497
1
ils050115pro497.txt
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
File Number: 333-197909
Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
of the Securities Act of 1933
May 1, 2015
Pioneer ILS Interval Fund
Supplement to the Prospectus dated October 10, 2014, as in effect and as
may be amended from time to time
Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. (the "Adviser"), the fund's investment
adviser, is currently an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of UniCredit S.p.A.
("UniCredit"). On April 23, 2015, UniCredit announced that it signed a
preliminary and exclusive agreement with Banco Santander and affiliates of
Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic (the "Private Equity Firms") with respect
to Pioneer Investments ("Pioneer") and Santander Asset Management ("SAM") (the
"Transaction").
Pursuant to the preliminary agreement, the Transaction will entail the
establishment of a holding company, with the name Pioneer Investments, to be
owned by UniCredit (50%) and the Private Equity Firms (50% between them). The
holding company will control Pioneer's U.S. operations, including the Adviser.
The holding company also will own 66.7% of Pioneer's and SAM's combined
operations outside the U.S., while Banco Santander will own directly the
remaining 33.3% stake. The completion of the Transaction is subject to the
signing of a definitive agreement, as well as certain regulatory and corporate
approvals, and other conditions.
Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, completion of the Transaction will
cause the fund's current investment advisory agreement with the Adviser to
terminate. In connection with the Transaction, the fund's Board of Trustees
will be asked to approve a new investment advisory agreement for the fund. If
approved by the Board, the fund's new investment advisory agreement will be
submitted to the shareholders of the fund for their approval.
28571-00-0515
(C) 2015 Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc.
Underwriter of Pioneer mutual funds
Member SIPC