RULE 24F-2 NOTICE
1. Name and address of issuer:
Pioneer Short-Term Income Trust
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109-1820
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Pioneer Short-Term Income Trust-Class A Shares
Pioneer Short-Term Income Trust-Class B Shares
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-6657;
Securities Act File Number: 33-47613
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: November 30, 1996
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declar-
ation. N/A
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6): N/A
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule
24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of
the fiscal year: -0-
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
than pursuant to rule 24f-2: 1,891,304
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year.
Shares: 8,465,357 Aggregate sale price: $32,221,900
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
Shares: 7,515,316 Aggregate sale price: $28,605,735
11 Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal year
in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
Instruction B.7):
Shares: 672,991 Aggregate sale price: $2,552,698
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal
year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10):` $28,605,735
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection
with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11,
if applicable): + $ 2,552,698
(iii)Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchas-
ed during the fiscal year (if applicable): - $31,158,433
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased
and previously applied as a reduction to filing
fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable): -0-
(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the fiscal
year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line (ii), less
line (iii) plus line (iv)] (if applicable): $0
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or
regulation (see Instruction C.6): 1/3300
(vii)Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by
line (vi)]: $0
Instruction: Issuers should complete line (ii), (iii), and (v) only if the
form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the issuer's
fiscal year: See Instruction C.3.
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13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository
as described in section 3a of the Commission' Rules of Informal and Other
Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lock-
box depository: N/A
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)
/s/Robert P. Nault
Assistant Secretary
Date: January 29, 1997
Board of Trustees of Pioneer
Short-Term Income Trust
January 28, 1997
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January 28, 1997
Board of Trustees of Pioneer
Short-Term Income Trust
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pioneer Short-Term Income Trust (the "Trust") is a Massachusetts
business trust organized under a written Declaration of Trust dated, executed
and delivered in Boston, Massachusetts on April 30, 1992, as amended December 7,
1993 and further amended November 7, 1995 (the "Declaration of Trust"). The
beneficial interests thereunder are represented by transferable shares of
beneficial interest without par value.
The Trustees of the Trust have the powers set forth in the Declaration
of Trust, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions therein provided.
Pursuant to Article V, Section 5.1 of the Declaration of Trust, the number of
shares of beneficial interest authorized to be issued under the Declaration of
Trust is unlimited and the Trustees are authorized to divide the shares into one
or more series of shares and one or more classes thereof as they deem necessary
or desirable. As of the date of this opinion, the Trustees have divided the
shares of the Trust into three classes, designated as Class A, Class B and Class
C. Pursuant to Article V, Section 5.4 of the Declaration of Trust, the Trustees
may issue shares of any series for such amount and type of consideration,
including cash or property, and on such terms as they may deem best without
action or approval of the shareholders.
By resolution adopted on June 16, 1992, the Trustees of the Trust
authorized the President, any Vice-President, the Secretary and any Assistant
Secretary from time to time to determine the appropriate number of shares to be
registered, to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to
issue and sell to the public, such shares.
We understand that, pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), the Trust has registered an indefinite
number of shares of beneficial interest under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act").
We understand that you are about to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 24f-2 (the "Rule 24f-2 Notice")
making definite the registration of 7,515,316 shares of beneficial interest of
the Trust (the "Shares") sold in reliance upon said Rule 24f-2 during the fiscal
year ended November 30, 1996.
We have examined the Declaration of Trust, the By-laws, resolutions of
the Board of Trustees, a certificate of an officer of the Trust to the effect
that the Trust or its agent received the consideration for the Shares in
accordance with the terms of the Declaration of Trust, and such other documents
as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion,
including, but not limited to, originals, or copies certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, Trust records and other
instruments. In our examination of the above documents, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to
us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such
latter documents and the legal competence of each individual executing any
documents.
For purposes of this opinion letter, we have not made an independent
review of the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and express no opinion with respect to the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Further,
we express no opinion as to compliance with any state or federal securities
laws, including the securities laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Our opinion below, as it relates to the nonassessability of the shares
of the Trust, is qualified to the extent that under Massachusetts law,
shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust, such as the Trust, may be held
personally liable for the obligations of such Trust. In this regard, however,
please be advised that the Declaration of Trust disclaims shareholder liability
for acts or obligations of the Trust and provides that notice of such disclaimer
may be given in each note, bond, contract, certificate or undertaking made or
issued by or on behalf of the Trust. Also, the Declaration of Trust provides for
indemnification out of Trust property for all loss
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and expense of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of his
being or having been a shareholder of the Trust; provided, however, that no
Trust property may be used to indemnify any shareholder of any series of the
Trust other than Trust property allocated or belonging to that series.
We are of the opinion that all necessary Trust action precedent to the
issuance of the Shares has been duly taken, and that the Shares were legally and
validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable by the Trust, subject to
compliance with the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the applicable state laws
regulating the sale of securities.
We consent to your filing this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission together with the Rule 24f-2 Notice referred to above. Except as
provided in this paragraph, this opinion may not be relied upon by, or filed
with, any other parties or used for any other purpose.
Very truly yours,
/s/HALE AND DORR LLP
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