PIONEER AMERICA INCOME TRUST, A MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS TRUST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF PIONEER AMERICA INCOME TRUST, A MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS TRUST The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Pioneer America Income Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"), do hereby amend the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated March 18, 1988, as amended (the "Declaration"), as follows, such amendment to be effective on the date hereof: Pursuant to Article IX, Section 8 of the Declaration, Trustees hereby establish one additional class of shares of the Trust, which shall be designated Investor Class 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