EX-1 4 amenddectrustinvestor.txt AMENDED DECLARATION OF TRUST Pioneer Balanced Fund Amendment to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Pioneer Balanced Fund The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Pioneer Balanced Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), do hereby amend the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated June 16, 1994, as amended (the "Declaration"), as follows, such amendment to be effective on the date hereof: Pursuant to Article IX, Section 8 of the Declaration, Trustees hereby establish one additional class of shares of the Trust, which shall be designated Investor Class Shares. Such shares represent a pro-rata interest, based upon relative net asset value with each other class of shares of the Trust, except as provided in the Trust's Multi-Class Plan under Rule 18f-3. The Investor Class Shares shall automatically convert into Class A shares of the Trust as provided in such Multi-Class Plan. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being all the Trustees of the Trust have executed this instrument as of this 3rd day of August, 2004. /s/ John F. Cogan, Jr ----------------------------------- /s/ Osbert M. Hood John F. Cogan, Jr Osbert M. Hood ----------------------------------- --------------------------- /s/ Mary K. Bush /s/ Marguerite A. Piret Mary K. Bush Marguerite A. Piret ----------------------------------- -------------------------- /s/ Richard H. Egdahl, M.D. /s/ Stephen K. West Richard H. Egdahl, M.D. Stephen K. West ---------------------------------- --------------------------- /s/ Margaret B.W. Graham /s/ John Winthrop Margaret B.W. Graham John Winthrop The address of each Trustee is: c/o Pioneer Investment Management, Inc 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109