SUPPLEMENT TO DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT PIMCO Equity Series Newport Beach, California 92660 November 8, 2010
Exhibit (e)(2)
SUPPLEMENT TO
DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Newport Beach, California 92660
November 8, 2010
Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
New York, NY 10105-4800
Dear Sirs:
This will confirm the agreement between the undersigned (the “Trust”) and you (the “Distributor”) as follows:
1. The Trust is an open-end investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust and consisting of such separate investment portfolios as have been or may be established by the Trustees of the Trust from time to time. A separate series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust is offered to investors with respect to each investment portfolio. The PIMCO Emerging Multi-Asset Fund and PIMCO EqS Emerging Markets Fund (the “Funds”) are each a separate investment portfolio of the Trust.
2. The Trust and the Distributor have entered into a Distribution Contract (the “Contract”) dated March 30, 2010, pursuant to which the Distributor has agreed to be the distributor of shares of the Trust.
3. As provided in paragraph 1 of the Contract, the Distributor hereby adopts the Contract with respect to the Funds and the Distributor hereby acknowledges that the Contract, as amended below, shall pertain to the Funds, the terms and conditions of such Contract being hereby incorporated herein by reference.
4. The Trust and the Distributor hereby agree to amend the Contract as of the date hereof to add the Funds to Schedule A. Accordingly, the current Schedule A is replaced with the new Schedule A attached hereto.
5. This Supplement and the Contract shall become effective with respect to the Funds and each class thereof on November 8, 2010 and shall continue in effect for a period not to exceed two years from the effective date of this Supplement and shall continue thereafter on an annual basis with respect to the Funds and each class thereof only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (a) the Trust’s Board of Trustees or, with respect to the Funds and each class thereof, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Funds and each class thereof, as applicable (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), and (b) by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose, of a majority of the Trust’s Trustees who are not parties to this Contract or “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any such party. This Contract shall terminate
automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act). This Contract may, in any event, be terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty, by the Funds and each class thereof or the Distributor upon not more than 60 days’ and not less than 30 days’ written notice to the other party.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Trust and the Distributor, please so indicate by signing and returning to the Trust the enclosed copy hereof.
Very truly yours, | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Vice President |
ACCEPTED:
ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS DISTRIBUTORS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Managing Director |
SCHEDULE A
Distribution Contract
between PIMCO Equity Series and
Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC
November 8, 2010
This contract relates to the following Funds:
Funds:
PIMCO Emerging Multi-Asset Fund |
PIMCO EqS Emerging Markets Fund |
PIMCO EqS Pathfinder FundTM |