Report 
 
      
Registrant:   Pioneer II — List all N-SARs

Annual Report for the 2nd-half period ended at fiscal year end:  9/30/00

Were there any Answer File errors in the Filing?  None FoundNone Found by SEC InfoNot Checked by the FilerOne or more Found by SEC Info
Was the Answer File completed by the Registrant?  Yes

Is this an Amendment to a previous Report?  No
Is this a change to a previous Report?      No
 
Registrant 
 
 1.
SEC CIK:      78758
SEC File #:   811-07611

Telephone #:  617-742-7825
 
 2.
Address:      60 State Street
              Boston, MA  02109
 
 3.
Is this the first Form N-SAR filed by the Registrant?  No
 
 4.
Is this the final Form N-SAR filed by the Registrant?  No
 
 
Funds/Series 
↑Top of Form N-SAR 
     
                                                                               
 7.
Is the Registrant a Funds/Series (multiple portfolios) company?  No
 
Investment Adviser 
 
 8.1
Name:         Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.
Role:         Adviser
SEC File #:   801-08255
Location:     Boston, MA
 
Administrator 
 
10.1
Name:         Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.
SEC File #:   801-08255
Location:     Boston, MA
 
Principal Underwriter 
 
11.1
Name:         Pioneer Funds Distributor, Inc.
SEC File #:   008-41256
Location:     Boston, MA
 
Shareholder Servicing/Transfer Agent 
 
12.1
Name:         Pioneering Services Corp.
SEC File #:   084-01359
Location:     Boston, MA
 
Independent Public Accountant 
 
13.1
Name:         Arthur Andersen LLP
Location:     Boston, MA
 
Custodian 
 
15.1
Name:         Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Role:         Custodian
Location:     Boston, MA

Type of custody:  Section 17(f)(1) — Bank
 
15.2
Name:         Creditanstalt AG
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Vienna
              Austria

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.3
Name:         Banque Bruxelles Lambert
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Brussels
              Belgium

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.4
Name:         Bank of Boston
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Sao Paolo
              Brazil

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.5
Name:         Royal Bank of Canada
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Toronto
              Canada

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.6
Name:         Merita Bank
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Helsinki
              Finland

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.7
Name:         Banque Paribas
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Paris
              France

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.8
Name:         Dresdner Bank
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Frankfurt
              Germany

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.9
Name:         Citibank, N.A.
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Mumbai
              India

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.10
Name:         Banca Commerciale Italiana
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Milan
              Italy

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.11
Name:         Citibank, N.A.
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Seoul
              South Korea

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.12
Name:         Citibank, N.A.
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Mexico City
              Mexico

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.13
Name:         Citibank, N.A.
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Warsaw
              Poland

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.14
Name:         Banco Comercial Portuguese SA
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Lisbon
              Portugal

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.15
Name:         First National Bank of South Africa
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Johannesburg
              South Africa

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
15.16
Name:         Standard Chartered Bank
Role:         Sub-Custodian
Location:     Taipei
              Taiwan

Type of custody:  Rule 17f-5 — Foreign Custodian
 
18.
Does the Registrant’s/Series’ Custodian(s) maintain some or all of the
Registrant’s/Series’ securities in a central depository or book-entry
system pursuant to Rule 17f-4?  Yes
 
Family of Investment Companies 
 
19.
Is the Registrant/Series part of a “family” of investment companies?  Yes

Total number of registered management investment companies, Series
and portfolios (excluding any Unit Investment Trusts) in the family:  41

The Identification Code of the family for Form N-SAR Filings:  PIONEERFDS
 
Brokerage Commissions Paid on Portfolio Transactions 
 
20.
The brokers who received the largest amount of gross brokerage
commissions during the period:
 
20.1
Broker:       Autranet
IRS #:        13-2961507
Commissions paid ($000s):  464
 
20.2
Broker:       Morgan Stanley
IRS #:        13-2655998
Commissions paid ($000s):  147
 
20.3
Broker:       Esi Securities
Commissions paid ($000s):  126
 
20.4
Broker:       Donaldson, Lufkin & Co.
IRS #:        13-2741729
Commissions paid ($000s):  121
 
20.5
Broker:       Donaldson & Corp. (S/D)
Commissions paid ($000s):  119
 
20.6
Broker:       Salomon Smith Barney
IRS #:        13-3082694
Commissions paid ($000s):  86
 
20.7
Broker:       Bear, Stearns
IRS #:        13-3299429
Commissions paid ($000s):  83
 
20.8
Broker:       Prudential Securities
Commissions paid ($000s):  78
 
20.9
Broker:       C.S. First Boston
Commissions paid ($000s):  57
 
20.10
Broker:       Bridge Securities
Commissions paid ($000s):  55
 
21.
Total brokerage commissions paid by the Registrant during the period:
  Aggregate paid ($000s):  1,925
 
Portfolio Transactions with Entities Acting as Principals 
 
22.
The entities acting as principals with whom the Registrant did the
largest amount of portfolio transactions, based on total value of
principal, during the period:
 
22.1
Entity:       Household Finance Corp.
IRS #:        36-1239445
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  1,926,466
 
22.2
Entity:       Citigroup, Inc.
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  608,550
 
22.3
Entity:       Travelers/Aetna Prop.
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  411,640
 
22.4
Entity:       Citicorp Securities
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  305,972
 
22.5
Entity:       Exxon Project Investment
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  162,118
 
22.6
Entity:       American Express
IRS #:        11-1988350
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  144,722
 
22.7
Entity:       Exxon Credit Corp.
IRS #:        13-3072652
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  132,352
 
22.8
Entity:       Exxon Asset Management
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  78,547
 
22.9
Entity:       Associates Corp.
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  76,476
 
22.10
Entity:       Bear, Stearns
IRS #:        13-3299429
Registrant’s purchases ($000s):  438
Registrant’s sales ($000s):  74,708
 
23.
Total purchase/sale transactions by the Registrant during the period:
   Aggregate purchases ($000s):  4,370,258
   Aggregate sales ($000s):  356,949
 
Holdings of Securities Issued by Registrant’s/Series’ Brokers or Dealers 
 
24.
At period end, did the Registrant/Series hold any securities of the
Registrant’s/Series’ regular brokers or dealers, or of the parents of
such brokers or dealers, that derive more than 15% of gross revenue from
securities-related activities?  No
 
Considerations which Affected the Participation of Brokers or Dealers 
 
26.
Considerations which affected the participation of brokers or dealers or
other entities in commissions or other compensation paid on portfolio
transactions of the Registrant:

Consideration?
Sales of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares ...............................  No
Receipt of investment research and statistical info ....................  Yes
Receipt of quotations for portfolio valuations .........................  No
Ability to execute portfolio transactions to obtain the best price
  and execution ........................................................  Yes
Receipt of telephone line and wire services ............................  No
Broker or Dealer which is an affiliated person .........................  No
An arrangement to return or credit part or all of commissions or
  profits thereon...
    To an Investment Adviser or Principal Underwriter, or to an
      affiliated person of either ......................................  No
    To the Registrant ..................................................  Yes
Other ..................................................................  No
 
Investment Company Type 
 
27.
Is the Registrant an “open-end” investment company?  Yes, Open-End
 
Sales and Repurchases 
 
28.
Monthly total Net Asset Value (NAV) of sales and repurchases of the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares:
 
1st Month of period:  ($000s)
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 25,845
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 -1
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 118,663
2nd Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 23,771
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 1
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 107,639
3rd Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 30,896
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 19,297
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 89,560
4th Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 17,748
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 4
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 88,048
5th Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 21,161
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 101,274
6th Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 22,483
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 103,595

Total of all months:  ($000s)
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 141,904
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 19,301
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 608,779

Total NAV of the Registrant’s/Series’ share sales during the period
subject to a sales load ($000s):  59,692
 
Sales Load (Front-End or Deferred) and Fees (Redemption or Maintenance) 
 
29.
Was a front-end sales load deducted from any share sales during the
period?  Yes
 
30.
Total front-end sales loads collected from sales (including exchanges)
by Principal Underwriter or by any underwriter which is an affiliated
person of the Principal Underwriter, of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares
during the period ($000s):  7,230

The maximum sales load rate in effect at period end as a percentage of
the offering price:  5.75%
The minimum sales load rate in effect at period end as a percentage of
the offering price:  0.0%
 
31.
Net amount retained by the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter or
by any underwriter or dealer which is an affiliated person of the
Principal Underwriter thereof from front-end sales loads collected from
sales of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares during the period ($000s):  639

Amount by which payout by the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter
or by any underwriter which is an affiliated person of the Principal
Underwriter thereof to persons or entities selling the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares exceeded that reported in Item 30 ($000s):  0
 
32.
Amount the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter and any
underwriters or dealers which are affiliated persons of the Principal
Underwriter paid to dealers which are not affiliated persons of the
Principal Underwriter for selling the Registrant’s/Series’ shares that
were sold with a front-end sales load during the period ($000s):  6,591
 
33.
Amount paid to a captive retail sales force of the Registrant’s/Series’
Principal Underwriter or of any underwriter or dealer which is an
affiliated person of the Principal Underwriter for selling the
Registrant’s shares that were sold with a front-end sales load during
the period ($000s):  0
 
34.
Did the Registrant/Series impose a deferred or contingent deferred sales
load during the period?  Yes
 
35.
Total deferred or contingent deferred sales loads collected during the
period from redemptions and repurchases of the Registrant’s/Series’
shares ($000s):  179
 
36.
Did the Registrant/Series retain all monies collected from the deferred
or contingent deferred sales loads during the period?  No

The net amount the Registrant/Series retained from deferred or
contingent deferred sales loads ($000s):  0
 
37.
Did the Registrant/Series impose a redemption fee other than a deferred
or contingent sales load during the period?  No
 
39.
Were any account maintenance fees or other administrative fees imposed
directly on shareholders during the period?  No
 
Payment Plan for the Distribution of Fund Shares 
 
40.
During the period, did the Registrant/Series have a plan of distribution
adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1?  Yes
 
41.
During the period, did the Registrant/Series use its assets directly to
make payments under the 12b-1 plan?  Yes
 
42.
For the period, the percentage of total dollars paid directly by the
Registrant/Series under the 12b-1 plan for each of the following:

Percentage of Total Amount Paid  (%)
Advertising ............................................................
 –
Printing & mailing of prospectuses to other than current shareholders ..
 –
Payments to underwriters ...............................................
 –
Payments to brokers or dealers .........................................
 100
Direct payments to sales personnel .....................................
 –
Payments to banks and savings & loans ..................................
 –
Other uses, including payments to its Investment Adviser separate
  from the advisory fee ................................................
 –
Unallocated payments made for a combination of such services ...........
 –
 
43.
Total amount paid directly by the Registrant/Series pursuant to its
12b-1 plan ($000s):  11,478
 
44.
If an Investment Adviser or other affiliated person of the
Registrant/Series made unreimbursed payments pursuant to the 12b-1 plan,
the total amount of such payments ($000s):  0
 
Advisory Fee 
 
45.
Did the Registrant/Series have an advisory contract during the period?  Yes
 
46.
Did the Registrant/Series pay more than one Investment Adviser directly
for investment advice during the period?  No
 
47.
Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee based solely on a percentage
of its assets?  No
 
49.
Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based solely
on a percentage of its income?  No
 
50.
Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based on
some combined percentage of its income and assets?  No
 
51.
Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based in
whole or in part on its investment performance?  Yes
 
52.
Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based in
whole or in part on the assets, income or performance of other
Registrants?  No
 
53.
Were the expenses of the Registrant/Series limited or reduced at any
time during the period by some agreement or understanding other than by
Blue Sky Laws?  No
 
54.
Indicated below are whether services were supplied or paid for wholly or
in substantial part by Investment Adviser(s) or Administrator(s) in
connection with the advisory or administrative contract(s) but for which
the Adviser(s) or Administrator(s) are not reimbursed by the Registrant:

Provided to the Registrant?
Occupancy and office rental ............................................  Yes
Clerical and bookkeeping services ......................................  No
Accounting services ....................................................  No
Services of independent auditors .......................................  No
Services of outside counsel ............................................  No
Registration and filing fees ...........................................  No
Stationery, supplies and printing ......................................  No
Salaries & compensation of Registrant’s interested Directors ...........  Yes
Salaries & compensation of Registrant’s disinterested Directors ........  No
Salaries & compensation of Registrant’s Officers who aren’t Directors ..  Yes
Reports to current shareholders ........................................  No
Determination of offering and redemption prices ........................  No
Trading department .....................................................  Yes
Prospectus preparation and printing for current shareholders ...........  No
Other ..................................................................  No
 
Miscellaneous Info 
 
55.
Did the Registrant/Series have any of the following outstanding at any
time during the period which exceeded 1% of aggregate net assets:
    Overdrafts?  No
    Bank loans?  No
 
56.
During the period, did the Registrant’s/Series’ Investment Adviser(s)
have advisory clients other than investment companies?  Yes
 
57.
Did the Registrant/Series adjust the number of its shares outstanding by
means of a stock split or stock dividend?  No
 
Classification and Asset Allocation 
 
58.
Is the Registrant/Series a Separate Account of an insurance company?  No
 
59.
Is the Registrant/Series a management investment company?  Yes
 
60.
Was the Registrant/Series a diversified investment company at any time
during the period?  Yes

Was the Registrant/Series a diversified investment company at the end of
the period?  Yes
 
61.
The lowest minimum initial investment required by the Registrant/Series
from an investor that is not an employee or otherwise affiliated with
the Registrant/Series, its Investment Adviser, Principal Underwriter or
other affiliated entity:  $50
 
62.
Does the Registrant/Series invest primarily in debt securities,
including convertible debt securities, options & futures on debt
securities or indices of debt securities?  No
 
66.
Is the Registrant/Series a Fund that usually invests in equity
securities, options & futures on equity securities, indices of equity
securities or securities convertible into equity securities?  Yes

Which best describes its primary investment objective:

    Aggressive capital appreciation?  No
               Capital appreciation?  No
    Growth?                           No
    Growth and income?                Yes
               Income?                No
    Total return?                     No
 
67.
Is the Registrant/Series a “balanced” Fund?  No
 
68.
Does the Registrant/Series have more than 50% of its net assets at
period end invested in the securities of issuers...
    Engaged primarily in production or distribution of precious metals?  No
    Located primarily in countries other than the United States?  No
 
69.
Is the Registrant/Series an index Fund?  No
 
Investment Practices 
 
70.
Activities that are permitted by the Registrant’s/Series’ investment
policies, and which were engaged in during the period:

Activity                                            Permitted Engaged In
Writing or investing in repurchase agreements?           Yes      No
Writing or investing in options on equities?             Yes      No
Writing or investing in options on debt securities?      No        –
Writing or investing in options on stock indices?        Yes      No
Writing or investing in interest rate futures?           Yes      No
Writing or investing in stock index futures?             Yes      No
Writing or investing in options on futures?              Yes      No
Writing or investing in options on stock index futures?  Yes      No
Writing or investing in other commodity futures?         No        –
Investments in restricted securities?                    Yes      No
Investments in shares of other investment companies?     Yes      No
Investments in securities of foreign issuers?            Yes to both
Currency exchange transactions?                          Yes to both
Loaning portfolio securities?                            Yes      No
Borrowing of money?                                      Yes to both
Purchases/sales by certain exempted affiliated persons?  No        –
Margin purchases?                                        No        –
Short selling?                                           No        –
 
Portfolio Turnover 
 
71.
Portfolio turnover rate for the period:
 
Purchases ($000s):  128,729
Sales ($000s):      1,325,857

Monthly average Value of portfolio ($000s):  4,880,299

Percent turnover (lesser of Purchases or Sales, divided by Value):  3%
 
Financial Info — Income and Expenses 
 
72.
The number of months covered by the values in Items 72 and 73:  12

Income  ($000s)
Net interest income ..............................................
 1,075
Net dividend income ..............................................
 86,226
Account maintenance fees .........................................
 –
Net other income .................................................
 –

Expenses  ($000s)
Advisory fees ....................................................
 24,602
Administrator fees ...............................................
 617
Salaries and other compensation ..................................
 –
Shareholder Servicing Agent fees .................................
 9,051
Custodian fees ...................................................
 145
Postage ..........................................................
 –
Printing expenses ................................................
 228
Directors’ fees ..................................................
 69
Registration fees ................................................
 –
Taxes ............................................................
 –
Interest .........................................................
 18
Bookkeeping fees paid to anyone performing this service ..........
 –
Auditing fees ....................................................
 71
Legal fees .......................................................
 96
Marketing/distribution payments, incl. Rule 12b-1 plan payments ..
 11,478
Amortization of organization expenses ............................
 –
Shareholder meeting expenses .....................................
 –
Other expenses ...................................................
 53
Total expenses ...................................................
 46,428

Expense reimbursements ($000s):   0

Net investment income ($000s):    40,873

Realized capital gains ($000s):   298,622
Realized capital losses ($000s):  0

Net unrealized appreciation during the period ($000s):  407,451
Net unrealized depreciation during the period ($000s):  0

Total income dividends for which the record date passed during the
period ($000s):  45,605

Total capital gains distributions for which the record date passed
during the period ($000s):  128,403
 
73.
Distributions per share for which the record date passed during the
period, shown in fractions of a cent, if so declared:

Dividends from net investment income:    $0.0000

Distribution of capital gains:  $0.5137
Other distributions:            $0.0000
 
Financial Info — Condensed Balance Sheet Data 
 
74.
Assets  ($000s)
Cash .............................................................
 1
Repurchase agreements ............................................
 –
Short-term debt securities, other than repurchase agreements .....
 33,173
Long-term debt securities, including convertible debt ............
 –
Preferred, conv. preferred and adjustable-rate preferred stock ...
 28,089
Common stock .....................................................
 4,580,897
Options on equities ..............................................
 –
Options on all futures ...........................................
 –
Other investments ................................................
 –
Receivables from portfolio instruments sold ......................
 –
Receivables from affiliated persons ..............................
 –
Other receivables ................................................
 5,435
All other assets .................................................
 76
Total assets .....................................................
 4,647,671

Liabilities  ($000s)
Payables for portfolio instruments purchased .....................
 –
Amounts owed to affiliated persons ...............................
 3,538
Senior long-term debt ............................................
 –
Other liabilities:
  Reverse repurchase agreements ..................................
 –
  Short sales ....................................................
 –
  Written options ................................................
 –
  All other liabilities ..........................................
 5,173

Equity  ($000s)
Senior equity ....................................................
 –
Net assets of common shareholders ................................
 4,638,960

Number of shares outstanding (000s):   203,550
Number of shares outstanding of a second class of shares (000s):  1,095

Net Asset Value (NAV) per share (to nearest cent):  $0.00

Total number of shareholder accounts:  283,304

Total value of assets in segregated accounts ($000s):  0
 
75.
Monthly average net assets during the period ($000s):  4,919,004
 
Additional Disclosures 
 
77.
Did the Registrant file any additional Exhibits with the filing of this
Report (listed here and filed either herewith — as one of the ‘EX-99.*’
↑Exhibits in this Filing — or separately and incorporated by reference)?  Yes

EX-99.77B:  Accountant’s Report re: Internal Controls?  Yes

EX-99.77C:  Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders?  Yes
 
Subsidiaries 
 
78.
Does the Registrant have any wholly-owned investment company
subsidiaries whose operating and financial data are consolidated with
that of the Registrant in this Report?  No
 
Fidelity Bond in Effect at Fiscal Year End 
 
80.
Insurer:      Ici Mutual Insurance Co.
2nd Insurer:  None

Aggregate face amount of coverage for the Registrant/Series on all bonds
on which it is named as an insured ($000s):  25,000
 
81.
Is the bond part of a joint fidelity bond(s) shared with other
investment companies or other entities?  Yes

How many other investment companies or other entities are covered by the
bond (counting each Fund/Series as a separate investment company):  41
 
82.
Does the mandatory coverage of the fidelity bond have a deductible?  No
 
83.
Were any claims with respect to this Registrant/Series filed under the
bond during the period?  No
 
84.
Were any losses incurred with respect to this Registrant/Series that
could have been filed as a claim under the fidelity bond but were not?  No
 
85.
Are the Registrant’s/Series’ Officers and Directors covered as Officers
and Directors of the Registrant/Series under any errors and omissions
insurance policy owned by the Registrant/Series or anyone else?  Yes

Were any claims filed under such policy during the period with respect
to the Registrant/Series?  No
 
 Signature 
 
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/s/      Robert P. Nault      
Name:   Robert P. Nault
Title:  Asst. Secretary