EX-99.(1)(C) 3 ex99_1c.txt PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), do hereby amend the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated September 16, 2004, as amended (the "Declaration"), as follows, such amendment to be effective on the date hereof: Pursuant to Article IX, Section 8 of the Declaration, the portfolios set forth on ANNEX A are added as series of the Trust, each such portfolio to have Class I and Class II shares. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being all the Trustees of the Trust have executed this instrument as of this 3rd day of August, 2004. /s/ John F. Cogan, Jr /s/ Osbert M. Hood ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ John F. Cogan, Jr Osbert M. Hood /s/ Mary K. Bush /s/ Marguerite A. Piret ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Mary K. Bush Marguerite A. Piret /s/ Richard H. Egdahl, M.D. /s/ Stephen K. West ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Richard H. Egdahl, M.D. Stephen K. West /s/ Margaret B.W. Graham /s/ John Winthrop ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Margaret B.W. Graham John Winthrop The address of each Trustee is: c/o Pioneer Investment Management, Inc 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 ANNEX A ------- Additional Series of Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust ----------------------------------------------------- Pioneer Bond VCT Portfolio Pioneer Growth Opportunities VCT Portfolio Pioneer Small Cap Value II VCT Portfolio