PIONEER BOND FUND
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
May 17, 1999
Brown Brothers Xxxxxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Letter of Acceptance executed by and among Pioneer Bond Fund, a
Massachusetts business Trust (the "Current Trust"), Pioneer Bond Fund (the
"Successor Trust"), a Delaware business trust and Brown Brother Xxxxxxxx & Co.
concerns the transfer of certain rights and obligations under the Custody
Agreement between Brown Brothers Xxxxxxxx & Co. (the "Custodian") and the
Current Trust, dated December 23, 1991 (the "Agreement") by the Current Trust to
Successor Trust.
The Successor Trust hereby agrees to assume all of the Current Trust's
rights and obligations under the Agreement and all modifications and amendments
thereof, as attached in Exhibit A.
The Custodian agrees that the Agreement will be construed to apply to
the Trust, its existing series and those future series that the parties may
agree to include.
The Custodian consents to the transfer and agrees to continue the
performance of all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Agreement and
all modifications and amendments thereof, as if the Successor Trust had
originally signed and was a party to the Agreement.
Accepted,
PIONEER BOND FUND,
a Massachusetts business trust
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: May 17, 1999
PIONEER BOND FUND,
a Delaware business trust
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: May 17, 1999
BROWN BROTHERS XXXXXXXX & CO.
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: May 17, 1999
EXHIBIT A
The Agreement is lodged among the records of the Current Trust located
at Brown Brothers Xxxxxxxx & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000.