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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
     
Investment Company Act File Number:
  811-21189
 
   
Registrant Name:
  PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund III
 
   
Address of Principal Executive Offices:
  1345 Avenue of the Americas,
 
  New York, NY 10105
 
   
Name and Address of Agent for Service:
  Lawrence G. Altadonna
 
  1345 Avenue of the Americas,
 
  New York, NY 10105
 
   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
  212-739-3371
 
   
Date of Fiscal Year End:
  September 30, 2009
 
   
Date of Reporting Period:
  December 31, 2008
Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments
PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund III Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2008 (unaudited)
                         
Principal                  
Amount         Credit Rating        
(000)         (Moody’s/S&P)     Value*  
 
NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BONDS & NOTES—72.3%                
$ 790    
Dutchess Cnty. Industrial Dev. Agcy. Rev., 5.25%, 1/1/37
  NR/NR   $ 425,960  
  2,800    
East Rochester Housing Auth. Rev., St. Mary’s Residence Project, 5.375%, 12/20/22 (GNMA)
  NR/AAA     2,763,432  
       
Liberty Dev. Corp. Rev., Goldman Sachs Headquarters,
               
  1,060    
5.25%, 10/1/35
    A1/A       806,702  
  900    
5.50%, 10/1/37
    A1/A       703,584  
  1,000    
Long Island Power Auth., Electric System Rev., 5.00%, 9/1/27, Ser. C
  Aa3/A-     908,370  
  6,220    
Metropolitan Transportation Auth. Rev., 5.00%, 11/15/32, Ser. A (FGIC)
  A2/AA     5,294,899  
  100    
Monroe Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp. Rev., 6.375%, 6/1/35, (Pre-refunded @ $101, 6/1/10) (b)
  Aaa/AAA     108,262  
  2,750    
Mortgage Agcy. Rev., 4.75%, 10/1/27, Ser. 128
  Aa1/NR     2,261,160  
  2,000    
Nassau Cnty. Tobacco Settlement Corp. Rev., 6.60%, 7/15/39, (Pre-refunded @ $101, 7/15/09) (b)
  Aaa/AAA     2,080,560  
       
New York City, GO, Ser. I
               
  2,695    
5.00%, 3/1/33
  Aa3/AA     2,334,086  
  235    
5.375%, 3/1/27
  Aa3/AAA     225,899  
  200    
New York City Industrial Dev. Agcy. Rev., Yankee Stadium, 5.00%, 3/1/36 (MBIA)
  Baa1/AA     137,710  
  5,000    
New York City Trust for Cultural Res. Rev., 5.00%, 2/1/34 (FGIC) (g)
  Aa3/AA     4,720,250  
  1,000    
Niagara Falls Public Water Auth., Water & Sewer System Rev., 5.00%, 7/15/34, Ser. A (MBIA)
  Baa1/AA     907,480  
       
State Dormitory Auth. Rev.,
               
  2,250    
Jewish Board Family & Children, 5.00%, 7/1/33 (AMBAC)
  Baa1/A     1,807,380  
  2,000    
Kaleida Health Hospital, 5.05%, 2/15/25 (FHA)
  NR/AAA     1,785,860  
       
Long Island Univ., Ser. A (Radian),
               
  2,040    
5.00%, 9/1/23
  A3/BBB+     1,888,693  
  4,000    
5.00%, 9/1/32
  A3/BBB+     3,384,240  
  3,000    
Lutheran Medical Hospital, 5.00%, 8/1/31 (FHA-MBIA)
  Baa1/AA     2,572,620  
  6,150    
North General Hospital, 5.00%, 2/15/25
  NR/AA-     5,496,993  
  1,000    
School Dist. Financing, 5.00%, 10/1/30, Ser. D (MBIA)
  A2/AA     938,530  
  1,250    
Skidmore College, 5.00%, 7/1/28 (FGIC)
  A1/NR     1,212,150  
  3,740    
St. Barnabas Hospital, 5.00%, 2/1/31, Ser. A (AMBAC-FHA)
  Baa1/A     3,212,959  
  2,500    
Winthrop-Nassau Univ., 5.75%, 7/1/28
  Baa1/NR     1,897,200  
  620    
Winthrop Univ. Hospital Assoc., 5.50%, 7/1/32, Ser. A
  Baa1/NR     439,847  
  2,000    
Warren & Washington Cntys. Industrial Dev. Agcy. Rev., Glens Falls Hospital, 5.00%, 12/1/35, Ser. A (FSA)
  Aa3/AAA     1,827,420  
  1,250    
Westchester Cnty. Industrial Dev. Agcy. Continuing Care Retirement Rev., Kendal on Hudson, 6.50%, 1/1/34, (Pre-refunded @ $100, 1/1/13) (b)
  NR/NR     1,465,000  
       
 
             
       
Total New York Municipal Bonds & Notes (cost—$57,424,821)
            51,607,246  
       
 
             
       
 
               
NEW YORK VARIABLE RATE NOTES (d)—12.0%                
  7,000    
State Dormitory Auth. Rev., Rockefeller Univ., 5.00%, 7/1/32, Ser. A1
  Aaa/AAA     6,980,750  
  1,750    
State Urban Dev. Corp. Rev., 8.307%, 3/15/35 (a)(c)
  NR/AAA     1,550,010  
       
 
             
       
Total New York Variable Rate Notes (cost—$7,822,033)
            8,530,760  
       
 
             
       
 
               
OTHER MUNICIPAL BONDS & NOTES—7.3%                
       
California—5.8%
               
  3,560    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Rev., 6.75%, 6/1/39, Ser. A-1, (Pre-refunded @ $100, 6/1/13) (b)
  NR/AAA     4,140,138  
       
 
             
       
 
               
       
District of Columbia—0.1%
               
  175    
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. Rev., 6.50%, 5/15/33
  Baa3/BBB     108,481  
       
 
             

 


 

PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund III Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2008 (unaudited)
                         
Principal                  
Amount         Credit Rating        
(000)         (Moody’s/S&P)     Value*  
 
       
Puerto Rico—0.7%
               
$ 580    
Children’s Trust Fund Tobacco Settlement Rev., 5.625%, 5/15/43
  Baa3/BBB   $ 346,382  
  5,000    
Sales Tax Financing Corp. Rev., zero coupon, 8/1/54, Ser. A (AMBAC)
    A1/A+       176,050  
       
 
             
       
 
            522,432  
       
 
             
       
 
               
       
South Carolina—0.6%
               
  370    
Tobacco Settlement Rev. Management Auth. Rev., 6.375%, 5/15/30, Ser. B
  Baa3/BBB     415,306  
       
 
             
       
 
               
       
Washington—0.1%
               
  135    
Tobacco Settlement Auth. of Washington Rev., 6.625%, 6/1/32
  Baa3/BBB     99,978  
       
 
             
       
Total Other Municipal Bonds & Notes (cost—$4,888,574)
            5,286,335  
       
 
             
       
 
               
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—1.3%                
  900    
CIT Group, Inc., 5.80%, 7/28/11 (f)
  Baa1/BBB+     754,161  
       
International Lease Finance Corp., FRN,
               
  100    
2.373%, 5/24/10
  Baa1/A-     79,709  
  100    
5.153%, 1/15/10
  Baa1/A-     75,444  
       
 
             
       
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (cost—$813,611)
            909,314  
       
 
             
       
 
               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—7.1%                
Corporate Bonds & Notes (f)—4.4%                
       
American General Finance Corp.,
               
  300    
4.403%, 10/2/09, FRN
  Baa1/BBB     230,001  
  200    
4.625%, 5/15/09
  Baa1/BBB     171,535  
       
CIT Group, Inc.,
               
  200    
2.269%, 8/17/09, FRN
  Baa1/BBB+     192,228  
  1,900    
4.125%, 11/3/09
  Baa1/BBB+     1,788,810  
  800    
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.229%, 11/16/09, FRN
    A1/A       766,272  
       
 
             
       
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (cost—$3,091,218)
            3,148,846  
       
 
             
       
 
               
New York Variable Rate Demand Notes (d)(e)—2.7%                
  1,000    
New York City, GO, 1.05%, 1/2/09, Ser. A-7
  VMIG1/A-1+     1,000,000  
  900    
New York City Municipal Water Finance Auth. Rev., 0.95%, 1/15/09, Ser. B-3
  VMIG1/A-1+     900,000  
       
 
             
       
Total New York Variable Rate Demand Notes (cost—$1,900,000)
            1,900,000  
       
 
             
       
 
               
       
Total Short-Term Investments (cost—$4,991,218)
            5,048,846  
       
 
             
       
 
               
       
Total Investments (cost—$75,940,257)—100.0%
          $ 71,382,501  
       
 
             

 


 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:
*   Portfolio securities and other financial instruments for which market quotations are readily available are stated at market value. Market value is generally determined on the basis of last reported sales prices, or if no sales are reported, based on quotes obtained from a quotation reporting system, established market makers, or pricing services.
 
    Portfolio securities and other financial instruments for which market quotations are not readily available or if a development/event occurs that may significantly impact the value of a security, are fair-valued, in good faith, pursuant to procedures established by the Board of Trustees, or persons acting at their discretion pursuant to procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund’s investments are valued daily using prices supplied by an independent pricing service or dealer quotations, or by using the last sale price on the exchange that is the primary market for such securities, or the last quoted mean price for those securities for which the over-the-counter market is the primary market or for listed securities in which there were no sales. Prices obtained from independent pricing services use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics. Short-term securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, if their original term to maturity was 60 days or less, or by amortizing their value on the 61st day prior to maturity, if the original term to maturity exceeded 60 days.
 
    The prices used by the Fund to value securities may differ from the value that would be realized if the securities were sold and these differences could be material. The Fund’s net asset value is normally determined daily as of the close of regular trading (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on each day the NYSE is open for business.
 
(a)   Private Placement—Restricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Securities with an aggregate value of $1,550,010, representing 2.17% of total investments.
 
(b)   Pre-refunded bonds are collateralized by U.S. Government or other eligible securities which are held in escrow and used to pay principal and interest and retire the bonds at the earliest refunding date (payment date) and/or whose interest rates vary with changes in a designated base rate (such as the prime interest rate).
 
(c)   144A Security—Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, typically only to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.
 
(d)   Variable Rate Notes—Instruments whose interest rates change on specified date (such as a coupon date or interest payment date) and/or whose interest rates vary with changes in a designated base rate (such as the prime interest rate). The interest rate disclosed reflects the rate in effect on December 31, 2008.
 
(e)   Maturity date shown is date of next put.
 
(f)   All or partial amount segregated as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements.
 
(g)   Residual Interest Bonds held in Trust—Securities represent underlying bonds transferred to a separate securitization trust established in a tender option bond transaction in which the Fund acquired the residual interest certificates. These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction.
Glossary:
AMBAC—insured by American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

FGIC—insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

FHA—insured by Federal Housing Administration

FRN—Floating Rate Note. The interest rate disclosed reflects the rate in effect on December 31, 2008.

FSA—insured by Financial Security Assurance, Inc.

GNMA—insured by Government National Mortgage Association

GO—General Obligation Bond

MBIA—insured by Municipal Bond Investors Assurance

NR—Not Rated

Radian—insured by Radian Guaranty, Inc.

 


 

Other Investments:
(1)   Open reverse repurchase agreements at December 31, 2008:
                                         
Counterparty   Rate     Trade Date     Maturity Date     Principal & Interest     Principal  
 
Barclays Bank
    1.65 %     12/24/08       1/29/09       $482,066       $482,000  
 
    1.75 %     12/23/08       1/26/09       1,856,541       1,856,000  
 
    1.75 %     12/23/08       1/29/09       800,117       800,000  
 
                                     
 
                                  $3,138,000  
 
                                     
Collateral for open reverse repurchase agreements at December 31, 2008 as reflected in the Schedule of Investments:
                                         
                                    Market  
Counterparty                     Description   Rate     Maturity Date     Principal     Value  
 
Barclays Bank  
American General Finance Corp.
    4.403 %     10/2/09       $300,000       $230,001  
       
American General Finance Corp.
    4.625 %     5/15/09       200,000       171,535  
       
CIT Group, Inc.
    2.269 %     8/17/09       200,000       192,228  
       
CIT Group, Inc.
    4.125 %     11/3/09       1,900,000       1,788,810  
       
CIT Group, Inc.
    5.80 %     7/28/11       900,000       754,161  
       
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    2.229 %     11/16/09       800,000       766,272  
       
 
                             
       
 
                          $ 3,903,007  
       
 
                             
Fair Value Measurements—Effective October 1, 2008, the Fund has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). This standard clarifies the definition of fair value for financial reporting, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about the use of the fair value measurements. Under this standard, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e. the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:
    Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments that the Fund has the ability to access
 
    Level 2 — valuation based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) or quotes from inactive exchanges
 
    Level 3 — valuation based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The valuation techniques used by the Fund to measure fair value during the three months ended December 31, 2008 maximized the use of observable inputs and minimized the use of unobservable inputs.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used at December 31, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
         
    Investments in  
Valuation Inputs   Securities  
 
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
    $—  
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
    71,382,501  
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
     
 
     
Total
  $ 71,382,501  
 
     

 


 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures
(a) The registrant’s President & Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a -3(c))), are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.
(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a -3(d))) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits
     (a) Exhibit 99.302 Cert. — Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: PIMCO New York Municipal Income Fund III
         
By
  /s/ Brian S. Shlissel
 
President & Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: February 26, 2009
         
By
  /s/ Lawrence G. Altadonna
 
Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer
   
Date: February 26, 2009
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
By
  /s/ Brian S. Shlissel
 
President & Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: February 26, 2009
         
By
  /s/ Lawrence G. Altadonna
 
Treasurer, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer
   
Date: February 26, 2009