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File No. 333-157312

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 MID CAP VALUE FUND

(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 MID CAP VALUE FUND

ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION

No change from the information set forth in Item 25 of the most recently filed Registration Statement of Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Registrant”) on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (File Nos. 033-34801 and 811-06106), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2009 (Accession No. 0000863334-09-000004), which information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS

 

(1)(a)

Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust

(vii)

(1)(b)

Certificate of Trust

(i)

(1)(c)

Form of Establishment and Designation of Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y Shares of Beneficial Interest

(i)

(1)(d)

Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of Trust Changing Name of Fund from “Pioneer Capital Growth Fund” to “Pioneer Mid-Cap Value Fund”

(ii)

(1)(e)

Amendment to Certificate of Trust Changing Name of Fund from “Pioneer Capital Growth Fund” to “Pioneer Mid-Cap Value Fund”

(ii)

(1)(f)

Amendment to Agreement and Declaration of Trust Changing Name of Fund from “Pioneer Mid-Cap Value Fund” to “Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund”

(iii)

(1)(g)

Amendment to Certificate of Trust Changing Name of Fund from “Pioneer Mid-Cap Value Fund” to “Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund”

(vii)

(2)

Amended and Restated By-Laws

(vii)

(3)

Not applicable

 

(4)

Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

(x)

(5)

Not applicable

 

(6)(a)

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

(vii)

(6)(b)

Form of Expense Limitation Agreement

(viii)

(7)(a)

Underwriting Agreement with Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc.

(iii)

(7)(b)

Dealer Sales Agreement

(vi)

(8)

Not applicable

 

(9)(a)

Custodian Agreement with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

(v)

(9)(b)

Amended Appendix A to Custodian Agreement

(vi)

(10)(a)

Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1

(vii)

(10)(b)

Multiple Class Plan pursuant to Rule 18f-3

(iv)

(11)

Opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities

(ix)

 

 


 

(12)

Opinion 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.

(v)

(13)(b)

Amended Exhibit A to Master Investment Company Service Agreement

(vi)

(13)(c)

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

(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

(vii)

(17)(b)

Pioneer Funds Code of Ethics

(v)

(17)(c)

Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc. Code of Ethics

(v)

(17)(d)

Form of Proxy Card

(viii)

(17)(e)

The Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of Regions Morgan Keegan Select Mid Cap Value Fund dated April 1, 2008

(viii)

(17)(f)

The Annual Report of Regions Morgan Keegan Select Mid Cap Value Fund for the year ended November 30, 2008

(viii)

(17)(g)

The Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information of the Registrant dated March 1, 2009

(ix)

(17)(h)

The Annual Report of the Registrant for the year ended October 31, 2008

(viii)

 

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(i)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-34801; 811-06106) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 30, 1998 (Accession No. 0001016964-98-000074).

 

 

(ii)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2000 (Accession No. 0001016964-00-000032).

 

 

(iii)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the SEC on March 1, 2002 (Accession No. 0001016964-02-000042).

 

 

 

 


 

(iv)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-34801; 811-06106) as filed with the SEC on February 25, 2005 (Accession No. 0001016964-04-000076).

 

 

(v)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-34801; 811-06106) as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2006 (Accession No. 0000869356-06-000014).

 

 

(vi)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-34801; 811-06106) as filed with the SEC on February 27, 2007 (Accession No. 0000863334-07-000009).

 

 

(vii)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-34801; 811-06106) as filed with the SEC on February 26, 2009 (Accession No. 0000863334-09-000004).

 

 

(viii)

Previously filed. Incorporated by reference from the exhibits filed with the Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-157312) as filed with the SEC on February 13, 2009 (Accession No. 0001145443-09-000143).

 

 

(ix)

Previously filed. Incorporated herein by reference from the exhibits filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-157312) as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2009 (Accession No. 0001145443-09-000655).

 

 

(x)

Previously filed. Attached as Exhibit A-2 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. 333-157312) as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2009 (Accession No. 0001145443-09-000655).

 

 

(*)

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 MID CAP VALUE 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)                    Opinion of counsel supporting tax matters and consequences to shareholders

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