PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II Reports Earnings Results for the Half Year Ended December 31, 2022

PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to seek maximum total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by ordinarily investing in a diversified portfolio of floating or fixed-rate debt instruments. The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its floating-rate assets in floating-rate loans. The Fund allocates assets in varying proportions among floating- and fixed-rate debt instruments, as well as among investment grade and non-investment-grade securities. The Fund will not invest more than 20% of its total assets in securities that are, at the time of purchase, rated CCC/Caa or below by each ratings agency rating the security, or that are unrated but judged by PIMCO to be of comparable quality. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC acts as the investment manager of the Fund.