On May 3, 2013, Brigade Capital Management, LLC announced that it continues to believe that the Board is not acting in the best interests of the shareholders of the PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II. In addition, Brigade Capital Management, LLC announced that on May 3, 2013, Brigade CM and Brigade LCSF sent a notice to the secretary of the Company of their decision to nominate Alan Bruce Miller as a Preferred Shares Trustee of the Company at the Company's annual meeting. Brigade Capital Management, LLC also said that it intends to engage in discussions with other shareholders of the Company and other relevant parties concerning Miller's nomination and the business, operations, board composition, management, strategy and future plans of the Company.