EX-99.17 2 proxycardexhibit.txt FORM OF PROXY CARD PIONEER EUROPE SELECT FUND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS - JANUARY , 2005 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PIONEER EUROPE SELECT FUND (the "fund") and relates to proposals with respect to the fund. The undersigned hereby appoints [ ] and [ ] or either of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each of them, to attend the special meeting of the shareholders of the fund to be held at the offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the fund, 60 State Street, 26th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, on [ ], 2005, at [ ] [a/p].m., local time, and any adjournment or postponement thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the undersigned is entitled to cast at such meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned at the meeting with all powers possessed by the undersigned if personally present at the meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the notice of the special meeting of shareholders and of the accompanying proxy statement and prospectus and revokes any proxy previously given with respect to such meeting. THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST AS INSTRUCTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS CARD. IF THIS PROXY IS EXECUTED BUT NO INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN, THE VOTES ENTITLED TO BE CAST BY THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE CAST "FOR" PROPOSAL 1 AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE ABOVE-NAMED PROXIES ON ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. Date , 2005 PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Signature(s) (Title(s) if applicable) PLEASE: Signature(s) should agree with the name(s) printed herein. If joint owners, each holder should sign this proxy. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give your full name as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE VOTE BY FILLING IN THE APPROPRIATE BOX BELOW This proxy will be voted "For" Proposal 1 if no specification is made below. For shareholders of Pioneer Europe Select Fund: YOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" PROPOSAL 1. (1) To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. FOR |_| AGAINST |_| ABSTAIN |_| (2) To vote and otherwise represent the above-signed shareholder(s) on any other other matter that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. WE NEED YOUR VOTE BEFORE __________, 2005. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO SIGN THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS CARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME