EX-1 3 amenddecoftrust.txt (A)1.15 AMENDED DECLARATION OF TRUST Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust Amendment to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), do hereby amend the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated September 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, the portfolios set forth on Annex A are added as series of the Trust, each such portfolio to have Class I and Class II shares. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being all the Trustees of the Trust have executed this instrument as of this 2nd day of November, 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 Annex A Pioneer Cullen Value VCT Portfolio Pioneer Equity Opportunity VCT Portfolio Pioneer Global High Yield VCT Portfolio Pioneer Ibbotson Aggressive Allocation VCT Portfolio Pioneer Ibbotson Growth Allocation VCT Portfolio Pioneer Ibbotson Moderate Allocation VCT Portfolio