Company: PTY
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-052894
Chunk: 22

Company: PIMCO CORPORATE & INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 22
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 the currently applicable listing standards of the NYSE, on which the Common Shares of each Fund are listed. Qualifications, Evaluation and Identification of Trustees/Nominees.The Governance and Nominating Committee of each Fund requires that Trustee candidates have a college degree or equivalent business experience. When evaluating candidates, each Fund’s Governance and Nominating Committee may take into account a wide variety of factors including, but not limited to: (i) availability and commitment of a candidate to attend meetings and perform his or her responsibilities on the Board, (ii) relevant industry and related experience, (iii) educational background, (iv) ability, judgment and expertise and (v) overall diversity of the Board’s composition. The process of identifying nominees involves the consideration of candidates recommended by one or more of the following sources: (i) the Fund’s current Trustees, (ii) the Fund’s officers, (iii) the Fund’s investment adviser, 32 (iv) the Fund’s shareholders and (v) any other source the Committee deems to be appropriate. The Governance and Nominating Committee of each Fund may, but is not required to, retain a third-party search firm at a Fund’s expense to identify potential candidates. Consideration of Candidates Recommended by Shareholders.The Governance and Nominating Committee of each Fund will review and consider nominees recommended by shareholders to serve as Trustees, provided that the recommending shareholder follows the “Procedures for Shareholders to Submit Nominee Candidates for the PIMCO Sponsored Closed-EndFunds”, which are set forth as Appendix B to the Funds’ Governance and Nominating Committee Charter, attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit B. Among other requirements, these procedures provide that the recommending shareholder must submit any recommendation in writing to the relevant Fund, to the attention of such Fund’s Secretary, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Fund and that such submission must be received at such offices not less than 45 days nor more than 75 days prior to the date of the Board or shareholder meeting at which the nominee would be elected. Any recommendation must include certain biographical and other information regarding the candidate and the recommending shareholder and must include a written and signed consent of the candidate to be named as a nominee and to serve as a Trustee if elected. The foregoing description of the requirements is only a summary. Please refer to Appendix B to the Governance and Nominating Committee Charter for each Fund, which is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit Bfor details. The Governance and Nominating Committee has