485APOS 1 d15767.txt ================================================================================ As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2004 File Nos. 2-62436 811-02864 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-1A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X] Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___ [ ] Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 [X] and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X] Amendment No. 38 [X] (Check appropriate box or boxes) PIONEER BOND FUND (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (617) 742-7825 Dorothy E. Bourassa, Pioneer Bond Fund, 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box): [ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) [ ] on [date] pursuant to paragraph (b) [X] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) [ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) [ ] on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)of Rule 485. If appropriate, check the following box: [ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. This filing relates only to the newly established Investor Class shares of the registrant, and does not relate to the registrant's other classes. ================================================================================ STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE The following documents are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety: As filed with Document the SEC on Accession Number ---------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- Multiclass prospectus dated October 28, 2004 October 28, 2004 0001016964-04-000418 Class R Shares prospectus dated October 28, 2004 October 28, 2004 0001016964-04-000418 Class Y Shares prospectus dated October 28, 2004 October 28, 2004 0001016964-04-000418 Multiclass statement of additional information dated October 28, 2004 October 28, 2004 0001016964-04-000418 Annual report dated June 30, 2004 September 2, 2004 0000276776-04-000015 PIONEER BOND FUND INVESTOR CLASS PROSPECTUS, DATED DECEMBER 10, 2004 Pioneer Bond Fund (the "Fund") issued Investor Class shares in connection with the reorganization of Safeco Intermediate-Term Bond Fund into the Fund (the "Reorganization"). The Fund is not offering additional Investor Class shares except in connection with the reinvestment of dividends on the Fund's outstanding Investor Class shares. Holders of Investor Class shares of the Fund may be eligible to purchase Class A shares of the Fund without paying a sales load, pursuant to the prospectus for that class. ALL INVESTOR CLASS SHARES OF THE FUND, WHENEVER ISSUED, CONVERT TO CLASS A SHARES OF THE FUND ON DECEMBER 10, 2006. A copy of the prospectus for the Fund's Class A, Class B and Class C shares is attached. The following sections from the Class A, Class B and Class C shares prospectus are incorporated by reference into this prospectus: o Basic information About the Fund (other than "Fees and expenses"); o Management; o Dividends, capital gains and taxes; o Financial Highlights; and o The following sections under "Buying, exchanging and selling shares": o Net asset value o Opening your account -- Account options, Telephone transaction privileges and Online transaction privileges o General rules on buying, exchanging and selling shares (other than the subsections entitled "Buying" and "Buying Shares") o Account options o Shareowner services o Shareowner account policies FEES AND EXPENSES This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. SHAREOWNER FEES PAID DIRECTLY FROM YOUR INVESTMENT INVESTOR CLASS Maximum sales charge (load) when you buy shares None Maximum deferred sales charge (load) None ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES PAID FROM THE ASSETS OF THE FUND as a percentage of average daily net assets INVESTOR CLASS(3) Management Fee 0.50% Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee None Other Expenses(1) 0.45% Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.95% ----- Less: Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation(2) -0.21% Net Expenses(2) 0.74% 1 Other expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year. 2 The expenses in the table above reflect the expense limitation in effect through the second anniversary of the closing of the Reorganization, under which Pioneer has contractually agreed not to impose all or a portion of its management fee and, if necessary, to limit other ordinary operating expenses (excluding taxes, commissions, interest and extraordinary expenses) to the extent required to reduce Investor Class expenses to 0.74% of the average daily net assets attributable to Investor Class shares. There can be no assurance that Pioneer will extend the expense limitation beyond the two-year period. See the statement of additional information for details regarding the expense limitation agreement. 3 The table below shows expenses for Class A shares. ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES PAID FROM THE ASSETS OF THE FUND as a percentage of average daily net assets CLASS A Management Fee 0.50% Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee 0.25% Other Expenses 0.39% Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.14% EXAMPLE This example helps you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It assumes that: a) you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods shown, b) you reinvest all dividends and distributions, c) your investment has a 5% return each year, d) the fund's gross operating expenses remain the same, e) Pioneer's contractual expense limitation is in effect for two years and f) beginning in year three, the expenses of Class A shares. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, under these assumptions your costs would be: Number of years you own your shares 1 3 5 10 $ 76 $ 281 $ 548 $ 1,312 DECEMBER 10, 2004 SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PIONEER BOND FUND DATED OCTOBER 28, 2004 Pioneer Bond Fund (the "Fund") issued Investor Class shares in connection with the reorganization of Safeco Intermediate-Term Bond Fund into the Fund. The Fund is not offering additional Investor Class shares except in connection with the reinvestment of dividends on the Fund's outstanding Investor Class shares. No front-end, deferred or asset based sales charges are applicable to Investor Class shares. SHARE OWNERSHIP As of October 31, 2004, the Trustees and officers of the fund owned beneficially in the aggregate less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the fund. The following is a list of the holders of 5% or more of any class of the fund's outstanding shares as of October 31, 2004:
RECORD HOLDER SHARE CLASS NUMBER OF SHARES % OF CLASS MLPF&S Class B 657,604.485 10.97% For the Sole Benefit of its Customers Mutual Fund Administration 97DT9 4800 Deer Lake Drive East, 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484 MLPF&S Class C 455,540.311 15.13% For the Sole Benefit of its Customers Mutual Fund Administration 97JL1 4800 Deer Lake Drive East, 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Class C 178,754.780 5.93% Attn: Peter Booth 00109801250 333 West 34th St., 7th fl. New York, NY 10001-2402 MLPF&S Class R 67,850.785 84.77% For the Sole Benefit of its Customers Mutual Fund Administration 4800 Deer Lake Drive East, 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484 MCB Trust Services Cust. FBO Class R 8,423.283 10.52% United Construction Trades & Industrial Emp. Int'l. Union 401(K) 700 17th St., Ste. 300 Denver, CO 80202-3531 John F. Cogan Jr. Class Y 88,085.347 10.05% C/o Hale and Dorr 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109-1800 Fiserv Securities, Inc. Class Y 57,518.139 6.56% FAO 58861649 Attn: Mutual Funds One commerce Square 2005 Market St., Suite 1200 Philadelphia, PA 19103-7084 Fiserv Securities, Inc. Class Y 137,483.264 15.69% FAO 58861654 Attn: Mutual Funds One commerce Square 2005 Market St., Suite 1200 Philadelphia, PA 19103-7084 First Command Bank Class Y 210,047.003 23.97% Attn: Trust Department P.O. Box 901075 Fort Worth, TX 76101-2075 MLPF&S Class Y 293,003.462 33.44% For the Sole Benefit of its Customers Mutual Fund Administration 4800 Deer Lake Drive East, 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION Item 22. Financial Statements and Exhibits Amended Form N-1A Exhibit Reference (a) 1. Agreement and Declaration of Trust(1) (a) 1.1 Certificate of Trust(1) (a) 1.2 Establishment and Designation of Classes(2) (a) 1.3 Establishment and Designation of Class R Shares (6) (a) 1.4 Amendment to Amend Agreement and Declaration of Trust to establish Investor Class shares (9) (b) 2. Amended By-Laws(3) (c) 3. Specimen Share Certificate(4) (d) 4. Management Contract(5) (e) 5.1 Underwriting Agreement(4) (e) 5.2 Dealer Sales Agreement(7) (e) 5.3 Expense Limitation Agreement (9) (f) 6. None (g) 7. Custodian Agreement with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.(8) (h) 8. Investment Company Service Agreement(8) (h) 8.1 Administration Agreement(8) (h) 8.2 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization(3) (i) 9.1. Opinion and Consent of Counsel(10) (i) 9.2. Form of Opinion as to tax matters and consent(9) (j) 10.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (11) (j) 10.2 Statement Regarding Prior Auditor (5) (k) 11. None (l) 12. None (m) 13. Amended and Restated Class A Distribution Plan(3) (m) 13.1 Amended and Restated Class B Distribution Plan(5) (m) 13.2 Class C Distribution Plan(1) (m) 13.3 Class R Distribution Plan (6) (m) 13.4 Class R Service Plan (6) (n) 14. Multi-Class Plan Pursuant to Rule 18f-3 (9) (o) 15. Not Applicable (p) 16. Code of Ethics(8) N/A 21. Powers of Attorney(7) ---------- (1) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement (file No. 2-62436) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 14, 1999 (accession number 0000276776-99-000013). (2) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Registration Statement with the SEC on July 19, 2001 (accession number 0000276776-01-500006). (3) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with the Registration Statement on Form N-14 with the SEC on July 3, 2001 (accession number 0000276776-01-500004). (4) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement with the SEC on October 29, 2001 (accession number 0000276776-01-500036). (5) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the Registration Statement with the SEC on October 29, 2002 (accession number 0000276776-02-000008). (6) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 to the Registration Statement with the SEC on February 24,2003 (accession number 0000276776-03-000002). (7) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to the Registration Statement with the SEC on October 29,2003 (accession number 0000276776-03-000014). (8) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No.38 to the Registration Statement with the SEC on October 28, 2004 (accession number 0001016964-04-000418). (9) Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-118442) as filed with the SEC on August 20, 2004 (accession number 0001145443-04-001275). (10) Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-18442) as filed with the SEC on October 26, 2004 (Accession No. 0001145443-04-001613) (11) Filed herein. Item 23. Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control With Registrant None Item 24. Indemnification Except for the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated January 5, 1999, the "Declaration")as amended from time to time, establishing the Fund as a statutory trust under Delaware law, there is no contract, arrangement or statute under which any Trustee, officer, underwriter or affiliated person of the Fund is insured or indemnified. The Declaration provides that every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or an officer, employee or agent of the Fund shall be indemnified by the Fund or the appropriate Fund series to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his being or having been a Trustee, officer, employee or agent and against amounts paid or incurred by him in the settlement thereof. Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), may be available to Trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Fund pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Fund has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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 Fund of expenses incurred or paid by a Trustee, officer or controlling person of the Fund in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such Trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Fund 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. Item 25. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. ("Pioneer Investments") is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of UniCredito Italiano S.p.A. ("UniCredito"). Pioneer Investments manages investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations and other corporations or business entities. To the knowledge of the Fund, none of Pioneer Investments' directors or executive officers is or has been during their employment with Pioneer Investments engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for the past two fiscal years, except as noted below. Certain directors and officers, however, may hold or may have held various positions with, and engage or have engaged in business for, the investment companies that Pioneer Investments manages and/or other UniCredito subsidiaries. OTHER BUSINESS, PROFESSION, VOCATION OR EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL NATURE WITHIN LAST TWO NAME OF DIRECTOR/OFFICER FISCAL YEARS John F. Cogan, Jr. Of Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Item 26. Principal Underwriters (a) See "Management of the Fund" in the Statement of Additional Information. C-2 (b) Directors and officers of Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc.: POSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH POSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH NAME UNDERWRITER FUND John F. Cogan, Jr. Director and President Chairman, President and Trustee Steven M. Graziano Director and Executive Vice President None William F. O'Grady Director and Executive Vice President None Scott C. Brandewiede Senior Vice President None Jennifer Brountas Senior Vice President None Daniel J. Brooks Senior Vice President None Philip Haley Senior Vice President None Julia Hoik Senior Vice President None Barry Knight Senior Vice President None William A. Misata Senior Vice President None Dusty W. Pascall Senior Vice President None Natale Algiere Senior Vice President None Michael B. Glenn Senior Vice President None Marc Rappaport Senior Vice President None Richard L. Sardelli Senior Vice President None Juan Segui-Clausen Senior Vice President None Mark D. Goodwin Treasurer None Dorothy E. Bourassa Clerk Secretary The principal business address of each of these individuals is 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109-1820. (c) Not applicable. Item 27. Location of Accounts and Records The accounts and records are maintained at the Registrant's office at 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109; contact the Treasurer. Item 28. Management Services Not Applicable Item 29. Undertakings Not Applicable SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 24th day of November, 2004. PIONEER BOND FUND By: /s/ Osbert M. Hood Osbert M. Hood Executive Vice President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated: Signature Title John F. Cogan, Jr.* Chairman of the Board ) John F. Cogan, Jr. and President ) (Principal Executive ) Officer) ) ) ) Vincent Nave* Chief Financial Officer ) Vincent Nave and Treasurer (Principal ) Financial and Accounting ) Officer) ) ) ) Trustees: ) ) ) Mary K. Bush* ) Mary K. Bush ) ) ) John F. Cogan, Jr.* ) John F. Cogan, Jr. ) ) ) ) Richard H. Egdahl* ) Richard H. Egdahl ) ) ) /s/ Osbert M. Hood ) Osbert M. Hood ) ) ) Margaret BW Graham* ) Margaret B. W. Graham ) ) ) Marguerite A. Piret* ) Marguerite A. Piret ) ) ) Stephen K. West* ) Stephen K. West ) ) ) John Winthrop* ) John Winthrop ) ) ) *By: /s/ Osbert M. Hood Dated: November 24, 2004) Osbert M. Hood Attorney-in-fact Exhibit Index Exhibit Number Document Title 23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm