As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on September 12, 1996, File No. 2-62436
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /_X__/
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___ /____/
Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 /_X__/
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 / X /
Amendment No. 22 /_X _/
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
PIONEER BOND FUND
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive office) Zip Code
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (617) 742-7825
Joseph P. Barri, Hale and Dorr, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
X immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
___ on [date] pursuant to paragraph (b)
___ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
___ on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
Registrant has registered an indefinite amount of securities under the
Securities Act of 1993 pursuant to Section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940. The Registrant filed the notice required by Rule 24f-2 for its most
recent fiscal year on August 29, 1995.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Amount of Proposed Proposed Amount of
Securities Being Shares Being Maximum Offering Maximum Aggregate Registration
Registered Registered Fee Per Unit Offering Price Fee
Shares 67,232 $9.63 $647.444 $100.00*
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* This calculation has been made pursuant to Rule 24e-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. During its fiscal year ended June 30, 1995, the Registrant
redeemed or repurchased 2,954,872 shares of beneficial interest ($26,503,240),
of which 2,917,754 ($26,454,700) were utilized by the Registrant on its Rule
24f-2 Notice filed on August 29, 1995, and 37,118 are being used herein for
purposes of reducing the filing fee payable herewith under Rule 24e-2. An
additional 30,114 shares being registered hereby are valued at the public
offering price of $9.63 as of October 16, 1995.
The cross reference sheet, prospectus, statement of additional
information, Part C and exhibits filed with the Commission as part of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 filed October 27, 1995, Accession No.
0000276776-95-000016 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A are
incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the
requirements for effectiveness of this amendment to the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused
this amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston and The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 11th day of September, 1996.
PIONEER BOND FUND
By: /s/John F. Cogan, Jr.
John F. Cogan, Jr.
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement of Pioneer Bond
Fund (File No. 2-62436) has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Title and Signature Date
Principal Executive Officer: )
)
)
John F. Cogan, Jr.* )
John F. Cogan, Jr., President )
)
Principal Financial and )
Accounting Officer: )
)
)
William H. Keough* )
William H. Keough, Treasurer )
A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
John F. Cogan, Jr.* )
John F. Cogan, Jr., Trustee )
)
Richard H. Egdahl, M.D.* )
Richard H. Egdahl, Trustee )
)
Margaret B.W. Graham* )
Margaret B.W. Graham, Trustee )
)
John W. Kendrick* )
John W. Kendrick, Trustee )
)
Marguerite A. Piret* )
Marguerite A. Piret, Trustee )
)
David D. Tripple* )
David D. Tripple, Trustee )
)
Stephen K. West* )
Stephen K. West, Trustee )
)
John Winthrop* )
John Winthrop, Trustee )
*By /s/ Joseph P. Barri September 11, 1996
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Joseph P. Barri
Attorney-in-fact
