EXPENSE LIMIT AGREEMENT
Expense Limit Agreement made as of May 1, 2006 and as revised on
December 30, 2011 between Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. ("PIM"), on behalf
of itself and its affiliates, Pioneer Investment Management Shareholder
Services, Inc. ("PIMSS") and Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc. ("PFD"), and each
of the Pioneer Funds listed on Annex A, as updated from time to time (each a
"Fund").
Whereas PIM, PIMSS and PFD wish to reduce the expenses of each Fund;
and
Whereas each Fund wishes to have PIM enter into such an agreement.
Now therefore the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Special Class A Limitations. The expenses attributable to
each class of shares of the Funds listed on Annex B, as updated from time to
time, shall be reduced, if necessary, so that the Ordinary Operating Expenses
(as defined below) of each Fund attributable to such class of shares do not
exceed the percentage of average daily net assets attributable to the applicable
class of shares of such Fund as set forth on Annex B. This expense limitation
shall be effected first by PIMSS waiving transfer agency fees and expenses
allocated to the applicable class of shares. If waiving transfer agency fees and
expenses alone is not sufficient to achieve the expense limitation reflected in
Annex B, PFD shall waive Rule 12b-1 fees attributable to the applicable class of
shares. In the event that waiving transfer agency fees and expenses and Rule
12b-1 fees attributable to a class of shares is not sufficient to achieve the
expense limitation reflected in Annex B, PIM shall reimburse other expenses or
waive other fees ("Fund-Wide Expenses") to the extent necessary to further
reduce the expenses attributable to that class of shares to the percentage of
average daily net assets reflected in Annex B. In the event that PIM waives or
reimburses any Fund-Wide Expenses, PIM also agrees to waive or reimburse the
Fund-Wide Expenses attributable to any other authorized class of shares to the
same extent that such expenses are reduced for the class of shares that required
the reduction of Fund-Wide Expenses.
SECTION 2 Amendment or Termination of Expense Limits. PIM may terminate
or modify these expense limitations only in accordance with this Agreement. PIM
agrees that the expense limitations set forth in Annex B shall continue in force
until the date set forth with respect to each Fund (and class thereof) in Annex
B; provided, that PIM may extend a date reflected in Annex B from time to time.
SECTION 3 Termination of Expense Reimbursement Provisions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any predecessor to this Agreement,
PIM agrees that it shall not be entitled to be reimbursed for any expenses that
PIM, PIMSS or PFD has waived or limited.
SECTION 4 Ordinary Operating Expenses. For purposes of this Agreement,
Ordinary Operating Expenses means all expenses of the Funds other than
extraordinary expenses, such as litigation, taxes and brokerage commissions.
SECTION 5 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws
of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 6 Existing Agreements Superseded. In the case of each Fund, to
the extent that this Agreement provides for expense limit arrangements for the
same classes of the Fund to which an existing expense limit agreement relates
(each an "Existing Agreement"), this Agreement shall supersede and replace the
Existing Agreement.
In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
signed as of the 30th day of December, 2011.
Each of the Funds Listed on Annex A.
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
PIONEER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Annex A
Pioneer Absolute Return Credit Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust X)
Pioneer Bond Fund
Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust II)
Pioneer Cash Reserves Fund (a series of Pioneer Money Market Trust)
Pioneer Classic Balanced Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust IV)
Pioneer Cullen Value Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust III)
Pioneer Disciplined Growth Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust V)
Pioneer Disciplined Value Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust V)
Pioneer Emerging Markets Fund
Pioneer Equity Income Fund
Pioneer Equity Opportunity Fund
Pioneer Floating Rate Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust VI)
Pioneer Fund
Pioneer Fundamental Growth Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust X)
Pioneer Global Aggregate Bond Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust VII)
Pioneer Global High Yield Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust VII)
Pioneer Global Equity Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust V)
Pioneer Growth Opportunities Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust II)
Pioneer High Income Municipal Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust V)
Pioneer High Yield Fund
Pioneer Ibbotson Aggressive Allocation Fund (a series of Pioneer Ibbotson Asset
Allocation Series)
Pioneer Ibbotson Conservative Allocation Fund (a series of Pioneer Ibbotson
Asset Allocation Series)
Pioneer Ibbotson Growth Allocation Fund (a series of Pioneer Ibbotson Asset
Allocation Series)
Pioneer Ibbotson Moderate Allocation Fund (a series of Pioneer Ibbotson Asset
Allocation Series)
Pioneer Independence Fund
Pioneer International Value Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust VIII)
Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund
Pioneer Multi-Asset Floating Rate Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust X)
Pioneer Multi-Asset Income Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust IV)
Pioneer Multi-Asset Real Return Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust VI)
Pioneer Oak Ridge Large Cap Growth Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust I)
Pioneer Oak Ridge Small Cap Growth Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust I)
Pioneer Research Fund
Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth Fund (a series of Pioneer Series Trust I)
Pioneer Short Term Income Fund
Pioneer Strategic Income Fund
Annex B
Fiscal Regular
Year Prospectus Expense
Fund Class End Date Limit Expiration
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Pioneer Absolute Return
Credit Fund A 3/31 8/1 1.20% 8/1/13
C 3/31 8/1 2.10% 8/1/13
Y 3/31 8/1 0.85% 8/1/13
Pioneer Fundamental Growth
Fund A 3/31 8/1 1.25% 8/1/13
B 3/31 8/1 2.15% 8/1/13
C 3/31 8/1 2.15% 8/1/12
Pioneer Multi-Asset
Floating Rate Fund A 3/31 8/1 0.85% 8/1/13
C 3/31 8/1 1.85% 8/1/13
Y 3/31 8/1 0.65% 8/1/13
Pioneer Bond Fund A 6/30 11/1 0.85% 11/1/13
B 6/30 11/1 1.90% 11/1/13
C 6/30 11/1 1.90% 11/1/13
R 6/30 11/1 1.25% 11/1/13
Z 6/30 11/1 0.65% 11/1/13
A+ 6/30 11/1 1.01% 6/1/12
Y+ 6/30 11/1 0.76% 6/1/12
Pioneer Cullen Value Fund R 6/30 11/1 1.40% 11/1/13
A+ 6/30 11/1 1.26% 6/1/12
Y+ 6/30 11/1 1.01% 6/1/12
Pioneer Ibbotson Moderate
Allocation Fund* A 7/31 12/1 0.74% 12/1/13
B 7/31 12/1 1.52% 12/1/13
C 7/31 12/1 1.52% 12/1/13
Pioneer Ibbotson Growth
Allocation Fund* A 7/31 12/1 0.79% 12/1/13
B 7/31 12/1 1.57% 12/1/13
C 7/31 12/1 1.57% 12/1/13
Pioneer Ibbotson Aggressive
Allocation Fund* A 7/31 12/1 0.85% 12/1/13
B 7/31 12/1 1.64% 12/1/13
C 7/31 12/1 1.64% 12/1/13
Pioneer Ibbotson
Conservative Allocation
Fund* A 7/31 12/1 0.78% 12/1/13
B 7/31 12/1 1.68% 12/1/13
C 7/31 12/1 1.68% 12/1/13
Pioneer Classic Balanced
Fund A 7/31 12/1 1.16% 12/1/13
B 7/31 12/1 2.06% 12/1/13
C 7/31 12/1 2.06% 12/1/13
A+ 7/31 12/1 1.33% 6/1/12
Y+ 7/31 12/1 1.08% 6/1/12
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+ Expense limitation due to reorganization of a Regions Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Select
Fund into the fund. Reorganization occurred as of the close of business on
May 15, 2009.
* Expense limitation applies to the fund's direct ordinary operating expenses
and not the expenses of the underlying funds.
Fiscal Regular
Year Prospectus Expense
Fund Class End Date Limit Expiration
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Pioneer Multi-Asset Income
Fund A 7/31 12/1 0.85% 12/1/13
C 7/31 12/1 1.75% 12/1/13
Y 7/31 12/1 0.65% 12/1/13
Pioneer Short Term Income
Fund A 8/31 1/1 0.90% 1/1/13
B 8/31 1/1 1.80% 1/1/13
C 8/31 1/1 1.80% 1/1/13
A+ 8/31 1/1 1.04% 6/1/12
Y+ 8/31 1/1 0.79% 6/1/12
Pioneer Global Equity Fund A 8/31 1/1 1.30% 1/1/13
B 8/31 1/1 2.20% 1/1/13
C 8/31 1/1 2.20% 1/1/13
Y 8/31 1/1 0.80% 1/1/13
Pioneer Disciplined Growth
Fund A 8/31 1/1 1.25% 1/1/13
B 8/31 1/1 2.15% 1/1/13
C 8/31 1/1 2.15% 1/1/13
Y 8/31 1/1 0.90% 1/1/13
Pioneer Disciplined Value
Fund A 8/31 1/1 1.25% 1/1/13
B 8/31 1/1 2.15% 1/1/13
C 8/31 1/1 2.15% 1/1/13
Y 8/31 1/1 0.90% 1/1/13
Pioneer High Income
Municipal Fund A 8/31 1/1 0.90% 1/1/13
C 8/31 1/1 1.80% 1/1/13
Pioneer Strategic Income
Fund Z 9/30 2/1 0.85% 2/1/12
Pioneer Global High Yield
Fund A 10/31 3/1 1.10% 3/1/12
B 10/31 3/1 2.00% 3/1/12
C 10/31 3/1 2.00% 3/1/12
Z 10/31 3/1 0.90% 3/1/12
Pioneer Equity Income Fund Z 10/31 3/1 0.85% 3/1/12
Pioneer High Yield Fund Z 10/31 3/1 0.85% 3/1/13
Pioneer Floating Rate Fund A 10/31 3/1 1.10% 3/1/12
C 10/31 3/1 2.00% 3/1/12
Y 10/31 3/1 0.70% 3/1/13
Z 10/31 3/1 0.90% 3/1/13
Pioneer Global Aggregate
Bond Fund A 10/31 3/1 1.00% 3/1/13
C 10/31 3/1 1.90% 3/1/13
Y 10/31 3/1 0.75% 3/1/13
Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund A+ 10/31 3/1 1.43% 6/1/12
Y+ 10/31 3/1 1.18% 6/1/12
Pioneer Multi-Asset Real
Return Fund* A 10/31 3/1 1.20% 3/1/13
C 10/31 3/1 2.10% 3/1/13
Y 10/31 3/1 0.90% 3/1/13
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+ Expense limitation due to reorganization of a Regions Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Select
Fund into the fund. Reorganization occurred as of the close of business on
May 15, 2009.
* Expense limitation applies to the fund's direct ordinary operating expenses
and not the expenses of the underlying funds.
Fiscal Regular
Year Prospectus Expense
Fund Class End Date Limit Expiration
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Pioneer Emerging Markets
Fund A 11/30 4/1 1.95% 4/1/13
B 11/30 4/1 2.85% 4/1/13
C 11/30 4/1 2.85% 4/1/13
R 11/30 4/1 2.20% 4/1/13
Pioneer International Value
Fund A 11/30 4/1 1.45% 4/1/13
B 11/30 4/1 2.35% 4/1/13
C 11/30 4/1 2.35% 0/0/00
Xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxx Large Cap
Growth Fund A 11/30 4/1 1.20% 4/1/13
B 11/30 4/1 2.10% 4/1/13
C 11/30 4/1 2.10% 4/1/13
R 11/30 4/1 1.45% 0/0/00
Xxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxx Small Cap
Growth Fund A 11/30 4/1 1.40% 4/1/13
B 11/30 4/1 2.30% 4/1/13
C 11/30 4/1 2.30% 4/1/13
Pioneer Select Mid Cap
Growth Fund A+ 11/30 4/1 1.25% 6/1/12
C 11/30 4/1 2.15% 4/1/12
Y+ 11/30 4/1 1.00% 6/1/12
Pioneer Equity Opportunity
Fund A 11/30 4/1 1.25% 4/1/13
B 11/30 4/1 2.15% 4/1/13
C 11/30 4/1 2.15% 4/1/13
Pioneer Fund Z 12/31 5/1 0.85% 5/1/13
A+ 12/31 5/1 1.47% 6/1/12
Y+ 12/31 5/1 1.22% 6/1/12
Pioneer Research Fund A 12/31 5/1 1.25% 5/1/13
B 12/31 5/1 2.15% 5/1/13
C 12/31 5/1 2.15% 5/1/13
Pioneer Independence Fund A 12/31 5/1 1.25% 5/1/13
B 12/31 5/1 2.15% 5/1/13
C 12/31 5/1 2.15% 5/1/13
Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal
Fund A 12/31 5/1 0.82% 6/1/13
B 12/31 5/1 1.72% 6/1/13
C 12/31 5/1 1.72% 6/1/13
Y 12/31 5/1 0.55% 6/1/13
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+ Expense limitation due to reorganization of a Regions Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Select
Fund into the fund. Reorganization occurred as of the close of business on
May 15, 2009.
