Legal Opinion

Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. v. PIMCO Income Strategy Fund

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 11, 2013PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.

Under Section 10.2 of the bylaws of the defendants, *369PIMCO Income Strategy Fund and PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II (collectively, “Funds” or “defendants”), “regular meetings of the Shareholders for the election of Trustees . . . shall be held, so long as Common Shares are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on at least an annual basis.” The issue on appeal is the meaning of “on at least an annual basis.” The plaintiffs, Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. and Brigade Capital Management, LLC (collectively, “Brigade” or “plaintiffs”), contend that the bylaws require that…

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