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File No. 333-157353

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2009

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-14

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933        x

Pre-Effective Amendment No.       [ ]

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 x

PIONEER SERIES TRUST I

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 742-7825

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:

Dorothy E. Bourassa, Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.

60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With Copies To:

Roger P. Joseph, Esq.

Bingham McCutchen LLP

One Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the

effective date of this Registration Statement.

Title of Securities Being Registered:

Class A shares, Class C shares and Class Y shares

______________________________________

The Registrant has registered an indefinite amount of securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 24(f) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; accordingly, no fee is payable herewith because of reliance upon Section 24(f).

 

This Registration Statement will become effective on June 5, 2009, pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

__________________________________________________________________________

Part A - Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Part B - Statement of Additional Information are incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2009.

PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

PIONEER SERIES TRUST I

ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION

No change from the information set forth in Item 25 of the most recently filed Registration Statement of Pioneer Series Trust I (the “Registrant”) on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (File Nos. 333-108472 and 811-21425), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2009 (Accession No. 0001145443-09-001196), which information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS

 

(1)(a)

Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust

(vi)

(1)(b)

Schedule A and Schedule B to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (as of April 1, 2009)

(vii)

(1)(c)

Certificate of Trust

(i)

(1)(d)

Amendment to Certificate of Trust

(i)

(2)

Amended and Restated By-Laws

(vi)

(3)

Not applicable

 

(4)

Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

(x)

(5)

Not applicable

 

(6)(a)

Amended and Restated Management Agreement

(vii)

(6)(b)

Form of Expense Limitation Agreement with Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. with respect to Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth, Pioneer Growth Fund and Pioneer Intermediate Tax Free Income Fund

(viii)

(7)(a)

Underwriting Agreement with Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc.

(vi)

(7)(b)

Dealer Sales Agreement

(iv)

(8)

Not applicable

 

(9)(a)

Custodian Agreement with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

(iii)

(9)(b)

Amended Appendix A to Custodian Agreement

(iv)

(10)(a)

Pioneer Funds Distribution Plan

(v)

(11)

Opinions of counsel as to the legality of the securities

(ix)

(12)

Opinions of counsel supporting tax matters and consequences to shareholders discussed in Part A of the Registration Statement on Form N-14

(*)

(13)(a)

Master Investment Company Service Agreement with Pioneer Investment Management Shareholder Services, Inc.

(iii)

(13)(b)

Amended Exhibit A to Investment Company Service Agreement

(iv)

(13)(c)

Amended and Restated Administration Agreement with Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.

(vi)

(13)(d)

Amendment No. 2 to the Master Investment Company Service Agreement (January 16, 2009)

(vii)

 

 

 

(14)

Consents of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms

(ix)

(15)

Not applicable

 

(16)

Power of Attorney

(viii)

(17)(a)

Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. and Pioneer Institutional Asset Management, Inc. Code of Ethics

(vi)

(17)(b)

Pioneer Funds Code of Ethics

(ii)

(17)(c)

Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc. Code of Ethics

(ii)

(17)(d)

Form of Proxy Card

(viii)

(17)(e)

The Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of Regions Morgan Keegan Select Mid Cap Growth Fund, Regions Morgan Keegan Select Growth Fund and Regions Morgan Keegan Select Intermediate Tax Exempt Bond Fund dated April 1, 2008

(viii)

(17)(f)

The Annual Report of Regions Morgan Keegan Select Mid Cap Growth Fund, Regions Morgan Keegan Select Growth Fund and Regions Morgan Keegan Select Intermediate Tax Exempt Bond Fund for the year ended November 30, 2008

(viii)

 

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(i)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 333-108472) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 3, 2003 (Accession No. 0001016964-03-000201).

 

 

(ii)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC on March 28, 2005 (Accession No. 0001016964-05-000116).

 

 

(iii)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2006 (Accession No. 0001257951-06-000005).

 

 

(iv)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC on April 25, 2007 (Accession No. 0001145443-07-001164).

 

 

(v)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC on March 27, 2008 (Accession No. 0001257951-08-000007).

 

 

 

 

 

(vi)

Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC on February 19, 2009 (Accession No. 0001257951-09-000006).

 

 

(vii)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2009 (Accession No. 0001145443-09-001196).

 

 

(viii)

 

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with the Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-157353) as filed with the SEC on February 17, 2009 (Accession No. 0001257951-09-000003).

 

 

(ix)

Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with  Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-157353) as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2009 (Accession No. 0001145443-09-000670).

 

 

(x)

Previously filed. Attached as Exhibit A-1 to the combined Proxy Statement / Prospectus filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-157353) as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2009 (Accession No. 0001145443-09-000670).

 

 

(*)

Filed herewith

 

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

 

(1)

The undersigned Registrant agrees that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is part of this Registration Statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for the reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.

 

 

(2)

The undersigned Registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as part of an amendment to this Registration Statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them.

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

 

SIGNATURES

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the Registrant, in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 5th day of June 2009.

PIONEER SERIES TRUST I, on behalf of its series:

Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth Fund

Pioneer Growth Fund

Pioneer Intermediate Tax Free Income Fund

By: /s/ Mark E. Bradley

Name: Mark E. Bradley

Title: Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ John F. Cogan, Jr.*

Chairman of the Board, Trustee and President

June 5, 2009

John F. Cogan, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mark E. Bradley

Mark E. Bradley

Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

June 5, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Daniel K. Kingsbury*

Trustee and Executive Vice President

June 5, 2009

Daniel K. Kingsbury

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David R. Bock*

Trustee

June 5, 2009

David R. Bock

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mary K. Bush*

Trustee

June 5, 2009

Mary K. Bush

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Benjamin M. Friedman*

Trustee

June 5, 2009

Benjamin M. Friedman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Margaret B.W. Graham*

Trustee

June 5, 2009

Margaret B.W. Graham

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Thomas J. Perna*

Trustee

June 5, 2009

Thomas J. Perna

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Marguerite A. Piret*

Trustee

June 5, 2009

Marguerite A. Piret

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Stephen K. West*

Trustee

June 5, 2009

Stephen K. West

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* By: /s/ Mark E. Bradley

 

Mark E. Bradley, Attorney-in-Fact

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibit is filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit No.

Description

(12)

Opinions of counsel supporting tax matters and consequences to shareholders

 

discussed in Part A of the Registration Statement on Form N-14