As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 1996.
Registration No. 811-2239
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-2
[X] Registration Statement under the Investment Company
Act of 1940
[X] Amendment No. 14
PIONEER INTEREST SHARES
(formerly Pioneer Interest Shares, Inc.)
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(617) 742-7825
(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Joseph P. Barri, Esq.
Hale and Dorr
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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ADOPTION OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Pioneer Interest Shares, a Delaware business trust, hereby adopts the
Registration Statement on Form N-2, as amended, of Pioneer Interest Shares,
Inc., a Nebraska corporation.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant has duly caused this 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 28th day of June, 1996.
PIONEER INTEREST SHARES
By: /s/ John F. Cogan, Jr._
John F. Cogan, Jr.
Chairman and President
