Exhibit 23(a)(2)
AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
PIONEER GLOBAL HIGH YIELD FUND
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Pioneer
Global High Yield Fund (hereby renamed, "Pioneer Series Trust VII"), a Delaware
statutory trust (the "Trust"), acting pursuant to Article V, Section 1 and
Article IX, Section 8 of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated May 5,
2001, as amended (the "Declaration"), do hereby amend the Declaration as
follows, such amendment to be effective on the date hereof:
1. The Declaration is hereby amended to change the name of the Trust from
"Pioneer Global High Yield Fund" to "Pioneer Series Trust VII." All
corresponding references to the Trust as "Pioneer Global High Yield
Fund" in the Declaration are hereby deleted and replaced with "Pioneer
Series Trust VII." All references to the Trust's single Series shall
remain "Pioneer Global High Yield Fund."
2. The two new additional series of the Trust established and designated
hereby are: Pioneer Global Aggregate Bond Fund and Pioneer Global
Diversified Equity Fund (each, a "Fund").
3. Each Fund shall have six (6) classes of shares, which shall be
designated Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares, Class R
Shares, Class Y Shares, and Class Z Shares.
4. Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares, Class R Shares, Class
Y Shares, and Class Z Shares of each Fund shall each be entitled to
all of the rights and preferences accorded to such Shares under the
Declaration.
5. The purchase price of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares,
Class R Shares, Class Y Shares and Class Z Shares, the method of
determining the net asset value of Class A Shares, Class B Shares,
Class C Shares, Class R Shares, Class Y Shares and Class Z Shares, and
the relative dividend rights of holders of Class A Shares, Class B
Shares, Class C Shares, Class R Shares, Class Y Shares, and Class Z
Shares shall be established by the Trustees of the Trust in accordance
with the provisions of the Declaration and shall be set forth in the
Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act
of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and as
in effect at the time of issuing such Shares.
6. The Trustees, acting in their sole discretion, may determine that any
Shares of the Fund issued are Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C
Shares, Class R Shares, Class Y Shares, Class Z Shares, or Shares of
any other class of the Fund hereinafter established and designated by
the Trustees.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being all the Trustees of the Trust
have executed this instrument as of this 10th day of July, 2007.
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as Trustee and not individually as Trustee and not individually
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as Trustee and not individually as Trustee and not individually
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as Trustee and not individually as Trustee and not individually
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as Trustee and not individually as Trustee and not individually
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as Trustee and not individually
The address of each Trustee is:
c/o Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.
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