# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001450011
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-000886
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 4775
**Document Hash:** 647fe5509d88305d2cb2beed980662c2
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-000886.hdr.sgml**: 20230103

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-000886

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230103

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230103

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PIMCO ETF Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001450011
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0630

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34366
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23503347

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
- **CITY:** NEWPORT BEACH
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92660
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 949.720.6000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
- **CITY:** NEWPORT BEACH
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92660

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

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**FORM 8-A** 

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**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE** 

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

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## PIMCO ETF Trust
**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **State of Delaware** | **See Below** |
| **(State of incorporation**<br> **or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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**650 Newport Center Drive** 

**Newport Beach, California 92660** 

**(Address of principal executive offices)** 

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**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** 

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| **Title of Each Class**<br> **to be Registered** | **Exchange** | **I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification Number** |
| **PIMCO Preferred and Capital Securities Active**<br> **Exchange-Traded Fund,**<br> **$0.001 par value per share** | **NYSE Arca, Inc.** | 92-0299852 |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-155395

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None.

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, $0.001 par value, of the PIMCO Preferred and Capital Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund, a series of PIMCO ETF Trust (the "Trust") to be registered hereunder, is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 478 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-155395; 811-22250) filed on November 23, 2022, which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any form of amendment or supplement to the registration statement that is subsequently filed is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Trust's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(1) to the Trust's amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-155395; 811-22250), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2015.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The Trust's Certificate of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(2) to the Trust's initial Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-155395; 811-22250), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2008.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The Trust's Amended and Restated By-Laws are included as Exhibit (b) to the Trust's amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-155395; 811-22250), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2015.

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, as of this 3rd day of January, 2023.

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| PIMCO ETF TRUST | PIMCO ETF TRUST |
| By: | /s/ Eric D. Johnson |
| Name: | Eric D. Johnson |
| Title: | President |

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