AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT
EXECUTION
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 4 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement (“Amendment No. 4”) is made as of the 1st day of November, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), is being entered into by and between BNY Mellon Investment Services (US) Inc. (“BNYM”) and each Pioneer Investment Company, as defined and listed on the signature page to this Agreement and to the extent applicable each Portfolio of each such Pioneer Investment Company as listed on Schedule B to the Current Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND:
| A. | BNYM and the Pioneer Investment Companies and their respective series previously entered into the Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated January 19, 2021, Amendment No. 1 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2021, and Amendment No. 2 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2021, and Amendment No. 3 to Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2021 (collectively, the “Current Agreement”). |
TERMS:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree to the statements set forth above and as follows:
| 1. | Amendment of the Current Agreement. The Current Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
| 2. | Schedule B to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Schedule B attached hereto. |
| 3. | Remainder of Current Agreement. Except as specifically modified by this Amendment No. 4, all terms and conditions of the Current Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. |
| 4. | Governing Law. The governing law provision of the Current Agreement shall be the governing law provision of this Amendment No. 4. |
| 5. | Entire Agreement. This Amendment No. 4 constitutes the final, complete, exclusive and fully integrated record of the agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter herein and the amendment of the Current Agreement with respect to such subject matter, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous proposals, agreements, contracts, representations and understandings, whether written, oral or electric, between the parties with respect to the same subject matter. |
Signatures; Counterparts. The parties expressly agree that this Amendment No. 4 may be executed in one or more counterparts and expressly agree that such execution may occur by manual signature on a physically delivered copy of this Amendment No. 4, by a manual signature on a copy of this Amendment No. 4 transmitted by facsimile transmission, by a manual signature on a copy of this Amendment No. 4 transmitted as an imaged document attached to an email, or by “Electronic Signature”, which is hereby defined to mean inserting an image, representation or symbol of a signature into an electronic copy of this Amendment by electronic, digital or other technological methods. Each counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same instrument. The exchange of executed counterparts of this Amendment No. 4 or of executed signature pages to counterparts of this Amendment, No. 4 in either case by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 4 and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed and physically delivered copy of this Amendment No. 4.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment No. 4 to Transfer Agency and Services Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date by its duly authorized representative indicated below. An authorized representative, if executing this Amendment by Electronic Signature, affirms authorization to execute this Amendment No. 4 by Electronic Signature and that the Electronic Signature represents an intent to enter into this Amendment and an agreement with its terms.
| EACH OF THE FUNDS OR SERIES IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE B | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
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SCHEDULE B
(Amended and Restated as of November 1, 2022)
This SCHEDULE B is Schedule B to that certain Transfer Agency and Shareholder Services Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2021, between BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. and the Investment Companies and Portfolios listed below.
Investment Company & Portfolios
OPEN-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Pioneer Asset Allocation Trust
Pioneer Solutions – Balanced Fund
Pioneer Bond Fund
Pioneer Bond Fund
Pioneer Core Trust I
Pioneer high Income Municipal Portfolio
Pioneer Equity Income Fund
Pioneer Equity Income Fund
Pioneer Fund
Pioneer Fund
Pioneer High Yield Fund
Pioneer High Yield Fund
Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund
Pioneer Mid Cap Value Fund
Pioneer Money Market Trust
Pioneer U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Pioneer Real Estate Shares
Pioneer Real Estate Shares
Pioneer Series Trust II
Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund
Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth Fund
Pioneer Series Trust III
Pioneer Disciplined Value Fund
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Pioneer Series Trust IV
Amundi Climate Transition Core Bond Fund
Pioneer Balanced ESG Fund
Pioneer Multi-Asset Income Fund
Pioneer Securitized Income Fund
Pioneer Series Trust V
Pioneer Global Sustainable Equity Fund (formerly Pioneer Global Equity Fund – Eff. Date 2/15/22)
Pioneer High Income Municipal Fund
Pioneer Series Trust VI
Pioneer Flexible Opportunities Fund
Pioneer Floating Rate Fund
Pioneer Series Trust VII
Pioneer CAT Bond Fund
Pioneer Global High Yield Fund
Pioneer Series Trust VIII
Pioneer International Equity Fund
Pioneer Corporate High Yield Fund
Pioneer Fundamental Growth Fund
Pioneer Multi-Asset Ultrashort Income Fund
Pioneer Core Equity Fund
Pioneer Disciplined Growth Fund
Pioneer MAP – High Income Municipal Fund
Pioneer Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Pioneer Global Sustainable Growth Fund
Pioneer Global Sustainable Value Fund
Pioneer Intrinsic Value Fund
Pioneer Strategic Income Fund
Pioneer Short Term Income Fund
Pioneer Short Term Income Fund
Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust
Pioneer Bond VCT Portfolio
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Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio
Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio Pioneer
High Yield VCT Portfolio Pioneer Mid
Cap Value VCT Portfolio
Pioneer Real Estate Shares VCT Portfolio
Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth VCT Portfolio
Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio
INTERVAL FUNDS
Pioneer ILS Bridge Fund
Pioneer ILS Interval Fund
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