareholders, which may come from sources such as account applications and other forms, from other written, electronic or verbal correspondence, from shareholder transactions, from a shareholders brokerage or financial advisory firm, financial adviser or consultant, and/or from information captured on the Funds internet web sites.
Respecting Your Privacy
As a matter of policy, the Funds do not disclose any personal or account information provided by shareholders or gathered by the Funds to non-affiliated third parties, except as required or permitted by law or as necessary for such third parties to perform their agreements with respect to the Funds. As is common in the industry, non-affiliated companies may from time to time be used to provide certain services, such as preparing and mailing prospectuses, reports, account statements and other information, conducting research on shareholder satisfaction and gathering shareholder proxies. A Funds Distributor may also retain non-affiliated companies to market the Funds shares or products which use the Funds shares and enter into joint marketing agreements with other companies. These companies may have access to a shareholders personal and account information, but are permitted to use this information solely to provide the specific service or as otherwise permitted by law. In most cases, the shareholders will be clients of a third party, but the Funds may also provide a shareholders personal and account information to the shareholders respective brokerage or financial advisory firm.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
The Funds reserve the right to disclose or report personal information to non-affiliated third parties, in limited circumstances, where the Funds believe in good faith that disclosure is required under law to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities, to protect their rights or property or upon reasonable request by any Fund in which a shareholder has chosen to invest. In addition, the Funds may disclose information about a shareholders accounts to a non-affiliated third party with the consent of the shareholder.
Sharing Information with Affiliates
The Funds may share shareholder information with their affiliates in connection with servicing their shareholders accounts or to provide shareholders with information about products and services that the Funds or their Advisers, principal underwriters or their affiliates (Service Affiliates) believe may be of interest to such shareholders. The information that the Funds share may include, for example, a shareholders participation in one of the Funds or in other investment programs sponsored by a Service Affiliate, a shareholders ownership of certain types of accounts (such as IRAs), or other data about a shareholders accounts. The Funds Service Affiliates, in turn, are not permitted to share shareholder information with non-affiliated entities, except as required or permitted by law.
Procedures to Safeguard Private Information
The Funds take seriously the obligation to safeguard shareholder non-public personal information. In addition to this policy, the Funds have also implemented procedures that are designed to restrict access to a shareholders non-public personal information only to internal personnel who need to know that information in order to provide products or services to such shareholders. In order to guard a shareholders non-public personal information, physical, electronic and procedural safeguards are in place.
* | This Privacy Policy applies to the following entities: PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Inc. and PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. (collectively, the Funds). |
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Dividend Reinvestment Plan (Unaudited)
What is the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for the Fund?
The Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the Plan) offers shareholders in the Fund an efficient and simple way to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, in additional shares of the Fund. Each month the Fund will distribute to shareholders substantially all of its net investment income. The Fund expects to distribute at least annually any net realized long-term or short-term capital gains. Computershare Trust Co., N.A. acts as the Plan Agent for shareholders in administering the Plan.
Who can participate in the Plan?
All shareholders in the Fund may participate in the Plan by following the instructions for enrollment provided later in this section.
What does the Plan offer?
The Plan offers shareholders a simple and convenient means to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in additional shares of the Fund.
How is the reinvestment of income dividends and capital gains distributions accomplished?
If you are a participant in the Plan, your dividends and capital gains distributions will be reinvested automatically for you, increasing your holding in the Fund. If the Fund declares a dividend or capital gains distribution payable either in cash or in shares of the Fund, you will automatically receive shares of the Fund. If the market price of shares is equal to or exceeds the net asset value per share on the Valuation Date (as defined below), Plan participants will be issued shares valued at the net asset value most recently determined or, if net asset value is less than 95% of the then-current market price, then at 95% of the market price.
If the market price is less than the net asset value on the Valuation Date, Computershare (the Plan Agent) will buy shares in the open market, on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or elsewhere, for the participants accounts. If, following the commencement of the purchase and before the Plan Agent has completed its purchases, the market price exceeds the net asset value, the average per share purchase price paid by the Plan Agent may exceed the net asset value, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares than if the dividend or capital gains distribution had been paid in shares issued by the Fund at net asset value. Additionally, if the market price exceeds the net asset value before the Plan Agent has completed its purchases, the Plan Agent is permitted to cease purchasing shares and the Fund may issue the remaining shares at a price equal to the greater of net asset value or 95% of the then-current market price. In a case where the Plan Agent has terminated open market purchases and the Fund has issued the remaining shares, the number of shares received by the participant will be based on the weighted average of prices paid for shares purchased in the open market and the price at which the Fund issues the remaining shares. The Plan Agent will apply all cash received to purchase shares as soon as practicable after the payment date of the dividend or capital gains distribution, but in no event later than 30 days after that date, except when necessary to comply with applicable provisions of the federal securities laws.
The Valuation Date is the dividend or capital gains distribution payment date or, if that date is not a NYSE trading day, the immediately preceding trading day. All reinvestments are in full and fractional shares, carried to three decimal places.
Is there a cost to participate?
There is no direct charge to participants for reinvesting dividends and capital gains distributions, since the Plan Agents fees are paid by the Fund. There are no brokerage charges for shares issued directly by the Fund. Whenever shares are purchased on the NYSE or elsewhere in connection with the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions, each participant will pay a pro rata portion of brokerage commissions. Brokerage charges for purchasing shares through the Plan are expected to be less than the usual brokerage charges for individual transactions, because the Plan Agent will purchase shares for all participants in blocks, resulting in lower commissions for each individual participant.
What are the tax implications for participants?
You will receive tax information annually for your personal records to help you prepare your federal income tax return. The automatic reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions does not affect the tax characterization of the dividends and capital gains. Other questions should be directed to your tax adviser.
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How do participating shareholders benefit?
You will build holdings in the Fund easily and automatically at reduced costs.
You will receive a detailed account statement from the Plan Agent, showing total dividends and distributions, dates of investments, shares acquired and price per share, and total shares of record held by you and by the Plan Agent for you. The proxy you receive in connection with the Funds shareholder meetings will include shares purchased for you by the Plan Agent according to the Plan.
As long as you participate in the Plan, shares acquired through the Plan will be held for you in safekeeping in non-certificated form by Computershare Trust Co., N.A., the Plan Agent. This convenience provides added protection against loss, theft or inadvertent destruction of certificates.
Whom should I contact for additional information?
If you hold shares in your own name, please address all notices, correspondence, questions or other communications regarding the Plan to:
PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc.
c/o Computershare Trust Co., N.A.
250 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
Telephone: 1-800-213-3606
If your shares are not held in your name, you should contact your brokerage firm, bank or other nominee for more information.
How do I enroll in the Plan?
If you hold shares of the Fund in your own name, you are already enrolled in this Plan. Your reinvestments will begin with the first dividend after you purchase your shares. If your shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you should contact your nominee to see if it will participate in the Plan on your behalf. If your nominee is unable to participate in the Plan on your behalf, you may want to request that your shares be registered in your name so that you can participate in the Plan.
Once enrolled in the Plan, may I withdraw from it?
You may withdraw from the Plan without penalty at any time by providing written notice to Computershare Trust Co., N.A. Elections to withdraw from the Plan will be effective for distributions with a Record Date of at least ten days after such elections are received by the Plan Agent.
If you withdraw, you will receive, without charge, a share certificate issued in your name for all full shares accumulated in your account from dividend and capital gains distributions, plus a check for any fractional shares based on market price.
Experience under the Plan may indicate that changes are desirable. Accordingly, either the Fund or the Plan Agent may amend or terminate the Plan. Participants will receive written notice at least 30 days before the effective date of any amendment. In the case of termination, participants will receive written notice at least 30 days before the record date of any dividend or capital gains distribution by the Fund.
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2005 Shareholder Meeting Results (Unaudited)
The Funds annual shareholders meeting was held on June 9, 2005. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposals presented at the meeting are listed below.
Proposal 1
To re-elect two Directors to the Board of Directors of the Fund
# of Shares Voted |
% of Shares Voted |
||||
Carter W. Dunlap, Jr. |
|||||
For |
34,705,893 | 99.5 | % | ||
Withheld |
171,751 | 0.5 | % | ||
Total |
34,877,644 | 100.0 | % | ||
James M. Whitaker |
|||||
For |
34,710,104 | 99.5 | % | ||
Withheld |
167,540 | 0.5 | % | ||
Total |
34,877,644 | 100.0 | % | ||
Brent R. Harris, Francis E. Lundy and Gregory S. Young continued in office as Directors.
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Management of the Fund (Unaudited)
The chart below identifies the Directors and Officers of the Fund. Each interested Director as defined by the 1940 Act, is indicated by an asterisk (*). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all persons below is 840 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Directors of the Fund
Name, Age and Position Held with the Fund |
Term of Length of |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Number of in Fund |
Other Directorships Held by Director | ||||
Disinterested Directors | ||||||||
Francis E. Lundy 68 Director |
Since 2/94 | President, Technical Instrument -San Francisco. | 1 | Director, Industrialex Manufacturing Corp. (coating and application techniques for electronics industry). | ||||
James M. Whitaker 63 Director, Vice Chairman of the Board |
Since 2/94 | Attorney at Law, sole practitioner. | 1 | None | ||||
Gregory S. Young 49 Director |
Since 3/01 | President, Teton Capital Management (private equity venture capital). | 1 | None | ||||
Carter W. Dunlap, Jr. 50 Director |
Since 6/02 | Analyst/Portfolio Manager, Dunlap Equity Management (investment advisory). | 1 | None | ||||
Interested Director | ||||||||
R. Wesley Burns* 46 Director and Chairman |
Since 3/06 | Consulting Managing Director, PIMCO. Formerly, Director and Managing Director, PIMCO. | 89 | Trustee, PIMCO Funds; Director, PIMCO Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Inc., Trustee, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, and Director, PS Business Parks, Inc. (a Real Estate Investment Trust). | ||||
* | Mr. Burns is an Interested Person of the Fund (as the term defined in the 1940 Act) because of his affiliations with PIMCO. |
** | Term of office is three years. |
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Management of the Fund (Unaudited) (Cont.)
Name, Age and |
Term of Office and Length of Time Served |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | ||
Executive Officers |
||||
Brent R. Harris 46 President |
Since 2/02 (Director and Chairman Since 2/02 - 3/06) | Managing Director, PIMCO and Board of Governors and Executive Committee, Investment Company Institute. | ||
Mohan V. Phansalkar | Since 8/03 | Managing Director, PIMCO. Formerly, Executive Vice President, PIMCO. | ||
42 | ||||
Chief Legal Officer | ||||
Jennifer E. Durham | Since 7/04 | Senior Vice President, PIMCO. Formerly, Vice President, PIMCO; | ||
35 | Legal/Compliance Manager, PIMCO. | |||
Chief Compliance Officer | ||||
Ernest L. Schmider | Since 5/05 | Managing Director, PIMCO. | ||
48 | ||||
Senior Vice President | ||||
Pasi Hamalainen | Since 2/02 | Managing Director, PIMCO. | ||
38 | ||||
Senior Vice President | ||||
Daniel J. Ivascyn | Since 2/02 | Executive Vice President, PIMCO. Formerly, Senior Vice President, PIMCO. | ||
36 | ||||
Senior Vice President | ||||
Jeffrey M. Sargent | Since 2/02 | Executive Vice President, PIMCO. Formerly, Senior Vice President and Vice | ||
43 | President, PIMCO. | |||
Senior Vice President | ||||
J. Stephen King, Jr. | Since 5/05 | Vice President and Attorney, PIMCO. Formerly, Associate, Dechert LLP and | ||
43 | Assistant General Counsel, The Dreyfus Corporation. | |||
Vice President - Senior Counsel | ||||
Henrik P. Larsen | Since 2/02 | Senior Vice President, PIMCO. Formerly, Vice President, PIMCO. | ||
36 | ||||
Vice President | ||||
Michael J. Willemsen | Since 2/02 | Vice President, PIMCO. Formerly, Manager, PIMCO. | ||
46 | ||||
Vice President | ||||
Garlin G. Flynn | Since 2/02 | Senior Paralegal, PIMCO. Formerly, Paralegal and Specialist, PIMCO. | ||
59 | ||||
Secretary | ||||
John P. Hardaway | Since 2/02 | Executive Vice President, PIMCO. Formerly, Senior Vice President, PIMCO. | ||
48 | ||||
Treasurer | ||||
Erik C. Brown | Since 2/02 | Senior Vice President, PIMCO. Formerly, Vice President, PIMCO. | ||
38 | ||||
Assistant Treasurer |
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Approval of Renewal of Investment Management Agreement (Unaudited)
On August 17, 2005, the Board of Directors (the Board) of PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. (the Fund), including a majority of the independent Directors, approved the renewal of the Funds Investment Management Agreement (the Agreement) with Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) for an additional one-year term. The information, material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the Boards approval are described below.
1. Information Received
A. Materials Reviewed
During the course of each year, the Directors receive a wide variety of materials relating to the services provided by PIMCO. At each of its quarterly meetings, the Board reviews the Funds investment performance and matters relating to fund operations, including the Funds compliance program, shareholder services, valuation, custody, and other information relating to the nature, extent and quality of services provided by PIMCO to the Fund. In considering whether to approve renewal of the Agreement, the Board also reviewed supplementary information, including comparative industry data, with regard to investment performance, advisory fees and expenses, financial and profitability information regarding PIMCO and information about the personnel providing investment management and administrative services to the Fund.
B. Review Process
In connection with the renewal of the Agreement, the Board reviewed written materials prepared by PIMCO dated May 6, 2005, in response to a request from Fund counsel. On June 10, 2005, the independent Directors conferred separately and Fund counsel subsequently requested further information from PIMCO on their behalf. On July 21, 2005, the Board held a special Board of Directors meeting to discuss the supplemental information provided by PIMCO. The Board received assistance and advice regarding applicable legal standards from Fund counsel, and reviewed comparative fee and performance data prepared at the Boards request by Lipper, Inc. (Lipper), an independent provider of investment company performance and fee and expense data, and a report prepared by PIMCO containing comparative performance and expense ratio information from Morningstar. The Board also heard oral presentations on matters related to the Agreement and met both as a full Board and as the independent Directors alone, without management present. In deciding to recommend the renewal of the Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or particular information that, in isolation, was controlling. This summary describes the most important, but not all, of the factors considered by the Board.
2. Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
A. PIMCO and its Personnel and Resources
The Board considered the depth and quality of PIMCOs investment management process, including: its global research capabilities; the experience, capability and integrity of its senior management and other personnel; the low turnover rate of its key personnel; the overall financial strength and stability of its organization; and the ability of its organizational structure to address the recent growth in assets under PIMCOs management. The Board also considered that PIMCO makes available to its investment professionals a variety of resources and systems relating to investment management, compliance, trading, performance and portfolio accounting. The Board considered PIMCOs commitment to investing in information technology supporting investment management and compliance, as well as PIMCOs continuing efforts to attract and retain qualified personnel and to maintain and enhance its resources and systems.
B. Other Services
The Board considered PIMCOs policies, procedures and systems to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and its commitment to these programs; its efforts to keep the Directors informed about matters relevant to the Fund and its shareholders; and its attention to matters that may involve conflicts of interest with the Fund. The Board also considered the nature, extent, quality and cost of administrative services provided by PIMCO to the Fund under the Agreement and the terms of the Agreement. Ultimately, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by PIMCO has benefited and will likely continue to benefit the Fund and its shareholders.
3. Investment Performance
The Board examined both the short-term and long-term investment performance of the Fund relative to its relevant index for the one-, two-, three-, five-, ten-year, and since inception periods ended January 31, 2005. The Board also considered the performance of the Fund relative to its peer group of similar funds. In considering the Funds performance, the Board considered reports prepared by Lipper and PIMCO. It was noted that PIMCO had assumed management of the Fund in February 2002, and that the three year annualized net asset value return for the Fund for the period ended
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Approval of Renewal of Investment Management Agreement (Unaudited) (Cont.)
January 31, 2005 was 8.61% versus 5.52% for the Funds primary benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index. It was noted that during the same period, the annualized share price return of the Fund was 15.17%. It was further noted that since PIMCO had taken over management of the Fund, the Funds share price had increased from a discount to net asset value of -4.01% to a premium of 17.07%. With respect to the performance of the Fund relative to its peer group, it was noted that the Funds net asset value performance was above average compared to its Morningstar peers for the three-year period ended January 31, 2005, and that the Funds share price performance was above average compared to its Morningstar peers for the one- and three-year periods ended January 31, 2005. Overall, the Board determined that the Funds investment performance was strong, and concluded that PIMCOs performance record in managing the Fund indicates that its continued management is likely to benefit the Fund and its shareholders.
4. Advisory Fees
PIMCO reported to the Board that, in proposing fees for the Fund, it considered a number of factors, including the type and complexity of the services provided, the cost of providing services, the risk assumed by PIMCO in the provision of services, the impact on potential returns from different levels of fees, the competitive marketplace for financial products, and the attractiveness of potential Fund returns to current and potential investors.
The Board considered the services to be provided under the Agreement and the advisory fees. The Board compared the Funds total expenses to other funds in the Expense Group provided by Lipper and PIMCO and found the Funds total expenses to be reasonable. The Board noted that although the Funds combined fees under the Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement were slightly higher than the actual management fees paid by its peer group average, the Funds total expense ratio was lower than the peer group average. It was also noted that the Funds total expenses had dropped from 1.15% to 1.06% since PIMCO assumed management of the Fund. PIMCO does not manage any separate accounts with a similar investment objective to the Fund; therefore the Board could not consider the fees charged by PIMCO to comparable separate accounts. The Board received information on fees charged by PIMCO for other closed-end investment companies for which it serves as investment adviser or sub-adviser. The Board concluded that the Funds advisory fees were reasonable in relation to the value of the services provided.
Based on the information presented by PIMCO and Lipper, members of the Board then determined, in the exercise of their business judgment, that the level of the advisory fees charged by PIMCO, as well as the total expenses of the Fund, is reasonable and renewal of the Agreement will likely benefit the Fund and its shareholders.
5. Adviser Costs, Level of Profits and Economies of Scale
The Board reviewed information regarding PIMCOs costs of providing services to the Fund as a whole, as well as the resulting level of profits to PIMCO and reviewed information on the reported results of several large publicly held investment management companies. The Board noted that it had also received information regarding the structure and manner in which PIMCOs investment professionals were compensated, and PIMCOs view of the relationship of such compensation to the attraction and retention of quality personnel. The Board considered PIMCOs need to invest in technology, infrastructure and staff to reinforce and offer new services and to accommodate changing regulatory requirements.
With respect to potential economies of scale, the Board noted that, as a closed-end fund, the Fund was not expected to materially increase in size. Therefore, the Board did not consider economies of scale as a principal factor in assessing the fee rates payable under the Agreement.
6. Ancillary Benefits
The Board considered other benefits received by PIMCO and its affiliates as a result of PIMCOs relationship with the Fund, including possible ancillary benefits to PIMCOs institutional investment management business due to the reputation and market penetration of the Fund. The Board also reviewed PIMCOs soft dollar policies and procedures, noting that PIMCO has adopted a policy not to accept soft dollars.
7. Conclusions
Based on their review, including their consideration of each of the factors referred to above, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered to the Fund by PIMCO continued to be excellent and favored renewal of the Agreement. The Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be fair and reasonable to the Fund and its shareholders, that the Funds shareholders received reasonable value in return for the advisory fees and other amounts paid to PIMCO by the Fund, and that the renewal of the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
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OTHER INFORMATION
Investment Adviser and Administrator
Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
840 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
Transfer Agent
Computershare Trust Co., N.A.
250 Royall Street
Canton, Massachusetts 02021
Custodian
State Street Bank & Trust Co.
801 Pennsylvania Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Legal Counsel
Dechert LLP
1775 I Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1055 Broadway
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
PIMCO STRATEGIC GLOBAL
GOVERNMENT FUND, INC.
This report, including the financial statements herein, is provided to the shareholders of PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. for their information. This is not a prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase of shares of the Fund or any securities mentioned in this report.
3675-AR-06
Item 2. |
Code of Ethics. | |||
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the Code) that applies to the registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer. During the period, the Code was amended to clarify certain defined terms, address the role of the registrants Chief Compliance Officer and provide for the public disclosure of any amendments or waivers. The registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the principal executive officer or principal financial officer during the period covered by this report.
A copy of the Code is included as an exhibit to this report. | ||||
Item 3. |
Audit Committee Financial Expert. | |||
(a)(1) | The Funds Board of Directors has determined that the Fund has at least one audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined in the instructions to this Item 3, serving on its audit oversight committee (the Audit Committee). | |||
(a)(2) | The audit committee financial expert is Gregory S. Young. Mr. Young is independent as defined in the instructions to Item 3 of Form N-CSR. |
Item 4. |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
(a) | Fiscal Year Ended |
Audit Fees |
|||||||||||
January 31, 2006 | $ | 31,600 | |||||||||||
January 31, 2005 | $ | 30,641 | |||||||||||
(b) | Fiscal Year Ended |
Audit-Related Fees (1) |
|||||||||||
January 31, 2006 | $ | 11,000 | |||||||||||
January 31, 2005 | $ | 9,090 | |||||||||||
(c) | Fiscal Year Ended |
Tax Fees (2) |
|||||||||||
January 31, 2006 | $ | 2,650 | |||||||||||
January 31, 2005 | $ | 2,460 | |||||||||||
(d) | Fiscal Year Ended |
All Other Fees |
|||||||||||
January 31, 2006 | $ | | |||||||||||
January 31, 2005 | $ | |
Audit Fees represents fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years or professional services rendered for the audit of the PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. (the Fund) annual financial statements for those fiscal years or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory or regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.
Audit-Related Fees represents fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Funds annual financial statements for those years.
Tax Fees represents fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services related to tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including review of federal and state income tax returns, review of excise tax distribution requirements and preparation of excise tax returns.
All Other Fees represents fees, if any, billed for other products and services rendered by the principal accountant to the Fund for the last two fiscal years.
(1) Includes aggregate fees billed for review of the registrants semi-annual reports to shareholders.
(2) Includes aggregate fees billed for review of the registrants tax returns. | ||||||||||||||
(e) | Pre-approval policies and procedures | |||||||||||||
(1) | The registrants Audit Committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures (the Procedures) to govern the Audit Committees pre-approval of (i) all audit services and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the registrant by its independent accountant, and (ii) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by such independent accountant to the registrants investment adviser and to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant (collectively, the Service Affiliates) if the services provided directly relate to the registrants operations and financial reporting. In accordance with the Procedures, the Audit Committee is responsible for the engagement of the independent accountant to certify the registrants financial statements for each fiscal year. With respect to the pre-approval of non-audit services provided to the registrant and its Service Affiliates, the Procedures provide that the Audit Committee may annually pre-approve a list of types or categories of non-audit services that may be provided to the registrant or its Service Affiliates, or the Audit Committee may pre-approve such services on a project-by-project basis as they arise. Unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee if it is to be provided by the independent accountant. The Procedures also permit the Audit Committee to delegate authority to one or more of its members to pre-approve any proposed non-audit services that have not been previously pre-approved by the Committee, subject to the ratification by the full Audit Committee no later than its next scheduled meeting. | |||||||||||||
(2) | With respect to the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item 4, no amount was approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. | |||||||||||||
(f) | Not applicable. | |||||||||||||
(g) |
Aggregate Non-Audit Fees Billed to Entity |
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Entity |
January 31, 2006 |
January 31, 2005 |
||||||||||
PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. |
$ | 13,650 | $ | 11,550 | ||||||||
PIMCO |
$ | 407,032 | $ | 181,985 | ||||||||
Totals |
$ | 420,682 | $ | 193,535 | ||||||||
(h) | The registrants Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Registrants investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrants which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval) is compatible with maintaining the principal accountants independence. |
Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. |
The registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The members of the Audit Committee are:
Carter W. Dunlap, Jr.
Francis E. Lundy
Gregory S. Young
James M. Whitaker
Item 6. | Schedule of Investments. The Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders under Item 1. |
Item 7. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
(a) | PIMCO has adopted written proxy voting policies and procedures (Proxy Policy) as required by Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The Proxy Policy has been adopted by the registrant as the policies and procedures that PIMCO will use when voting proxies on behalf of the registrant. Recognizing that proxy voting is a rare event in the realm of fixed income investing and is typically limited to solicitation of consent to changes in features of debt securities, the Proxy Policy also applies to any voting rights and/or consent rights of PIMCO, on behalf of the registrant, with respect to debt securities, including but not limited to, plans of reorganization, and waivers and consents under applicable indentures. |
The Proxy Policy is designed and implemented in a manner reasonably expected to ensure that voting and consent rights are exercised in the best interests of the registrant and its shareholders. Each proxy is voted on a case-by-case basis taking into consideration any relevant contractual obligations as well as other relevant facts and circumstances at the time of the vote. In general, PIMCO reviews and considers corporate governance issues related to proxy matters and generally supports proposals that foster good corporate governance practices. PIMCO may vote proxies as recommended by management on routine matters related to the operation of the issuer and on matters not expected to have a significant economic impact on the issuer and/or its shareholders.
PIMCO will supervise and periodically review its proxy voting activities and implementation of the Proxy Policy. PIMCO will review each proxy to determine whether there may be a material conflict between PIMCO and the registrant. If no conflict exists, the proxy will be forwarded to the appropriate portfolio manager for consideration. If a conflict does exist, PIMCO will seek to resolve any such conflict in accordance with the Proxy Policy. PIMCO seeks to resolve any material conflicts of interest by voting in good faith in the best interest of the registrant. If a material conflict of interest should arise, PIMCO will seek to resolve such conflict in the registrants best interest by pursuing any one of the following courses of action: (i) convening a committee to assess and resolve the conflict; (ii) voting in accordance with the instructions of the Board; (iii) voting in accordance with the recommendation of an independent third-party service provider; (iv) suggesting to the Board that the registrant engage another party to determine how the proxy should be voted; (v) delegating the vote to a third-party service provider; or (vi) voting in accordance with the factors discussed in the Proxy Policy.
Item 8. | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Portfolio Manager
Daniel J. Ivascyn, as portfolio manager, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. The table below provides information about Mr. Ivascyn.
Portfolio Manager |
Since |
Recent Professional Experience | ||||
Daniel J. Ivascyn |
2/02 | Executive Vice President, PIMCO. He joined PIMCO as a Portfolio Manager in 1998, and is a member of PIMCOs mortgage and ABS team. |
Other Accounts Managed
Mr. Ivascyn also manages other registered investment companies, other pooled investment vehicles and other accounts, as indicated below. The following table identifies, as of January 31, 2006: (i) the number of registered investment companies, pooled investment vehicles and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager; and (iii) the total assets of such companies, vehicles and accounts, and the number and total assets of such companies, vehicles and accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on performance.
Portfolio Manager |
Number of Accounts |
Total Assets of (in millions) | ||||
Daniel J. Ivascyn | ||||||
Registered Investment Companies | 2 | $539.3 | ||||
Registered Investment Companies with Performance-Based Advisory Fees | 0 | 0 | ||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 2 | $428.5 | ||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles with Performance-Based Advisory Fees | 0 | 0 | ||||
Other Accounts | 5 | $3,210.9 | ||||
Other Accounts with Performance-Based Advisory Fees |
0 | 0 |
Conflicts of Interest
From time to time, potential conflicts of interest may arise between the portfolio managers management of the investments of the Fund, on the one hand, and the management of other accounts, on the other. The other accounts might have similar investment objectives or strategies as the Fund, track the same index as the Fund tracks or otherwise hold, purchase, or sell securities that are eligible to be held, purchased or sold by the Fund. The other accounts might also have different investment objectives or strategies than the Fund.
Knowledge and Timing of Fund Trades. A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio managers day-to-day management of the Fund. Because of his position with the Fund, the portfolio manager knows the size, timing and possible market impact of the Funds trades. It is theoretically possible that the portfolio manager could use this information to the advantage of other accounts he manages and to the possible detriment of the Fund.
Investment Opportunities. A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio managers management of a number of accounts with varying investment guidelines. Often, an investment opportunity may be suitable for both the Fund and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager, but may not be available in sufficient quantities for both the Fund and the other accounts to participate fully. Similarly, there may be limited opportunity to sell an investment held by the Fund and another account. PIMCO has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to allocate investment opportunities on a fair and equitable basis over time.
Under PIMCOs allocation procedures, investment opportunities are allocated among various investment strategies based on individual account investment guidelines and PIMCOs investment outlook. PIMCO has also adopted additional procedures to complement the general trade allocation policy that are designed to address potential conflicts of interest due to the side-by-side management of the Fund and certain pooled investment vehicles, including investment opportunity allocation issues.
Performance Fees. The portfolio manager may advise certain accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based entirely or partially on performance. Performance fee arrangements may create a conflict of interest for the portfolio manager in that the portfolio manager may have an incentive to allocate the investment opportunities that he believes might be the most profitable to such other accounts instead of allocating them to the Fund. PIMCO has adopted policies and procedures reasonably designed to allocate investment opportunities between such other accounts and the Fund on a fair and equitable basis over time.
Portfolio Manager Compensation
PIMCO has adopted a Total Compensation Plan for its professional level employees, including the portfolio manager, that is designed to pay competitive compensation and reward performance, integrity and teamwork consistent with the firms mission statement. The Total Compensation Plan includes a significant incentive component that rewards high performance standards, work ethic and consistent individual and team contributions to the firm. Mr. Ivascyns compensation consists of a base salary, a bonus, and may include a retention bonus. Mr. Ivascyn also may elect to defer compensation through PIMCOs deferred compensation plan. PIMCO also offers its employees a non-contributory defined contribution plan through which PIMCO makes a contribution based on the employees compensation. PIMCOs contribution rate increases at a specified compensation level, which is a level that would include Mr. Ivascyn.
Salary and Bonus. Base salaries are determined by considering an individual portfolio managers experience and expertise and may be reviewed for adjustment annually. Mr. Ivascyn is entitled to receive bonuses, which may be significantly more than his base salary, upon attaining certain performance objectives based on predetermined measures of group or department success. These goals are mutually agreed upon annually by Mr. Ivascyn and his manager. Achievement of these goals is an important, but not exclusive, element of the bonus decision process.
In addition, the following non-exclusive list of qualitative criteria (collectively, the Bonus Factors) may be considered when determining the bonus for Mr. Ivascyn:
| 3-year, 2-year and 1-year dollar-weighted and account-weighted pre-tax investment performance as judged against the applicable benchmarks for each account managed by Mr. Ivascyn, including the Fund (which is benchmarked against the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Aggregate Bond Index), and relative to applicable industry peer groups; |
| Appropriate risk positioning that is consistent with PIMCOs investment philosophy and the Investment Committee/CIO approach to the generation of alpha; |
| Amount and nature of assets managed by Mr. Ivascyn; |
| Consistency of investment performance across portfolios of similar mandate and guidelines (reward low dispersion); |
| Generation and contribution of investment ideas in the context of PIMCOs secular and cyclical forums, portfolio strategy meetings, Investment Committee meetings, and on a day-to-day basis; |
| Absence of defaults and price defaults for issues in the portfolios managed by Mr. Ivascyn; |
| Contributions to asset retention, gathering and client satisfaction; |
| Contributions to mentoring, coaching and/or supervising; and |
| Personal growth and skills added. |
Mr. Ivascyns compensation is not based directly on the performance of the Fund or any other account he manages. Final award amounts are determined by the PIMCO Compensation Committee.
Retention Bonuses. The portfolio manager may receive a discretionary, fixed amount retention bonus, based upon the Bonus Factors and continued employment with PIMCO. Mr. Ivascyn, as an Executive Vice President of PIMCO, receives a variable amount retention bonus, based upon the Bonus Factors and continued employment with PIMCO.
Investment professionals, including Mr. Ivascyn, are eligible to participate in a Long Term Cash Bonus Plan (Cash Bonus Plan), which provides cash awards that appreciate or depreciate based upon the performance of PIMCOs parent company, Allianz Global Investors of America L.P. (AGI), and PIMCO over a three-year period. The aggregate amount available for distribution to participants is based upon AGIs profit growth and PIMCOs profit growth. Participation in the Cash Bonus Plan is based upon the Bonus Factors, and the payment of benefits from the Cash Bonus Plan, is contingent upon continued employment at PIMCO.
From time to time, under the PIMCO Class B Unit Purchase Plan, Managing Directors and certain executive management (including Executive Vice Presidents) of PIMCO may become eligible to purchase Class B Units of PIMCO. Upon their purchase, the Class B Units are immediately exchanged for Class A Units of PIMCO Partners, LLC, a California limited liability company that holds a minority interest in PIMCO and is owned by the Managing Directors and certain executive management of PIMCO. The Class A Units of PIMCO Partners, LLC entitle their holders to distributions of a portion of the profits of PIMCO. The PIMCO Compensation Committee determines which Managing Directors and executive management may purchase Class B Units and the number of Class B Units that each may purchase. The Class B Units are purchased pursuant to full recourse notes issued to the holder. The base compensation of each Class B Unit holder is increased in an amount equal to the principal amortization applicable to the notes given to the Managing Director or member of executive management.
Securities Ownership
As of January 31, 2006, Mr. Ivascyn did not own any shares of the Fund.
Item 9. | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchases. |
Registrant Purchases of Equity Securities
Period |
(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased* |
(b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit) |
(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs* |
(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs | ||||||
Month #1 (August 1, 2005 - August 31, 2005) |
47,826.61 | $ | 11.93 | 47,826.61 | (1) | N/A | ||||
Month #2 (September 1, 2005 - September 30, 2005) |
47,640.81 | $ | 11.83 | 47,640.81 | (1) | N/A | ||||
Month #3 (October 1, 2005 - October 31, 2005) |
47,604.25 | $ | 11.78 | 47,604.25 | (1) | N/A | ||||
Month #4 (November 1, 2005 - November 30, 2005) |
46,499.68 | $ | 12.08 | 46,499.68 | (1) | N/A | ||||
Month #5 (December 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005) |
52,932.63 | $ | 10.47 | 52,932.63 | (1) | N/A | ||||
Month #6 (January 1, 2006 - January 31, 2006) |
51,555.22 | $ | 10.85 | 51,555.22 | (1) | N/A | ||||
Total |
294,059.20 | 294,059.20 | N/A |
* | Shares purchased include purchases made at NAV as well as open market by the agent of the Funds Dividend Reinvestment Plan pursuant to such plan. |
(1) Purchased from original issue at 95% of market price. |
Item 10. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders Not Applicable. |
Item 11. | Controls and Procedures. |
(a) | The Funds principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Funds disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR, that, to the best of their knowledge, the design and operation of such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed by the Fund in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms. |
(b) | There were no changes in the Funds internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Funds most recent fiscal half-year (the Funds second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Funds internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 12. | Exhibits. |
(a) (1) |
Exhibit 99. CODECode of Ethics pursuant to Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |||||
(2) | Exhibit 99.CERTCertification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |||||
Exhibit 99.CERTCertification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | ||||||
Exhibit 99.906CERTCertifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Brent R. Harris | |
Brent R. Harris | ||
President, Principal Executive Officer | ||
Date: | April 10, 2006 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ Brent R. Harris | |
Brent R. Harris | ||
President, Principal Executive Officer | ||
Date: | April 10, 2006 |
By: | /s/ John P. Hardaway | |
John P. Hardaway | ||
Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer | ||
Date: | April 10, 2006 |