PIMCO ETF Trust

Supplement Dated March 31, 2020 to the Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Funds Prospectus

dated October 31, 2019, as supplemented from time to time (the "Prospectus")

Disclosure Related to the PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund and PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund (each, a "Fund" and together, the "Funds")

Effective immediately, the PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund is jointly and primarily managed by David Hammer and Rachel Betton. Accordingly, effective immediately, the paragraph in the "Investment Adviser/Portfolio Managers" section in the Fund's Fund Summary in the Prospectus is deleted and replaced with the following:

PIMCO serves as the investment adviser for the Fund. The Fund's portfolio is jointly and primarily managed by David Hammer and Rachel Betton. Mr. Hammer is an Executive Vice President of PIMCO, and he has managed the Fund since June 2016. Ms. Betton is a Senior Vice President of PIMCO, and she has managed the Fund since January 2020.

Effective immediately, the PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund is jointly and primarily managed by David Hammer and Rachel Betton. Accordingly, effective immediately, the paragraph in the "Investment Adviser/Portfolio Managers" section in the Fund's Fund Summary in the Prospectus is deleted and replaced with the following:

PIMCO serves as the investment adviser for the Fund. The Fund's portfolio is jointly and primarily managed by David Hammer and Rachel Betton. Mr. Hammer is an Executive Vice President of PIMCO, and he has managed the Fund since August 2015. Ms. Betton is a Senior Vice President of PIMCO, and she has managed the Fund since January 2020.

In addition, effective immediately, disclosure concerning the Funds' portfolio managers in the table in the "Management of the Funds—Individual Portfolio Managers" section of the Prospectus is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Portfolio

 

 

Fund

Manager

Since

Recent Professional Experience

PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond

Rachel

1/20

Senior Vice President, PIMCO. Ms. Betton

Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Betton

 

is a member of the municipal bond

PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond

 

1/20

portfolio management team. Prior to

Active Exchange-Traded Fund

 

 

joining PIMCO in 2013, she was a

 

 

 

municipal high yield and distressed trader

 

 

 

at Morgan Stanley. Additionally, she was a

 

 

 

public finance banker, focusing on

 

 

 

municipal asset-backed securitizations and

 

 

 

revenue-backed credits in the Midwest.

 

 

 

She has investment and financial services

 

 

 

experience since 2006 and holds an

 

 

 

undergraduate degree from Wesleyan

 

 

 

University.

PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond

David

6/16

Executive Vice President, PIMCO. Mr.

Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Hammer

 

Hammer is a head of the municipal bond

PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond

 

8/15

portfolio management team. He rejoined

Active Exchange-Traded Fund

 

 

PIMCO in May 2015 after serving as

Managing Director and Head of Municipal Trading, Risk Management and Research at Morgan Stanley, and previously he was a Senior Vice President of PIMCO. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2012, he was an Executive Director for Morgan Stanley, where he served as head of the high yield and distressed municipal bond trading group.

Investors Should Retain This Supplement for Future Reference

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PIMCO ETF Trust

Supplement Dated March 31, 2020 to the Statement of Additional Information

dated October 31, 2019, as supplemented from time to time (the "SAI")

Disclosure Related to the PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund and PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund (each, a "Fund" and together, the "Funds")

Effective immediately, the Funds are jointly and primarily managed by David Hammer and Rachel Betton.

Accordingly, effective immediately, corresponding changes are made in the table and accompanying footnotes in the subsection titled "Portfolio Managers—Other Accounts Managed" in the SAI.

In addition, effective immediately, the following sentence is added to the end of the paragraph immediately preceding the above table:

Effective March 31, 2020, the PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund and the PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund are jointly and primarily managed by David Hammer and Rachel Betton.

In addition, effective immediately, corresponding changes are made in the table and accompanying footnotes in the subsection titled "Portfolio Managers—Securities Ownership" in the SAI.

Investors Should Retain This Supplement for Future Reference

ETF_SUPP2_033120

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