As filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 2010
1933 Act File No. 333-36074
1940 Act File No. 811-09913
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___
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Post-Effective Amendment
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 41
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AIM COUNSELOR
SERIES TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
11
Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77046
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code:
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713) 626-1919
John M. Zerr, Esquire
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
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Peter Davidson, Esquire
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E. Carolan Berkley, Esquire
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Invesco Advisers, Inc.
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Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
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11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100
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2600 One Commerce Square
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Houston, Texas 77046
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Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
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As soon as practicable after this post-effective amendment becomes effective.
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on February 12, 2010 pursuant to paragraph (b)
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on (date), pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485
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If appropriate, check the following box:
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this post-effective amendment
designates a new effective date for a previously
filed post-effective amendment.
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (BGRAX), B (BGRBX), C (BGRCX), Y (BGRDX)
Invesco Balanced Funds investment objective is to
provide capital growth with reasonable current income.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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not FDIC insured;
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may
lose value; and
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not guaranteed by a bank.
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide capital
growth with reasonable current income.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on page A-3 of the prospectus and
the section Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of
SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares on
page L-1 of the statement of additional information (SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Class:
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A
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B
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C
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Y
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.50
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None
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None
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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None
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5.00
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%
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1.00
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None
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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None
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None
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None
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class:
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A
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B
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Y
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Management Fees
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0.52
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%
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0.52
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Distribution
and/or
Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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None
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Other
Expenses
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0.30
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0.30
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Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
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1.07
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1.82
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Class A
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653
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872
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Class B
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685
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873
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Class C
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285
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573
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Class Y
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84
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Class B
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185
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573
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Class C
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185
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Class Y
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84
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund will normally invest at least 60% of its assets in
common stocks and securities convertible into common stocks and
at least 25% of its assets in fixed-income securities. The
Funds convertible securities may include exchangeable,
synthetic and Rule 144A convertible securities and
lower-rated fixed-income securities, commonly known as junk
bonds. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in
foreign securities. Within these limitations, Invesco Advisers,
Inc. (the Adviser) may purchase or sell securities based on its
assessment of business, economic and investment conditions. The
Adviser sells a security when it believes that it no longer fits
the Funds investment criteria.
The Fund may also invest in mortgage-backed securities,
collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and asset-backed
securities. Mortgage-backed securities represent an interest in
a pool of mortgage loans made by banks and other financial
institutions to finance purchases of homes, commercial buildings
and other real estate.. Collateralized mortgage obligations
(CMOs) are debt obligations collateralized by mortgage loans or
mortgage pass-through securities. Asset-backed securities
represent an interest in a pool of assets, such as automobile
and credit card receivables or home equity loans, that have been
securitized in pass-through structures similar to
mortgage-backed securities.
The Fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in real
estate investment trusts (REITs).
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective. The Funds share price and return will fluctuate
with changes in the market value of the Funds portfolio
securities. When you sell Fund shares, they may be worth less
than what you paid for them and, accordingly, you can lose money
investing in this Fund.
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Investments in common stocks and other equity securities
generally are affected by changes in the stock markets, which
fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and
sharply. Investments in debt securities generally are affected
by changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the
issuer. The prices of such securities tend to fall as interest
rates rise, and such declines tend to be greater among
securities with longer maturities. The value of a convertible
security tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of
the conversion feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the
market value of the underlying equity security.
Fixed-Income Securities.
Investments in fixed-income
securities generally are affected by changes in interest rates
and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The prices of such
securities tend to fall as interest rates rise, and such
declines tend to be greater among securities with longer
maturities. The creditworthiness of the issuer may affect the
issuers ability to make timely payments of interest and
principal.
Lower Rated Fixed-Income Securities (Junk Bonds).
The
Funds investments in fixed-income securities rated lower
than investment grade, or if unrated, of comparable quality as
determined by the Adviser (commonly known as junk bonds) pose
significant risks. The prices of junk bonds are likely to be
more sensitive to adverse economic changes or individual
corporate developments than higher rated securities and involve
a greater risk of default. The secondary market for junk bonds
may be less liquid than the market for higher quality securities.
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Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Mortgage-backed securities
are subject to prepayment risk, which includes the possibility
that, as interest rates fall, securities with stated interest
rates may have the principal prepaid earlier than expected,
requiring the Fund to invest the proceeds at generally lower
interest rates.
The Fund may invest in mortgage pass-through securities that are
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. It is possible that
these issuers will not have the funds to meet their payment
obligations in the future.
To the extent the Fund invests in mortgage securities offered by
non-governmental issuers, such as commercial banks, savings and
loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies,
mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers, the risks
of investing in mortgage-backed securities may be enhanced.
CMOs. Be
cause of the uncertainty of the cash flows, the
market prices and yields of CMOs are more volatile and may
increase or decrease in value substantially with changes in
interest rates
and/or
the
rates of prepayment. In addition, if the collateral securing
CMOs or any third party guarantees are insufficient to make
payments, the Fund could sustain a loss.
Asset-Backed Securities.
Asset-backed securities have
risk characteristics similar to mortgage-backed securities.
Asset-backed securities also involve the risk that various
federal and state consumer laws and other legal, regulatory and
economic factors may result in the collateral backing the
securities being insufficient to support payment on the
securities.
Foreign Securities.
Foreign securities involve currency
risk as well as risks related to political and economic
developments abroad. Foreign companies, in general, are not
subject to the regulatory requirements of U.S. companies and
there may be less publicly available information about these
companies. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and
their price changes may be more volatile. Investments in
sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a government entity
may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its
sovereign debt.
Risks of Investing in REITs.
Investing in REITs makes the
Fund more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of
real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may
involve duplication of management fees and other expenses. REITs
may be less diversified than other pools of securities, may have
lower trading volumes and may be subject to more abrupt or
erratic price movements than the overall securities markets.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mary Jayne Maly
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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James O. Roeder
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mark Laskin
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Sergio Marcheli
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide capital
growth with reasonable current income. The Funds
investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees
(the Board) without shareholder approval.
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Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund will normally invest at least 60% of its assets in
common stocks and securities convertible into common stocks and
at least 25% of its assets in fixed-income securities. Within
these limitations, the Adviser may purchase or sell securities
based on its assessment of business, economic and investment
conditions.
The two groups of Fund investments in more detail are:
Common Stocks/Convertible Securities.
The Fund invests in
common stocks and may also invest in securities convertible into
common stocksincluding exchangeable, synthetic and
Rule 144A convertibles. The Fund may invest up to 20% of
its net assets in foreign securities (held directly or listed in
the United States on a national securities exchange and in the
form of depositary receipts). A depositary receipt is generally
issued by a bank or financial institution and represents an
ownership interest in the common stock or other equity
securities of a foreign company.
Common stock is a share ownership or equity interest in a
corporation. It may or may not pay dividends, as some companies
reinvest all of their profits back into their businesses, while
others pay out some of their profits to shareholders as
dividends. A convertible security is a bond, preferred stock or
other security that may be converted into a prescribed amount of
common stock at a prestated price.
The Fund may invest in exchangeable convertible securities.
Exchangeable convertible securities offer holders the
opportunity to obtain higher current income than would be
available from a traditional equity security issued by the same
company, in return for reduced participation or a cap on
appreciation in the underlying common stock of the issuer, which
the holder can realize. In addition, in many cases, exchangeable
convertible securities are convertible into the underlying
common stock of the issuer automatically at maturity, unlike
traditional convertible securities which are convertible only at
the option of the security holder.
The Fund may also invest in synthetic convertible securities.
Unlike traditional convertible securities whose conversion
values are based on the common stock of the issuer of the
convertible security, synthetic convertible securities are
preferred stocks or debt obligations of an issuer which are
combined with an equity component whose conversion value is
based on the value of the common stock of a different issuer or
a particular benchmark (which may include a foreign issuer or
basket of foreign stocks, or a company whose stock is not yet
publicly traded). In many cases, synthetic convertible
securities are not convertible prior to maturity, at which time
the value of the security is paid in cash by the issuer.
The Funds convertible securities may include lower rated
securities, commonly known as junk bonds.
Foreign Securities.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its
net assets in foreign securities. Foreign securities may include
common stocks and securities convertible into common stocks
(held directly or listed in the United States on a national
securities exchange and in the form of depositary receipts), as
well as Yankee dollar obligations and sovereign debt.
Fixed-Income Securities.
The Funds fixed-income
securities (including zero coupon securities) are limited to
investment grade corporate debt securities, Yankee dollar
obligations, sovereign debt, bank obligations, investment grade
mortgage-backed securities, including collateralized mortgage
obligations, investment grade asset-backed securities and U.S.
government securities. The U.S. government securities may
include:
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U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds, all of which are direct
obligations of the U.S. Government.
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Securities (including mortgage-backed securities) issued by
agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Among
the agencies and instrumentalities issuing these obligations are
the Government National Mortgage Association and the Federal
Housing Administration.
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Securities (including mortgage-backed securities) issued by
agencies and instrumentalities which are not backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States, but whose issuing agency
or instrumentality has the right to borrow, to meet its
obligations, from the U.S. Treasury. Among these agencies and
instrumentalities are the Federal National Mortgage Association
and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
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Securities issued by agencies and instrumentalities which are
backed solely by the credit of the issuing agency or
instrumentality. Among these agencies and instrumentalities is
the Federal Home Loan Bank.
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Fixed-income securities are debt securities such as bonds, notes
or commercial paper. The issuer of the debt security borrows
money from the investor who buys the security. Most debt
securities pay either fixed or adjustable rates of interest at
regular intervals until they mature, at which point investors
get their principal back. The Funds fixed-income
investments may include zero coupon securities, which are
purchased at a discount and generally accrue interest, but make
no payments until maturity.
Yankee dollar obligations are dollar-denominated obligations
issued in the U.S. capital markets by foreign issuers such as
corporations and banks. Sovereign debt securities are issued or
guaranteed by foreign government entities.
One type of mortgage-backed security in which the Fund may
invest is a mortgage pass-through security. These securities
represent a participation interest in a pool of mortgage loans.
They differ from conventional debt securities, which provide for
periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts and principal
payments at maturity or on specified call dates. Mortgage
pass-through securities provide for monthly payments that are a
pass-through of the monthly interest and principal payments made
by the individual borrowers on the pooled mortgage loans.
Mortgage pass-through securities may be collateralized by
mortgages with fixed rates of interest or adjustable rates.
The securitization techniques used to develop mortgage-backed
securities are also applied to asset-backed securities.
Asset-backed securities represent an interest in a pool of
assets, such as automobile and credit card receivables or home
equity loans, that have been securitized in pass-through
structures similar to mortgage-backed securities. These types of
pass-through securities provide for monthly payments that are a
pass-through of the monthly interest and principal payments made
by the individual borrowers on the pooled receivables.
Collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) are debt obligations
collateralized by mortgage loans or mortgage pass-through
securities (collectively Mortgage Assets). Payments of principal
and interest on the Mortgage Assets and any reinvestment income
are used to make payments on the CMOs. CMOs are issued in
multiple classes. Each class has a fixed or floating rate and a
stated maturity or final distribution date. The principal and
interest on the Mortgage Assets may be allocated among the
classes in a number of different ways. Certain classes will, as
a result of the allocation, have more predictable cash flows
than others. As a general matter, the more predictable the cash
flow, the lower the yield relative to other Mortgage Assets. The
less predictable the cash flow, the higher the yield and the
greater the risk. The Fund may invest in any class of a CMO.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in real estate
investment trusts (REITs). The Fund may also invest in options
and futures, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS),
forward foreign currency exchange contracts, structured
products, stripped mortgage-backed securities, inverse floating
obligations (inverse floaters) and swaps.
In pursuing the Funds investment objective, the Adviser
has considerable leeway in deciding which investments it buys,
holds or sells on a
day-to-day
basis and which investment strategies it uses. For example, the
Adviser in its discretion may determine to use some permitted
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investment strategies while not using others. The Adviser sells
a security when it believes that it no longer fits the
Funds investment criteria.
Principal
Risks
Common Stocks.
A principal risk of investing in the Fund
is associated with its common stock investments. In general,
stock values fluctuate in response to activities specific to the
company as well as general market, economic and political
conditions. Stock prices can fluctuate widely in response to
these factors.
Fixed-Income Securities.
Principal risks of investing in
the Fund are also associated with its fixed-income investments.
All fixed-income securities are subject to two types of risk:
credit risk and interest rate risk.
Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a
security will be unable to make interest payments
and/or
repay
the principal on its debt. While the Fund invests in investment
grade securities, certain of these securities have speculative
characteristics.
Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a
fixed-income security resulting from changes in the general
level of interest rates. When the general level of interest
rates goes up, the prices of most fixed-income securities go
down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the
prices of most fixed-income securities go up. (Zero coupon
securities are typically subject to greater price fluctuations
than comparable securities that pay current interest.)
The Fund is not limited as to the maturities of the securities
in which it may invest. Thus, a rise in the general level of
interest rates may cause the price of the Funds
fixed-income securities to fall substantially.
Convertible Securities.
The Funds investments in
convertible securities subject the Fund to the risks associated
with both fixed-income securities and common stocks. To the
extent that a convertible securitys investment value is
greater than its conversion value, its price will likely
increase when interest rates fall and decrease when interest
rates rise, as with a fixed-income security. If the conversion
value exceeds the investment value, the price of the convertible
security will tend to fluctuate directly with the price of the
underlying equity security. There are also special risks
associated with the Funds investments in exchangeable and
synthetic convertible securities, including the risk that an
issuer will not fulfill its contractual obligations. These
securities may be more volatile and less liquid than traditional
convertible securities.
Foreign Securities.
The Funds investments in
foreign securities involve risks that are in addition to the
risks associated with domestic securities. One additional risk
is currency risk. While the price of Fund shares is quoted in
U.S. dollars, the Fund may convert U.S. dollars to a foreign
markets local currency to purchase a security in that
market. If the value of that local currency falls relative to
the U.S. dollar, the U.S. dollar value of the foreign security
will decrease. This is true even if the foreign securitys
local price remains unchanged.
Foreign securities also have risks related to economic and
political developments abroad, including expropriations,
confiscatory taxation, exchange control regulation, limitations
on the use or transfer of Fund assets and any effects of foreign
social, economic or political instability. Foreign companies, in
general, are not subject to the regulatory requirements of U.S.
companies and, as such, there may be less publicly available
information about these companies. Moreover, foreign accounting,
auditing and financial reporting standards generally are
different from those applicable to U.S. companies. Finally, in
the event of a default of any foreign debt obligations, it may
be more difficult for the Fund to obtain or enforce a judgment
against the issuers of the securities.
Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid than comparable
securities of U.S. issuers and, as such, their price changes may
be more volatile. Furthermore, foreign exchanges and
broker-dealers are generally subject to less government and
exchange scrutiny and regulation than their U.S. counterparts.
In addition, differences in clearance and settlement procedures
in foreign markets may cause delays in settlement of the
Funds trades effected in those markets and could result in
losses to the Fund due to subsequent declines in the value of
the securities subject to the trades.
Investments in sovereign debt are subject to the risk that a
government entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay
principal on its sovereign debt. Some of these reasons may
include cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency
reserves, political considerations, the relative size of its
debt position to its economy or its failure to put in place
economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or
other multilateral agencies. If a government entity defaults, it
may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans.
There is no legal process for collecting on a sovereign debt
that a government does not pay or bankruptcy proceeding by which
all or part of sovereign debt that a government entity has not
repaid may be collected.
Depositary receipts involve many of the same risks as those
associated with direct investment in foreign securities. In
addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts,
particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts,
are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications
to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any
voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.
Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Mortgage-backed securities in
which the Fund may invest have different risk characteristics
than traditional debt securities. Although, generally, the value
of fixed-income securities increases during periods of falling
interest rates and decreases during periods of rising rates,
this is not always the case with mortgage-backed securities.
This is due to the fact that principal on underlying mortgages
may be prepaid at any time, as well as other factors. Generally,
prepayments will increase during a period of falling interest
rates and decrease during a period of rising interest rates. The
rate of prepayments also may be influenced by economic and other
factors. Prepayment risk includes the possibility that, as
interest rates fall, securities with stated interest rates may
have the principal prepaid earlier than expected, requiring the
Fund to invest the proceeds at generally lower interest rates.
Investments in mortgage-backed securities are made based upon,
among other things, expectations regarding the rate of
prepayments on underlying mortgage pools. Rates of prepayment,
faster or slower than expected by the Adviser, could reduce the
Funds yield, increase the volatility of the Fund
and/or
cause
a decline in net asset value. Certain mortgage-backed securities
may be more volatile and less liquid than other traditional
types of debt securities.
The Fund may invest in mortgage pass-through securities that are
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. These securities
are either direct obligations of the U.S. Government or the
issuing agency or instrumentality has the right to borrow from
the U.S. Treasury to meet its obligations although it is not
legally required to extend credit to the agency or
instrumentality. Certain of the U.S. government securities
purchased by the Fund are not backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States and there is a risk that the U.S.
Government will not provide financial support to these agencies
if it is not obligated to do so by law. It is possible that
these issuers will not have the funds to meet their payment
obligations in the future.
To the extent the Fund invests in mortgage securities offered by
non-governmental issuers, such as commercial banks, savings and
loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies,
mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers, the Fund
may be subject to additional risks. Timely payment of interest
and principal of non-governmental issuers are supported by
various forms of private insurance or guarantees, including
individual loan, title, pool and hazard insurance purchased by
the issuer. There can be no assurance that the private insurers
can meet their obligations under the policies. An unexpectedly
high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool
may adversely affect the value of a mortgage-backed security and
could result in losses to the Fund. The risk of such defaults is
generally higher in the case of mortgage pools that include
subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgages refer to loans made to
borrowers with weakened credit
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histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payments on
their mortgages.
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.
The principal and
interest on the Mortgage Assets comprising a CMO may be
allocated among the several classes of a CMO in many ways. The
general goal in allocating cash flows on Mortgage Assets to the
various classes of a CMO is to create certain tranches on which
the expected cash flows have a higher degree of predictability
than do the underlying Mortgage Assets. As a general matter, the
more predictable the cash flow is on a particular CMO tranche,
the lower the anticipated yield on that tranche at the time of
issue will be relative to the prevailing market yields on the
Mortgage Assets. As part of the process of creating more
predictable cash flows on certain tranches of a CMO, one or more
tranches generally must be created that absorb most of the
changes in the cash flows on the underlying Mortgage Assets. The
yields on these tranches are generally higher than prevailing
market yields on other mortgage related securities with similar
average lives. Principal prepayments on the underlying Mortgage
Assets may cause the CMOs to be retired substantially earlier
than their stated maturities or final distribution dates.
Because of the uncertainty of the cash flows on these tranches,
the market prices and yields of these tranches are more volatile
and may increase or decrease in value substantially with changes
in interest rates
and/or
the
rates of prepayment. Due to the possibility that prepayments (on
home mortgages and other collateral) will alter the cash flow on
CMOs, it is not possible to determine in advance the final
maturity date or average life. Faster prepayment will shorten
the average life and slower prepayments will lengthen it. In
addition, if the collateral securing CMOs or any third party
guarantees are insufficient to make payments, the Fund could
sustain a loss.
Asset-Backed Securities.
Asset-backed securities have
risk characteristics similar to mortgage-backed securities. Like
mortgage-backed securities, they generally decrease in value as
a result of interest rate increases, but may benefit less than
other fixed-income securities from declining interest rates,
principally because of prepayments. Also, as in the case of
mortgage-backed securities, prepayments generally increase
during a period of declining interest rates although other
factors, such as changes in credit card use and payment
patterns, may also influence prepayment rates. Asset-backed
securities also involve the risk that various federal and state
consumer laws and other legal, regulatory and economic factors
may result in the collateral backing the securities being
insufficient to support payment on the securities.
Lower Rated Securities (Junk Bonds).
The Funds
investments in securities rated lower than investment grade or,
if unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the Adviser
(commonly known as junk bonds), pose significant risks. The
prices of junk bonds are likely to be more sensitive to adverse
economic changes or individual corporate developments than
higher rated securities. During an economic downturn or
substantial period of rising interest rates, junk bond issuers
and, in particular, highly leveraged issuers may experience
financial stress that would adversely affect their ability to
service their principal and interest payment obligations, to
meet their projected business goals or to obtain additional
financing. In the event of a default, the Fund may incur
additional expenses to seek recovery. The secondary market for
junk bonds may be less liquid than the market for higher quality
securities and, as such, may have an adverse effect on the
market prices of certain securities. Many junk bonds are issued
as Rule 144A securities. Rule 144A securities could
have the effect of increasing the level of Fund illiquidity to
the extent the Fund may be unable to find qualified
institutional buyers interested in purchasing the securities.
The illiquidity of the market may also adversely affect the
ability of the Funds Trustees to arrive at a fair value
for certain junk bonds at certain times and could make it
difficult for the Fund to sell certain securities. In addition,
periods of economic uncertainty and change probably would result
in an increased volatility of market prices of high yield
securities and a corresponding volatility in the Funds net
asset value.
REITs.
REITs generally derive their income from rents on
the underlying properties or interest on the underlying loans,
and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the
underlying property or changes in interest rates affecting the
underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible
to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the
real estate industry in general. These risks can include
fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by
borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and
local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents;
increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures
or operating expenses; and other economic, political or
regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. In
addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may
not be diversified (which may increase the volatility of a
REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
overall securities market. Furthermore, investments in REITs may
involve duplication of management fees and certain other
expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share
of any expenses paid by REITs in which it invests. U.S. REITs
are not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided
they comply with several requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). U.S. REITs are subject to
the risk of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of
income under the Code.
Other Risks.
The performance of the Fund also will depend
on whether or not the Adviser is successful in applying the
Funds investment strategies. The Fund is also subject to
other risks from its permissible investments, including the
risks associated with its investments in options and futures,
CMBS, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, structured
products, stripped mortgage-backed securities, inverse floaters
and swaps.
Additional
Investment Strategy Information
Options and Futures.
The Fund may invest in futures with
respect to stock indices, financial instruments and interest
rate indices and may purchase and sell options on instruments
such as securities, securities indices, currencies, swaps and
stock index futures. Futures and options may be used to
facilitate trading, to increase or decrease the Funds
market exposure or to seek to protect against a decline in the
value of the Funds securities or an increase in prices of
securities that may be purchased.
CMBS.
The Fund may invest in CMBS that are rated
investment grade by at least one nationally-recognized
statistical rating organization (i.e., Baa or better by
Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or BBB or better by
Standard & Poors Rating Group). CMBS are
generally multi-class or pass-through securities backed by a
mortgage loan or a pool of mortgage loans secured by commercial
property, such as industrial and warehouse properties, office
buildings, retail space and shopping malls, multifamily
properties and cooperative apartments. The commercial mortgage
loans that underlie CMBS are generally not amortizing or not
fully amortizing. That is, at their maturity date, repayment of
their remaining principal balance or balloon is due and is
repaid through the attainment of an additional loan or sale of
the property. An extension of a final payment on commercial
mortgages will increase the average life of the CMBS, generally
resulting in lower yield for discount bonds and a higher yield
for premium bonds.
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts.
The
Funds investments also may include forward foreign
currency exchange contracts, which involve the purchase or sale
of a specific amount of foreign currency at the current price
with delivery at a specified future date. The Fund may use these
contracts to hedge against adverse movements in the foreign
currencies in which Fund securities are denominated. In
addition, the Fund may use these instruments to modify its
exposure to various currency markets. The Fund may also enter
into cross currency hedges, which involve the sale of one
currency against the positive exposure to a different currency.
Cross currency hedges may be used for hedging purposes or to
establish an active exposure to the exchange rate between any
two currencies.
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Structured Products.
The Fund may invest a portion of its
assets in structured investments, structured notes and other
types of similarly structured products consistent with the
Funds investment objective and policies. Generally,
structured investments are interests in entities organized and
operated for the purpose of restructuring the investment
characteristics of underlying investment interests or
securities. These investment entities may be structured as
trusts or other types of pooled investment vehicles. This type
of restructuring generally involves the deposit with or purchase
by an entity of the underlying investments and the issuance by
that entity of one or more classes of securities backed by, or
representing interests in, the underlying investments or
referencing an indicator related to such investments. The cash
flow or rate of return on the underlying investments may be
apportioned among the newly issued securities to create
different investment characteristics, such as varying
maturities, credit quality, payment priorities and interest rate
provisions. The cash flow or rate of return on a structured
investment may be determined by applying a multiplier to the
rate of total return on the underlying investments or referenced
indicator.
Structured notes are derivative securities for which the amount
of principal repayment
and/or
interest payments is based on the movement of one or more
factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, currency
exchange rates, interest rates (such as the prime lending rate
or LIBOR), referenced bonds and stock indices. Some of these
factors may or may not correlate to the total rate of return on
one or more underlying instruments referenced in such notes. In
some cases, the impact of the movements of these factors may
increase or decrease through the use of multipliers or
deflators. The Fund will use structured notes consistent with
its investment objective and policies.
Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities.
The Fund may invest
in stripped mortgage-backed securities. Stripped mortgage-backed
securities are usually structured in two classes. One class
entitles the holder to receive all or most of the interest but
little or none of the principal of a pool of Mortgage Assets
(the interest-only or IO Class), while the other class entitles
the holder to receive all or most of the principal but little or
none of the interest (the principal-only or PO class).
Inverse Floaters.
The Fund may invest in inverse
floaters. An inverse floater has a coupon rate that moves in the
direction opposite to that of a designated interest rate index.
Swaps.
Swap transactions are contracts in which the Fund
agrees to exchange the return or interest rate on one instrument
for the return or interest rate on another instrument. The
payment streams are calculated by reference to a specified index
and agreed upon notional amount. A specified index may include
currencies, interest rates, fixed-income indices, securities
indices, total return on interest rate indices or commodity
indices. Swaps may be used to manage the maturity and duration
of a fixed-income portfolio, or to gain exposure to a market
without directly investing in securities traded in that market.
Currency swaps generally involve an agreement to pay interest
streams in one currency based on a specified index in exchange
for receiving interest streams denominated in another currency.
Interest rate caps, floors and collars are swaps in which one
party pays a single or periodic fixed amount or premium and the
other party pays periodic amounts based on the movement of a
specified index. The Fund may enter into credit default swap
contracts for hedging purposes, to add leverage to its portfolio
or to gain exposure to a credit in which the Fund may otherwise
invest.
The Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swap
options. A swap option is a contract that gives a counterparty
the right (but not the obligation) to enter into a new swap
agreement or to shorten, extend, cancel or otherwise modify an
existing swap agreement, at some designated future time on
specified terms. The Fund may use swap options for hedging
purposes or to manage and mitigate the credit and interest rate
risk of the Fund.
Defensive Investing.
The Fund may take temporary
defensive positions in attempting to respond to adverse market
conditions. The Fund may invest any amount of its assets in cash
or money market instruments in a defensive posture that may be
inconsistent with the Funds principal investment
strategies when the Adviser believes it is advisable to do so.
Although taking a defensive posture is designed to protect the
Fund from an anticipated market downturn, it could have the
effect of reducing the benefit from any upswing in the market.
When the Fund takes a defensive position, it may not achieve its
investment objective.
Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund may engage in active and
frequent trading of its portfolio securities. A portfolio
turnover rate of 200%, for example, is equivalent to the Fund
buying and selling all of its securities two times during the
course of the year. A high portfolio turnover rate (over 100%)
could result in high brokerage costs and an increase in taxable
capital gains distributions to the Funds shareholders.
The percentage limitations relating to the composition of the
Funds portfolio apply at the time the Fund acquires an
investment. Subsequent percentage changes that result from
market fluctuations generally will not require the Fund to sell
any portfolio security. However, the Fund may be required to
sell its illiquid securities holdings, or reduce its borrowings,
if any, in response to fluctuations in the value of such
holdings. The Fund may change its principal investment
strategies without shareholder approval; however, you would be
notified of any changes.
Additional Risk
Information
Options and Futures.
If the Fund invests in futures on
stock indices, financial instruments and interest rate indices
or options on securities, securities indices, currencies, swaps
and stock index futures, its participation in these markets may
subject it to certain risks. The Advisers predictions of
movements in the direction of the stock, bond, stock index or
interest rate markets may be inaccurate, and the adverse
consequences to the Fund (i.e., a reduction in the Funds
net asset value or a reduction in the amount of income available
for distribution) may leave the Fund in a worse position than if
these strategies were not used. Other risks inherent in the use
of futures and options include, for example, the possible
imperfect correlation between the price of options and futures
contracts and the movements in the prices of the securities
being hedged, and the possible absence of a liquid secondary
market for any particular instrument. Certain options may be
over-the-counter options, which are options negotiated with
dealers; there is no secondary market for these investments.
CMBS.
CMBS are subject to credit risk and prepayment
risk. Although prepayment risk is present, it is of a lesser
degree in the CMBS market than in the residential mortgage
market; commercial real estate property loans often contain
provisions which substantially reduce the likelihood that such
securities will be prepaid (i.e., significant prepayment
penalties on loans and, in some cases, prohibition on principal
payments for several years following origination).
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts.
Use of
forward foreign currency exchange contracts involves risks. If
the Adviser employs a strategy that does not correlate well with
the Funds investments or the currencies in which the
investments are denominated, currency contracts could result in
a loss. The contracts also may increase the Funds
volatility and, thus, could involve a significant risk. For
cross currency hedges, there is an additional risk to the extent
that these transactions create exposure to currencies in which
the Funds securities are not denominated.
Structured Products.
The cash flow or rate of return on a
structured investment may be determined by applying a multiplier
to the rate of total return on the underlying investments or
referenced indicator. Application of a multiplier is comparable
to the use of financial leverage, a speculative technique.
Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and the risk of loss.
As a result, a relatively small decline in the value of the
underlying investments or referenced indicator could result in a
relatively large loss in the value of a structured product.
Holders of structured products bear risks of the underlying
investments, index or reference obligation and are subject to
counterparty risk. The Fund may have the right to receive
payments to which it is entitled only from the structured
product, and
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generally does not have direct rights against the issuer. While
certain structured investment vehicles enable the investor to
acquire interests in a pool of securities without the brokerage
and other expenses associated with directly holding the same
securities, investors in structured vehicles generally pay their
share of the investment vehicles administrative and other
expenses. Certain structured products may be thinly traded or
have a limited trading market and may have the effect of
increasing the Funds illiquidity to the extent that the
Fund, at a particular point in time, may be unable to find
qualified buyers for these securities.
Investments in structured notes involve risks including interest
rate risk, credit risk and market risk. Where the Funds
investments in structured notes are based upon the movement of
one or more factors, including currency exchange rates, interest
rates, referenced bonds and stock indices, depending on the
factor used and the use of multipliers or deflators, changes in
interest rates and movement of the factor may cause significant
price fluctuations. Additionally, changes in the reference
instrument or security may cause the interest rate on the
structured note to be reduced to zero and any further changes in
the reference instrument may then reduce the principal amount
payable on maturity. Structured notes may be less liquid than
other types of securities and more volatile than the reference
instrument or security underlying the note.
Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Investments in each
class of stripped mortgage-backed securities are extremely
sensitive to changes in interest rates. IOs tend to decrease in
value substantially if interest rates decline and prepayment
rates become more rapid. POs tend to decrease in value
substantially if interest rates increase and the rate of
prepayment decreases. If the Fund invests in stripped
mortgage-backed securities and interest rates move in a manner
not anticipated by Fund management, it is possible that the Fund
could lose all or substantially all of its investment.
Inverse Floaters.
Investments in inverse floaters are
subject to certain risks. Like most other fixed-income
securities, the value of inverse floaters will decrease as
interest rates increase. They are more volatile, however, than
most other fixed-income securities because the coupon rate on an
inverse floater typically changes at a multiple of the change in
the relevant index rate. Thus, any rise in the index rate (as a
consequence of an increase in interest rates) causes a
correspondingly greater drop in the coupon rate of an inverse
floater while a drop in the index rate causes a correspondingly
greater increase in the coupon of an inverse floater. Some
inverse floaters may also increase or decrease substantially
because of changes in the rate of prepayments.
Swaps.
Swaps do not involve the delivery of securities,
other underlying assets or principal. Accordingly, the risk of
loss with respect to swaps is limited to the net amount of
payments that the Fund is contractually obligated to make, or,
in the case of the other party to a swap defaulting, the net
amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to
receive. Currency swaps usually involve the delivery of the
entire principal value of one designated currency in exchange
for the other designated currency. Therefore, the entire
principal value of a currency swap is subject to the risk that
the other party to the swap will default on its contractual
delivery obligations. If there is a default by the counterparty,
the Fund may have contractual remedies pursuant to the
agreements related to the transaction. The swap market has grown
substantially in recent years with a large number of banks and
investment banking firms acting both as principals and as agents
utilizing standardized swap documentation. As a result, the swap
market has become relatively liquid. Caps, floors and collars
are more recent innovations for which standardized documentation
has not yet been fully developed and, accordingly, they are less
liquid than swaps. The Funds investments in credit default
swap contracts involves additional risks. Where the Fund is the
buyer of a credit default swap contract, it would be entitled to
receive the par (or other
agreed-upon)
value of a referenced debt obligation from the counterparty to
the contract only in the event of a default by a third party on
the debt obligation. If no default occurs, the Fund would have
paid to the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the
term of the contract and received no benefit from the contract.
When the Fund is the seller of a credit default swap contract,
it receives the stream of payments but is obligated to pay upon
default of the referenced debt obligation.
The use of swap options involves risks, including, among others
(i) changes in the market value of securities held by the
Fund, and of swap options relating to those securities, may not
be proportionate, (ii) there may not be a liquid market to
sell a swap option, which could result in difficulty closing a
position, (iii) swap options can magnify the extent of
losses incurred due to change in the market value of the
securities to which they relate and (iv) counterparty risk.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $500 million
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0.520
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0.495
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 1.10%, Class B shares to 1.85%,
Class C shares to 1.85% and Class Y shares to 0.85% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
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Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Thomas B. Bastian, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Bastian was associated with
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment
management capacity (2003 to 2010). Mr. Bastian is the lead
portfolio manager of the Fund.
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Mary Jayne Maly, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Ms. Maly was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(1992 to 2010).
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James O. Roeder, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Roeder was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(1999 to 2010).
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Mark Laskin, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Laskin was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(2000 to 2010).
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Sergio Marcheli, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Marcheli was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(2002 to 2010).
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Messrs. Roeder, Laskin and Ms. Maly assist
Mr. Bastian in the management of the equity holdings of the
Fund. Mr. Marcheli manages the cash position in the Fund,
submits trades and aids in providing research.]
A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, quarterly.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
8 Invesco
Balanced Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
9 Invesco
Balanced Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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2
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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3
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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4
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Second
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
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2.00
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3.00
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Fourth
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1.00
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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*
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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By Mail
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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Original signatures of all registered owners/trustees;
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds are to be mailed to your address on record (and there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days) or transferred electronically to a pre-authorized checking account;
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
. You
will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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Exchange From
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class A
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Class A, Y*, Investor Class, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A2
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Class A, Y*, Investor Class, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Investor Class
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Class A, Y*, Investor Class
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Class P
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Class A, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class S
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Class A, S, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class B
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Class B
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Class C
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Class C, Y*
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Class R
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Class R
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Class Y
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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Reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase or exchange
order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
approved by the Board.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Money Market
Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Real Estate
Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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By Mail:
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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By Telephone:
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On the Internet:
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You can send us a request by
e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Balanced Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
MS-BAL-PRO-1
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (CLFAX), B (CLFBX), C (CLFCX), Y (CLFDX)
Invesco
California Tax-Free Income Fund
Invesco California Tax-Free Income Funds investment
objective is to provide a high level of current income exempt
from federal and California income tax, consistent with the
preservation of capital.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
n
is
not FDIC insured;
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may
lose value; and
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is
not guaranteed by a bank.
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Shareholder Account Information
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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Initial Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
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Redemption Fees
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Exchanging Shares
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Rights Reserved by the Funds
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A-9
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Excessive Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing) Disclosures
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Pricing of Shares
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Taxes
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
California Tax-Free Income Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide a high level
of current income exempt from federal and California income tax,
consistent with the preservation of capital.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on
page L-1
of the statement of additional information (SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Y
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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0.25
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Expenses
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Expenses
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 0.85%, Class B shares to 1.35%,
Class C shares to 1.35% and Class Y shares to 0.60% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Class A
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$
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734
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Class B
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586
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569
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Class C
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237
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429
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Class Y
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61
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193
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Class A
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$
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558
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$
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734
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Class B
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86
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269
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Class C
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137
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429
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Class Y
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61
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193
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities that
pay interest exempt from federal and California state income
taxes. The Funds investment adviser, Invesco Advisers,
Inc. (the Adviser), generally invests the Funds assets in
investment grade, California municipal obligations. The Fund may
also invest in unrated securities, which are judged by the
Adviser to be of comparable quality. Municipal obligations are
bonds, notes or short-term commercial paper issued by state
governments, local governments or their respective agencies.
Additionally, the Fund may invest up to 5% of its net assets in
municipal obligations rated below investment grade or, if
unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the Adviser
(commonly known as junk bonds).
The Fund may invest in inverse floating rate municipal
obligations. The interest rates on these obligations generally
move in the reverse direction of market interest rates. If
market interest rates fall, the interest rate on the obligations
will increase and if market interest rates increase, the
interest rate on the obligations will fall.
The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in taxable
money market instruments, tax-exempt securities of other states
and municipalities and securities that pay interest income
subject to the alternative minimum tax.
In selecting securities for purchase and sale, the Adviser uses
its research capabilities to identify and monitor investment
opportunities. In conducting its research and analysis, the
Adviser considers a number of factors, including general market
and economic conditions and credit and interest rate risk.
Portfolio securities are typically sold when the assessments of
the Adviser of any of these factors materially change.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective. The Funds share price and yield will fluctuate
with changes in the market value
and/or
yield
of the Funds portfolio securities. When you sell Fund
shares, they may be worth less than what you paid for them and,
accordingly, you can lose money investing in this Fund.
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Credit Risk.
Credit risk refers to the possibility that
the issuer of a security will be unable or unwilling to make
interest payments
and/or
repay
the principal on its debt. In the case of revenue bonds, notes
or commercial paper, for example, the credit risk is the
possibility that the user fees from a project or other specified
revenue sources are insufficient to meet interest
and/or
principal payment obligations. Private activity bonds used to
finance projects, such as industrial development and pollution
control, may also be negatively impacted by the general credit
of the user of the project.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk refers to
fluctuations in the value of a fixed-income security resulting
from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the
general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most
fixed-income securities go down. When the general level of
interest rates goes down, the prices of most fixed-income
securities go up. Zero coupon securities are typically subject
to greater price fluctuations than comparable securities that
pay current interest.
Lease Obligations.
Leases and installment purchase or
conditional sale contracts (which may provide for title to the
leased asset to pass eventually to the issuer) have developed as
a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and
equipment without the necessity of complying with the
constitutional and statutory requirements generally applicable
for the issuance of debt. Certain lease obligations contain
non-appropriation clauses that provide that the governmental
issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease
or contract unless money is appropriated for that purpose by the
appropriate legislative body on an annual or other periodic
basis. Consequently, continued lease payments on those lease
obligations containing non-appropriation clauses are dependent
on future legislative actions. If these legislative actions do
not occur, the holders of the lease obligation may experience
difficulty in exercising their rights, including disposition of
the property.
Private Activity Bonds.
The issuers of private activity
bonds in which the Fund may invest may be negatively impacted by
conditions affecting either the general credit of the user of
the private activity project or the project itself. Conditions
such as regulatory and environmental restrictions and economic
downturns may lower the need for these facilities and the
ability of users of the project to pay for the facilities. This
could cause a decline in the Funds value.
Inverse Floating Rate Municipal Obligations.
The inverse
floating rate municipal obligations in which the Fund may invest
include derivative instruments such as residual interest bonds
(RIBs) or tender option bonds (TOBs). Such instruments are
typically created by a special purpose trust that holds
long-term fixed rate bonds and sells two classes of beneficial
interests: short-term floating rate interests, which are sold to
third party investors, and inverse floating residual interests,
which are purchased by the Fund. The short-term floating rate
interests have first priority on the cash flow from the bond
held by the special purpose trust and the Fund is paid the
residual cash flow from the bond held by the special purpose
trust.
Alternative Minimum Tax.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of
its total assets in securities subject to the federal
alternative minimum tax.
As with any mutual fund investments, loss of money is a risk of
investing. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank
and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Thomas Byron
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Robert Stryker
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Robert Wimmel
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are primarily exempt from regular
federal and state income tax for residents of California. A
portion of these distributions, however, may be subject to the
federal alternative minimum tax. The Fund may also make
distributions that are taxable to you as ordinary income or
capital gains.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide a high level
of current income exempt from federal and California income tax,
consistent with the preservation of capital. The Funds
investment objective may be
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changed by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder
approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities that
pay interest exempt from federal and California state income
taxes. The Funds policy of investing at least 80% of its
net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in
securities the interest on which is exempt from federal income
taxes and California state income taxes, except for defensive
investing discussed below, is fundamental. This fundamental
policy may not be changed without shareholder approval. The
Adviser generally invests the Funds assets in investment
grade, California municipal obligations. Municipal obligations
are bonds, notes or short-term commercial paper issued by state
governments, local governments or their respective agencies.
These municipal obligations will have the following ratings at
the time of purchase:
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municipal bondswithin the four highest grades by
Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys),
Standard & Poors Ratings Group (S&P), or
Fitch Ratings (Fitch);
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municipal noteswithin the two highest grades or, if not
rated, have outstanding bonds within the four highest grades by
Moodys, S&P or Fitch; and
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municipal commercial paperwithin the highest grade by
Moodys, S&P or Fitch.
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The Fund may also invest in unrated securities, which are judged
by the Adviser to have comparable quality to the securities
described above. Additionally, the Fund may invest up to 5% of
its net assets in municipal obligations rated below investment
grade or, if unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the
Adviser (commonly known as junk bonds).
The Fund buys and sells California municipal securities with a
view towards seeking a high level of current income exempt from
federal and California income taxes or other local income taxes.
In selecting securities for purchase and sale, the Adviser uses
its research capabilities to identify and monitor investment
opportunities. In conducting its research and analysis, the
Adviser considers a number of factors, including general market
and economic conditions and credit and interest rate risk.
Portfolio securities are typically sold when the assessments of
the Adviser of any of these factors materially change. Measures
of interest rate risk evaluated by the Adviser include duration,
coupon, maturity and call protection. Measures of credit risk
evaluated by the Adviser include individual issuer analysis,
sector weightings, geographic distribution and quality spreads.
A California municipal security is a security that pays interest
that is exempt from federal income tax and California income
taxes or other local income taxes. This may include municipal
securities issued by United States territories (such as Puerto
Rico) that are exempt from federal income tax and California or
other local income taxes.
The Fund may invest in inverse floating rate municipal
obligations. The interest rates on these obligations generally
move in the reverse direction of market interest rates. If
market interest rates fall, the interest rate on the obligations
will increase and if market interest rates increase, the
interest rate on the obligations will fall.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in taxable money
market instruments, tax-exempt securities of other states and
municipalities and securities that pay interest income subject
to the alternative minimum tax.
Municipal bonds, notes and commercial paper are commonly
classified as either general obligation or revenue. General
obligation bonds, notes and commercial paper are secured by the
issuers faith and credit, including its taxing power, for
payment of principal and interest. Revenue bonds, notes and
commercial paper, however, are generally payable from a specific
source of income. They are issued to finance a wide variety of
municipal projects which may include: educational facilities,
electric utility, hospitals/healthcare, industrial
development/pollution control, single and multi-family housing,
transportation and water and sewer facilities. The Funds
municipal obligation investments may include zero coupon
securities. In addition, the Fund may invest in lease
obligations and private activity bonds. Lease obligations may
take the form of a lease or an installment purchase contract
issued by public authorities to acquire a wide variety of
equipment and facilities. Private activity bonds are issued by,
or on behalf of, public authorities to finance privately
operated facilities.
The Fund may engage in interest rate transactions and may invest
in options and futures.
In pursuing the Funds investment objective, the Adviser
has considerable leeway in deciding which investments it buys,
holds or sells on a
day-to-day
basis and which investment strategies it uses. For example, the
Adviser in its discretion may determine to use some permitted
investment strategies while not using others. The Adviser sells
a security when it believes that it no longer fits the
Funds investment criteria.
Principal
Risks
Credit and Interest Rate Risks.
Principal risks of
investing in the Fund are associated with its municipal
investments, particularly its concentration in municipal
obligations of a single state. Municipal obligations, like other
debt securities are subject to two types of risks: credit risk
and interest rate risk.
Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a
security will be unable or unwilling to make interest payments
and/or
repay
the principal on its debt. In the case of revenue bonds, notes
or commercial paper, for example, the credit risk is the
possibility that the user fees from a project or other specified
revenue sources are insufficient to meet interest
and/or
principal payment obligations. Private activity bonds used to
finance projects, such as industrial development and pollution
control, may also be negatively impacted by the general credit
of the user of the project. Unlike most fixed-income mutual
funds, the Fund is subject to the added credit risk of
concentrating its investments in a single state. The Fund could
be affected by political, economic and regulatory developments
concerning the issuers of the securities in which the Fund
invests. Should any difficulties develop concerning these
municipalities abilities to pay principal
and/or
interest on their debt obligations, the Funds value and
yield could be adversely affected.
Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a
fixed-income security resulting from changes in the general
level of interest rates. When the general level of interest
rates goes up, the prices of most fixed-income securities go
down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the
prices of most fixed-income securities go up. Zero coupon
securities are typically subject to greater price fluctuations
than comparable securities that pay current interest.
The Fund is not limited as to the maturities of the municipal
obligations in which it may invest. Thus, a rise in the general
level of interest rates may cause the price of the Funds
portfolio securities to fall substantially. In addition, the
Fund may invest in securities with the lowest investment grade
rating. These securities may have speculative characteristics.
Lease Obligations.
Lease obligations may have risks not
normally associated with general obligation or other revenue
bonds. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale
contracts (which may provide for title to the leased asset to
pass eventually to the issuer) have developed as a means for
governmental issuers to acquire property and equipment without
the necessity of complying with the constitutional and statutory
requirements generally applicable for the issuance of debt.
Certain lease obligations contain non-appropriation clauses that
provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make
future payments under the lease or contract unless money is
appropriated for that purpose by the appropriate legislative
body on an annual or other periodic basis. Consequently,
continued lease payments on those lease obligations containing
non-appropriation clauses are dependent on future legislative
actions. If these legislative actions do not occur, the holders
of the lease obligation
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may experience difficulty in exercising their rights, including
disposition of the property.
Private Activity Bonds.
The issuers of private activity
bonds in which the Fund may invest may be negatively impacted by
conditions affecting either the general credit of the user of
the private activity project or the project itself. Conditions
such as regulatory and environmental restrictions and economic
downturns may lower the need for these facilities and the
ability of users of the project to pay for the facilities. This
could cause a decline in the Funds value. The Funds
private activity bond holdings also may pay interest subject to
the alternative minimum tax.
Inverse Floating Rate Municipal Obligations.
The inverse
floating rate municipal obligations in which the Fund may invest
include derivative instruments such as residual interest bonds
(RIBs) or tender option bonds (TOBs). Such instruments are
typically created by a special purpose trust that holds
long-term fixed rate bonds and sells two classes of beneficial
interests: short-term floating rate interests, which are sold to
third party investors, and inverse floating residual interests,
which are purchased by the Fund. The short-term floating rate
interests have first priority on the cash flow from the bond
held by the special purpose trust and the Fund is paid the
residual cash flow from the bond held by the special purpose
trust.
Inverse floating rate investments are variable debt instruments
that pay interest at rates that move in the opposite direction
of prevailing interest rates. Inverse floating rate investments
tend to underperform the market for fixed rate bonds in a rising
interest rate environment, but tend to outperform the market for
fixed rate bonds when interest rates decline or remain
relatively stable. Inverse floating rate investments have
varying degrees of liquidity.
The Fund generally invests in inverse floating rate investments
that include embedded leverage, thus exposing the Fund to
greater risks and increased costs. The market value of a
leveraged inverse floating rate investment generally will
fluctuate in response to changes in market rates of interest to
a greater extent than the value of an unleveraged investment.
The extent of increases and decreases in the value of inverse
floating rate investments generally will be larger than changes
in an equal principal amount of a fixed rate security having
similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturity,
which may cause the Funds net asset value to be more
volatile than if it had not invested in inverse floating rate
investments.
Alternative Minimum Tax.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of
its total assets in securities subject to the federal
alternative minimum tax. Since some investors may have to pay
tax on a Fund distribution of this income, the Fund may not be a
suitable investment for them.
Other Risks.
The performance of the Fund also will depend
on whether or not the Adviser is successful in applying the
Funds investment strategies.
Additional
Investment Strategy Information
Interest Rate Transactions.
The Fund may enter into
interest rate swaps and may purchase or sell interest rate caps,
floors and collars. The Fund expects to enter into these
transactions primarily to manage interest rate risk, hedge
portfolio positions and preserve a return or spread on a
particular investment or portion of its portfolio. The Fund may
also enter into these transactions to protect against any
increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates
purchasing at a later date.
Options and Futures.
The Fund may invest in put and call
options and futures on its portfolio securities. The Fund may
use options and futures to protect against a decline in the
Funds securities or an increase in prices of securities
that may be purchased.
Defensive Investing.
The Fund may take temporary
defensive positions that may be inconsistent with the
Funds principal investment strategies in attempting to
respond to adverse market conditions. The Fund may invest any
amount of its assets in taxable money market securities,
non-California tax-exempt securities or in tax-exempt securities
subject to the alternative minimum tax for individual
shareholders when the Adviser believes it is advisable to do so.
The Fund will only purchase municipal obligations of other
states that satisfy the same standards as set forth for the
California tax-exempt securities. Although taking a defensive
posture is designed to protect the Fund from an anticipated
market downturn, it could have the effect of reducing the
Funds ability to provide California tax-exempt income.
When the Fund takes a defensive position, it may not achieve its
investment objective.
The percentage limitations relating to the composition of the
Funds portfolio apply at the time the Fund acquires an
investment. Subsequent percentage changes that result from
market fluctuations generally will not require the Fund to sell
any portfolio security. However, the Fund may be required to
sell its illiquid securities holdings, or reduce its borrowings,
if any, in response to fluctuations in the value of such
holdings.
Additional Risk
Information
Bond Insurance Risk.
Many of the municipal obligations in
which the Fund invests will be covered by insurance at the time
of issuance or at a later date. Such insurance guarantees that
interest payments on a bond will be made on time and that
principal will be repaid when the bond matures. Insured
municipal obligations would generally be assigned a lower rating
if the rating were based primarily on the credit quality of the
issuer without regard to the insurance feature. If the
claims-paying ability of the insurer were downgraded, the
ratings on the municipal obligations it insures may also be
downgraded. Insurance does not protect the Fund against losses
caused by declines in a bonds value due to a change in
market conditions.
High Yield Securities.
The Funds investments in
high yield securities, commonly known as junk bonds, pose
significant risks. The prices of high yield securities are
likely to be more sensitive to adverse economic changes or
individual corporate developments than higher rated securities.
During an economic downturn or substantial period of rising
interest rates, junk bond issuers and, in particular, highly
leveraged issuers may experience financial stress that would
adversely affect their ability to service their principal and
interest payment obligations, to meet their projected business
goals or to obtain additional financing. In the event of a
default, the Fund may incur additional expenses to seek recovery.
Interest Rate Transactions.
Interest rate swap
transactions are subject to market risk, risk of default by the
other party to the transaction, risk of imperfect correlation
and manager risk. Such transactions may involve commissions or
other costs.
Options and Futures.
If the Fund invests in options
and/or
futures, its participation in these markets would subject the
Funds portfolio to certain risks. If the Advisers
predictions of movements in the direction of the markets are
inaccurate, the adverse consequences to the Fund (i.e., a
reduction in the Funds net asset value or a reduction in
the amount of income available for distribution) may leave the
Fund in a worse position than if these strategies were not used.
Other risks inherent in the use of options and futures include,
for example, the possible imperfect correlation between the
price of options and futures contracts and movements in the
prices of the securities being hedged and the possible absence
of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument.
Certain options may be over-the-counter options which are
options negotiated with dealers; there is no secondary market
for these investments and therefore they may be difficult to
value.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
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The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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% Per Annum
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First $500 million
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0.470
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Next $250 million
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0.445
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%
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Next $250 million
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0.420
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0.395
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0.370
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Thomas Byron, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Byron was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (1981 to 2010).
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Robert Stryker, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Stryker was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (1994 to 2010).
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Robert Wimmel, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Wimmel was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (1996 to 2010).]
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More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 4.75% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category II Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective(s) and
strategies, that its distributions if any, will consist
primarily of income that is exempt from federal and California
income taxes to the extent they are derived from
Californias municipal obligations.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares dividends from net investment income
daily and pays them monthly.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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California Tax-Free Income Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
6 Invesco
California Tax-Free Income Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
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then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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50,000
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5.50
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5.82
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$50,000 but less than
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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50,000
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4.75
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4.99
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$50,000 but less than
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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1,000,000
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2.00
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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100,000
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1.00
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1.01
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%
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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100,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$100,000 but less than
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Second
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
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2.00
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3.00
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Fourth
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1.00
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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n
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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n
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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n
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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A-6 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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*
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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By Mail
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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Original signatures of all registered owners/trustees;
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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A-7 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds are to be mailed to your address on record (and there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days) or transferred electronically to a pre-authorized checking account;
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
. You
will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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Reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase or exchange
order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Money Market
Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Real Estate
Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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You can send us a request by
e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (DIVAX), B (DIVBX), C (DIVCX), Y (DIVDX)
Invesco
Dividend Growth Securities Fund
Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Funds investment
objective is to provide reasonable current income and long-term
growth of income and capital.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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is
not FDIC insured;
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may
lose value; and
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Shareholder Account Information
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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Redemption Fees
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Exchanging Shares
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Rights Reserved by the Funds
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Pricing of Shares
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Taxes
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Dividend Growth Securities Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide reasonable
current income and long-term growth of income and capital.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on
page L-1
of the statement of additional information (SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.50
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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5.00
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1.00
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redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks
of companies which pay dividends and have the potential for
increasing dividends. The Fund may also use derivative
instruments. These derivative instruments will be counted toward
the 80% policy to the extent they have economic characteristics
similar to the securities included within that policy. In
selecting securities for purchase and sale, Invesco Advisers,
Inc. (the Adviser) initially employs a quantitative screening
process in an attempt to identify a number of common stocks
which are undervalued and pay dividends. The Adviser also
considers other factors, such as a companys return on
invested capital and levels of free cash flow. The Adviser then
applies qualitative analysis to determine which stocks it
believes have attractive future growth prospects and the
potential to increase dividends. The Adviser sells a security
when it believes that it no longer fits the Funds
investment criteria.
The Funds stock investments may include foreign securities
held directly or in the form of depositary receipts that are
listed in the United States on a national securities exchange.
Up to 20% of the Funds assets may be invested in
convertible and fixed-income securities.
The Fund may, but it is not required to, use derivative
instruments for a variety of purposes, including hedging, risk
management, portfolio management or to earn income. The
Funds use of derivatives may involve the purchase and sale
of derivative instruments such as options, futures, swaps and
other related instruments and techniques.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective. The Funds share price and return will fluctuate
with changes in the market value of the Funds portfolio
securities. When you sell Fund shares, they may be worth less
than what you paid for them and, accordingly, you can lose money
investing in this Fund.
Common Stocks.
In general, stock values fluctuate in
response to activities specific to the company as well as
general market, economic and political conditions. Stock prices
can fluctuate widely in response to these factors.
Convertible Securities.
Investments in convertible
securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with both
fixed-income securities, including credit risk and interest rate
risk, and common stocks. A portion of the Funds
convertible securities investments may be rated below investment
grade. Securities rated below investment grade are commonly
known as junk bonds and have speculative characteristics.
Foreign Securities.
The risks of investing in securities
of foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign
currencies, foreign currency exchange controls, political and
economic instability, differences in securities regulation and
trading, and foreign taxation issues.
Derivatives.
A derivative instrument often has risks
similar to its underlying instrument and may have additional
risks, including imperfect correlation between the value of the
derivative and the underlying instrument, risks of default by
the other party to certain transactions, magnification of losses
incurred due to changes in the market value of the securities,
instruments, indices or interest rates to which they relate, and
risks that the transactions may not be liquid. Certain
derivative transactions may give rise to a form of leverage.
Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and the risk of loss.
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An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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[Gregory R. Lai
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Portfolio Manager
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Steven W. Pelensky
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Portfolio Manager
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Michael A. Petrino
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Portfolio Manager
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Jordan Floriani
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Portfolio Manager
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional Investments
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide reasonable
current income and long-term growth of income and capital. The
Funds investment objective may be changed by the Board of
Trustees (the Board) without shareholder approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks
of companies which pay dividends and have the potential for
increasing dividends. The Adviser initially employs a
quantitative screening process in an attempt to identify a
number of common stocks which are undervalued and pay dividends.
The Adviser also considers other factors, such as a
companys return on invested capital and levels of free
cash flow. The Adviser then applies qualitative analysis to
determine which stocks it believes have attractive future growth
prospects and the potential to increase dividends and, finally,
to determine whether any of the stocks should be added to or
sold from the Funds portfolio. The Fund may also use
derivative instruments. These derivative instruments will be
counted toward the 80% policy to the extent they have economic
characteristics similar to the securities included within that
policy.
The Funds stock investments may include foreign securities
held directly or in the form of depositary receipts that are
listed in the United States on a national securities exchange.
Common stock is a share ownership or equity interest in a
corporation. It may or may not pay dividends, as some companies
reinvest all of their profits back into their businesses, while
others pay out some of their profits to shareholders as
dividends. A depositary receipt is generally issued by a bank or
financial institution and represents an ownership interest in
the common stock or other equity securities of a foreign
company. A convertible security is a bond, debenture, note,
preferred stock, right, warrant or other security that may be
converted into or exchanged for a prescribed amount of common
stock or other security of the same or a different issuer or
into cash within a particular period of time at a specified
price or formula. A convertible security generally entitles the
holder to receive interest paid or accrued on debt securities or
the dividend paid on preferred stock until the convertible
security matures or is redeemed, converted or exchanged.
Up to 20% of the Funds assets may be invested in
convertible and fixed-income securities.
The Fund may, but it is not required to, use derivative
instruments for a variety of purposes, including hedging, risk
management, portfolio management or to earn income. Derivatives
are financial instruments whose value is based on the value of
an underlying asset, interest rate, index or financial
instrument. The Funds use of derivatives may involve the
purchase and sale of derivative instruments such as options,
futures, swaps and other related instruments and techniques.
In pursuing the Funds investment objective, the Adviser
has considerable leeway in deciding which investments it buys,
holds or sells on a
day-to-day
basis and which investment strategies it uses. For example, the
Adviser in its discretion may determine to use some permitted
investment strategies while not using others. The Adviser sells
a security when it believes that it no longer fits the
Funds investment criteria.
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Principal
Risks
Common Stocks.
A principal risk of investing in the Fund
is associated with its common stock investments. In general,
stock values fluctuate in response to activities specific to the
company as well as general market, economic and political
conditions. Stock prices can fluctuate widely in response to
these factors.
Convertible Securities.
Investments in convertible
securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with both
fixed-income securities, including credit risk and interest rate
risk, and common stocks. To the extent that a convertible
securitys investment value is greater than its conversion
value, its price will be likely to increase when interest rates
fall and decrease when interest rates rise. If the conversion
value exceeds the investment value, the price of the convertible
security will tend to fluctuate directly with the price of the
underlying equity security. A portion of the Funds
convertible securities investments may be rated below investment
grade. Securities rated below investment grade are commonly
known as junk bonds and have speculative characteristics.
Foreign Securities.
The Funds investments in
foreign securities involve risks that are in addition to the
risks associated with domestic securities. One additional risk
is currency risk. While the price of Fund shares is quoted in
U.S. dollars, the Fund may convert U.S. dollars to a foreign
markets local currency to purchase a security in that
market. If the value of that local currency falls relative to
the U.S. dollar, the U.S. dollar value of the foreign security
will decrease. This is true even if the foreign securitys
local price remains unchanged.
Foreign securities also have risks related to economic and
political developments abroad, including expropriations,
confiscatory taxation, exchange control regulation, limitations
on the use or transfer of Fund assets and any effects of foreign
social, economic or political instability. Foreign companies, in
general, are not subject to the regulatory requirements of U.S.
companies and, as such, there may be less publicly available
information about these companies. Moreover, foreign accounting,
auditing and financial reporting standards generally are
different from those applicable to U.S. companies. Finally, in
the event of a default of any foreign debt obligations, it may
be more difficult for the Fund to obtain or enforce a judgment
against the issuers of the securities.
Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid than comparable
securities of U.S. issuers and, as such, their price changes may
be more volatile. Furthermore, foreign exchanges and
broker-dealers are generally subject to less government and
exchange scrutiny and regulation than their U.S. counterparts.
In addition, differences in clearance and settlement procedures
in foreign markets may cause delays in settlement of the
Funds trades effected in those markets and could result in
losses to the Fund due to subsequent declines in the value of
the securities subject to the trades.
Depositary receipts involve many of the same risks associated
with direct investment in foreign securities. In addition, the
underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly
unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no
obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the
holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
Derivatives.
A derivative instrument often has risks
similar to its underlying instrument and may have additional
risks, including imperfect correlation between the value of the
derivative and the underlying instrument, risks of default by
the other party to certain transactions, magnification of losses
incurred due to changes in the market value of the securities,
instruments, indices or interest rates to which they relate, and
risks that the transactions may not be liquid. The use of
derivatives involves risks that are different from, and possibly
greater than, the risks associated with other portfolio
investments. Derivatives may involve the use of highly
specialized instruments that require investment techniques and
risk analyses different from those associated with other
portfolio investments.
Certain derivative transactions may give rise to a form of
leverage. Leverage associated with derivative transactions may
cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not
be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet
earmarking or segregation requirements, pursuant to applicable
SEC rules and regulations, or may cause the Fund to be more
volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged. Although the
Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds
investment objectives, there is no assurance that the use of
derivatives will achieve this result.
The derivative instruments and techniques that the Fund may
principally use include:
Futures.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement
between two parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an
underlying instrument at a specific price at a specific future
time. The value of a futures contract tends to increase and
decrease in tandem with the value of the underlying instrument.
Futures contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the
purchaser and the seller equally obligated to complete the
transaction. Depending on the terms of the particular contract,
futures contracts are settled through either physical delivery
of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by
payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. A
decision as to whether, when and how to use futures involves the
exercise of skill and judgment and even a well conceived futures
transaction may be unsuccessful because of market behavior or
unexpected events. In addition to the derivatives risks
discussed above, the prices of futures can be highly volatile,
using futures can lower total return, and the potential loss
from futures can exceed the Funds initial investment in
such contracts.
Options.
If the Fund buys an option, it buys a legal
contract giving it the right to buy or sell a specific amount of
the underlying instrument or futures contract on the underlying
instrument at an agreed upon price typically in exchange for a
premium paid by the Fund. If the Fund sells an option, it sells
to another person the right to buy from or sell to the Fund a
specific amount of the underlying instrument or futures contract
on the underlying instrument at an agreed upon price typically
in exchange for a premium received by the Fund. A decision as to
whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of
skill and judgment and even a well conceived option transaction
may be unsuccessful because of market behavior or unexpected
events. The prices of options can be highly volatile and the use
of options can lower total returns.
Swaps.
A swap contract is an agreement between two
parties pursuant to which the parties exchange payments at
specified dates on the basis of a specified notional amount,
with the payments calculated by reference to specified
securities, indexes, reference rates, currencies or other
instruments. Most swap agreements provide that when the period
payment dates for both parties are the same, the payments are
made on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted
out, with only the net amount paid by one party to the other).
The Funds obligations or rights under a swap contract
entered into on a net basis will generally be equal only to the
net amount to be paid or received under the agreement, based on
the relative values of the positions held by each counterparty.
Swap agreements are not entered into or traded on exchanges and
there is no central clearing or guaranty function for swaps.
Therefore, swaps are subject to credit risk or the risk of
default or non-performance by the counterparty. Swaps could
result in losses if interest rates or foreign currency exchange
rates or credit quality changes are not correctly anticipated by
the Fund or if the reference index, security or investments do
not perform as expected.
Other Risks.
The performance of the Fund also will depend
on whether or not the portfolio managers are successful in
applying the Funds investment strategies. The Fund is also
subject to other risks from its permissible investments,
including the risks associated with its investments in
fixed-income securities and REITs.
Additional
Investment Strategy Information
Fixed-Income Securities.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of
its assets in U.S. government securities, investment grade
corporate debt securities
and/or
money
market securities. The Funds fixed-income investments
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may include zero coupon securities, which are purchased at a
discount and generally accrue interest, but make no payments
until maturity.
REITs.
REITs pool investors funds for investments
primarily in real estate properties or real estate-related
loans. They may also include, among other businesses, real
estate developers, brokers and operating companies whose
products and services are significantly related to the real
estate industry such as building suppliers and mortgage lenders.
Defensive Investing.
The Fund may take temporary
defensive positions in attempting to respond to
adverse market conditions. The Fund may invest any amount of its
assets in cash or money market instruments in a defensive
posture that may be inconsistent with the Funds principal
investment strategies when the Adviser believes it is advisable
to do so.
Although taking a defensive posture is designed to protect the
Fund from an anticipated market downturn, it could have the
effect of reducing the benefit from an upswing in the market.
When the Fund takes a defensive position, it may not achieve its
investment objectives.
The percentage limitations relating to the composition of the
Funds portfolio apply at the time the Fund acquires an
investment. Subsequent percentage changes that result from
market fluctuations generally will not require the Fund to sell
any portfolio security. However, the Fund may be required to
sell its illiquid securities holdings, or reduce borrowings, if
any, in response to fluctuations in the value of such holdings.
Additional Risk
Information
Fixed-Income Securities.
All fixed-income securities are
subject to two types of risk: credit risk and interest rate
risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a
security will be unable to make interest payments
and/or
repay
the principal on its debt. Interest rate risk refers to
fluctuations in the value of a fixed-income security resulting
from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the
general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most
fixed-income securities go down. When the general level of
interest rates goes down, the prices of most fixed-income
securities go up. (Zero coupon securities are typically subject
to greater price fluctuations than comparable securities that
pay interest.) While the credit risk for U.S. government
securities in which the Fund may invest is minimal, the
Funds investment grade corporate debt holdings may have
speculative characteristics.
REITs.
REITs generally derive their income from rents on
the underlying properties or interest on the underlying loans,
and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the
underlying property or changes in interest rates affecting the
underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible
to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the
real estate industry in general. These risks can include
fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by
borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and
local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents;
increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures
or operating expenses; and other economic, political or
regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. In
addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may
not be diversified (which may increase the volatility of a
REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
overall securities market. Furthermore, investments in REITs may
involve duplication of management fees and certain other
expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share
of any expenses paid by REITs in which it invests. U.S. REITs
are not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided
they comply with several requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). U.S. REITs are subject to
the risk of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of
income under the Code.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $250 million
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0.545
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0.420
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0.395
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0.370
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0.345
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 0.95%, Class B shares to 1.70%,
Class C shares to 1.70% and Class Y shares to 0.70% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Gregory R. Lai, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Lai was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(May 2007 to 2010). Prior to May 2007, he was a Senior Portfolio
Manager at Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC. Mr. Lai is
the lead portfolio manager of the Fund.
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Stephen W. Pelensky, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Pelensky was associated with
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment
management capacity (May 2007 to 2010). Prior to May 2007, he
was a Senior Portfolio Manager for Alliance Bernstein.
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Michael A. Petrino, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Petrino was associated with
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment
management capacity (May 2007 to 2010). Prior to May 2007, he
was a Portfolio Manager at Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC.
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Jordan Floriani, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Ms. Floriani was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(May 2007 to 2010). Prior to May 2007, she was a Portfolio
Manager at Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC.]
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A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, quarterly.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
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then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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n
No contingent deferred sales charge
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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|
n
No
12b-1
fee
|
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
|
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n
Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
|
|
n
Does not convert to Class A shares
|
|
n
Does not convert to Class A shares
|
|
n
Does not convert to Class A shares
|
|
n
Does not convert to Class A shares
|
n
Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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|
n
Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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|
n
Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
n
Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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|
n
Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
|
|
n
Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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|
n
Generally closed to new investors
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|
|
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1
|
|
Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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2
|
|
Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
|
3
|
|
Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
|
4
|
|
CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
|
In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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|
n
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
|
n
|
Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
|
n
|
Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
|
n
|
Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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|
n
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
|
n
|
AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
|
n
|
AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
|
n
|
Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
|
n
|
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
|
n
|
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
|
n
|
All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
|
|
n
|
Class B shares: 1.00%
|
n
|
Class C shares: 1.00%
|
n
|
Class P shares: 0.10%
|
n
|
Class R shares: 0.50%
|
n
|
Class S shares: 0.15%
|
n
|
Investor Class shares: 0.25%
|
Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Category I Initial Sales Charges
|
|
|
|
|
Investors Sales Charge
|
Amount invested
|
|
As a % of
|
|
As a % of
|
in a single transaction
|
|
Offering Price
|
|
Investment
|
|
Less than
|
|
$
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
5.50
|
%
|
|
|
5.82
|
%
|
|
$50,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
4.50
|
|
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4.71
|
|
|
$100,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
250,000
|
|
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3.50
|
|
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3.63
|
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|
$250,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
500,000
|
|
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|
2.75
|
|
|
|
2.83
|
|
|
$500,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
2.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Category II Initial Sales Charges
|
|
|
|
|
Investors Sales Charge
|
Amount invested
|
|
As a % of
|
|
As a % of
|
in a single transaction
|
|
Offering Price
|
|
Investment
|
|
Less than
|
|
$
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
4.75
|
%
|
|
|
4.99
|
%
|
|
$50,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
4.25
|
|
|
|
4.44
|
|
|
$100,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
250,000
|
|
|
|
3.50
|
|
|
|
3.63
|
|
|
$250,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
|
2.56
|
|
|
$500,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
2.04
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Category III Initial Sales Charges
|
|
|
|
|
Investors Sales Charge
|
Amount invested
|
|
As a % of
|
|
As a % of
|
in a single transaction
|
|
Offering Price
|
|
Investment
|
|
Less than
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
1.00
|
%
|
|
|
1.01
|
%
|
|
$100,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
250,000
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
|
|
|
0.76
|
|
|
$250,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Category IV Initial Sales Charges
|
|
|
|
|
Investors Sales Charge
|
Amount invested
|
|
As a % of
|
|
As a % of
|
in a single transaction
|
|
Offering Price
|
|
Investment
|
|
Less than
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
|
2.56
|
%
|
|
$100,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
250,000
|
|
|
|
1.75
|
|
|
|
1.78
|
|
|
$250,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
1.25
|
|
|
|
1.27
|
|
|
$500,000 but less than
|
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
|
1.01
|
|
|
Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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|
n
|
Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
|
n
|
Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
|
n
|
Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
|
a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
|
|
n
|
Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
|
n
|
Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
|
n
|
Insurance company separate accounts.
|
No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
|
|
n
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
|
n
|
When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
|
n
|
When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
|
n
|
As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
|
n
|
Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
|
n
|
Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
|
Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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|
|
|
|
CDSC Category I
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category II
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category III
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category IV
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
3.75
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.50
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category V
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
2.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
|
Fifth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category VI
|
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
|
purchased
|
|
purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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4.00
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%
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Second
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
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2.00
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3.00
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Fourth
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1.00
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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By Mail
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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Original signatures of all registered owners/trustees;
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds are to be mailed to your address on record (and there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days) or transferred electronically to a pre-authorized checking account;
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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Exchange From
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Investor Class
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Class P
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Class S
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
approved by the Board.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Real Estate
Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
MS-DGS-PRO-1
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (VADAX), B (VADBX), C (VADCX), R (VADRX), Y (VADDX)
Invesco
Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Funds investment
objective is to achieve a high level of total return on its
assets through a combination of capital appreciation and current
income.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C, R and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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not FDIC insured;
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may
lose value; and
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not guaranteed by a bank.
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to achieve a high level
of total return on its assets through a combination of capital
appreciation and current income.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on page L-1 of the statement of additional information
(SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of common stocks
represented in the Standard &
Poors
®
500 Composite Stock Price Index (S&P 500). The S&P 500
is a well known stock market index that includes common stocks
of 500 companies. The Fund generally invests in each stock
included in the S&P 500 in approximately equal proportions.
This approach differs from the S&P 500 because stocks in
the S&P 500 are represented in proportion to their market
value or market capitalization. For example, the 50 largest
companies in the S&P 500 represent approximately 50% of the
S&P 500s value; however, these same 50 companies
represent roughly 10% of the Funds value. The Fund may
invest in foreign securities represented in the S&P 500,
including depositary receipts.
The Funds investment adviser, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the
Adviser), will adjust the Funds investment securities on a
quarterly basis to maintain an approximately equal weighting of
each S&P 500 stock.
The Fund may, but it is not required to, use derivative
instruments. The Funds use of derivatives may involve the
purchase and sale of derivative instruments such as futures and
swaps and other related instruments and techniques.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective and you can lose money investing in this Fund. The
principal risks of investing in the Fund include:
Common Stocks.
In general, common stock values fluctuate,
and sometimes widely fluctuate, in response to activities
specific to the company as well as general market, economic and
political conditions.
Derivatives.
A derivative instrument often has risks
similar to its underlying instrument and may have additional
risks, including imperfect correlation between the value of the
derivative and the underlying instrument, risks of default by
the other party to certain transactions, magnification of losses
incurred due to changes in the market value of the securities,
instruments, indices or interest rates to which they relate, and
risks that the transactions may not be liquid. Certain
derivative transactions may give rise to a form of leverage.
Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and the risk of loss.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Standard &
Poors
®
,
S&P
®
,
Standard & Poors Equal Weight Index, S&P
EWI, S&P
500
®
,
Standard & Poors 500 and 500 are trademarks of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use
by the Fund. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or
promoted by S&P,
1 Invesco
Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
and S&P makes no representation regarding the advisability
of investing in the Fund.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Hooman Yaghoobi
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Teimur Abasov
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
There are no minimum investments for Class R shares for
Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B, C
and Y shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Fund seeks to achieve a high level of total return on its
assets through a combination of capital appreciation and current
income. The Funds investment objective may be changed by
the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of common stocks
represented in the S&P 500. The S&P 500 is a well
known stock market index that includes common stocks of 500
companies. The Fund generally invests in each stock included in
the S&P 500 in approximately equal proportions. This
approach differs from the S&P 500 because stocks in the
S&P 500 are represented in proportion to their market value
or market capitalization. For example, the 50 largest companies
in the S&P 500 represent approximately 50% of the S&P
500s value; however, these same 50 companies represent
roughly 10% of the Funds value. The Fund may invest in
foreign securities represented in the S&P 500, including
depositary receipts.
The Adviser will adjust the Funds investment securities on
a quarterly basis to maintain an approximately equal weighting
of each S&P 500 stock.
Common stock is a share ownership or equity interest in a
corporation. It may or may not pay dividends, as some companies
reinvest all of their profits back into their businesses, while
others pay out some of their profits to shareholders as
dividends. A depositary receipt is generally issued by a bank or
financial institution and represents an ownership interest in
the common stock or other equity securities of a foreign company.
The Fund may, but it is not required to, use derivative
instruments. Derivatives are financial instruments whose value
is based on the value of another underlying asset, interest
rate, index or financial instrument. The Funds use of
derivatives may involve the purchase and sale of derivative
instruments such as futures and swaps and other related
instruments and techniques.
Standard &
Poors
®
,
S&P
®
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Standard & Poors Equal Weight Index,
S&P EWI, S&P
500
®
,
Standard & Poors 500 and
500 are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc. and have been licensed for use by the Fund. The Fund is not
sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P, and S&P
makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing
in the Fund.
Principal
Risks
Common Stocks.
A principal risk of investing in the Fund
is associated with its common stock investments. In general,
stock values fluctuate in response to activities specific to a
company as well as general market, economic and political
conditions. Stock prices can fluctuate widely in response to
these factors.
Unlike many mutual funds, the Fund is not actively managed. The
Adviser does not expect the Funds performance to track the
performance of the S&P 500 because the Fund uses an
equally-weighted approach while the S&P 500 uses a
market-capitalization approach. In addition, because the Adviser
maintains an approximate equal weighting of each S&P 500
stock and may eliminate one or more securities (or elect not to
increase the Funds position in such securities) in certain
circumstances, the Adviser will not consistently maintain an
exact equal weighting of each S&P 500 stock.
Derivatives.
A derivative instrument often has risks
similar to its underlying instrument and may have additional
risks, including imperfect
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correlation between the value of the derivative and the
underlying instrument, risks of default by the other party to
certain transactions, magnification of losses incurred due to
changes in the market value of the securities, instruments,
indices or interest rates to which they relate, and risks that
the transactions may not be liquid. The use of derivatives
involves risks that are different from, and possibly greater
than, the risks associated with other portfolio investments.
Derivatives may involve the use of highly specialized
instruments that require investment techniques and risk analyses
different from those associated with other portfolio investments.
Certain derivative transactions may give rise to a form of
leverage. Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and the risk
of loss. Leverage associated with derivative transactions may
cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not
be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet
earmarking or segregation requirements, pursuant to applicable
SEC rules and regulations, or may cause the Fund to be more
volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged. Although the
Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds
investment objective, there is no assurance that the use of
derivatives will achieve this result.
The derivative instruments and techniques that the Fund may
principally use include:
Futures.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement
between two parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an
underlying instrument at a specific price at a specific future
time. The value of a futures contract tends to increase and
decrease in tandem with the value of the underlying instrument.
Futures contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the
purchaser and the seller equally obligated to complete the
transaction. Depending on the terms of the particular contract,
futures contracts are settled through either physical delivery
of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by
payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. A
decision as to whether, when and how to use futures involves the
exercise of skill and judgment and even a well conceived futures
transaction may be unsuccessful because of market behavior or
unexpected events. In addition to the derivatives risks
discussed above, the prices of futures can be highly volatile,
using futures can lower total return, and the potential loss
from futures can exceed the Funds initial investment in
such contracts.
Swaps.
A swap contract is an agreement between two
parties pursuant to which the parties exchange payments at
specified dates on the basis of a specified notional amount,
with the payments calculated by reference to specified
securities, indexes, reference rates, currencies or other
instruments. Most swap agreements provide that when the period
payment dates for both parties are the same, the payments are
made on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted
out, with only the net amount paid by one party to the other).
The Funds obligations or rights under a swap contract
entered into on a net basis will generally be equal only to the
net amount to be paid or received under the agreement, based on
the relative values of the positions held by each counterparty.
Swap agreements are not entered into or traded on exchanges and
there is no central clearing or guaranty function for swaps.
Therefore, swaps are subject to credit risk or the risk of
default or non-performance by the counterparty. Swaps could
result in losses if interest rate or foreign currency exchange
rates or credit quality changes are not correctly anticipated by
the Fund or if the reference index, security or investments do
not perform as expected.
Other Risks.
The performance of the Fund also will depend
on whether or not the Adviser is successful in applying the
Funds investment strategies. The Fund is also subject to
other risks from its permissible investments, including the
risks associated with its investments in foreign securities.
Additional Risk
Information
Foreign and Emerging Market Securities.
The Funds
investments in the common stocks of foreign corporations
(including depositary receipts) involve risks that are in
addition to the risks associated with domestic securities.
Foreign securities are affected by changes in currency rates.
Foreign securities also have risks related to economic and
political developments abroad, including expropriations,
confiscatory taxation, exchange control regulation, limitations
on the use or transfer of Fund assets and any effects of foreign
social, economic or political instability. Foreign companies, in
general, are not subject to the regulatory requirements of U.S.
companies and, as such, there may be less publicly available
information about these companies. Moreover, foreign accounting,
auditing and financial reporting standards generally are
different from those applicable to U.S. companies.
Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid than comparable
securities of U.S. issuers and, as such, their price changes may
be more volatile. Furthermore, foreign exchanges and
broker-dealers are generally subject to less government and
exchange scrutiny and regulation than their U.S. counterparts.
In addition, differences in clearance and settlement procedures
in foreign markets may cause delays in settlement of the
Funds trades effected in those markets and could result in
losses to the Fund due to subsequent declines in the value of
the securities subject to the trades.
The foreign securities in which the Fund may invest may be
issued by issuers located in emerging market or developing
countries. Compared to the United States and other developed
countries, emerging market or developing countries may have
relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few
industries and securities markets that trade a small number of
securities. Securities issued by companies located in these
countries tend to be especially volatile and may be less liquid
than securities traded in developed countries. In the past,
securities in these countries have been characterized by greater
potential loss than securities of companies located in developed
countries.
Depositary receipts involve many of the same risks as those
associated with direct investment in foreign securities. In
addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts,
particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts,
are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications
to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any
voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.
The Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive
positions that are inconsistent with the Funds principal
investment strategies in anticipation of or in response to
adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. As a
result, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee
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computed based upon an annual rate applied to the average daily
net assets of the Fund as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $2 billion
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0.120
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 0.75%, Class B shares to 1.50%,
Class C shares to 1.50%, Class R shares to 1.00% and
Class Y shares to 0.50% of average daily net assets,
respectively. In determining the Advisers obligation to
waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Hooman Yaghoobi, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Yaghoobi was associated with
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment
management capacity (1995 to 2010).
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Teimur Abasov, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Abasov was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(2005 to 2010).]
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More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, annually.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class C
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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fee of up to 0.50%
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12b-1
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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n
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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n
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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n
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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n
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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n
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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n
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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n
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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n
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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n
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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n
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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n
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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n
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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n
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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n
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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n
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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n
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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n
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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n
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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n
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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n
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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n
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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n
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
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Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
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Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
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Fifth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
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|
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Seventh and following
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|
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None
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|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category II
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
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Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
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|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category III
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
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Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category IV
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
3.75
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.50
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category V
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
2.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
|
Fifth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category VI
|
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
|
purchased
|
|
purchased
|
|
|
before
|
|
on or after
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
June 1, 2005
|
|
June 1, 2005
|
|
First
|
|
|
3.00
|
%
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category VII
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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|
n
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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n
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
|
n
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
|
There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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|
n
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
|
n
|
Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
|
n
|
AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
|
n
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
|
n
|
Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
|
Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
|
CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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|
|
|
|
AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
|
|
AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
|
The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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|
n
|
Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
|
n
|
Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
|
n
|
Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
|
A-5 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
|
|
n
|
Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
|
n
|
Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
|
The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
|
|
n
|
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
|
n
|
Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
|
n
|
Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
|
Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
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bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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Exchange From
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class S
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
approved by the Board.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
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invescoaim.com
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (FVFAX), B (FVFBX), C (FVFCX), Y (FVFDX)
Invesco
Fundamental Value Fund
Invesco Fundamental Value Funds investment objective is
to provide total return.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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not FDIC insured;
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lose value; and
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Fundamental Value Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide total return.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on
page L-1
of the statement of additional information (SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
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investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 1.65%, Class B shares to 2.40%,
Class C shares to 2.40% and Class Y shares to 1.40% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected
above:(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend
expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine
items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did
not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The
Board of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the
fee waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund will normally invest at least 65% of its assets in
common stocks and other equity securities, which can include
depositary receipts, preferred stocks or securities convertible
into common or preferred stock. The Funds investment
adviser, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), primarily focuses
on equity securities of larger capitalization companies (i.e.,
companies with over $10 billion of market capitalization
currently), but the Fund may also invest in small and medium
capitalization companies. Up to 15% of the Funds net
assets may be invested in convertible securities rated below
investment grade (commonly referred to as junk bonds). The Fund
may also use derivative instruments. These derivative
instruments will be counted toward the 65% policy discussed
above to the extent they have economic characteristics similar
to the securities included within that policy.
The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign
securities. This percentage limitation, however, does not apply
to foreign securities that are traded in the United States on a
national securities exchange. In addition, the Fund may invest
in investment grade fixed-income securities. The Fund may also
invest up to 15% of its net assets in real estate investment
trusts (REITs).
In selecting securities for investment, the Adviser utilizes a
bottom-up
investment process that seeks to identify companies with
potential for improved market valuations. The Adviser analyzes
quantitative and fundamental research on each company with a
focus on identifying potential catalysts for change, such as new
management, an industry development or a regulatory change, that
could benefit the company and cause its stock price to rise. The
Adviser sells a security when it believes that it no longer fits
the Funds investment criteria. The Adviser currently
anticipates that the Funds portfolio will consist of a
relatively small number of holdings.
The remaining 35% of the Funds assets may be invested in
investment grade non-convertible debt securities, including
corporate debt securities and U.S. government securities. The
Funds fixed-income investments may include zero coupon
securities which are purchased at a discount and accrue
interest, but make no interest payments until maturity.
The Fund may, but it is not required to, use derivative
instruments for a variety of purposes, including hedging, risk
management, portfolio management or to earn income. The
Funds use of derivatives may
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Fundamental Value Fund
involve the purchase and sale of derivative instruments such as
options, futures and swaps and other related instruments and
techniques. The Fund may utilize forward foreign currency
exchange contracts, which are also derivatives, in connection
with its investments in foreign securities.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective. The principal risks of investing in the Fund include:
Common Stocks and Other Equity Securities.
In general,
stock and other equity security values fluctuate, and sometimes
widely fluctuate, in response to activities specific to the
company as well as general market, economic and political
conditions. Investments in convertible securities subject the
Fund to the risks associated with both fixed-income securities,
including credit risk and interest rate risk, and common stocks.
A portion of the Funds convertible investments may be
rated below investment grade.
Value Investing Style.
The Fund emphasizes a value style
of investing, which focuses on undervalued companies with
characteristics for improved valuations. This style of investing
is subject to the risk that the valuations never improve or that
the returns on value equity securities are less than returns on
other styles of investing or the overall stock market. Value
stocks also may decline in price, even though in theory they are
already underpriced.
Fixed-Income Securities.
All fixed-income securities are
subject to two types of risk: credit risk and interest rate
risk. When the general level of interest rates goes up, the
prices of most fixed-income securities go down. When the general
level of interest rates goes down, the prices of most
fixed-income securities go up.
Lower Rated Securities (Junk Bonds).
The prices of these
securities are likely to be more sensitive to adverse economic
changes, resulting in increased volatility of market prices of
these securities during periods of economic uncertainty, or
adverse individual corporate developments, than higher-rated
securities. In addition, during an economic downturn or
substantial period of rising interest rates, junk bond issuers
and, in particular, highly leveraged issuers may experience
financial stress.
Foreign and Emerging Market Securities.
Investments in
foreign markets entail special risks such as currency,
political, economic and market risks. There also may be greater
market volatility, less reliable financial information, higher
transaction and custody costs, decreased market liquidity and
less government and exchange regulation associated with
investments in foreign markets. The risks of investing in
emerging market countries are greater than risks associated with
investments in foreign developed countries. Hedging the
Funds currency risks through forward foreign currency
exchange contracts involves the risk of mismatching the
Funds objectives under a forward foreign currency exchange
contract with the value of securities denominated in a
particular currency. There is additional risk that such
transactions reduce or preclude the opportunity for gain and
that currency contracts create exposure to currencies in which
the Funds securities are not denominated.
REITs.
REITs are susceptible to risks associated with the
ownership of real estate and the real estate industry in
general. In addition, REITs depend on specialized management
skills, may not be diversified, may have less trading volume and
may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than
the overall securities market. Investments in REITs may involve
duplication of management fees and certain other expenses.
Derivatives.
A derivative instrument often has risks
similar to its underlying instrument and may have additional
risks, including imperfect correlation between the value of the
derivative and the underlying instrument, risks of default by
the other party to certain transactions, magnification of losses
incurred due to changes in the market value of the securities,
instruments, indices or interest rates to which they relate, and
risks that the transactions may not be liquid. Certain
derivative transactions may give rise to a form of leverage.
Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and the risk of loss.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mary Jayne Maly
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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James O. Roeder
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mark Laskin
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Sergio Marcheli
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Portfolio Manager
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its
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related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund
shares and related services. These payments may create a
conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other
intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over
another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial
intermediarys Web site for more information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide total return.
An investment objective having the goal of total return means
selecting securities with the potential to rise in price and pay
out income. The Funds investment objective may be changed
by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder
approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund will normally invest at least 65% of its assets in
common stocks and other equity securities, which can include
depositary receipts, preferred stocks or securities convertible
into common or preferred stock. The Adviser primarily focuses on
equity securities of larger capitalization companies (i.e.,
companies with over $10 billion of market capitalization
currently), but the Fund may also invest in small and medium
capitalization companies. The Fund may also use derivative
instruments as discussed below. These derivative instruments
will be counted toward the 65% policy discussed above to the
extent they have economic characteristics similar to the
securities included within that policy. Up to 15% of the
Funds net assets may be invested in convertible securities
rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as junk
bonds). The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its net assets in
foreign securities. This percentage limitation, however, does
not apply to foreign securities that are traded in the United
States on a national securities exchange. The Fund may also
invest up to 15% of its net assets in REITs.
In selecting securities for investment, the Adviser utilizes a
bottom-up
investment process that seeks to identify companies with
potential for improved market valuations. The Adviser analyzes
quantitative and fundamental research on each company with a
focus on identifying potential catalysts for change that could
benefit the company and cause its stock price to rise. Examples
of catalysts for change can include new management, an industry
development or a regulatory change. In assessing the strength of
a company, the Adviser generally analyzes value measures, such
as price/earnings ratios, cash flow and enterprise value/sales
ratios, relative to the companys return on capital. The
Adviser may also consider the companys ability to pay a
dividend, among other factors. The Adviser currently anticipates
that the Funds portfolio will consist of a relatively
small number of holdings (i.e.,
35-65
companies). In determining whether to sell a security, the
Adviser considers a number of factors, including changes in the
issuers financial
and/or
industry position, as well as general economic and market
conditions.
Common stock is a share ownership or equity interest in a
corporation. It may or may not pay dividends, as some companies
reinvest all of their profits back into their businesses, while
others pay out some of their profits to shareholders as
dividends. A convertible security is a bond, preferred stock or
other security that may be converted into a prescribed amount of
common stock at a prestated price. A depositary receipt is
generally issued by a bank or financial institution and
represents an ownership interest in the common stock or other
equity securities of a foreign company.
The remaining 35% of the Funds assets may be invested in
investment grade non-convertible debt securities, including
corporate debt securities and U.S. government securities. The
Funds fixed-income investments may include zero coupon
securities which are purchased at a discount and accrue
interest, but make no interest payments until maturity. The Fund
may also invest in exchange-traded index funds (ETFs).
The Fund may, but it is not required to, use derivative
instruments for a variety of purposes, including hedging, risk
management, portfolio management or to earn income. Derivatives
are financial instruments whose value is based on the value of
another underlying asset, interest rate, index or financial
instrument. The Funds use of derivatives may involve the
purchase and sale of derivative instruments such as options,
futures and swaps and other related instruments and techniques.
The Fund may also use forward foreign currency exchange
contracts, which are also derivatives, in connection with its
investments in foreign securities.
In pursuing the Funds investment objective, the Adviser
has considerable leeway in deciding which investments it buys,
holds or sells on a
day-to-day
basis and which investment strategies it uses. For example, the
Adviser in its discretion may determine to use some permitted
trading investment while not using others. The Adviser sells a
security when it believes that it no longer fits the Funds
investment criteria.
Principal
Risks
Common Stocks and Other Equity Securities.
A principal
risk of investing in the Fund is associated with its common
stock investments. In general, stock values fluctuate in
response to activities specific to the company as well as
general market, economic and political conditions. Stock prices
can fluctuate widely in response to these factors.
Investments in convertible securities subject the Fund to the
risks associated with both fixed-income securities and common
stocks. To the extent that a convertible securitys
investment value is greater than its conversion value, its price
will likely increase when interest rates fall and decrease when
interest rates rise, as with a fixed-income security. If the
conversion value exceeds the investment value, the price of the
convertible security will tend to fluctuate directly with the
price of the underlying equity security. A portion of the
convertible securities in which the Fund may invest may be rated
below investment grade. Securities rated below investment grade
are commonly known as junk bonds and have speculative credit
risk characteristics.
Value Investing Style.
The Fund emphasizes a value style
of investing, which focuses on undervalued companies with
characteristics for improved valuations. This style of investing
is subject to the risk that the valuations never improve or that
the returns on value equity securities are less than returns on
other styles of investing or the overall stock market. Value
stocks also may decline in price, even though in theory they are
already underpriced. Different types of stocks tend to shift in
and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions and
the Funds performance may sometimes be lower or higher
than that of other types of funds (such as those emphasizing
growth stocks).
Fixed-Income Securities.
All fixed-income securities are
subject to two types of risk: credit risk and interest rate
risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a
security will be unable to make interest payments
and/or
repay
the principal on its debt. Interest rate risk refers to
fluctuations in the value of a fixed-income security resulting
from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the
general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most
fixed-income securities go down. When the general level of
interest rates goes down, the prices of most fixed-income
securities go up. (Zero coupon securities are typically subject
to greater price fluctuations than comparable securities that
pay interest.)
Lower Rated Securities (Junk Bonds).
Lower rated
securities (commonly known as junk bonds) are subject to greater
risk of loss of income and principal than higher-rated
securities. The prices of junk bonds are likely to be more
sensitive to adverse economic changes or individual corporate
developments than higher-rated securities. During an economic
downturn or substantial period of rising interest rates, junk
bond issuers and, in particular, highly leveraged issuers may
experience financial stress that would adversely affect their
ability to service their principal and interest payment
obligations, to meet their projected business goals or to obtain
additional financing. In the event of a default, the Fund may
incur additional expenses to seek recovery. The secondary market
for junk
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bonds may be less liquid than the markets for higher quality
securities and, as such, may have an adverse effect on the
market prices of certain securities. Many junk bonds are issued
as Rule 144A securities. Rule 144A securities could
have the effect of increasing the level of Fund illiquidity to
the extent the Fund may be unable to find qualified
institutional buyers interested in purchasing the securities.
The illiquidity of the market may also adversely affect the
ability of the Funds Trustees to arrive at a fair value
for certain junk bonds at certain times and could make it
difficult for the Fund to sell certain securities. In addition,
periods of economic uncertainty and change probably would result
in an increased volatility of market prices of high yield
securities and a corresponding volatility in the Funds net
asset value.
Foreign and Emerging Market Securities.
The Funds
investments in foreign securities involve risks that are in
addition to the risks associated with domestic securities. One
additional risk is currency risk. While the price of Fund shares
is quoted in U.S. dollars, the Fund may convert U.S. dollars to
a foreign markets local currency to purchase a security in
that market. If the value of that local currency falls relative
to the U.S. dollar, the U.S. dollar value of the foreign
security will decrease. This is true even if the foreign
securitys local price remains unchanged.
Foreign securities also have risks related to economic and
political developments abroad, including expropriations,
confiscatory taxation, exchange control regulation, limitations
on the use or transfer of Fund assets and any effects of foreign
social, economic or political instability. Foreign companies, in
general, are not subject to the regulatory requirements of U.S.
companies and, as such, there may be less publicly available
information about these companies. Moreover, foreign accounting,
auditing and financial reporting standards generally are
different from those applicable to U.S. companies. Finally, in
the event of a default of any foreign debt obligations, it may
be more difficult for the Fund to obtain or enforce a judgment
against the issuers of the securities.
Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid than comparable
securities of U.S. issuers and, as such, their price changes may
be more volatile. Furthermore, foreign exchanges and
broker-dealers are generally subject to less government and
exchange scrutiny and regulation than their U.S. counterparts.
In addition, differences in clearance and settlement procedures
in foreign markets may cause delays in settlement of the
Funds trades effected in those markets and could result in
losses to the Fund due to subsequent declines in the value of
the securities subject to the trades.
The foreign securities in which the Fund may invest may be
issued by issuers located in emerging market or developing
countries. Compared to the United States and other developed
countries, emerging market or developing countries may have
relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few
industries and securities markets that trade a small number of
securities. Securities issued by companies located in these
countries tend to be especially volatile and may be less liquid
than securities traded in developed countries. In the past,
securities in these countries have been characterized by greater
potential loss than securities of companies located in developed
countries.
Depositary receipts involve many of the same risks as those
associated with direct investment in foreign securities. In
addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts,
particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts,
are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications
to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any
voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.
In connection with its investments in foreign securities, the
Fund also may enter into contracts with banks, brokers or
dealers to purchase or sell securities or foreign currencies at
a future date (forward contracts). A foreign currency forward
contract is a negotiated agreement between the contracting
parties to exchange a specified amount of currency at a
specified future time at a specified rate. The rate can be
higher or lower than the spot rate between the currencies that
are the subject of the contract. Forward foreign currency
exchange contracts may be used to protect against uncertainty in
the level of future foreign currency exchange rates or to gain
or modify exposure to a particular currency. In addition, the
Fund may use cross currency hedging or proxy hedging with
respect to currencies in which the Fund has or expects to have
portfolio or currency exposure. Cross currency hedges involve
the sale of one currency against the positive exposure to a
different currency and may be used for hedging purposes or to
establish an active exposure to the exchange rate between any
two currencies. Hedging the Funds currency risks involves
the risk of mismatching the Funds objectives under a
forward or futures contract with the value of securities
denominated in a particular currency. Furthermore, such
transactions reduce or preclude the opportunity for gain if the
value of the currency should move in the direction opposite to
the position taken. There is an additional risk to the effect
that currency contracts create exposure to currencies in which
the Funds securities are not denominated. Unanticipated
changes in currency prices may result in poorer overall
performance for the Fund than if it had not entered into such
contracts.
REITs.
REITs pool investors funds for investment
primarily in real estate properties or real estate-related
loans. REITs generally derive their income from rents on the
underlying properties or interest on the underlying loans, and
their value is impacted by changes in the value of the
underlying property or changes in interest rates affecting the
underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible
to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the
real estate industry in general. These risks can include
fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by
borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and
local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents;
increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures
or operating expenses; and other economic, political or
regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. In
addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may
not be diversified (which may increase the volatility of a
REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
overall securities market. Furthermore, investments in REITs may
involve duplication of management fees and certain other
expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share
of any expenses paid by REITs in which it invests. U.S. REITs
are not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided
they comply with several requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). U.S. REITs are subject to
the risk of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of
income under the Code.
Derivatives.
A derivative instrument often has risks
similar to its underlying instrument and may have additional
risks, including imperfect correlation between the value of the
derivative and the underlying instrument, risks of default by
the other party to certain transactions, magnification of losses
incurred due to changes in the market value of the securities,
instruments, indices or interest rates to which they relate, and
risks that the transactions may not be liquid. The use of
derivatives involves risks that are different from, and possibly
greater than, the risks associated with other portfolio
investments. Derivatives may involve the use of highly
specialized instruments that require investment techniques and
risk analyses different from those associated with other
portfolio investments. Certain derivative transactions may give
rise to a form of leverage. Leverage magnifies the potential for
gain and the risk of loss. Leverage associated with derivative
transactions may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions
when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its
obligations or to meet earmarking or segregation requirements,
pursuant to applicable SEC rules and regulations, or may cause
the Fund to be more volatile than if the Fund had not been
leveraged. Although the Adviser seeks to use derivatives to
further the Funds investment objectives, there is no
assurance that the use of derivatives will achieve this result.
The derivative instruments and techniques that the Fund may
principally use include:
Options.
If a Fund buys an option, it buys a legal
contract giving it the right to buy or sell a specific amount of
the underlying instrument or
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futures contract on the underlying instrument at an agreed upon
price typically in exchange for a premium paid by the Fund. If a
Fund sells an option, it sells to another person the right to
buy from or sell to the Fund a specific amount of the underlying
instrument or futures contract on the underlying instrument at
an agreed upon price typically in exchange for a premium
received by the Fund. A decision as to whether, when and how to
use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment and even
a well conceived option transaction may be unsuccessful because
of market behavior or unexpected events. The prices of options
can be highly volatile and the use of options can lower total
returns.
Futures.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement
between two parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an
underlying instrument at a specific price at a specific future
time. The value of a futures contract tends to increase and
decrease in tandem with the value of the underlying instrument.
Futures contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the
purchaser and the seller equally obligated to complete the
transaction. Depending on the terms of the particular contract,
futures contracts are settled through either physical delivery
of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by
payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. A
decision as to whether, when and how to use futures involves the
exercise of skill and judgment and even a well conceived futures
transaction may be unsuccessful because of market behavior or
unexpected events. In addition to the derivatives risks
discussed above, the prices of futures can be highly volatile,
using futures can lower total return, and the potential loss
from futures can exceed the Funds initial investment in
such contracts.
Swaps.
A swap contract is an agreement between two
parties pursuant to which the parties exchange payments at
specified dates on the basis of a specified notional amount,
with the payments calculated by reference to specified
securities, indexes, reference rates, currencies or other
instruments. Most swap agreements provide that when the period
payment dates for both parties are the same, the payments are
made on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted
out, with only the net amount paid by one party to the other).
The Funds obligations or rights under a swap contract
entered into on a net basis will generally be equal only to the
net amount to be paid or received under the agreement, based on
the relative values of the positions held by each counterparty.
Swap agreements are not entered into or traded on exchanges and
there is no central clearing or guaranty function for swaps.
Therefore, swaps are subject to credit risk or the risk of
default or non-performance by the counterparty. Swaps could
result in losses if interest rate or foreign currency exchange
rates or credit quality changes are not correctly anticipated by
the Fund or if the reference index, security or investments do
not perform as expected.
Other Risks.
The performance of the Fund also will depend
on whether or not the Adviser is successful in applying the
Funds investment strategies. The Fund is also subject to
other risks from its permissible investments, including the
risks associated with its investments in stocks of small and
medium capitalization companies and ETFs. For more information
about these risks, see the Additional Risk
Information section.
Additional
Investment Strategy Information
ETFs.
The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in
shares of various ETFs that seek to track the performance of
various portions or segments of the equity markets. No more than
5% of the Funds net assets will be invested in any one ETF.
Defensive Investing.
The Fund may take temporary
defensive positions in attempting to respond to
adverse market conditions. The Fund may invest any amount of its
assets in cash or money market instruments in a defensive
posture that may be inconsistent with the Funds principal
investment strategies when the Adviser believes it is advisable
to do so. Although taking a defensive posture is designed to
protect the Fund from an anticipated market downturn, it could
have the effect of reducing the benefit from any upswing in the
market. When the Fund takes a defensive position, it may not
achieve its investment objective.
The percentage limitations relating to the composition of the
Funds portfolio apply at the time the Fund acquires an
investment. Subsequent percentage changes that result from
market fluctuations generally will not require the Fund to sell
any portfolio security. However, the Fund may be required to
sell its illiquid securities holdings, or reduce its borrowings,
if any, in response to fluctuations in the value of such
holdings. The Fund may change its principal investment
strategies without shareholder approval; however, you would be
notified of any changes.
Additional Risk
Information
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies.
Investing in
securities of small and medium sized companies involves greater
risk than is customarily associated with investing in larger,
more established companies. Often, the stocks of these
companies, particularly small companies, may be more volatile
and less liquid than the stocks of more established companies
and may be subject to more abrupt and erratic price movements.
These stocks may have returns that vary, sometimes
significantly, from the overall stock market. Often small and
medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they
are focused are still evolving and, while this may offer better
growth potential than larger, more established companies, it
also may make them more sensitive to changing market conditions.
ETFs.
Shares of exchange-traded funds have many of the
same risks as direct investments in common stocks. Their market
value is expected to rise and fall as the value of the
underlying index rises and falls. In addition, the market value
of their shares may differ from the net asset value of the
particular fund. If the Fund invests in shares of ETFs it would,
in addition to its own expenses, indirectly bear its ratable
share of the ETFs expenses (i.e., advisory, administrative
or 12b-1 fees). In addition, the Fund would have increased
market exposure to those companies held in its portfolio that
are also held by the ETF.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described
in this prospectus vary from time to time, and at any time, the
Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in
this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and
other investments not described in this prospectus.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory Agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee
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computed based upon an annual rate applied to the average daily
net assets of the Fund as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $500 million
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0.670
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Over $500 million
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0.620
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Thomas B. Bastian, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Bastian was associated with
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment
management capacity (2003 to 2010). Mr. Bastian is the lead
portfolio manager of the Fund.
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Mary Jayne Maly, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Ms. Maly was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(1992 to 2010).
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James O. Roeder, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Roeder was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(1999 to 2010).
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Mark Laskin, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Laskin was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(2000 to 2010).
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Sergio Marcheli, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Marcheli was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(2002 to 2010).
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Messrs. Roeder, Laskin and Ms. Maly assist
Mr. Bastian in the management of the equity holdings of the
Fund. Mr. Marcheli manages the cash position in the Fund,
submits trades and aids in providing research.]
A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, annually.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
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then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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fee of up to 0.25%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
|
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
|
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Third
|
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
|
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1.50
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Third
|
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1.00
|
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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|
Class B CDSC
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|
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
|
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3.00
|
%
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
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2.50
|
|
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4.00
|
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Third
|
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2.00
|
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3.00
|
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Fourth
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1.00
|
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
|
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3.00
|
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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$
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
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bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class A2
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Class S
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number:
811-09913
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invescoaim.com
MS-FVAL-PRO-1
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (IVABX), B (IVAHX), C (IVAKX), Y (MSIVX)
Invesco
Large Cap Relative Value Fund
Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Funds investment
objective is to seek high total return by investing primarily in
equity securities that the Adviser believes to be undervalued
relative to the stock market in general at the time of
purchase.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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not FDIC insured;
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may
lose value; and
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not guaranteed by a bank.
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Shareholder Account Information
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A-1
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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Initial Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
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Redemption Fees
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Exchanging Shares
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Rights Reserved by the Funds
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Excessive Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing) Disclosures
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Pricing of Shares
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Taxes
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Large Cap Relative Value Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek high total
return by investing primarily in equity securities that the
Adviser believes to be undervalued relative to the stock market
in general at the time of purchase.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on page L-1 of the statement of additional information
(SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Class:
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B
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.50
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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5.00
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1.00
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Management Fees
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0.49
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0.49
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0.49
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Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.25
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1.00
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Other
Expenses
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Expenses
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Expenses
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Waiver
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement
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Other Expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and
Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current
fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 0.95%, Class B shares to 1.70%,
Class C shares to 1.70% and Class Y shares to 0.70% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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844
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844
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Class C
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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544
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174
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544
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73
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233
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Funds net
assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) will be
invested in equity securities of companies with capitalizations
within the range of companies included in the Russell
1000
®
Value Index. As of December 31, 2009, these market
capitalizations ranged between $263 million and
$332.7 billion. Equity securities in which the Fund may
invest include common stock, preferred stock, convertible
securities, depositary receipts, rights and warrants. Derivative
instruments used by the Fund will be counted toward the 80%
policy to the extent they have economic characteristics similar
to the securities included within that policy.
The Adviser seeks to construct a diversified portfolio of equity
securities of U.S. and, to a limited extent, foreign issuers
that will outperform the market over the long term. The
portfolio managers emphasize a
bottom-up
approach to investing that seeks to identify securities of
undervalued issuers. The Adviser looks at the various attributes
of a company to determine whether the company is attractively
valued in the current marketplace, such as price/earnings ratio,
price/book value ratio and price/sales ratio. The Adviser sells
a security when it believes that it no longer fits the
Funds investment criteria.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities
of foreign issuers, including issuers in emerging market or
developing countries. This percentage limitation, however, does
not apply to securities of foreign companies that are listed in
the United States on a national exchange. The Fund may also
invest up to 15% of its net assets in real estate investment
trusts (REITs).
The Fund may write (sell) listed and over-the-counter (OTC)
covered call options on its portfolio securities, may purchase
and sell stock index futures contracts and may purchase put
options on stock indexes and stock index futures. The Fund may
use options and futures for portfolio management, to increase or
decrease the Funds market exposure, to seek higher
investment returns, or to seek to protect against a decline in
the value of the Funds securities or an increase in prices
of securities that may be purchased.
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Large Cap Relative Value Fund
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Investments in common stocks and other equity securities
generally are affected by changes in the stock markets, which
fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and
sharply.
Foreign Securities.
Investing in the securities of
foreign issuers, particularly those located in emerging market
or developing countries, entails the risk that news and events
unique to a country or region will affect those markets and
their issuers. The value of the Funds shares may vary
widely in response to political and economic factors affecting
companies in foreign countries.
REITs.
Investing in REITs makes the Fund more susceptible
to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and with
the real estate industry in general and may involve duplication
of management fees and other expenses. REITs may be less
diversified than other pools of securities, may have lower
trading volumes and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic
price movements than the overall securities markets.
Risks of Derivatives.
Risks of derivatives include the
possible imperfect correlation between the value of the
instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the
other party to the transaction; risks that the transactions may
result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in
portfolio positions; and risks that the instruments may not be
liquid. Certain derivative transactions may give rise to a form
of leverage. Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and the
risk of loss.
Value Investing.
The Fund emphasizes a value style of
investing. The Funds investment style presents the risk
that the valuations may never improve or that the returns on
value securities may be less than the returns on other styles of
investing or the overall stock market. Different types of stocks
tend to shift in and out of favor depending on market and
economic conditions. Thus, the value of the Funds
investments will vary and at times may be lower or higher than
that of other types of investments.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mary Jayne Maly
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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James O. Roeder
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mark J. Laskin
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Sergio Marcheli
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek high total
return by investing primarily in equity securities that the
Adviser believes to be undervalued relative to the stock market
in general at the time of purchase. High total return means that
the Fund seeks to achieve a high level of capital appreciation
and income. The Funds investment objective may be changed
by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder
approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The Adviser seeks to construct a diversified portfolio of equity
securities of U.S. and, to a limited extent, foreign issuers
that will outperform the market over the long term. The
portfolio managers emphasize a
bottom-up
approach to investing that seeks to identify securities of
undervalued issuers.
The Adviser seeks attractively valued companies experiencing a
change that the Adviser believes could have a positive impact on
a companys outlook, such as a change in management,
industry dynamics or
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operational efficiency. The Adviser looks at the various
attributes of a company to determine whether the company is
attractively valued in the current marketplace, such as
price/earnings ratio, price/book value ratio and price/sales
ratio. In determining whether securities should be sold, the
Adviser considers factors such as appreciation to fair value,
fundamental change in the company or changes in economic or
market trends.
Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Funds net
assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) will be
invested in equity securities of companies with capitalizations
within the range of companies included in the Russell
1000
®
Value Index. As of December 31, 2009, these market
capitalizations ranged between $263 million and
$332.7 billion. Derivative instruments used by the Fund
will be counted toward the 80% policy discussed above to the
extent they have economic characteristics similar to the
securities included within that policy.
Equity securities in which the Fund may invest include common
stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, depositary
receipts, rights and warrants. The Fund may invest in equity
securities that are publicly-traded on securities exchanges or
over the counter or in equity securities that are not publicly
traded. Securities that are not publicly traded may be more
difficult to sell and their value may fluctuate more
dramatically than other securities. The prices of convertible
securities are affected by changes similar to those of equity
and fixed income securities. The value of a convertible security
tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the
conversion feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the
market value of the underlying equity security.
The Fund may use various instruments that derive their values
from those of specified securities, indices, currencies or other
points of reference for both hedging and non-hedging purposes.
Derivatives include futures, options, forward contracts, swaps
and structured investments. These derivatives, including those
used to manage risk, are themselves subject to risks of the
different markets in which they trade and, therefore, may not
serve their intended purposes.
A futures contract provides for the future sale by one party and
purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific
obligation underlying the contact at a specified future time and
at a specified price. The Fund may use futures contracts to gain
or modify exposure to an entire market (i.e., stock index
futures) or to control its exposure to changing foreign currency
exchange rates.
If the Fund buys an option, it buys a legal contract giving it
the right to buy or sell a specific amount of a security or
futures contract at an
agreed-upon
price. If the Fund writes an option, it sells to another person
the right to buy from or sell to the Fund a specific amount of a
security or futures contract at an
agreed-upon
price. The use of options would subject the Fund to certain
risks. The Advisers predictions of movements in the
direction of the securities markets may be inaccurate, and the
adverse consequences to the Fund (i.e., a reduction in the
Funds net asset value or a reduction in the amount of
income available for distribution) may leave the Fund in a worse
position than if the options had not been used. Other risks
inherent in the use of options include, for example, the
possible imperfect correlation between the price of option
contracts and movements in the prices of the securities included
in the indices underlying the options.
A forward contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a
security or a specific currency at a future date, which may be
any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed
upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract.
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts may be used to
protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign
currency exchange rates or to gain or modify exposure to a
particular currency.
The Fund may enter into swap transactions, which are contracts
in which the Fund agrees to exchange the return or interest rate
on one instrument for the return or interest rate on another
instrument. Payments may be based on currencies, interest rates,
securities indices or commodity indices. Swaps may be used to
manage the maturity and duration of a fixed income portfolio, or
to gain exposure to a market without directly investing in
securities traded in that market.
Structured investments are securities that are convertible into,
or the value of which is based upon the value of, other fixed
income or equity securities or indices upon certain terms and
conditions. The amount the Fund receives when it sells a
structured investment or at maturity of a structured investment
is not fixed, but is based on the price of the underlying
security or index.
If the Fund utilizes options
and/or
futures transactions (including investments in stock index
futures, or options on stock indexes or stock index futures or
writing listed and OTC covered call options), its participation
in these markets would subject the Fund to certain risks. If the
Advisers predictions of movements in the direction of the
stock markets are inaccurate, the adverse consequences to the
Fund (i.e., a potential reduction in the Funds net asset
value or a reduction in the amount of income available for
distribution) may leave the Fund in a worse position than if
these strategies were not used. OTC covered call options are
negotiated with dealers and there is no secondary market for
these investments.
Hedging the Funds currency risks involves the risk of
mismatching the Funds obligations under a forward or
futures contract with the value of securities denominated in a
particular currency.
The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its total assets in
securities of foreign issuers, including issuers in emerging
market and developing countries. This percentage limitation,
however, does not apply to securities of foreign companies that
are listed in the United States on a national exchange. The Fund
may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in REITs.
In pursuing the Funds investment objectives, the Adviser
has considerable leeway in deciding which investments it buys,
holds or sells on a
day-to-day
basis, and which investment strategies it uses. For example, the
Adviser in its discretion may determine to use some permitted
investment strategies while not using others. The success or
failure of such decisions will affect the Funds
performance. The Adviser sells a security when it believes that
it no longer fits the Funds investment criteria.
Principal
Risks
Equity Securities Risk.
In general, prices of equity
securities are more volatile than those of fixed income
securities. The prices of equity securities will rise and fall
in response to a number of different factors. In particular,
prices of equity securities will respond to events that affect
entire financial markets or industries (changes in inflation or
consumer demand, for example) and to events that affect
particular issuers (news about the success or failure of a new
product, for example). In addition, at times the Funds
market sector, undervalued equity securities of
large-capitalization companies, may underperform relative to
other sectors or the overall market.
Foreign Securities Risk.
Investing in the securities of
foreign issuers, particularly those located in emerging market
or developing countries, entails the risk that news and events
unique to a country or region will affect those markets and
their issuers. The value of the Funds shares may vary
widely in response to political and economic factors affecting
companies in foreign countries. These same events will not
necessarily have an effect on the U.S. economy or similar
issuers located in the United States. In addition, the
Funds investments in foreign issuers generally will be
denominated in foreign currencies. As a result, changes in the
value of a countrys currency compared to the U.S. dollar
may affect the value of the Funds investments. These
changes may occur separately from and in response to events that
do not otherwise affect the value of the security in the
issuers home country.
REITs.
REITs pool investors funds for investments
primarily in commercial real estate properties. Like mutual
funds, REITs have expenses, including advisory and
administration fees, that are paid by their shareholders. As a
result, shareholders will absorb duplicate levels of fees when
the Fund invests in REITs. The performance of any Fund REIT
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holdings ultimately depends on the types of real property in
which the REITs invest and how well the property is managed. A
general downturn in real estate values also can hurt REIT
performance. In addition, REITs are subject to certain
provisions under federal tax law. The failure of a company to
qualify as a REIT could have adverse consequences for the Fund,
including significantly reducing the return to the Fund on its
investment in such company.
Risks of Derivatives.
The primary risks of derivatives
are: (i) changes in the market value of securities held by
the Fund, and of derivatives relating to those securities, may
not be proportionate, (ii) there may not be a liquid market
for the Fund to sell a derivative, which could result in
difficulty closing a position and (iii) certain derivatives
can magnify the extent of losses incurred due to changes in the
market value of the securities to which they relate. In
addition, some derivatives are subject to counterparty risk. To
minimize this risk, the Fund may enter into derivatives
transactions only with counterparties that meet certain
requirements for credit quality and collateral. Also, the Fund
may invest in certain derivatives that require the Fund to
segregate some or all of its cash or liquid securities to cover
its obligations under those instruments. At certain levels, this
can cause the Fund to lose flexibility in managing its
investments properly, responding to shareholder redemption
requests or meeting other obligations. If the Fund is in that
position, it could be forced to sell other securities that it
wanted to retain.
Value Investing.
The Fund emphasizes a value style of
investing. The Funds investment style presents the risk
that the valuations may never improve or that the returns on
value securities may be less than the returns on other styles of
investing or the overall stock market. Different types of stocks
tend to shift in and out of favor depending on market and
economic conditions. Thus, the value of the Funds
investments will vary and at times may be lower or higher than
that of other types of investments.
Additional
Strategies and Risk Factors
Price Volatility.
The value of your investment in the
Fund is based on the market prices of the securities the Fund
holds. These prices change daily due to economic and other
events that affect markets generally, as well as those that
affect particular regions, countries, industries, companies or
governments. These price movements, sometimes called volatility,
may be greater or less depending on the types of securities the
Fund owns and the markets in which the securities trade. Over
time, equity securities have generally shown gains superior to
fixed income securities, although they have tended to be more
volatile in the short term. Fixed income securities, regardless
of credit quality, also experience price volatility, especially
in response to interest rate changes. As a result of price
volatility, there is a risk that you may lose money by investing
in the Fund.
Foreign Investing.
To the extent that the Fund invests in
foreign issuers, there is the risk that news and events unique
to a country or region will affect those markets and their
issuers. These same events will not necessarily have an effect
on the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United
States. In addition, some of the Funds securities,
including underlying securities represented by depositary
receipts, generally will be denominated in foreign currencies.
As a result, changes in the value of a countrys currency
compared to the U.S. dollar may affect the value of the
Funds investments. These changes may happen separately
from, and in response to, events that do not otherwise affect
the value of the security in the issuers home country.
These risks may be intensified for the Funds investments
in securities of issuers located in emerging market or
developing countries.
Foreign Securities.
Foreign issuers generally are subject
to different accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards than U.S. issuers. There may be less information
available to the public about foreign issuers. Securities of
foreign issuers can be less liquid and experience greater price
movements. In some foreign countries, there is also the risk of
government expropriation, excessive taxation, political or
social instability, the imposition of currency controls or
diplomatic developments that could affect the Funds
investment. There also can be difficulty obtaining and enforcing
judgments against issuers in foreign countries. Foreign stock
exchanges, broker-dealers and listed issuers may be subject to
less government regulation and oversight. The cost of investing
in foreign securities, including brokerage commissions and
custodial expenses, can be higher than in the United States.
Emerging Market Risks.
The Fund may invest in emerging
market or developing countries, which are countries that major
international financial institutions, such as the World Bank,
generally consider to be less economically mature than developed
nations, such as the United States or most nations in Western
Europe. Emerging market or developing countries can include
every nation in the world except the United States, Canada,
Japan, Australia, New Zealand and most countries located in
Western Europe. Emerging market or developing countries may be
more likely to experience political turmoil or rapid changes in
economic conditions than more developed countries, and the
financial condition of issuers in emerging market or developing
countries may be more precarious than in other countries. In
addition, emerging market securities generally are less liquid
and subject to wider price and currency fluctuations than
securities issued in more developed countries. These
characteristics result in greater risk of price volatility in
emerging market or developing countries, which may be heightened
by currency fluctuations relative to the U.S. dollar.
Foreign Currency.
The investments of the Fund generally
will be denominated in foreign currencies. The value of foreign
currencies may fluctuate relative to the value of the U.S.
dollar. Since the Fund may invest in such
non-U.S.
dollar-denominated securities, and therefore may convert the
value of such securities into U.S. dollars, changes in currency
exchange rates can increase or decrease the U.S. dollar value of
the Funds assets. The portfolio managers may use
derivatives to reduce this risk or may choose not to hedge
against currency risk. In addition, certain market conditions
may make it impossible or uneconomical to hedge against currency
risk.
Exchange-Traded Funds.
The Fund may invest up to 10% of
its net assets in shares of various exchange-traded funds
(ETFs). No more than 5% of the Funds net assets will be
invested in any one ETF. ETFs seek to track the performance of
various portions or segments of the equity markets. Shares of
ETFs have many of the same risks as direct investments in common
stocks or bonds and their market value is expected to rise and
fall as the value of the underlying index rises and falls. The
market value of their shares may differ from the net asset value
of the particular underlying securities. As a shareholder in an
ETF, the Fund would bear its ratable share of that entitys
expenses. At the same time, the Fund would continue to pay its
own investment management fees and other expenses. As a result,
the Fund and its shareholders, in effect, will be absorbing
duplicate levels of fees with respect to investments in ETFs.
When the Adviser believes that changes in economic, financial or
political conditions warrant, the Fund may invest without limit
in certain short- and medium term fixed income securities for
temporary defensive purposes that may be inconsistent with the
Funds principal investment strategies. If the Adviser
incorrectly predicts the effects of these changes, such
defensive investments may adversely affect the Funds
performance and the Fund may not achieve its investment
objective.
Consistent with its investment policies, the Fund will purchase
and sell securities without regard to the effect on portfolio
turnover. Higher portfolio turnover (i.e., over 100% per year)
will cause the Fund to incur additional transaction costs and
may result in taxable gains being passed through to
shareholders. The Fund may engage in frequent trading of
securities to achieve their investment objectives.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
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The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $150 million
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0.500
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0.450
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0.400
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Thomas B. Bastian, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Bastian was associated with
Morgan Stanley Investment Management in an investment management
capacity (2003 to 2010). Mr. Bastian is the lead portfolio
manager of the Fund.
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Mary Jayne Maly, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Ms. Maly was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Management in an investment management capacity (1992
to 2010).
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James O. Roeder, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Roeder was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Management in an investment management capacity (1999
to 2010).
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Mark J. Laskin, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Laskin was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Management in an investment management capacity (2000
to 2010).
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Sergio Marcheli, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Marcheli was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Management in an investment management capacity (1995
to 2010). Mr. Marcheli manages the cash position in the
Fund, submits trades and aids in providing research.]
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A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, annually.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
|
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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|
Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
|
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Third
|
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3.00
|
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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|
Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
|
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4.00
|
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Third
|
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3.00
|
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Fourth
|
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2.50
|
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
|
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3.50
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Fourth
|
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
|
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1.50
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Third
|
|
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1.00
|
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Fourth
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0.50
|
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Fifth and following
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None
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
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purchased
|
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
|
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June 1, 2005
|
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First
|
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3.00
|
%
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
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2.50
|
|
|
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4.00
|
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Third
|
|
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2.00
|
|
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3.00
|
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Fourth
|
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1.00
|
|
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2.50
|
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
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|
First
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4.00
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%
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Second
|
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4.00
|
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Third
|
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3.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
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2.50
|
|
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
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bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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Exchange From
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class A2
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Class A, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class S
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SEC s Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
MS-LCRV-PRO-1
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (NYFAX), B (NYFBX), C (NYFCX), Y (NYFDX)
Invesco
New York Tax-Free Income Fund
Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Funds investment
objective is to provide a high level of current income exempt
from federal, New York state and New York city income tax or
other local income taxes, consistent with the preservation of
capital.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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lose value; and
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
New York Tax-Free Income Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide a high level
of current income exempt from federal, New York state and New
York city income tax or other local income taxes, consistent
with the preservation of capital.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on page L-1 of the statement of additional information
(SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 0.90%, Class B shares to 1.40%,
Class C shares to 1.40% and Class Y shares to 0.65% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities that
pay interest exempt from federal, New York state and New York
city income tax or other local income taxes. The Funds
investment adviser, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser),
generally invests the Funds assets in investment grade,
New York municipal obligations. The Fund may also invest in
unrated securities, which are judged by the Adviser to be of
comparable quality. Municipal obligations are bonds, notes or
short-term commercial paper issued by state governments, local
governments or their respective agencies.
Additionally, the Fund may invest up to 5% of its net assets in
municipal obligations rated below investment grade or, if
unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the Adviser
(commonly known as junk bonds).
The Fund may invest in inverse floating rate municipal
obligations. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net
assets in taxable money market instruments, tax-exempt
securities of other states and municipalities and securities
that pay interest income subject to the alternative minimum tax.
The Fund may engage in interest rate transactions and may invest
in options and futures.
In selecting securities for purchase and sale, the Adviser uses
its research capabilities to identify and monitor investment
opportunities. In conducting its research and analysis, the
Adviser considers a number of factors, including general market
and economic conditions and credit and interest rate risk.
Portfolio securities are typically sold when the assessments of
the Adviser of any of these factors materially change.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective. The Funds share price and yield will fluctuate
with changes in the market value
and/or
yield
of the Funds portfolio securities. When you sell Fund
shares, they may be worth less than what you paid for them and,
accordingly, you can lose money investing in this Fund.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk refers to the possibility that
the issuer of a security will be unable or unwilling to make
interest payments
and/or
repay
the principal on its debt. In the case of revenue bonds, notes
or commercial paper, for example, the credit risk is the
possibility that the
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user fees from a project or other specified revenue sources are
insufficient to meet interest
and/or
principal payment obligations. Private activity bonds used to
finance projects, such as industrial development and pollution
control, may also be negatively impacted by the general credit
of the user of the project.
Interest Rate Risk.
Interest rate risk refers to
fluctuations in the value of a fixed-income security resulting
from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the
general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most
fixed-income securities go down. When the general level of
interest rates goes down, the prices of most fixed-income
securities go up. Zero coupon securities are typically subject
to greater price fluctuations than comparable securities that
pay current interest.
Lease Obligations.
Leases and installment purchase or
conditional sale contracts (which may provide for title to the
leased asset to pass eventually to the issuer) have developed as
a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and
equipment without the necessity of complying with the
constitutional and statutory requirements generally applicable
for the issuance of debt. Certain lease obligations contain
non-appropriation clauses that provide that the governmental
issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease
or contract unless money is appropriated for that purpose by the
appropriate legislative body on an annual or other periodic
basis. Consequently, continued lease payments on those lease
obligations containing non-appropriation clauses are dependent
on future legislative actions. If these legislative actions do
not occur, the holders of the lease obligation may experience
difficulty in exercising their rights, including disposition of
the property.
Private Activity Bonds.
The issuers of private activity
bonds in which the Fund may invest may be negatively impacted by
conditions affecting either the general credit of the user of
the private activity project or the project itself. Conditions
such as regulatory and environmental restrictions and economic
downturns may lower the need for these facilities and the
ability of users of the project to pay for the facilities. This
could cause a decline in the Funds value.
Inverse Floating Rate Municipal Obligations.
The inverse
floating rate municipal obligations in which the Fund may invest
include derivative instruments such as residual interest bonds
(RIBs) or tender option bonds (TOBs). Such instruments are
typically created by a special purpose trust that holds
long-term fixed rate bonds and sells two classes of beneficial
interests: short-term floating rate interests, which are sold to
third party investors, and inverse floating residual interests,
which are purchased by the Fund. The short-term floating rate
interests have first priority on the cash flow from the bond
held by the special purpose trust and the Fund is paid the
residual cash flow from the bond held by the special purpose
trust.
Alternative Minimum Tax.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of
its total assets in securities subject to the federal
alternative minimum tax.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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[Mark Paris
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Robert Stryker
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Julius Williams
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are primarily exempt from regular
federal, and state income taxes for residents of New York. A
portion of these distributions, however, may be subject to the
federal alternative minimum tax. The Fund may also make
distributions that are taxable to you as ordinary income or
capital gains.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide a high level
of current income exempt from federal, New York state and New
York city income tax or other local income taxes, consistent
with the preservation of capital. The Funds investment
objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees (the Board)
without shareholder approval.
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Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities that
pay interest exempt from federal, New York state and New York
city income tax or other local income taxes. The Funds
policy of investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus any
borrowings for investment purposes) in securities the interest
on which is exempt from federal income taxes and New York state
income taxes, except for defensive investing discussed below, is
fundamental. This fundamental policy may not be changed without
shareholder approval.
The Adviser generally invests the Funds assets in
investment grade, New York municipal obligations. Municipal
obligations are bonds, notes or short-term commercial paper
issued by state governments, local governments or their
respective agencies. These municipal obligations will have the
following ratings at the time of purchase:
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municipal bondswithin the four highest grades by
Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys),
Standard & Poors Ratings Group (S&P), or
Fitch Ratings (Fitch);
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municipal noteswithin the two highest grades or, if not
rated, have outstanding bonds within the four highest grades by
Moodys, S&P or Fitch; and
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municipal commercial paperwithin the highest grade by
Moodys, S&P or Fitch.
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The Fund may also invest in unrated securities which are judged
by the Adviser to have comparable quality to the securities
described above. Additionally, the Fund may invest up to 5% of
its net assets in municipal obligations rated below investment
grade or, if unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the
Adviser (commonly known as junk bonds).
The Fund buys and sells New York municipal securities with a
view towards seeking a high level of current income exempt from
federal and New York state and New York city income taxes or
other local income taxes. In selecting securities for purchase
and sale, the Adviser uses its research capabilities to identify
and monitor investment opportunities. In conducting its research
and analysis, the Adviser considers a number of factors,
including general market and economic conditions and credit and
interest rate risk. Portfolio securities are typically sold when
the assessments of the Adviser of any of these factors
materially change. Measures of interest rate risk evaluated by
the Adviser include duration, coupon, maturity and call
protection. Measures of credit risk evaluated by the Adviser
include individual issuer analysis, sector weightings,
geographic distribution and quality spreads.
A New York municipal security is a security that pays interest
that is exempt from federal income tax and New York state and
New York city income taxes or other local income taxes. This may
include municipal securities issued by United States territories
(such as Puerto Rico) that are exempt from federal income tax
and New York state and New York city or other local income taxes.
The Fund may invest in inverse floating rate municipal
obligations. The interest rates on these obligations generally
move in the reverse direction of market interest rates. If
market interest rates fall, the interest rate on the obligations
will increase and if market interest rates increase, the
interest rate on the obligations will fall.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in taxable money
market instruments, tax-exempt securities of other states and
municipalities and securities that pay interest income subject
to the alternative minimum tax. Since some investors may have to
pay tax on a Fund distribution of this income, the Fund may not
be a suitable investment for them.
Municipal bonds, notes and commercial paper are commonly
classified as either general obligation or revenue. General
obligation bonds, notes and commercial paper are secured by the
issuers faith and credit, including its taxing power, for
payment of principal and interest. Revenue bonds, notes and
commercial paper, however, are generally payable from a specific
source of income. They are issued to finance a wide variety of
municipal projects which may include: educational facilities,
electric utility, hospitals/healthcare, industrial
development/pollution control, single and multi-family housing,
transportation and water and sewer facilities. The Funds
municipal obligation investments may include zero coupon
securities, which are purchased at a discount and accrue
interest, but make no interest payments until maturity. In
addition, the Fund may invest in lease obligations and private
activity bonds. Lease obligations may take the form of a lease
or an installment purchase contract issued by public authorities
to acquire a wide variety of equipment and facilities. Private
activity bonds are issued by, or on behalf of, public
authorities to finance privately operated facilities.
The Fund may engage in interest rate transactions and may invest
in options and futures.
In pursuing the Funds investment objective, the Adviser
has considerable leeway in deciding which investments it buys,
holds or sells on a
day-to-day
basis and which investment strategies it uses. For example, the
Adviser in its discretion may determine to use some permitted
investment strategies while not using others. The Adviser sells
a security when it believes that it no longer fits the
Funds investment criteria.
Principal
Risks
Credit and Interest Rate Risks.
Principal risks of
investing in the Fund are associated with its municipal
investments, particularly its concentration in municipal
obligations of a single state. Municipal obligations, like other
debt securities, are subject to two types of risks: credit risk
and interest rate risk.
Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a
security will be unable or unwilling to make interest payments
and/or
repay
the principal on its debt. In the case of revenue bonds, notes
or commercial paper, for example, the credit risk is the
possibility that the user fees from a project or other specified
revenue sources are insufficient to meet interest
and/or
principal payment obligations. Private activity bonds used to
finance projects, such as industrial development and pollution
control, may also be negatively impacted by the general credit
of the user of the project. Unlike most fixed-income mutual
funds, the Fund is subject to the added credit risk of
concentrating its investments in a single state. The Fund could
be affected by political, economic and regulatory developments
concerning the issuers of the securities in which the Fund
invests. Should any difficulties develop concerning these
municipalities abilities to pay principal
and/or
interest on their debt obligations, the Funds value and
yield could be adversely affected.
Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a
fixed-income security resulting from changes in the general
level of interest rates. When the general level of interest
rates goes up, the prices of most fixed-income securities go
down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the
prices of most fixed-income securities go up. Zero coupon
securities are typically subject to greater price fluctuations
than comparable securities that pay current interest.
The Fund is not limited as to the maturities of the municipal
obligations in which it may invest. Thus, a rise in the general
level of interest rates may cause the price of the Funds
portfolio securities to fall substantially. In addition, the
Fund may invest in securities with the lowest investment grade
rating. These securities may have speculative characteristics.
Lease Obligations.
Lease obligations may have risks not
normally associated with general obligation or other revenue
bonds. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale
contracts (which may provide for title to the leased asset to
pass eventually to the issuer) have developed as a means for
governmental issuers to acquire property and equipment without
the necessity of complying with the constitutional and statutory
requirements generally applicable for the issuance of debt.
Certain lease obligations contain non-appropriation clauses that
provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make
future payments under the lease or contract unless money is
appropriated for that purpose by the appropriate legislative
body on an annual or other periodic basis. Consequently,
continued lease payments on those lease obligations containing
non-appropriation clauses are dependent on future legislative
actions. If
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these legislative actions do not occur, the holders of the lease
obligation may experience difficulty in exercising their rights,
including disposition of the property.
Private Activity Bonds.
The issuers of private activity
bonds in which the Fund may invest may be negatively impacted by
conditions affecting either the general credit of the user of
the private activity project or the project itself. Conditions
such as regulatory and environmental restrictions and economic
downturns may lower the need for these facilities and the
ability of users of the project to pay for the facilities. This
could cause a decline in the Funds value. The Funds
private activity bond holdings also may pay interest subject to
the alternative minimum tax.
Inverse Floating Rate Municipal Obligations.
The inverse
floating rate municipal obligations in which the Fund may invest
include derivative instruments such as residual interest bonds
(RIBs) or tender option bonds (TOBs). Such instruments are
typically created by a special purpose trust that holds
long-term fixed rate bonds and sells two classes of beneficial
interests: short-term floating rate interests, which are sold to
third party investors, and inverse floating residual interests,
which are purchased by the Fund. The short-term floating rate
interests have first priority on the cash flow from the bond
held by the special purpose trust and the Fund is paid the
residual cash flow from the bond held by the special purpose
trust.
Inverse floating rate investments are variable debt instruments
that pay interest at rates that move in the opposite direction
of prevailing interest rates. Inverse floating rate investments
tend to underperform the market for fixed rate bonds in a rising
interest rate environment, but tend to outperform the market for
fixed rate bonds when interest rates decline or remain
relatively stable. Inverse floating rate investments have
varying degrees of liquidity.
The Fund generally invests in inverse floating rate investments
that include embedded leverage, thus exposing the Fund to
greater risks and increased costs. The market value of a
leveraged inverse floating rate investment generally will
fluctuate in response to changes in market rates of interest to
a greater extent than the value of an unleveraged investment.
The extent of increases and decreases in the value of inverse
floating rate investments generally will be larger than changes
in an equal principal amount of a fixed rate security having
similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturity,
which may cause the Funds net asset value to be more
volatile than if it had not invested in inverse floating rate
investments.
Alternative Minimum Tax.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of
its total assets in securities subject to the federal
alternative minimum tax.
Additional
Investment Strategy Information
Interest Rate Transactions.
The Fund may enter into
interest rate swaps and may purchase or sell interest rate caps,
floors and collars. The Fund expects to enter into these
transactions primarily to manage interest rate risk, hedge
portfolio positions and preserve a return or spread on a
particular investment or portion of its portfolio. The Fund may
also enter into these transactions to protect against any
increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates
purchasing at a later date.
Options and Futures.
The Fund may invest in put and call
options and futures on its portfolio securities. The Fund may
use options and futures to protect against a decline in the
Funds securities or an increase in prices of securities
that may be purchased.
Defensive Investing.
The Fund may take temporary
defensive positions that may be inconsistent with the
Funds principal investment strategies in attempting to
respond to adverse market conditions. The Fund may invest any
amount of its assets in taxable money market securities, non-New
York tax-exempt securities or in tax-exempt securities subject
to the alternative minimum tax for individual shareholders when
the Adviser believes it is advisable to do so. The Fund will
only purchase municipal obligations of other states that satisfy
the same standards as set forth for the New York tax-exempt
securities. Although taking a defensive posture is designed to
protect the Fund from an anticipated market downturn, it could
have the effect of reducing the Funds ability to provide
New York tax-exempt income. When the Fund takes a defensive
position, it may not achieve its investment objective.
The percentage limitations relating to the composition of the
Funds portfolio apply at the time the Fund acquires an
investment. Subsequent percentage changes that result from
market fluctuations generally will not require the Fund to sell
any portfolio security. However, the Fund may be required to
sell its illiquid securities holdings, or reduce its borrowings,
if any, in response to fluctuations in the value of such
holdings.
Additional Risk
Information
Bond Insurance Risk.
Many of the municipal obligations in
which the Fund invests will be covered by insurance at the time
of issuance or at a later date. Such insurance guarantees that
interest payments on a bond will be made on time and that
principal will be repaid when the bond matures. Insured
municipal obligations would generally be assigned a lower rating
if the rating were based primarily on the credit quality of the
issuer without regard to the insurance feature. If the
claims-paying ability of the insurer were downgraded, the
ratings on the municipal obligations it insures may also be
downgraded. Insurance does not protect the Fund against losses
caused by declines in a bonds value due to a change in
market conditions.
High Yield Securities.
The Funds investments in
high yield securities, commonly known as junk bonds, pose
significant risks. The prices of high yield securities are
likely to be more sensitive to adverse economic changes or
individual corporate developments than higher rated securities.
During an economic downturn or substantial period of rising
interest rates, junk bond issuers and, in particular, highly
leveraged issuers may experience financial stress that would
adversely affect their ability to service their principal and
interest payment obligations, to meet their projected business
goals or to obtain additional financing. In the event of a
default, the Fund may incur additional expenses to seek recovery.
Interest Rate Transactions.
Interest rate swap
transactions are subject to market risk, risk of default by the
other party to the transaction, risk of imperfect correlation
and manager risk. Such transactions may involve commissions or
other costs.
Options and Futures.
If the Fund invests in options
and/or
futures, its participation in these markets would subject the
Funds portfolio to certain risks. If the Advisers
predictions of movements in the direction of the markets are
inaccurate, the adverse consequences to the Fund (i.e., a
reduction in the Funds net asset value or a reduction in
the amount of income available for distribution) may leave the
Fund in a worse position than if these strategies were not used.
Other risks inherent in the use of options and futures include,
for example, the possible imperfect correlation between the
price of options and futures contracts and movements in the
prices of the securities being hedged and the possible absence
of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument.
Certain options may be over-the-counter options which are
options negotiated with dealers; there is no secondary market
for these investments and therefore they may be difficult to
value.
Other Risks.
The performance of the Fund also will depend
on whether or not the Adviser is successful in applying the
Funds investment strategies.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of
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the Fund as well as other investment portfolios that encompass a
broad range of investment objectives, and has agreed to perform
or arrange for the performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $500 million
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0.470
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0.445
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Mark Paris, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Paris was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity ( 2002 to 2010).
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Robert Stryker, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Stryker was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity.
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Julius Williams, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Williams was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (2000 to 2010).]
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More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 4.75% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category II Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective(s) and
strategies, that its distributions if any, will consist
primarily of income that is exempt from federal, New York state,
and New York city income taxes to the extent they are derived
from New Yorks municipal obligations.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares dividends from net investment income
daily and pays them monthly.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
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then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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12b-1
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12b-1
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12b-1
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
|
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4.00
|
%
|
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Second
|
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2.50
|
|
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4.00
|
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Third
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2.00
|
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3.00
|
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Fourth
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1.00
|
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
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bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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Exchange From
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class A, Y*, Investor Class, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A2
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Class A, Y*, Investor Class, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Investor Class
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Class P
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Class A, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class S
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Class A, S, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class C
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Class R
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
MS-NYTFI-PRO-1
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (SPIAX), B (SPIBX), C (SPICX), Y (SPIDX)
Invesco
S&P 500 Index Fund
Invesco S&P 500 Index Funds investment objective
is to provide investment results that, before expenses,
correspond to the total return (i.e., the combination of capital
changes and income) of the Standard &
Poors
®
500 Composite Stock Price Index.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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not FDIC insured;
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lose value; and
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Shareholder Account Information
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Redeeming Shares
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Taxes
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
S&P 500 Index Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide investment
results that, before expenses, correspond to the total return
(i.e., the combination of capital changes and income) of the
Standard &
Poors
®
500 Composite Stock Price Index.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on page A-3 of the prospectus and
the section Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of
SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares on
page L-1 of the statement of additional information (SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Service (12b-1) Fees
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Expenses
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and/or
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Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 0.65%, Class B shares to 1.40%,
Class C shares to 1.40% and Class Y shares to 0.40% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected
above:(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend
expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine
items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did
not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The
Board of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the
fee waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks
of companies included in the S&P 500 Index. Invesco
Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), the Funds investment
adviser, passively manages the Funds assets by investing
in stocks in approximately the same proportion as they are
represented in the Standard &
Poors
®
500 Composite Stock Price Index (S&P 500 Index). For
example, if the common stock of a specific company represents
five percent of the S&P 500 Index, the Adviser typically
will invest the same percentage of the Funds assets in
that stock.
The Adviser seeks a correlation between the performance of the
Fund, before expenses, and that of the S&P 500 Index of 95%
or better. A figure of 100% would indicate perfect correlation.
In addition, the Fund may invest in futures, swaps and
Standard & Poors Depositary Receipts (SPDRs).
The Funds use of derivatives will be counted toward the
80% policy discussed above to the extent they have economic
characteristics similar to the securities included within that
policy. The Fund may also make temporary investments in money
market instruments to manage cash flows into and out of the Fund.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective. The Funds share price and return will fluctuate
with changes in the market value of the Funds portfolio
securities. When you sell Fund shares, they may be worth less
than what you paid for them and, accordingly, you can lose money
investing in this Fund.
Equity Risk.
A principal risk of investing in the Fund is
associated with its common stock investments. In general, stock
values fluctuate in response to activities specific to the
company as well as general market, economic and political
conditions. Stock prices can fluctuate widely in response to
these factors.
Index Risk.
The Fund is operated as a passively managed
index fund. As such, the adverse performance of a particular
stock ordinarily will not result in the elimination of the stock
from the Funds portfolio. The Fund will remain invested in
common stocks even when stock prices are generally falling.
Ordinarily, the Adviser will not sell the Funds portfolio
securities except to reflect additions or deletions of the
stocks that
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S&P 500 Index Fund
comprise the S&P 500 Index, or as may be necessary to raise
cash to pay Fund shareholders who sell Fund shares.
The Funds ability to correlate its performance, before
expenses, with the S&P 500 Index may be affected by, among
other things, changes in securities markets, the manner in which
the S&P 500 Index is calculated and the timing of purchases
and sales, and also depends to some extent on the size of the
Funds portfolio, the size of cash flows into and out of
the Fund and differences between how and when the Fund and the
Index are valued.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or
any other government agency.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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[Hooman Yaghoobi
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Portfolio Manager
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Teimur Abasov
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide investment
results that, before expenses, correspond to the total return
(i.e., the combination of capital changes and income) of the
Standard &
Poors
®
500 Composite Stock Price Index (S&P 500 Index). The
Funds investment objective may be changed by the Board of
Trustees (the Board) without shareholder approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks
of companies included in the S&P 500 Index. The Adviser
passively manages the Funds assets by investing in stocks
in approximately the same proportion as they are represented in
the S&P 500 Index. For example, if the common stock of a
specific company represents five percent of the S&P 500
Index, the Adviser typically will invest the same percentage of
the Funds assets in that stock. The S&P 500 Index is
a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of
500 companies representing a significant portion of the market
value of all common stocks publicly traded in the United States.
The Fund may invest in foreign companies, including those that
are in emerging market countries, that are included in the
S&P 500 Index.
The Adviser seeks a correlation between the performance of the
Fund, before expenses, and that of the S&P 500 Index of 95%
or better. A figure of 100% would indicate perfect correlation.
Common stock is a share ownership or equity interest in a
corporation. It may or may not pay dividends, as some companies
reinvest all of their profits back into their businesses, while
others pay out some of their profits to shareholders as
dividends.
In addition, the Fund may invest in futures, swaps and SPDRs.
The Funds use of derivatives will be counted toward the
80% policy discussed above to the extent they have economic
characteristics similar to the securities included within that
policy. The Fund may also make temporary investments in money
market instruments to manage cash flows into and out of the Fund.
Standard &
Poors
®
,
S&P
®
,
S&P
500
®
,
Standard & Poors 500 and
500 are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc. and have been licensed for use by the Fund. The Fund is not
sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P, and S&P
makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing
in the Fund.
Principal
Risks
A principal risk of investing in the Fund is associated with its
common stock and other equity security investments. In general,
stock and other equity security values fluctuate in response to
activities specific to the company as well as general market,
economic and political conditions. These prices can fluctuate
widely in response to these factors.
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S&P 500 Index Fund
Another risk of investing in the Fund arises from its operation
as a passively managed index fund. As such, the adverse
performance of a particular stock ordinarily will not result in
the elimination of the stock from the Fund s portfolio.
The Fund will remain invested in common stocks even when stock
prices are generally falling. Ordinarily, the Adviser will not
sell the Funds portfolio securities except to reflect
additions or deletions of the stocks that comprise the S&P
500 Index, or as may be necessary to raise cash to pay Fund
shareholders who sell Fund shares.
The performance of the S&P 500 Index is a hypothetical
number which does not take into account brokerage commissions
and other transaction costs, custody and other costs which will
be borne by the Fund (i.e., advisory fee, transfer agency and
accounting costs).
The Funds ability to correlate its performance, before
expenses, with the S&P 500 Index may be affected by, among
other things, changes in securities markets, the manner in which
the S&P 500 Index is calculated and the timing of purchases
and sales. The Funds ability to correlate its performance
to the Index also depends to some extent on the size of the
Funds portfolio, the size of cash flows into and out of
the Fund and differences between how and when the Fund and the
Index are valued. The Adviser regularly monitors the correlation
and, in the event the desired correlation is not achieved, the
Adviser will determine what additional investment changes may
need to be made.
The performance of the Fund also will depend on whether or not
the Adviser is successful in pursuing the Funds investment
strategies, including the Advisers ability to manage cash
flows (primarily from purchases and sales, and distributions
from the Funds investments).
Additional
Investment Strategy Information
Futures.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement
between two parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an
underlying instrument at a specific price at a specific future
time. The value of a futures contract tends to increase and
decrease in tandem with the value of the underlying instrument.
Futures contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the
purchaser and the seller equally obligated to complete the
transaction. Depending on the terms of the particular contract,
futures contracts are settled through either physical delivery
of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by
payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date.
Swaps.
A swap contract is an agreement between two
parties pursuant to which the parties exchange payments at
specified dates on the basis of a specified notional amount,
with the payments calculated by reference to specified
securities, indexes, reference rates, currencies or other
instruments. Most swap agreements provide that when the period
payment dates for both parties are the same, the payments are
made on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted
out, with only the net amount paid by one party to the other).
The Funds obligations or rights under a swap contract
entered into on a net basis will generally be equal only to the
net amount to be paid or received under the agreement, based on
the relative values of the positions held by each counterparty.
SPDRs.
The Fund may invest in securities referred to as
SPDRs (known as spiders) that are designed to track the S&P
500 Index. SPDRs represent an ownership interest in the SPDR
Trust, which holds a portfolio of common stocks that closely
tracks the price performance and dividend yield of the S&P
500 Index. SPDRs trade on the NYSE Amex like shares of common
stock.
The percentage limitations relating to the composition of the
Funds portfolio apply at the time the Fund acquires an
investment. Subsequent percentage changes that result from
market fluctuations generally will not require the Fund to sell
any portfolio security. However, the Fund may be required to
sell its illiquid securities holdings, or reduce its borrowings,
if any, in response to fluctuations in the value of such
holdings. The Fund may change its principal investment
strategies without shareholder approval; however, you would be
notified of any changes.
Additional Risk
Information
Derivatives.
A derivative instrument often has risks
similar to its underlying instrument and may have additional
risks, including imperfect correlation between the value of the
derivative and the underlying instrument, risks of default by
the other party to certain transactions, magnification of losses
incurred due to changes in the market value of the securities,
instruments, indices or interest rates to which they relate, and
risks that the transactions may not be liquid. The use of
derivatives involves risks that are different from, and possibly
greater than, the risks associated with other portfolio
investments. Derivatives may involve the use of highly
specialized instruments that require investment techniques and
risk analyses different from those associated with other
portfolio investments.
Certain derivative transactions may give rise to a form of
leverage. Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and the risk
of loss. Leverage associated with derivative transactions may
cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not
be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet
earmarking or segregation requirements, pursuant to applicable
SEC rules and regulations, or may cause the Fund to be more
volatile than if the Fund had not been leveraged. Although the
Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds
investment objective, there is no assurance that the use of
derivatives will achieve this result.
The risks associated with the derivative instruments and
techniques that the Fund may principally use include:
Futures.
A decision as to whether, when and how to use
futures involves the exercise of skill and judgment and even a
well conceived futures transaction may be unsuccessful because
of market behavior or unexpected events. In addition to the
derivatives risks discussed above, the prices of futures can be
highly volatile, using futures can lower total return, and the
potential loss from futures can exceed the Funds initial
investment in such contracts.
Swaps.
Swap agreements are not entered into or traded on
exchanges and there is no central clearing or guaranty function
for swaps. Therefore, swaps are subject to credit risk or the
risk of default or non-performance by the counterparty. Swaps
could result in losses if interest rate or foreign currency
exchange rates or credit quality changes are not correctly
anticipated by the Fund or if the reference index, security or
investments do not perform as expected.
Foreign Securities.
The Funds investments in the
common stocks of foreign corporations (including American
Depositary Receipts) involve risks in addition to the risks
associated with domestic securities. Foreign securities are
affected by changes in currency rates. Foreign securities also
have risks related to political and economic developments
abroad. Foreign companies, in general, are not subject to the
regulatory requirements of U.S. companies and, as such, there
may be less publicly available information about these
companies. Moreover, foreign accounting, auditing and financial
reporting standards generally are different from those
applicable to U.S. companies.
The foreign securities in which the Fund may invest may be
issued by issuers located in emerging market or developing
countries. Compared to the United States and other developed
countries, emerging market or developing countries may have
relatively unstable governments, economies based on only a few
industries and securities markets that trade a small number of
securities. Securities issued by companies located in these
countries tend to be especially volatile and may be less liquid
than securities traded in developed countries. In the past,
securities in these countries have been characterized by greater
potential loss than securities of companies located in developed
countries.
SPDRs.
SPDRs, which the Fund may hold, have many of the
same risks as direct investments in common stocks. The market
value of SPDRs is expected to rise and fall as the S&P 500
Index rises and falls. If the Fund invests in SPDRs, it would,
in addition to its own expenses, indirectly bear its ratable
share of the SPDRs expenses.
3 Invesco
S&P 500 Index Fund
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory Agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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First $2 billion
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0.120
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Over $2 billion
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0.100
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Hooman Yaghoobi, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Yaghoobi was associated with
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment
management capacity (1995 to 2010).
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Teimur Abasov, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Abasov was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Advisors Inc. in an investment management capacity
(2005 to 2010).]
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More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, annually.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
4 Invesco
S&P 500 Index Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
5 Invesco
S&P 500 Index Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
4
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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n
Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
n
Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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5.82
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
|
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
|
500,000
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2.50
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|
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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|
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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|
|
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
|
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
|
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
|
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$
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1,000,000
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|
|
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0.50
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|
|
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0.50
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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|
|
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
|
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
|
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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|
|
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1.75
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|
|
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1.78
|
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$250,000 but less than
|
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$
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500,000
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|
|
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1.25
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|
|
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1.27
|
|
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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|
|
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1.00
|
|
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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n
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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n
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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n
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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n
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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n
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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n
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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n
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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n
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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n
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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n
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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n
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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n
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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|
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CDSC Category I
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category II
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category III
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category IV
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
3.75
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.50
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category V
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
2.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
|
Fifth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category VI
|
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
|
purchased
|
|
purchased
|
|
|
before
|
|
on or after
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
June 1, 2005
|
|
June 1, 2005
|
|
First
|
|
|
3.00
|
%
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category VII
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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|
n
|
If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
|
n
|
If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
|
n
|
If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
|
There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
|
|
n
|
Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
|
n
|
Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
|
n
|
AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
|
n
|
Investor Class shares of any Fund.
|
n
|
Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
|
Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
|
Class Y shares of any Fund.
|
CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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|
|
|
|
AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
|
|
AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
|
The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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|
n
|
Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
|
n
|
Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
|
n
|
Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
|
A-5 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
|
|
n
|
Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
|
n
|
Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
|
The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
|
|
n
|
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
|
n
|
Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
|
n
|
Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
|
Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Additional
|
|
|
Initial Investment
|
|
Investments
|
Type of Account
|
|
Per Fund
|
|
Per Fund
|
|
Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
|
|
|
250
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
All other accounts
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
|
|
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How to Purchase
Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opening An Account
|
|
Adding To An Account
|
|
Through a Financial Adviser
|
|
Contact your financial adviser.
|
|
Contact your financial adviser.
|
By Mail
|
|
Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
|
|
Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
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bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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By Mail
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class S
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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By Telephone:
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(800) 959-4246
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On the Internet:
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You can send us a request by
e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
MS-SPI-PRO-1
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (VAFAX), B (VAFBX), C (VAFCX), Y (VAFIX)
Invesco
Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Funds investment
objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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not FDIC insured;
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lose value; and
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not guaranteed by a bank.
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Shareholder Account Information
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A-1
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Choosing a Share Class
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A-1
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Share Class Eligibility
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A-1
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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A-2
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Initial Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
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Redemption Fees
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Exchanging Shares
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A-8
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Rights Reserved by the Funds
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A-9
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Excessive Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing) Disclosures
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A-9
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Pricing of Shares
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A-10
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Taxes
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A-12
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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A-13
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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek long-term
capital appreciation.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on page L-1 of the statement of additional information
(SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Class:
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A
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B
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C
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Y
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.50
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None
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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None
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5.00
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1.00
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None
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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None
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None
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class:
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A
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B
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C
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Y
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Management Fees
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0.70
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%
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0.70
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0.70
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0.70
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Distribution
and/or
Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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None
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Other
Expenses
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0.46
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0.46
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Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
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1.41
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2.16
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Fee
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0.06
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement
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1.35
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2.10
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 1.35%, Class B shares to 2.10%,
Class C shares to 2.10% and Class Y shares to 1.10% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected
above:(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend
expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine
items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did
not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The
Board of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the
fee waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Class A
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680
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960
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Class B
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713
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Class C
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313
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Class Y
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112
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356
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Class A
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$
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680
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960
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Class B
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213
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Class C
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213
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664
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Class Y
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112
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356
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal market conditions, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the
Adviser), the Funds investment adviser, seeks to achieve
the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in
equity securities of U.S. issuers that, in its judgment, have,
among other things, resilient business franchises and growth
potential. Equity securities in which the Fund invests are
common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, warrants
or rights to purchase equity securities and depositary receipts.
The Adviser uses a
bottom-up
investment approach that emphasizes security selection on an
individual company basis. The Fund invests in securities of
issuers that the Adviser believes have, among other things,
resilient business franchises, strong cash flows, modest capital
requirements, capable management and growth potential.
Securities are selected with a strong bias towards quality and
valuation. The franchise focus of the Fund is based on the
Advisers belief that the intangible assets underlying a
strong business franchise (such as patents, copyrights, brand
names, licenses, or distribution methods) are difficult to
create or to replicate and that carefully selected franchise
companies have the potential to deliver above-average long-term
capital appreciation. The Adviser generally considers selling a
portfolio security when it determines that the security no
longer satisfies its investment criteria or that replacing the
security with another investment should improve the Funds
valuation
and/or
quality.
The Fund may use derivative transactions for various portfolio
management purposes and to mitigate risks. Derivative
transactions may involve the purchase and sale of options,
futures contracts, options on futures contracts and
currency-related transactions involving options, futures
contracts, forward contracts and swaps. In general terms, a
derivative instrument is one whose value depends on (or is
derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or
index.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could
lose money on your investment in the Fund. There can be no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other
insured depositary institution and is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency.
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Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Investments in common stocks and other equity securities
generally are affected by changes in the stock markets which
fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and
sharply. The value of a convertible security tends to decline as
interest rates rise and, because of the conversion feature,
tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the
underlying equity security.
Foreign Risks.
The risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign currencies,
foreign currency exchange controls, political and economic
instability, differences in financial reporting, differences in
securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues.
Non-Diversification Risks.
The Fund is non-diversified
and invests a greater portion of its assets in a more limited
number of issuers than a diversified fund and, as a result, is
subject to a greater risk than a diversified fund because
changes in the financial condition or market assessment of a
single issuer may cause greater fluctuations in the value of the
Funds shares.
Risks of Using Derivative Instruments.
Risks of
derivatives include the possible imperfect correlation between
the value of the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of
default by the other party to the transaction; risks that the
transaction may result in losses that partially or completely
offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the
transactions may not be liquid.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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Robert Lloyd
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Ryan Amerman
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek long-term
capital appreciation. The Funds investment objective may
be changed by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without
shareholder approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies and Risks
Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the
Funds investment objective by investing primarily in
equity securities of U.S. issuers that, in its judgment, have,
among other things, resilient business franchises and growth
potential. Equity securities in which the Fund invests are
common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, warrants
or rights to purchase equity securities and depositary receipts.
The Adviser uses a
bottom-up
investment approach that emphasizes security selection on an
individual company basis. The Fund invests in securities of
issuers that the Adviser believes have, among other things,
resilient business franchises, strong cash flows, modest capital
requirements, capable management and growth potential.
Securities are selected with a strong bias towards quality and
valuation. The franchise focus of the Fund is based on the
portfolio management teams belief that the intangible
assets underlying a strong business franchise (such as patents,
copyrights, brand names, licenses, or distribution methods) are
difficult to create or to replicate and that carefully selected
franchise companies have the potential to deliver above-average
long-term capital appreciation. Such intangible assets
underlying strong business franchises are subject to risks which
could include, among other things, that a company could lose its
intangible assets, that the intangible asset may be overvalued,
that new technology may make the intangible asset obsolete or
less valuable and that the value of the intangible asset may be
subject to changes in federal or other regulations. A company
that has franchise operations may also engage in other lines of
business. The Adviser generally considers selling a portfolio
security when it determines that the security no longer
satisfies its investment criteria or that replacing the security
with another investment should improve the Funds valuation
and/or
quality.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of
its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in
securities of U.S. issuers at the time of investment. The Fund
deems an issuer to be a U.S. issuer if (i) its principal
securities trading market (i.e., a U.S. stock exchange, NASDAQ
or over-the-counter markets) is in the U.S.; (ii) alone
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or on a consolidated basis it derives 50% or more of its annual
revenue from either goods produced, sales made or services
performed in the U.S.; or (iii) it is organized under the
laws of, or has a principal office in the U.S. The Funds
policy may be changed by the Board, but no change is
anticipated. If the Funds policy changes, the Fund will
notify shareholders in writing at least 60 days prior to
implementation of the change and shareholders should consider
whether the Fund remains an appropriate investment in light of
the changes.
The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and
may at times, including currently, experience periods of extreme
volatility and uncertainty, which may affect all investment
securities, including equity securities and derivative
instruments. The markets for securities in which the Fund may
invest may not function properly, which may affect the value of
such securities and such securities may become illiquid. New or
proposed laws may have an impact on the Funds investments
and the Adviser is unable to predict what effect, if any, such
legislation may have on the Fund.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in
selecting the best-performing securities or investment
techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that
of similar funds.
The Fund invests primarily in common stocks and also may invest
in other equity securities as described herein.
Common Stocks.
Common stocks are shares of a corporation
or other entity that entitle the holder to a pro rata share of
the profits of the corporation, if any, without preference over
any other class of securities, including such entitys debt
securities, preferred stock and other senior equity securities.
Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and
frequently an exclusive right to do so.
Preferred Stock.
Preferred stock generally has a
preference as to dividends and liquidation over an issuers
common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an
issuers capital structure. Unlike interest payments on
debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if
declared by the issuers board of directors. Preferred
stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption
provisions.
Convertible Securities.
A convertible security is a bond,
debenture, note, preferred stock, right, warrant or other
security that may be converted into or exchanged for a
prescribed amount of common stock or other security of the same
or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period of
time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security
generally entitles the holder to receive interest paid or
accrued on debt securities or the dividend paid on preferred
stock until the convertible security matures or is redeemed,
converted or exchanged. Before conversion, convertible
securities generally have characteristics similar to both debt
and equity securities. The value of convertible securities tends
to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion
feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of
the underlying securities. Convertible securities generally rank
senior to common stock in a corporations capital structure
but are usually subordinated to comparable nonconvertible
securities. Convertible securities generally do not participate
directly in any dividend increases or decreases of the
underlying securities although the market prices of convertible
securities may be affected by any dividend changes or other
changes in the underlying securities.
Rights and warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities
at a specific price for a specific period of time. Rights
typically have a substantially shorter term than do warrants.
Rights and warrants may be considered more speculative and less
liquid than certain other types of investments in that they do
not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect
to the underlying securities nor do they represent any rights in
the assets of the issuing company. Rights and warrants may lack
a secondary market.
Small, Medium and Large-Sized Companies.
The Fund may
invest in companies of any size. The securities of smaller or
medium-sized companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic
market movements than securities of larger-sized companies or
the market averages in general. In addition, such companies
typically are subject to a greater degree of change in earnings
and business prospects than are larger companies. Thus, to the
extent the Fund invests in smaller or medium-sized companies,
the Fund may be subject to greater investment risk than that
assumed through investment in the equity securities of
larger-sized companies.
Risks of Investing in Securities of Foreign Issuers.
The
Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities of
foreign issuers. Securities of foreign issuers may be
denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S.
dollars. The percentage of assets invested in securities of a
particular country or denominated in a particular currency will
vary in accordance with the portfolio management teams
assessment of the relative yield, appreciation potential and the
relationship of a countrys currency to the U.S. dollar,
which is based upon such factors as fundamental economic
strength, credit quality and interest rate trends. Investments
in securities of foreign issuers present certain risks not
ordinarily associated with investments in securities of U.S.
issuers. These risks include fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates, political, economic or legal developments
(including war or other instability, expropriation of assets,
nationalization and confiscatory taxation), the imposition of
foreign exchange limitations (including currency blockage),
withholding taxes on income or capital transactions or other
restrictions, higher transaction costs (including higher
brokerage, custodial and settlement costs and currency
conversion costs) and possible difficulty in enforcing
contractual obligations or taking judicial action. Securities of
foreign issuers may not be as liquid and may be more volatile
than comparable securities of domestic issuers.
In addition, there often is less publicly available information
about many foreign issuers, and issuers of foreign securities
are subject to different, often less comprehensive, auditing,
accounting and financial reporting disclosure requirements than
domestic issuers. There is generally less government regulation
of exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the
United States and, with respect to certain foreign countries,
there is a possibility of expropriation or confiscatory
taxation, or diplomatic developments which could affect
investment in those countries. Because there is usually less
supervision and governmental regulation of foreign exchanges,
brokers and dealers than there is in the United States, the Fund
may experience settlement difficulties or delays not usually
encountered in the United States.
Delays in making trades in securities of foreign issuers
relating to volume constraints, limitations or restrictions,
clearance or settlement procedures, or otherwise could impact
returns and result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund
are not fully invested or attractive investment opportunities
are foregone.
The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form
of depositary receipts. Depositary receipts involve
substantially identical risks to those associated with direct
investment in securities of foreign issuers. In addition, the
underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly
unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no
obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the
holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
In addition to the increased risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, there are often increased transaction costs
associated with investing in securities of foreign issuers,
including the costs incurred in connection with converting
currencies, higher foreign brokerage or dealer costs and higher
settlement costs or custodial costs.
Since the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Fund may be affected
by changes in foreign currency exchange rates (and exchange
control regulations) which affect the value of investments in
the Fund and the accrued income and appreciation or depreciation
of the investments. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates
relative to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of
the Funds assets denominated in that currency and the
Funds return on such assets as well as any temporary
3 Invesco
Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
uninvested reserves in bank deposits in foreign currencies. In
addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with
conversions between various currencies.
The Fund may attempt to protect against adverse changes in the
value of the U.S. dollar in relation to a foreign currency by
entering into a forward contract for the purchase or sale of the
amount of foreign currency invested or to be invested, or by
buying or selling a foreign currency option or futures contract
for such amount. Such strategies may be employed before the Fund
purchases a foreign security traded in the currency which the
Fund anticipates acquiring or between the date the foreign
security is purchased or sold and the date on which payment
therefor is made or received. Seeking to protect against a
change in the value of a foreign currency in the foregoing
manner does not eliminate fluctuations in the prices of
portfolio securities or prevent losses if the prices of such
securities decline. Furthermore, such transactions reduce or
preclude the opportunity for gain if the value of the currency
should move in the direction opposite to the position taken.
Unanticipated changes in currency prices may result in poorer
overall performance for the Fund than if it had not entered into
such contracts.
Investors should consider carefully the risks of foreign
investments before investing in the Fund.
Derivatives.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use
various investment strategies for a variety of purposes
including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to
earn income. Derivatives transactions may involve the purchase
and sale of derivative instruments such as options, forwards,
futures, options on futures, swaps and other related instruments
and techniques. Such derivatives may be based on a variety of
underlying instruments, most commonly equity and debt
securities, indexes, interest rates, currencies and other
assets. Derivatives often have risks similar to the securities
underlying the derivative instrument and may have additional
risks as described herein. The Funds use of derivatives
transactions may also include other instruments, strategies and
techniques, including newly developed or permitted instruments,
strategies and techniques, consistent with the Funds
investment objectives and applicable regulatory requirements.
The use of derivatives involves risks that are different from,
and possibly greater than, the risks associated with other
portfolio investments. The use of derivatives transactions may
involve the use of highly specialized instruments that require
investment techniques and risk analyses different from those
associated with other portfolio investments. The Fund complies
with applicable regulatory requirements when implementing
derivative transactions, including the segregation of cash
and/or
liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as
mandated by SEC rules or SEC staff positions. Although the
portfolio managers seek to use derivatives to further the
Funds investment objective, no assurance can be given that
the use of derivatives will achieve this result.
Other Investments
and Risk Factors
For cash management purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase
agreements with broker-dealers, banks and other financial
institutions to earn a return on temporarily available cash.
Such transactions are considered loans by the Fund and are
subject to the risk of default by the other party. The Fund will
only enter into such agreements with parties deemed to be
creditworthy by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the
Board.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
securities and certain restricted securities. Such securities
may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price
that the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such
securities at a lower price, sell other securities instead to
obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
Further information about these types of investments and other
investment practices that may be used by the Fund is contained
in the Funds SAI.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of
time they have been held to take advantage of new investment
opportunities, when the Adviser believes the potential for
capital appreciation has lessened, or for other reasons. The
Funds portfolio turnover rate may vary from year to year.
A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) increases a
funds transaction costs (including brokerage commissions
and dealer costs) which would adversely impact a funds
performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the
realization of more short-term capital gains than if a fund had
lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will not be a
limiting factor, however, if the Adviser considers portfolio
changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy.
When market conditions
dictate a more defensive investment strategy, the Fund may, on a
temporary basis, hold cash or invest a portion or all of its
assets in money-market instruments, obligations of the U.S.
government, its agencies or instrumentalities, obligations of
foreign sovereignties, prime commercial paper, repurchase
agreements and bank obligations, bankers acceptances and
certificates of deposit (including Eurodollar certificates of
deposit). Under normal market conditions, the potential for
capital appreciation on these securities will tend to be lower
than the potential for capital appreciation on other securities
that may be owned by the Fund. In taking such a defensive
position, the Fund would temporarily not be pursuing its
principal investment strategies and may not achieve its
investment objective.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described
in this prospectus vary from time to time, and at any time, the
Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in
this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and
other investments not described in this prospectus. Any
percentage limitations with respect to assets of the Fund are
applied at the time of purchase.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $500 million
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0.700
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0.650
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0.600
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
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Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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Robert Lloyd, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception, and has been associated with the
Adviser or its affiliates since 2000. Mr. Lloyd is the lead
portfolio manager of the Fund.
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Ryan Amerman, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception, and has been associated with the
Adviser or its affiliates since 1996.
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A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, annually.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
5 Invesco
Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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n
Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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n
No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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n
Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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n
Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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n
Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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n
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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n
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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n
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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n
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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n
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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n
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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n
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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n
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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n
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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n
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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n
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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n
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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|
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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|
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3.50
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Fourth
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|
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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|
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Second
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
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2.00
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|
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3.00
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Fourth
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1.00
|
|
|
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
|
Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
|
|
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3.00
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|
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Fourth
|
|
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2.50
|
|
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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n
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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n
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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n
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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n
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
|
n
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
|
n
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
|
n
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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n
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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A-5 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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n
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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n
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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n
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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n
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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n
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
|
Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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|
Through a Financial Adviser
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|
Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
|
|
Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
|
|
Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
|
|
Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
|
A-6 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
|
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By Internet
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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|
Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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*
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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By Telephone
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You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
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You can send us a request by
e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
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Prospectus
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Class: A (ACEAX), B (ACEBX), C (ACECX), R (ACERX), Y (ACEIX)
Invesco
Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Funds investment
objective is to seek capital growth and income.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C, R and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek capital growth
and income.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on page L-1 of the statement of additional information
(SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.50
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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5.00
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1.00
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class:
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Management Fees
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0.65
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0.65
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Distribution
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Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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Other
Expenses
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Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
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Fee
Waiver
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1.10
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement
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1.20
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 1.20%, Class B shares to 1.95%,
Class C shares to 1.95%, Class R shares to 1.45% and
Class Y shares to 0.95% of average daily net assets,
respectively. In determining the Advisers obligation to
waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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298
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423
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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198
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148
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal market conditions, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the
Adviser), the Funds investment adviser, seeks to achieve
the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in a
portfolio of common stocks and other equity securities of large
capitalization companies that the Adviser believes are
undervalued and have strong earnings momentum and relative
strength. Under current market conditions, the Adviser generally
defines large capitalization companies by reference to the
companies with capitalizations within or above those companies
represented in the Standard &
Poors
®
Composite Stock Price Index (S&P 500), which as of
December 31, 2009, was comprised of companies with
capitalizations between $1.06 billion and
$323.72 billion. In selecting securities for investment,
the Adviser employs a disciplined approach to equity investing
based on quantitative and fundamental research. The Adviser
employs a model that ranks stocks based on factors such as
valuation, earnings momentum and relative strength. It then
conducts further fundamental analysis on the most attractive
quartile of stocks in each economic sector of the benchmark.
Portfolio securities are typically sold when the assessments of
the Adviser of the capital growth and income potential of such
securities materially change.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities
of foreign issuers and may invest up to 10% of its total assets
in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Fund may purchase
and sell options, futures contracts and options on futures
contracts, which are derivative instruments, for various
portfolio management purposes and to mitigate risks. In general
terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value depends on (or
is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate
or index.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could
lose money on your investment in the Fund. There can be no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other
insured depository institution and is not
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insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other government agency.
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Investments in common stocks and other equity securities
generally are affected by changes in the stock markets, which
fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and
sharply.
Foreign Risks.
The risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, including emerging market issuers, can include
fluctuations in foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange
controls, political and economic instability, differences in
securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues.
Risks of Investing in REITs.
Investing in REITs makes the
Fund more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of
real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may
involve duplication of management fees and other expenses. REITs
may be less diversified than other pools of securities, may have
lower trading volumes and may be subject to more abrupt or
erratic price movements than the overall securities markets.
Risks of Derivatives.
Risks of derivatives include the
possible imperfect correlation between the value of the
instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the
other party to the transaction; risks that the transactions may
result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in
portfolio positions; and risks that the instruments may not be
liquid.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Gregory R. Lai
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Stephen W. Pelensky
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Michael A. Petrino
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Jordan Floriani
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
There are no minimum investments for Class R shares for
Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B, C
and Y shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek capital growth
and income. The Funds investment objective may be changed
by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder
approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies and Risks
Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the
Funds investment objective by investing primarily in a
portfolio of common stocks and other equity securities of large
capitalization companies that the Adviser believes are
undervalued and have strong earnings momentum and relative
strength. Under current market conditions, the Adviser generally
defines large capitalization companies by reference to the
companies with capitalizations within or above those companies
represented in the S&P 500, which as of December 31,
2009, was comprised of companies with capitalizations between
$1.06 billion and $323.72 billion. Under normal market
conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets
(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity
securities. The Funds policy in the foregoing sentence may
be changed by the Board, but no change is anticipated; if the
Funds policy in the foregoing sentence changes, the Fund
will notify shareholders in writing at least 60 days prior
to implementation of the change and shareholders should consider
whether the Fund remains an appropriate investment in light of
the changes.
In selecting securities for investment, the Adviser employs a
disciplined approach to equity investing based on quantitative
and fundamental research. The Adviser employs a model that ranks
stocks based on factors such as valuation, earnings momentum and
relative strength. It then conducts further fundamental analysis
on the most attractive quartile of stocks in each economic
sector of the benchmark. Portfolio securities
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are typically sold when the assessments of the Adviser of the
capital growth and income potential of such securities
materially change.
The Fund emphasizes a core style of investing, which means that
it may purchase and hold equity securities that may have growth
and/or
value
characteristics. A growth style of investing emphasizes
companies with above-average growth and financial strength,
often characterized with lower dividend yields, above-average
prices in relation to earnings or book value measures and higher
volatility than other styles of investing or the overall stock
markets. A value style of investing emphasizes undervalued
companies with characteristics for improved valuations, such
style of investing is subject to the risk that the valuations
never improve or that the returns on value equity securities are
less than the returns on other styles of investing or the
overall stock markets. The returns on growth or value securities
may or may not move in tandem with the returns on other styles
of investing or the overall stock markets. The ability of the
Funds portfolio holdings to generate income is dependent
on the earnings and the continuing declaration of dividends by
the issuers of such securities. Different types of stocks tend
to shift in and out of favor depending on market and economic
conditions. Thus, the value of the Funds investments will
vary and at times may be lower or higher than that of other
types of investments.
The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and
may at times, including currently, experience periods of extreme
volatility and uncertainty, which may affect all investment
securities, including equity securities and derivative
instruments. The markets for securities in which the Fund may
invest may not function properly, which may affect the value of
such securities and such securities may become illiquid. New or
proposed laws may have an impact on the Funds investments
and the Adviser is unable to predict what effect, if any, such
legislation may have on the Fund.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in
selecting the best-performing securities or investment
techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that
of similar funds.
The Fund invests primarily in common stocks and also may invest
in other equity securities as described herein.
Common Stocks.
Common stocks are shares of a corporation
or other entity that entitle the holder to a pro rata share of
the profits of the corporation, if any, without preference over
any other class of securities, including such entitys debt
securities, preferred stock and other senior equity securities.
Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and
frequently an exclusive right to do so.
Preferred Stock.
Preferred stock generally has a
preference as to dividends and liquidation over an issuers
common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an
issuers capital structure. Unlike interest payments on
debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if
declared by the issuers board of directors. Preferred
stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption
provisions.
Convertible Securities.
A convertible security is a bond,
debenture, note, preferred stock, right, warrant or other
security that may be converted into or exchanged for a
prescribed amount of common stock or other security of the same
or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period of
time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security
generally entitles the holder to receive interest paid or
accrued on debt securities or the dividend paid on preferred
stock until the convertible security matures or is redeemed,
converted or exchanged. Before conversion, convertible
securities generally have characteristics similar to both debt
and equity securities. The value of convertible securities tends
to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion
feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of
the underlying securities. Convertible securities ordinarily
provide a stream of income with generally higher yields than
those of common stock of the same or similar issuers.
Convertible securities generally rank senior to common stock in
a corporations capital structure but are usually
subordinated to comparable nonconvertible securities.
Convertible securities generally do not participate directly in
any dividend increases or decreases of the underlying securities
although the market prices of convertible securities may be
affected by any dividend changes or other changes in the
underlying securities.
Rights and warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities
at a specific price for a specific period of time. Rights
typically have a substantially shorter term than do warrants.
Rights and warrants may be considered more speculative and less
liquid than certain other types of investments in that they do
not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect
to the underlying securities nor do they represent any rights in
the assets of the issuing company. Rights and warrants may lack
a secondary market.
REITs.
The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets
in REITs. REITs pool investors funds for investment
primarily in commercial real estate properties or real-estate
related loans. REITs generally derive their income from rents on
the underlying properties or interest on the underlying loans,
and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the
underlying property or changes in interest rates affecting the
underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible
to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the
real estate industry in general. These risks can include
fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by
borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and
local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents;
increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures,
or operating expenses; and other economic, political or
regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. In
addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may
not be diversified (which may increase the volatility of the
REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
overall securities market. REITs are not taxed on income
distributed to shareholders provided they comply with several
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the Code). REITs are subject to the risk of failing to qualify
for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code. In addition,
investments in REITs may involve duplication of management fees
and certain other expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its
proportionate share of any expenses paid by REITs in which it
invests.
Risks of Investing in Securities of Foreign Issuers.
The
Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of
foreign issuers. Securities of foreign issuers may be
denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S.
dollars. Investments in securities of foreign issuers present
certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These risks include fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates, political, economic or legal
developments (including war or other instability, expropriation
of assets, nationalization and confiscatory taxation), the
imposition of foreign exchange limitations (including currency
blockage), withholding taxes on income or capital transactions
or other restrictions, higher transaction costs (including
higher brokerage, custodial and settlement costs and currency
conversion costs) and possible difficulty in enforcing
contractual obligations or taking judicial action. Securities of
foreign issuers may not be as liquid and may be more volatile
than comparable securities of domestic issuers.
In addition, there often is less publicly available information
about many foreign issuers, and issuers of foreign securities
are subject to different, often less comprehensive, auditing,
accounting and financial reporting disclosure requirements than
domestic issuers. There is generally less government regulation
of exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the
United States and, with respect to certain foreign countries,
there is a possibility of expropriation or confiscatory
taxation, or diplomatic developments which could affect
investment in those countries.
Because there is usually less supervision and governmental
regulation of foreign exchanges, brokers and dealers than there
is in the United States, the Fund may experience settlement
difficulties or delays not usually encountered in the United
States.
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Delays in making trades in securities of foreign issuers
relating to volume constraints, limitations or restrictions,
clearance or settlement procedures, or otherwise could impact
returns and result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund
are not fully invested or attractive investment opportunities
are foregone.
The Fund may invest in securities of issuers in developing or
emerging market countries. Investments in securities of issuers
in developing or emerging market countries are subject to
greater risks than investments in securities of developed
countries since emerging market countries tend to have economic
structures that are less diverse and mature and political
systems that are less stable than developed countries.
In addition to the increased risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, there are often increased transaction costs
associated with investing in securities of foreign issuers,
including the costs incurred in connection with converting
currencies, higher foreign brokerage or dealer costs and higher
settlement costs or custodial costs.
Since the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Fund may be affected
by changes in foreign currency exchange rates (and exchange
control regulations) which affect the value of investments in
the Fund and the accrued income and appreciation or depreciation
of the investments. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates
relative to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of
the Funds assets denominated in that currency and the
Funds return on such assets as well as any temporary
uninvested reserves in bank deposits in foreign currencies. In
addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with
conversions between various currencies.
The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form
of depositary receipts. Depositary receipts involve
substantially identical risks to those associated with direct
investment in securities of foreign issuers. In addition, the
underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly
unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no
obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the
holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
Derivatives.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use
various investment strategies for a variety of purposes
including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to
earn income. The Funds use of derivative transactions may
involve the purchase and sale of options, forwards, futures,
options on futures, swaps and other related instruments and
techniques. Such derivatives may be based on a variety of
underlying instruments, most commonly equity and debt
securities, indexes, interest rates, currencies and other
assets. Derivatives often have risks similar to the securities
underlying the derivative transactions and may have additional
risks as described herein. The Funds use of derivatives
transactions may also include other instruments, strategies and
techniques, including newly developed or permitted instruments,
strategies and techniques, consistent with the Funds
investment objectives and applicable regulatory requirements.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement between two
parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying
instrument at a specific price at a specific future time. The
value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in
tandem with the value of the underlying instrument. Futures
contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and
the seller equally obligated to complete the transaction.
Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures
contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the
underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a
cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The Funds
use of futures may not always be successful. The prices of
futures can be highly volatile, using them could lower total
return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the
Funds initial investment in such contracts.
An option is a contract that gives the holder of the option the
right, but not the obligation, to buy from (in the case of a
call option) or sell to (in the case of a put option) the seller
of the option (the option writer) the underlying security at a
specified fixed price (the exercise price) prior to a specified
date (the expiration date). The buyer of the option pays to the
option writer the option premium, which represents the purchase
price of the option. The risks associated with options
transactions are different from, and possibly greater than, the
risks associated with investing directly in the underlying
instruments. Options are highly specialized instruments that
require investment techniques and risk analyses different from
those associated with other portfolio investments. The use of
options requires an understanding not only of the underlying
instrument but also of the option itself.
The use of derivatives involves risks that are different from,
and possibly greater than, the risks associated with other
portfolio investments. Derivative transactions may involve the
use of highly specialized instruments that require investment
techniques and risk analyses different from those associated
with other portfolio investments. The Fund complies with
applicable regulatory requirements when implementing derivative
transactions, including the segregation of cash
and/or
liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as
mandated by SEC rules or SEC staff positions. Although the
Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds
investment objective, no assurance can be given that the use of
derivatives will achieve this result.
Other Investments
and Risk Factors
For cash management purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase
agreements with broker-dealers, banks and other financial
institutions to earn a return on temporarily available cash.
Such transactions are considered loans by the Fund and are
subject to the risk of default by the other party. The Fund will
only enter into such agreements with parties deemed to be
creditworthy by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the
Board.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
securities and certain restricted securities. Such securities
may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price
that the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such
securities at a lower price, sell other securities instead to
obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
The Fund may invest in shares of various exchange-traded funds
(ETFs). Shares of ETFs have many of the same risks as direct
investments in common stock or bonds. In addition, their market
value is expected to rise and fall as the value of the
underlying index or bonds rises and falls. As a shareholder in
an ETF, the Fund would bear its ratable share of that
entitys expenses, including investment advisory and
administration fees.
Further information about these types of investments and other
investment practices that may be used by the Fund is contained
in the Funds SAI.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of
time they have been held to take advantage of new investment
opportunities, when the Adviser believes the potential for
capital growth has lessened, or for other reasons. The
Funds portfolio turnover rate may vary from year to year.
A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) increases a
funds transaction costs (including brokerage commissions
and dealer costs), which would adversely impact a funds
performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the
realization of more short-term capital gains than if a fund had
lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will not be a
limiting factor, however, if the Adviser considers portfolio
changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy.
When market conditions
dictate a more defensive investment strategy, the Fund may, on a
temporary basis, hold cash or invest a portion or all of its
assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
government, its agencies or instrumentalities, prime commercial
paper, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and
other obligations of domestic banks having total assets of at
least $500 million, and repurchase agreements. Under normal
market conditions, the potential for capital growth and income
on these securities will tend to be lower than the potential for
capital growth and income on other
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securities that may be owned by the Fund. In taking such a
defensive position, the Fund would temporarily not be pursuing
its principal investment strategies and may not achieve its
investment objective.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described
in this prospectus vary from time to time, and at any time, the
Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in
this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and
other investments not described in this prospectus. Any
percentage limitations with respect to assets of the Fund are
applied at the time of purchase.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $1 billion
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0.650
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Gregory R. Lai, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Lai was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (May 2007 to 2010). Prior to May 2007, he was a
Senior Portfolio Manager at Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC.
Mr. Lai is the lead portfolio manager of the Fund.
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Stephen W. Pelensky, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Pelensky was associated with
Van Kampen Asset Management (May 2007 to 2010). Prior to May
2007, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager for Alliance Bernstein.
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Michael A. Petrino, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Petrino was associated with Van
Kampen Asset Management (May 2007 to 2010). Prior to May 2007,
he was a Portfolio Manager at Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC.
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Jordan Floriani, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Ms. Floriani was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (May 2007 to 2010). Prior to May 2007, she was a
Portfolio Manager at Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC.]
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A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, annually.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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3
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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n
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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n
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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n
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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n
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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n
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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n
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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n
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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n
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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n
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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n
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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n
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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n
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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|
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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|
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Second
|
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
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2.00
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|
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3.00
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Fourth
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1.00
|
|
|
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
|
Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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|
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4.00
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Third
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|
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3.00
|
|
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Fourth
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|
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2.50
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|
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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n
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
|
n
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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n
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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n
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
|
n
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
|
n
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
|
n
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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n
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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A-5 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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|
n
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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n
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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n
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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n
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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n
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
|
Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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|
Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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|
Through a Financial Adviser
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|
Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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|
Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
|
|
Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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|
Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
|
|
Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
|
A-6 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Opening An Account
|
|
Adding To An Account
|
|
By Internet
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
|
|
Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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*
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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You can send us a request by
e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at
1-202-551-8090
for information about the Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
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Prospectus
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Class: A (ACEIX), B (ACEQX), C (ACERX), R (ACESX), Y (ACETX)
Invesco
Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Funds investment
objective is to seek the highest possible income consistent with
safety of principal. Long-term growth of capital is an important
secondary investment objective.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C, R and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Redemption Fees
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Redeeming Shares
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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
Investment
Objectives
The Funds investment objective is to seek the highest
possible income consistent with safety of principal. Long-term
growth of capital is an important secondary investment objective.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on page L-1 of the statement of additional information
(SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.50
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None
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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None
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5.00
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1.00
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None
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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None
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None
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class:
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B
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Y
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Management Fees
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0.35
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0.35
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0.35
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0.35
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0.35
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Distribution
and/or
Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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0.50
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None
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Other
Expenses
1
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0.26
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0.26
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0.26
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Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
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0.86
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1.61
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1.61
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1.11
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Fee
Waiver
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0.04
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0.04
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0.04
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0.04
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0.04
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement
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0.82
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1.57
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1.57
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 0.82%, Class B shares to 1.57%,
Class C shares to 1.57%, Class R shares to 1.07% and
Class Y shares to 0.57% of average daily net assets,
respectively. In determining the Advisers obligation to
waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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629
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802
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Class B
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660
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800
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Class C
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260
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500
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Class R
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109
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187
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Class Y
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58
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345
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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629
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802
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160
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500
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160
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500
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Class R
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109
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187
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58
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345
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), the Funds investment
adviser, seeks to achieve the Funds investment objectives
by investing primarily in income-producing equity securities
(including common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible
securities) and investment grade quality debt securities. The
Fund emphasizes a value style of investing, seeking
well-established, undervalued companies that the Adviser
believes offer the potential for income with safety of principal
and long-term growth of capital. Portfolio securities are
typically sold when the assessments of the Adviser of the income
or growth potential of such securities materially change.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its
net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in
equity and income securities at the time of investment. Under
normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 65% of its
total assets in income-producing equity securities. The Fund may
invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of foreign
issuers. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in
real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Fund may purchase and
sell options, futures contracts and options on futures
contracts, structured notes and other types of structured
investments and swaps, which are derivative instruments, for
various portfolio management purposes, including to earn income,
to facilitate portfolio management and to mitigate risks. In
general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value
depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying
asset, interest rate or index.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could
lose money on your investment in the Fund. There can be no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other
insured depository institution and is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency.
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Market risk may affect a single
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issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a
whole. The securities of small- and medium-sized companies are
subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements and may have
lower trading volumes or more erratic trading than securities of
larger companies or the market averages in general. Investments
in debt securities generally are affected by changes in interest
rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The prices of such
securities tend to fall as interest rates rise, and such
declines tend to be greater among securities with longer
maturities. The value of a convertible security tends to decline
as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion feature,
tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the
underlying equity security.
Income Risk.
The ability of the Funds equity
securities to generate income generally depends on the earnings
and the continuing declaration of dividends by the issuers of
such securities. The interest income on debt securities
generally is affected by prevailing interest rates, which can
vary widely over the short- and long-term. If dividends are
reduced or discontinued or interest rates drop, distributions to
shareholders from the Fund may drop as well.
Call Risk.
If interest rates fall, it is possible that
issuers of callable securities held by the Fund will call or
prepay their securities before their maturity dates. In this
event, the proceeds from the called securities would most likely
be reinvested by the Fund in securities bearing the new, lower
interest rates, resulting in a possible decline in the
Funds income and distributions to shareholders and
termination of any conversion option on convertible securities.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk refers to an issuers
ability to make timely payments of interest and principal.
Because the Fund generally invests only in investment
grade-quality debt securities, it is subject to a lower level of
credit risk than a fund investing in lower-quality securities.
Foreign Risks.
The risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign currencies,
foreign currency exchange controls, political and economic
instability, differences in financial reporting, differences in
securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues.
The Fund may also invest in issuers in developing or emerging
market countries, which are subject to greater risks than
investments in securities of issuers in developed countries.
Risks of Investing in REITs.
Investing in REITs makes the
Fund more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of
real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may
involve duplication of management fees and certain other
expenses. In addition, REITs depend upon specialized management
skills, may less diversified, may have lower trading volume, and
may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than
the overall securities markets.
Value Investing.
The Fund emphasizes a value style of
investing. The Funds investment style presents the risk
that the valuations may never improve or that the returns on
value securities may be less than the returns on other styles of
investing or the overall stock market. Different types of stocks
tend to shift in and out of favor depending on market and
economic conditions. Thus, the value of the Funds
investments will vary and at times may be lower or higher than
that of other types of investments.
Risks of Derivatives.
Risks of derivatives include the
possible imperfect correlation between the value of the
instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the
other party to certain transactions; risks that the transactions
may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains
in portfolio positions; and risks that the transactions may not
be liquid.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mary Jayne Maly
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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James O. Roeder
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mark J. Laskin
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Sergio Marcheli
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Cynthia Brien
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Chuck Burge
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Portfolio Manager
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
There are no minimum investments for Class R shares for
Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B, C
and Y shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP,
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SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
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Investment
Objectives, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objectives
The Funds investment objective is to seek the highest
possible income consistent with safety of principal. Long-term
growth of capital is an important secondary investment
objective. The Funds investment objective may be changed
by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder
approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies and Risks
The Fund invests primarily in securities which provide the
highest possible income as is consistent with safety of
principal. To the extent possible, considering its primary
investment objective, the Fund seeks long-term growth of capital
as an important secondary objective.
The Fund, under normal conditions, invests at least 65% of its
total assets in income-producing equity investments.
Income-producing equity investments are dividend paying common
or preferred stocks, interest paying convertible debentures or
bonds, or zero coupon convertible securities (on which the Fund
accrues income for tax and accounting purposes, but receives no
cash).
The Fund may invest in income-producing equity instruments
(subject to the 65% policy above), debt securities and warrants
or rights to acquire such securities, in such proportions as
economic conditions indicate would best accomplish the
Funds objectives. It is the current operating policy of
the Fund to invest in debt securities rated Baa or higher by
Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) or rated BBB
or higher by Standard & Poors (S&P) or in
unrated securities considered by the Adviser to be of comparable
quality. It is also the operating policy of the Fund to invest
not more than 10% of its total assets in debt securities rated
Baa by Moodys or BBB by S&P or in unrated securities
considered by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. These
operating policies do not apply to convertible securities which
are selected primarily on the basis of their equity
characteristics. Ratings at the time of purchase determine which
securities may be acquired, and a subsequent reduction in
ratings does not require the Fund to dispose of a security.
Securities rated Baa by Moodys or BBB by S&P are
considered by the rating agencies to be medium grade obligations
which possess speculative characteristics so that changes in
economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to
lead to a weakened capacity to make principal and interest
payments than in the case of higher rated securities. Debt
securities with longer maturities generally tend to produce
higher yields and are subject to greater market price
fluctuations as a result of changes in interest rates than debt
securities with shorter maturities.
In selecting securities, the Adviser focuses on a
securitys potential for income with safety of principal
and long-term growth of capital. The Fund emphasizes a value
style of investing and seeks income-producing securities which
have attractive growth potential on an individual company basis.
The Adviser generally seeks to identify companies that are
undervalued and have identifiable factors that might lead to
improved valuations. A value style of investing emphasizes
undervalued companies with characteristics for improved
valuations. This style of investing is subject to the risk that
the valuations never improve or that the returns on value
securities are less than returns on other styles of investing or
the overall market. This catalyst could come from within the
company in the form of new management, operational enhancements,
restructuring or reorganization. It could also be an external
factor, such as an improvement in industry conditions or a
regulatory change. The Funds style presents the risk that
the valuations never improve or that the returns on value
securities are less than returns on other styles of investing or
the overall market. The Fund may, however, invest in securities
which do not pay dividends or interest. The Fund may invest in
securities that have above average volatility of price movement
including warrants or rights to acquire securities. Because
prices of equity securities and debt securities fluctuate, the
value of an investment in the Fund will vary based upon the
Funds investment performance. In an effort to reduce the
portfolios overall exposure to any individual security
price decline, the Fund spreads its investments over many
different companies in a variety of industries.
The Fund may invest to a larger degree in larger size companies,
although the Fund is not required to do so exclusively and may
invest in companies of any size including securities of small-
and medium-sized companies. The securities of small- and
medium-sized companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic
market movements and may have lower trading volumes or more
erratic trading than securities of larger companies or the
market averages in general. Thus, to the extent the Fund invests
in small- and medium-sized companies, it will be subject to
greater risk than that assumed through investment in the
securities of larger-sized companies.
The Fund may dispose of a security whenever, in the opinion of
the Adviser, factors indicate it is desirable to do so. Such
factors include changes in economic or market factors in general
or with respect to a particular industry, changes in the market
trends or other factors affecting an individual security,
changes in the relative market performance or appreciation
possibilities offered by individual securities and other
circumstances affecting the desirability of a given investment.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its
net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in
equity and income securities at the time of investment. The
Funds policy in the foregoing sentence may be changed by
the Board, but no change is anticipated; if the Funds
policy in the foregoing sentence changes, the Fund will notify
shareholders in writing at least 60 days prior to
implementation of the change and shareholders should consider
whether the Fund remains an appropriate investment in light of
the changes.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in
selecting the best-performing securities or investment
techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that
of similar funds.
The Fund invests primarily in income-producing equity securities
as described herein, and the Fund also may invest in investment
grade quality debt securities.
Common Stocks.
Common stocks are shares of a corporation
or other entity that entitle the holder to a pro rata share of
the profits of the corporation, if any, without preference over
any other class of securities, including such entitys debt
securities, preferred stock and other senior equity securities.
Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and
frequently an exclusive right to do so.
Preferred Stock.
Preferred stock generally has a
preference as to dividends and liquidation over an issuers
common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an
issuers capital structure. Unlike interest payments on
debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if
declared by the issuers board of directors. Preferred
stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption
provisions.
Convertible Securities.
A convertible security is a bond,
debenture, note, preferred stock, right, warrant or other
security that may be converted into or exchanged for a
prescribed amount of common stock or other security of the same
or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period of
time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security
generally entitles the holder to receive interest paid or
accrued on debt securities or the dividend paid on preferred
stock until the convertible security matures or is redeemed,
converted or exchanged. Before conversion, convertible
securities generally have characteristics similar to both debt
and equity securities. The value of convertible securities tends
to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion
feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of
the underlying securities. Convertible securities ordinarily
provide a stream of income with generally higher yields than
those of common stock of the same or similar issuers.
Convertible securities generally rank senior to common stock in
a corporations capital structure but are usually
subordinated to comparable nonconvertible securities.
Convertible securities generally do not participate directly in
any dividend increases or decreases of the
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underlying securities although the market prices of convertible
securities may be affected by any dividend changes or other
changes in the underlying securities. The Fund may purchase
convertible securities rated below investment grade (i.e., Ba or
lower by Moodys or BB or lower by S&P). Securities
rated below investment grade are commonly known as junk bonds.
Although the Fund selects these securities primarily on the
basis of their equity characteristics, investors should be aware
that convertible securities rated in these categories are
considered high risk securities; the rating agencies consider
them speculative with respect to the issuers continuing
ability to make timely payments of interest and principal. Thus,
to the extent that such convertible securities are acquired by
the Fund, there is a greater risk as to the timely repayment of
the principal of, and timely payment of interest or dividends
on, such securities than in the case of higher-rated convertible
securities.
Rights and warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities
at a specific price for a specific period of time. Rights
typically have a substantially shorter term than do warrants.
Rights and warrants may be considered more speculative and less
liquid than certain other types of investments in that they do
not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect
to the underlying securities nor do they represent any rights in
the assets of the issuing company. Rights and warrants may lack
a secondary market.
Debt Securities.
The Fund also may invest in debt
securities of various maturities. The Fund invests only in debt
securities that are investment grade at the time of investment,
and a subsequent reduction in rating does not require the Fund
to dispose of a security. Securities rated BBB by S&P or
Baa by Moodys are in the lowest of the four investment
grades and are considered by the rating agencies to be
medium-grade obligations which possess speculative
characteristics so that changes in economic conditions or other
circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to
make principal and interest payments than in the case of
higher-rated securities.
The Fund may invest in collateralized mortgage obligations
(CMOs) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). CMOs
are debt obligations collateralized by mortgage loans or
mortgage-related securities which generally are held under an
indenture issued by financial institutions or other mortgage
lenders or issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities
of the U.S. government. CMBS are generally multi-class or
pass-through securities issued by special purpose entities that
represent an interest in a portfolio of mortgage loans backed by
commercial properties. The yield and payment characteristics of
mortgage-backed securities differ from traditional fixed income
securities. Interest and principal payments are made regularly
and frequently, usually monthly, over the life of the mortgage
loans unlike traditional fixed income securities and principal
may be prepaid at any time because the underlying mortgage loans
generally may be prepaid at any time. Faster or slower
prepayments than expected on underlying mortgage loans can
dramatically alter the valuation and yield to maturity of a
mortgage-backed security. The value of most mortgage-backed
securities, like traditional fixed income securities, tends to
vary inversely with changes in prevailing interest rates (i.e.,
as interest rates increase, the value of such securities
decrease). Mortgage-backed securities, however, may benefit less
than traditional fixed income securities from declining interest
rates because prepayment of mortgages tends to accelerate during
periods of declining interest rates. This means some of the
Funds higher yielding securities may be converted to cash,
and the Fund will be forced to accept lower interest rates when
that cash is used to purchase new securities at prevailing
interest rates. Alternatively, during periods of rising interest
rates, mortgage-backed securities are often more susceptible to
extension risk (i.e., rising interest rates could cause a
borrower to prepay a mortgage loan more slowly than expected
when the security was purchased by the Fund which may further
reduce the market value of such security and lengthen the
duration of such security) than traditional fixed income
securities. If the collateral securing a CMO or any third party
guarantees are insufficient to make payments, the Fund could
sustain a loss. Certain of these securities may have variable or
floating interest rates and others may be stripped (securities
which provide only the principal or interest feature of the
underlying security).
Stripped mortgage-backed securities (hereinafter referred to as
stripped mortgage securities) are derivative multi-class
mortgage securities. Stripped mortgage securities may be issued
by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government, or by
private originators of, or investors in, mortgage loans,
including savings and loan associations, mortgage banks,
commercial banks, investment banks and special purpose
subsidiaries of the foregoing. Stripped mortgage securities
usually are structured with two classes that receive different
proportions of the interest and principal distributions on a
pool of underlying assets. A common type of stripped mortgage
security will have one class receiving some of the interest and
most of the principal from the mortgage assets, while the other
class receives most of the interest and the remainder of the
principal. In the most extreme case, one class will receive all
of the interest (the interest-only or IO class), while the other
class will receive all of the principal (the principal-only or
PO class). The yield to maturity on an IO class is extremely
sensitive to the rate of principal payments (including
prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets, and a
rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse
affect on the securities yield to maturity. If the
underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated
prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its
initial investment in these securities. PO securities usually
trade at a deep discount from their face or par value and are
subject to greater fluctuations of market value in response to
changing interest rates than debt obligations of comparable
maturities which make current distributions of interest.
Furthermore, if the underlying mortgage assets experience less
than the anticipated volume of prepayments of principal, the
yield of POs could be materially adversely affected. The market
values of IOs and POs are subject to greater risk of fluctuation
in response to changes in market rates of interest than many
other types of government securities and, to the extent the Fund
invests in IOs and POs, such investments increase the risk of
fluctuations in the net asset value of the Fund. Although the
market for stripped securities is increasingly liquid, certain
of such securities may not be readily marketable and will be
considered illiquid for purposes of the Funds limitation
on investments in illiquid securities.
The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and
may at times experience periods of extreme volatility and
uncertainty, which may affect all investment securities,
including equity securities, debt securities and derivative
instruments. During such periods, debt securities of all credit
qualities may become illiquid or difficult to sell at a time and
a price that the Fund would like. The markets for other
securities in which the Fund may invest may not function
properly, which may affect the value of such securities and such
securities may become illiquid. New or proposed laws may have an
impact on the Funds investments and it is not possible to
predict what effect, if any, such legislation may have on the
Fund.
REITs.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets
in REITs. REITs pool investors funds for investment
primarily in commercial real estate properties or real-estate
related loans. REITs generally derive their income from rents on
the underlying properties or interest on the underlying loans,
and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the
underlying property or changes in interest rates affecting the
underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible
to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the
real estate industry in general. These risks can include
fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by
borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and
local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents;
increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures,
or operating expenses; and other economic, political or
regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. In
addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may
not be diversified (which may increase the volatility of the
REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
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overall securities market. REITs are not taxed on income
distributed to shareholders provided they comply with several
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the Code). REITs are subject to the risk of failing to qualify
for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code. In addition,
investments in REITs may involve duplication of management fees
and certain other expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its
proportionate share of any expenses paid by REITs in which it
invests.
Risks of Investing in Securities of Foreign Issuers.
The
Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of
foreign issuers. Securities of foreign issuers may be
denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S.
dollars. Investments in securities of foreign issuers present
certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These risks include fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates, political, economic or legal
developments (including war or other instability, expropriation
of assets, nationalization and confiscatory taxation), the
imposition of foreign exchange limitations (including currency
blockage), withholding taxes on income or capital transactions
or other restrictions, higher transaction costs (including
higher brokerage, custodial and settlement costs and currency
conversion costs) and possible difficulty in enforcing
contractual obligations or taking judicial action. Securities of
foreign issuers may not be as liquid and may be more volatile
than comparable securities of domestic issuers.
In addition, there often is less publicly available information
about many foreign issuers, and issuers of foreign securities
are subject to different, often less comprehensive, auditing,
accounting and financial reporting disclosure requirements than
domestic issuers. There is generally less government regulation
of exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the
United States and, with respect to certain foreign countries,
there is a possibility of expropriation or confiscatory
taxation, or diplomatic developments which could affect
investment in those countries. Because there is usually less
supervision and governmental regulation of foreign exchanges,
brokers and dealers than there is in the United States, the Fund
may experience settlement difficulties or delays not usually
encountered in the United States.
Delays in making trades in securities of foreign issuers
relating to volume constraints, limitations or restrictions,
clearance or settlement procedures, or otherwise could impact
returns and result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund
are not fully invested or attractive investment opportunities
are foregone.
The Fund may invest in securities of issuers in developing or
emerging market countries. Investments in securities of issuers
in developing or emerging market countries are subject to
greater risks than investments in securities of developed
countries since emerging market countries tend to have economic
structures that are less diverse and mature and political
systems that are less stable than developed countries.
In addition to the increased risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, there are often increased transaction costs
associated with investing in securities of foreign issuers,
including the costs incurred in connection with converting
currencies, higher foreign brokerage or dealer costs and higher
settlement costs or custodial costs.
Since the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Fund may be affected
by changes in foreign currency exchange rates (and exchange
control regulations) which affect the value of investments in
the Fund and the accrued income and appreciation or depreciation
of the investments. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates
relative to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of
the Funds assets denominated in that currency and the
Funds return on such assets as well as any temporary
uninvested reserves in bank deposits in foreign currencies. In
addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with
conversions between various currencies.
The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form
of depositary receipts. Depositary receipts involve
substantially identical risks to those associated with direct
investment in securities of foreign issuers. In addition, the
underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly
unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no
obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the
holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
The Fund may purchase and sell foreign currency on a spot (i.e.,
cash) basis in connection with the settlement of transactions in
securities traded in such foreign currency. The Fund also may
enter into contracts with banks, brokers or dealers to purchase
or sell securities or foreign currencies at a future date
(forward contracts). A foreign currency forward contract is a
negotiated agreement between the contracting to exchange a
specified amount of currency at a specified future time at a
specified rate. The rate can be higher or lower than the spot
rate between the currencies that are the subject of the contract.
The Fund may attempt to protect against adverse changes in the
value of the U.S. dollar in relation to a foreign currency by
entering into a forward contract for the purchase or sale of the
amount of foreign currency invested or to be invested, or by
buying or selling a foreign currency option or futures contract
for such amount. Such strategies may be employed before the Fund
purchases a foreign security traded in the currency which the
Fund anticipates acquiring or between the date the foreign
security is purchased or sold and the date on which payment
therefore is made or received. Seeking to protect against a
change in the value of a foreign currency in the foregoing
manner does not eliminate fluctuations in the prices of
portfolio securities or prevent losses if the prices of such
securities decline. Furthermore, such transactions reduce or
preclude the opportunity for gain if the value of the currency
should move in the direction opposite to the position taken.
Unanticipated changes in currency prices may result in poorer
overall performance for the Fund than if it had not entered into
such contracts.
Derivatives.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use
various investment strategies for a variety of purposes
including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to
earn income. The Funds use of derivative transactions may
involve the purchase and sale of options, forwards, futures,
options on futures, swaps and other related instruments and
techniques. Such derivatives may be based on a variety of
underlying instruments, most commonly equity and debt
securities, indexes, interest rates, currencies and other
assets. Derivatives often have risks similar to the securities
underlying the derivative instrument and may have additional
risks as described herein. The Funds use of derivatives
transactions may also include other instruments, strategies and
techniques, including newly developed or permitted instruments,
strategies and techniques, consistent with the Funds
investment objectives and applicable regulatory requirements.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement between two
parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying
instrument at a specific price at a specific future time. The
value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in
tandem with the value of the underlying instrument. Futures
contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and
the seller equally obligated to complete the transaction.
Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures
contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the
underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a
cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The Funds
use of futures may not always be successful. The prices of
futures can be highly volatile, using them could lower total
return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the
Funds initial investment in such contracts.
A swap contract is an agreement between two parties pursuant to
which the parties exchange payments at specified dates on the
basis of a specified notional amount, with the payments
calculated by reference to specified securities, indexes,
reference rates, currencies or other instruments. Most swap
agreements provide that when the period payment dates for both
parties are the same, the payments are made on a net basis
(i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with only the net
amount paid by one party to the other). The Funds
obligations or rights
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under a swap contract entered into on a net basis will generally
be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the
agreement, based on the relative values of the positions held by
each counterparty. Swap agreements are not entered into or
traded on exchanges and there is no central clearing or guaranty
function for swaps. Therefore, swaps are subject to credit risk
or the risk of default or non-performance by the counterparty.
Swaps could result in losses if interest rate or foreign
currency exchange rates or credit quality changes are not
correctly anticipated by the Fund or if the reference index,
security or investments do not perform as expected.
The Fund also may invest a portion of its assets in structured
notes and other types of structured investments (referred to
collectively as structured products). A structured note is a
derivative security for which the amount of principal repayment
and/or
interest payments is based on the movement of one or more
factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, currency
exchange rates, interest rates (such as the prime lending rate
or LIBOR), referenced bonds and stock indices. Investments in
structured notes involve risks including interest rate risk,
credit risk and market risk. Changes in interest rates and
movement of the factor may cause significant price fluctuations
and changes in the reference factor may cause the interest rate
on the structured note to be reduced to zero and any further
changes in the reference factor may then reduce the principal
amount payable on maturity. Structured notes may be less liquid
than other types of securities and more volatile than the
reference factor underlying the note.
Generally, structured investments are interests in entities
organized and operated for the purpose of restructuring the
investment characteristics of underlying investment interests or
securities. These investment entities may be structured as
trusts or other types of pooled investment vehicles. Holders of
structured investments bear risks of the underlying investment
and are subject to counterparty risk. While certain structured
investment vehicles enable the investor to acquire interests in
a pool of securities without the brokerage and other expenses
associated with directly holding the same securities, investors
in structured investment vehicles generally pay their share of
the investment vehicles administrative and other expenses.
Certain structured products may be thinly traded or have a
limited trading market and may have the effect of increasing the
Funds illiquidity to the extent that the Fund, at a
particular point in time, may be unable to find qualified buyers
for these securities.
The use of derivatives involves risks that are different from,
and possibly greater than, the risks associated with other
portfolio investments. The use of derivatives transactions may
involve the use of highly specialized instruments that require
investment techniques and risk analyses different from those
associated with other portfolio investments. The Fund complies
with applicable regulatory requirements when implementing
derivative transactions, including the segregation of cash
and/or
liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as
mandated by SEC rules or SEC staff positions. Although the
Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds
investment objective, no assurance can be given that the use of
derivatives will achieve this result.
Other Investments
and Risk Factors
For cash management purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase
agreements with broker-dealers, banks and other financial
institutions to earn a return on temporarily available cash.
Such transactions are considered loans by the Fund and are
subject to the risk of default by the other party. The Fund will
only enter into such agreements with parties deemed to be
creditworthy under guidelines approved by the Board.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
securities and certain restricted securities. Such securities
may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price
that the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such
securities at a lower price, sell other securities instead to
obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
Further information about these types of investments and other
investment practices that may be used by the Fund is contained
in the Funds SAI.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of
time they have been held to take advantage of new investment
opportunities, when the Adviser believes the potential for
income or capital growth has lessened, or for other reasons. The
Funds portfolio turnover rate may vary from year to year.
A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) increases a
funds transaction costs (including brokerage commissions
and dealer costs), which would adversely impact a funds
performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the
realization of more short-term capital gains than if a fund had
lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will not be a
limiting factor, however, if the Adviser considers portfolio
changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy.
When market conditions
dictate a more defensive investment strategy, the Fund may, on a
temporary basis, hold cash or invest a portion or all of its
assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
government, its agencies or instrumentalities, prime commercial
paper, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and
repurchase agreements. Under normal market conditions, the
potential for income and capital growth on these securities will
tend to be lower than the potential for income and capital
growth on other securities that may be owned by the Fund. In
taking such a defensive position, the Fund would temporarily not
be pursuing its principal investment strategies and may not
achieve its investment objectives.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described
in this prospectus vary from time to time, and at any time, the
Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in
this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and
other investments not described in this prospectus. Any
percentage limitations with respect to assets of the Fund are
applied at the time of purchase.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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First $150 million
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0.500
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0.450
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Thomas B. Bastian, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Bastian was associated with Van
Kampen Asset Management (2003 to 2010). Mr. Bastian is the
lead portfolio manager of the Fund.
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Mary Jayne Maly, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Ms. Maly was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (1992 to 2010).
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James O. Roeder, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Roeder was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (1999 to 2010).
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Mark J. Laskin, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Laskin was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (2000 to 2010).
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Sergio Marcheli, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Marcheli was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (2002 to 2010).
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Cynthia Brien, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception, and has been associated with the
Adviser or its affiliates since 1996.
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Chuck Burge, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception, and has been associated with the
Adviser or its affiliates since 2002.
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Messrs. Roeder, Laskin and Ms. Maly assist
Mr. Bastian in the management of the equity holdings of the
Fund. Ms. Brien and Mr. Burge are responsible for the
management of the fixed income holdings of the Fund.
Mr. Marcheli manages the cash position in the Fund, submits
trades and aids in providing research.]
A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, quarterly.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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fee of up to 0.25%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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fee of up to 0.25%
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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1
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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2
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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3
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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4
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
|
|
Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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n
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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n
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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n
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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n
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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n
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
|
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First
|
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5.00
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%
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Second
|
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4.00
|
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Third
|
|
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3.00
|
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Fourth
|
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3.00
|
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Fifth
|
|
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2.00
|
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Sixth
|
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
|
Year since purchase made
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|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
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5.00
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%
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Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
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Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
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Fifth
|
|
|
2.00
|
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|
Sixth
|
|
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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|
None
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|
CDSC Category III
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
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Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
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1.50
|
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Sixth and following
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|
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None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category IV
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
3.75
|
|
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Third
|
|
|
3.50
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
Sixth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
Seventh and following
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category V
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
2.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
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Third
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
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0.50
|
|
|
Fifth and following
|
|
|
None
|
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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|
|
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|
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|
|
CDSC Category VI
|
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
|
purchased
|
|
purchased
|
|
|
before
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|
on or after
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Year since purchase made
|
|
June 1, 2005
|
|
June 1, 2005
|
|
First
|
|
|
3.00
|
%
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
Third
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
|
|
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None
|
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
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Sixth and following
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|
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None
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|
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDSC Category VII
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
First
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
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bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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Exchange From
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class A, Y*, Investor Class, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class S
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Real Estate
Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
VK-EQI-PRO-1
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (VEPAX), B (VEPBX), C (VEPCX), Y (VEPIX)
Invesco
Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Funds primary
investment objective is to seek current income and its secondary
investment objective is to seek long-term capital
appreciation.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Redeeming Shares
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
Investment
Objectives
The Funds primary investment objective is to seek current
income and its secondary investment objective is to seek
long-term capital appreciation.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on page L-1 of the statement of additional information
(SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Management Fees
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Fee
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 1.24%, Class B shares to 1.99%,
Class C shares to 1.99% and Class Y shares to 0.99% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal market conditions, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the
Adviser), the Funds investment adviser, seeks to achieve
the Funds investment objectives by investing primarily in
a portfolio of equity securities of U.S. issuers and by
utilizing an option writing strategy to enhance current
distributions.
In selecting individual securities for the Funds
portfolio, the Adviser seeks to construct an equity portfolio
with risk, style, capitalization, sector and industry
characteristics similar to the Standard & Poors
(S&P) 500 Index, although the Fund is not an S&P 500
Index fund. The Adviser uses a variety of quantitative
techniques to select the Funds investments. The Fund
generally sells a security when the Advisers quantitative
analysis indicates that the security is no longer appropriate
for the Funds portfolio, but may also sell a security to
take advantage of new investment opportunities, when the Adviser
believes that the potential for current income or long-term
appreciation has lessened, to realize gains for distribution to
shareholders or for other reasons.
In executing the option writing strategy of the Fund, the
Adviser intends to write (i.e., sell) covered call options on
individual securities and securities indices in an attempt to
generate current income from option premiums as a means of
enhancing distributions paid to shareholders. Under normal
market conditions, the Adviser expects to write covered call
options in an amount that is between 25% and 75% of the value of
the Funds assets.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities
of foreign issuers. In addition to the option writing strategy
discussed above, the Fund may purchase and sell options, futures
contracts, options on futures contracts and currency-related
transactions involving options, futures contracts, forward
contracts and swaps, which are derivative instruments, for
various portfolio management purposes and to mitigate risks. In
general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value
depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying
asset, interest rate or index.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could
lose money on your investment in the Fund. There can be no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a
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deposit of any bank or other insured depository institution and
is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other government agency.
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the
economy or the market as a whole. Investments in common stocks
and other equity securities generally are affected by changes in
the stock markets which fluctuate substantially over time,
sometimes suddenly and sharply. The value of a convertible
security tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of
the conversion feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the
market value of the underlying equity security.
Option Writing Strategy Risk.
During periods in which the
equity markets are generally unchanged or falling, a diversified
equity portfolio such as that held by the Fund which utilizes a
covered call option writing strategy may outperform the same
portfolio without a covered call option writing strategy because
of the additional premiums received from writing covered call
options. Similarly, in a modestly rising market, the Fund may
also outperform the same portfolio without a covered call option
writing strategy. However, in sharply rising markets, the Fund
is expected to underperform the same portfolio that does not
employ a covered call option writing strategy. This
underperformance in a sharply rising market could be
significant. The Funds covered call option writing
strategy may not fully protect it against declines in the value
of the market.
Return of Capital Risk.
In adverse or volatile market
conditions, a portion or all of the Funds monthly
distributions may constitute a return of part of your original
investment or a return of capital. The Adviser believes, given
current and past market conditions, that there is a strong
likelihood that substantially all, if not all, of the
distributions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010 may
be characterized as a return of capital. Such return of capital
distributions will decrease the Funds assets and may
increase the Funds expense ratio.
Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).
ETFs may have many
of the same risks as direct investments in common stocks.
Investments in ETFs may involve duplication of management fees
and certain other expenses.
Foreign Risks.
The risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign currencies,
foreign currency exchange controls, political and economic
instability, differences in financial reporting, differences in
securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues.
Risks of Derivatives.
Risks of derivatives include the
possible imperfect correlation between the value of the
instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the
other party to the transaction; risks that the transactions may
result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in
portfolio positions; and risks that the transactions may not be
liquid.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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[Hooman Yaghoobi
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Portfolio Manager
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Teimur Abasov
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Portfolio Manager
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objectives, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objectives
The Funds primary investment objective is to seek current
income and its secondary investment objective is to seek
long-term capital appreciation. The Funds investment
objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees (the Board)
without shareholder approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies and Risks
Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the
Funds investment objectives by investing primarily in a
portfolio of equity
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securities of U.S. issuers and by utilizing an option writing
strategy to enhance current distributions.
In selecting individual securities for the Funds
portfolio, the Adviser seeks to construct an equity portfolio
with risk, style, capitalization, sector and industry
characteristics similar to the S&P
500
®
Index, although the Fund is not an S&P
500
®
Index fund. These equity securities primarily consist of common
stocks. Other equity securities in which the Fund invests are
preferred stocks, convertible securities, rights and warrants
and ETFs. The Adviser uses a variety of quantitative techniques
to select the Funds investments. The model is driven by
rigorous fundamental and quantitative research that screens a
universe of large capitalization companies. The model employs
three quantitative screens based on the following primary
inputsearnings expectations, price trends and relative
valuations. Individual securities are ranked within each section
by the most effective combination of these disciplines based on
the current phase of the economic cycle. The Fund generally
sells a security when the Advisers quantitative analysis
indicates that the security is no longer appropriate for the
Funds portfolio, but may also sell a security to take
advantage of new investment opportunities, when the Adviser
believes that the potential for current income or long-term
appreciation has lessened, to realize gains for distribution to
shareholders or for other reasons.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of
its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in
equity securities at the time of investment. The Funds
policy in the foregoing sentence may be changed by the
Funds Board of Trustees, but no change is anticipated; if
the Funds policy in the foregoing sentence changes, the
Fund will notify shareholders in writing at least 60 days
prior to implementation of the change and shareholders should
consider whether the Fund remains an appropriate investment in
light of the changes.
In executing the option writing strategy of the Fund, the
Adviser intends to write (i.e., sell) covered call options in an
attempt to generate current income from option premiums as a
means of enhancing distributions paid to shareholders. These
covered call options may be written with respect to individual
securities or securities indices. Under normal market
conditions, the Adviser expects to write covered call options in
an amount that is between 25% and 75% of the value of the
Funds assets. As the Fund writes covered calls over more
of its portfolio, its ability to benefit from capital
appreciation may become more limited. As the writer or seller of
an option, the Fund will receive cash or a premium from the
option purchaser. Depending on the type of call option, the
purchaser either (i) has the right to any appreciation in
the value of the security or index over a fixed price (the
exercise price) on a certain date in the future (the expiration
date) or (ii) has the right to any appreciation in the
value of the security or index at any time prior to the
expiration of the option. If the purchaser does not exercise the
option, the Fund retains the premium. If the purchaser exercises
the option, the Fund retains the premium but pays the purchaser
the difference between the price of the security or the index
and the exercise price of the option or otherwise closes the
option by delivering the underlying security versus payment of
the exercise price. The premium, the exercise price and the
market price of the security or index determine the gain or loss
realized by the Fund as the seller of the call option. The Fund
can also repurchase the call option prior to the expiration
date, ending its obligation. In this case, the cost of entering
into closing purchase transactions will determine the gain or
loss realized by the Fund.
During periods in which the equity markets are generally
unchanged or falling, a diversified equity portfolio such as
that held by the Fund which utilizes a covered call option
writing strategy may outperform the same portfolio without a
covered call option writing strategy because of the additional
premiums received from writing covered call options. Similarly,
in a modestly rising market (where the Funds income from
premiums exceeds the aggregate appreciation of the individual
securities or indices on which the Fund has written options over
their exercise prices), the Fund may also outperform the same
portfolio without a covered call option writing strategy.
However, in sharply rising markets (where the aggregate
appreciation of the individual securities or indices on which
the Fund has written options over their exercise prices exceeds
the Funds premium income), the Fund is expected to
underperform the same portfolio that does not employ a covered
call option writing strategy. This underperformance in a sharply
rising market could be significant. While the Funds
returns will be affected by the appreciation and depreciation of
the equity securities it owns, the Fund anticipates that the
volatility of increases and decreases in the value of the
Funds equity portfolio will be reduced by the receipt of
premium income in connection with its option writing strategy.
However, the Funds covered call option writing strategy
may not fully protect it against declines in the value of the
market.
To a lesser extent, the Funds overall strategy may entail
purchasing call options and selling and purchasing put options.
Put options are contracts that give the holder of the option, in
return for a premium, the right to sell to the writer of the
option the security underlying the option at a specified price
at any time during the term of the option. Put option strategies
may produce considerably more gains than the Funds primary
strategy of covered call option writing, but they involve a
higher degree of risk and potential volatility.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities
of foreign issuers, which the Fund expects will primarily be
foreign issuers traded on U.S. exchanges in the form of
depository receipts.
The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and
may at times, including currently, experience periods of extreme
volatility and uncertainty, which may affect all investment
securities, including equity securities and derivative
instruments. The markets for securities in which the Fund may
invest may not function properly, which may affect the value of
such securities and such securities may become illiquid. New or
proposed laws may have an impact on the Funds investments
and the Adviser is unable to predict what effect, if any, such
legislation may have on the Fund.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in
selecting the best-performing securities or investment
techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that
of similar funds.
The Fund invests primarily in common stocks and also may invest
in other equity securities as described herein.
Common Stocks.
Common stocks are shares of a corporation
or other entity that entitle the holder to a pro rata share of
the profits of the corporation, if any, without preference over
any other class of securities, including such entitys debt
securities, preferred stock and other senior equity securities.
Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and
frequently an exclusive right to do so.
Preferred Stock.
Preferred stock generally has a
preference as to dividends and liquidation over an issuers
common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an
issuers capital structure. Unlike interest payments on
debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if
declared by the issuers board of directors. Preferred
stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption
provisions.
Convertible Securities.
A convertible security is a bond,
debenture, note, preferred stock, right, warrant or other
security that may be converted into or exchanged for a
prescribed amount of common stock or other security of the same
or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period of
time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security
generally entitles the holder to receive interest paid or
accrued on debt securities or the dividend paid on preferred
stock until the convertible security matures or is redeemed,
converted or exchanged. Before conversion, convertible
securities generally have characteristics similar to both debt
and equity securities. The value of convertible securities tends
to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion
feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of
the underlying securities. Convertible securities generally rank
senior to common stock in a corporations capital structure
but are usually subordinated to comparable nonconvertible
securities. Convertible securities generally do not
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participate directly in any dividend increases or decreases of
the underlying securities although the market prices of
convertible securities may be affected by any dividend changes
or other changes in the underlying securities.
Rights and warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities
at a specific price for a specific period of time. Rights
typically have a substantially shorter term than do warrants.
Rights and warrants may be considered more speculative and less
liquid than certain other types of investments in that they do
not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect
to the underlying securities nor do they represent any rights in
the assets of the issuing company. Rights and warrants may lack
a secondary market.
ETFs.
An ETF generally seeks to track the performance of
an underlying index
and/or
hold
the securities included in such index. ETFs have many of the
same risks as direct investments in common stocks. The market
value of an ETF is expected to rise and fall as the value of the
underlying index rises and falls. In addition, the market value
of an ETF may differ from its net asset value. Investment in
ETFs may involve duplication of management fees and certain
other expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate
share of any expenses paid by the ETFs in which it invests.
Risks Associated with the Funds Option Strategy.
The ability of the Fund to achieve its primary objective of
seeking current income is primarily dependent on the successful
implementation of its option writing strategy.
There are several risks associated with transactions in options
on securities or indices used in connection with the Funds
option writing strategy. For example, there are significant
differences between the securities and options markets that
could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets,
causing a given transaction not to achieve its objectives. A
decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the
exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well conceived
transaction may be unsuccessful to some degree because of market
behavior or unexpected events.
As the writer of a covered call option, the Fund forgoes, during
the options life, the opportunity to profit from increases
in the market value of the security underlying the call option
above the exercise price of the call, but has retained the risk
of loss should the price of the underlying security decline. As
the Fund writes covered calls over more of its portfolio, its
ability to benefit from capital appreciation becomes more
limited. The writer of an option has no control over the time
when it may be required to fulfill its obligation as a writer of
the option. Once an option writer has received an exercise
notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction in order
to terminate its obligation under the option and must deliver
the difference between the price of the security and the
exercise price of the option or the underlying security at the
exercise price.
When the Fund writes put options, it bears the risk of loss if
the value of the underlying security declines below the exercise
price. If the option is exercised, the Fund could incur a loss
if it is required to purchase the security underlying the put
option at an exercise price greater than the market price of the
underlying security at the time of exercise plus the put premium
the Fund received when it wrote the option. With a put option,
the Fund risks a loss equal to the entire exercise price of the
option minus the put premium.
The Fund may sell index call and put options as part of its
overall option strategy. The purchaser of an index call option
has the right to any appreciation in the value of the index over
the exercise price of the option on or before the expiration
date. The purchaser of an index put option has the right to any
depreciation in the value of the index below the exercise price
of the option on or before the expiration date. Because the
exercise of an index option is settled in cash, sellers of index
call options, such as the Fund, cannot provide in advance for
their potential settlement obligations by acquiring and holding
the underlying securities. The Fund will lose money if it is
required to pay the purchaser of an index option the difference
between the cash value of the index on which the option was
written and the exercise price and such difference is greater
than the premium received by the Fund for writing the option.
The value of index options written by the Fund, which will be
priced daily, will be affected by changes in the value and
dividend rates of the underlying securities in the respective
index, changes in the actual or perceived volatility of the
stock market and the remaining time to the options
expiration.
There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when
the Fund seeks to enter or close out an option position. The
value of the options may be adversely affected if the market for
the options becomes less liquid or smaller. If the Fund were
unable to close out a covered call option that it had written on
a security, it would not be able to sell the underlying security
unless the option expired without exercise.
In addition, in adverse or volatile market conditions, the
Funds monthly distribution policy may result in a return
of capital to shareholders if the amount of the distribution
exceeds the Funds net investment income and realized
capital gains. The Adviser believes, given current and past
market conditions, that there is a strong likelihood that
substantially all, if not all, of the distributions for the
fiscal year ended August 31, 2010 may be characterized as a
return of capital.
Derivatives.
In addition to the Funds option
strategy discussed above, the Fund may, but is not required to,
use various investment strategies for a variety of purposes
including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to
earn income. Derivatives transactions may involve the purchase
and sale of options, forwards, futures, options on futures,
swaps and other related instruments and techniques. Such
derivatives may be based on a variety of underlying instruments,
most commonly equity and debt securities, indexes, interest
rates, currencies and other assets. Derivatives often have risks
similar to the securities underlying the derivative instrument
and may have additional risks as described herein. The
Funds use of derivatives transactions may also include
other instruments, strategies and techniques, including newly
developed or permitted instruments, strategies and techniques,
consistent with the Funds investment objectives and
applicable regulatory requirements.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement between two
parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying
instrument at a specific price at a specific future time. The
value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in
tandem with the value of the underlying instrument. Futures
contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and
the seller equally obligated to complete the transaction.
Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures
contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the
underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a
cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The Funds
use of futures may not always be successful. The prices of
futures can be highly volatile, using them could lower total
return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the
Funds initial investment in such contracts.
A swap contract is an agreement between two parties pursuant to
which the parties exchange payments at specified dates on the
basis of a specified notional amount, with the payments
calculated by reference to specified securities, indexes,
reference rates, currencies or other instruments. Most swap
agreements provide that when the period payment dates for both
parties are the same, the payments are made on a net basis
(i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with only the net
amount paid by one party to the other). The Funds
obligations or rights under a swap contract entered into on a
net basis will generally be equal only to the net amount to be
paid or received under the agreement, based on the relative
values of the positions held by each counterparty. Swap
agreements are not entered into or traded on exchanges and there
is no central clearing or guaranty function for swaps.
Therefore, swaps are subject to credit risk or the risk of
default or non-performance by the counterparty. Swaps could
result in losses if interest rate or foreign currency exchange
rates or credit quality changes are not correctly anticipated by
the Fund or if the reference index, security or investments do
not perform as expected.
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The use of derivatives involves risks that are different from,
and possibly greater than, the risks associated with other
portfolio investments. The use of derivatives transactions may
involve the use of highly specialized instruments that require
investment techniques and risk analyses different from those
associated with other portfolio investments. The Fund complies
with applicable regulatory requirements when implementing
derivative transactions, including the segregation of cash
and/or
liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as
mandated by SEC rules or SEC staff positions. Although the
Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds
investment objective, no assurance can be given that the use of
derivatives will achieve this result.
Risks of Investing in Securities of Foreign Issuers.
The
Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of
foreign issuers. Securities of foreign issuers may be
denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S.
dollars. The percentage of assets invested in securities of a
particular country or denominated in a particular currency will
vary in accordance with the portfolio management teams
assessment of the relative yield, appreciation potential and the
relationship of a countrys currency to the U.S. dollar,
which is based upon such factors as fundamental economic
strength, credit quality and interest rate trends. Investments
in securities of foreign issuers present certain risks not
ordinarily associated with investments in securities of U.S.
issuers. These risks include fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates, political, economic or legal developments
(including war or other instability, expropriation of assets,
nationalization and confiscatory taxation), the imposition of
foreign exchange limitations (including currency blockage),
withholding taxes on income or capital transactions or other
restrictions, higher transaction costs (including higher
brokerage, custodial and settlement costs and currency
conversion costs) and possible difficulty in enforcing
contractual obligations or taking judicial action. Securities of
foreign issuers may not be as liquid and may be more volatile
than comparable securities of domestic issuers.
In addition, there often is less publicly available information
about many foreign issuers, and issuers of foreign securities
are subject to different, often less comprehensive, auditing,
accounting and financial reporting disclosure requirements than
domestic issuers. There is generally less government regulation
of exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the
United States and, with respect to certain foreign countries,
there is a possibility of expropriation or confiscatory
taxation, or diplomatic developments which could affect
investment in those countries. Because there is usually less
supervision and governmental regulation of foreign exchanges,
brokers and dealers than there is in the United States, the Fund
may experience settlement difficulties or delays not usually
encountered in the United States.
Delays in making trades in securities of foreign issuers
relating to volume constraints, limitations or restrictions,
clearance or settlement procedures, or otherwise could impact
returns and result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund
are not fully invested or attractive investment opportunities
are foregone.
In addition to the increased risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, there are often increased transaction costs
associated with investing in securities of foreign issuers,
including the costs incurred in connection with converting
currencies, higher foreign brokerage or dealer costs and higher
settlement costs or custodial costs.
Since the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Fund may be affected
by changes in foreign currency exchange rates (and exchange
control regulations) which affect the value of investments in
the Fund and the accrued income and appreciation or depreciation
of the investments. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates
relative to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of
the Funds assets denominated in that currency and the
Funds return on such assets as well as any temporary
uninvested reserves in bank deposits in foreign currencies. In
addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with
conversions between various currencies.
The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form
of depositary receipts. Depositary receipts involve
substantially identical risks to those associated with direct
investment in securities of foreign issuers. In addition, the
underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly
unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no
obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the
holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
Other Investments
and Risk Factors
For cash management purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase
agreements with broker-dealers, banks and other financial
institutions to earn a return on temporarily available cash.
Such transactions are considered loans by the Fund and are
subject to the risk of default by the other party. The Fund will
only enter into such agreements with parties deemed to be
creditworthy by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the
Board.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
securities and certain restricted securities. Such securities
may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price
that the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such
securities at a lower price, sell other securities instead to
obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
Further information about these types of investments and other
investment practices that may be used by the Fund is contained
in the Funds SAI.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of
time they have been held to take advantage of new investment
opportunities, when the Adviser believes the potential for
current income or long-term capital appreciation has lessened,
or for other reasons. The Funds portfolio turnover rate
may vary from year to year. A high portfolio turnover rate (100%
or more) increases a funds transaction costs (including
brokerage commissions and dealer costs), which would adversely
impact a funds performance. Higher portfolio turnover may
result in the realization of more short-term capital gains than
if a fund had lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will
not be a limiting factor, however, if the Adviser considers
portfolio changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy.
When market conditions
dictate a more defensive investment strategy, the Fund may, on a
temporary basis, hold cash or invest a portion or all of its
assets in money-market instruments, obligations of the U.S.
government, its agencies or instrumentalities, obligations of
foreign sovereignties, other high-quality debt securities
(including prime commercial paper), repurchase agreements and
bank obligations, bankers acceptances and certificates of
deposit, and Eurodollar certificates of deposit. Under normal
market conditions, the potential for current income or long-term
capital appreciation on these securities will tend to be lower
than the potential for current income or long-term capital
appreciation on other securities that may be owned by the Fund.
In taking such a defensive position, the Fund would temporarily
not be pursuing its principal investment strategies and may not
achieve its investment objectives.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described
in this prospectus vary from time to time, and at any time, the
Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in
this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and
other investments not described in this prospectus. Any
percentage limitations with respect to assets of the Fund are
applied at the time of purchase.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
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The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory Agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Hooman Yaghoobi, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Yaghoobi was associated with
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. in an investment
management capacity (1995 to 2010).
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Teimur Abasov, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Abasov was associated with Morgan Stanley
Investment Management Inc. in an investment management capacity
(March 2005 to 2010). Prior to March 2005, he worked as a
professor of Operations Research and taught finance at the
University of California, Irvine.]
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More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or a combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, monthly.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
6 Invesco
Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
7 Invesco
Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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2
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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3
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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4
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Second
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
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2.00
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3.00
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Fourth
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1.00
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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n
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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n
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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A-6 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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*
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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By Mail
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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Original signatures of all registered owners/trustees;
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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A-7 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds are to be mailed to your address on record (and there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days) or transferred electronically to a pre-authorized checking account;
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
. You
will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class S
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Class R
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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Reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase or exchange
order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Money Market
Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Real Estate
Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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By Mail:
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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By Telephone:
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On the Internet:
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You can send us a request by
e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
VK-EQPI-PRO-1
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (ACGIX), B (ACGJX), C (ACGKX), R (ACGLX), Y (ACGMX)
Invesco
Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Funds investment
objective is to seek income and long-term growth of capital.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C, R and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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is
not FDIC insured;
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may
lose value; and
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not guaranteed by a bank.
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Shareholder Account Information
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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Initial Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
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Redemption Fees
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Exchanging Shares
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Rights Reserved by the Funds
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Excessive Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing) Disclosures
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Pricing of Shares
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Taxes
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek income and
long-term growth of capital.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on
page L-1
of the statement of additional information (SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Class:
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.50
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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and/or
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 0.88%, Class B shares to 1.63%,
Class C shares to 1.63%, Class R shares to 1.13% and
Class Y shares to 0.63% of average daily net assets,
respectively. In determining the Advisers obligation to
waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Class A
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Class C
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266
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515
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Class R
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360
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Class Y
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64
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203
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Class A
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$
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635
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$
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818
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Class B
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166
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515
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Class C
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166
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515
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Class R
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115
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360
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Class Y
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64
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203
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal market conditions, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the
Adviser), the Funds investment adviser, seeks to achieve
the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in a
portfolio of income-producing equity securities (although
investments are also made in non-convertible preferred stocks
and debt securities). Income-producing equity securities are
common stocks and convertible securities. In selecting
securities for investment, the Fund focuses primarily on the
securitys potential for income and capital growth. The
Adviser may invest to a larger degree in larger capitalization
(or large cap) companies which it believes possess
characteristics for improved valuation. Portfolio securities are
typically sold when the assessments of the Adviser of the income
and growth potential for such securities materially change.
Under current market conditions, the Adviser generally defines
large capitalization companies by reference to those companies
with capitalizations within or above those companies represented
in the Russell
1000
®
Index. As of December 31, 2009, these market
capitalizations ranged between $263 million and
$332.7 billion.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities
of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total
assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Fund may
purchase and sell options, futures contracts and options on
futures contracts, which are derivative instruments, for various
portfolio management purposes, including to earn income, to
facilitate portfolio management and to mitigate risks. In
general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value
depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying
asset, interest rate or index.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
Investors who need a more assured level of current income should
be aware that the Funds income will fluctuate and that
seeking income is only a part of the Funds overall
investment objective. Similarly, investors who seek only
long-term growth should be aware that the Fund seeks to generate
income and that long-term growth of capital is only a part of
the Funds overall investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could
lose money on your investment in the Fund. There can be no
assurance that
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the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investment in
the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other insured
depository institution and is not insured or guaranteed by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government
agency.
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the
economy or the market as a whole. Investments in equity
securities generally are affected by changes in the stock
markets which fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes
suddenly and sharply. Small or medium-sized companies are often
subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than
securities of larger, more established companies or the market
averages in general. The ability of the Funds portfolio
holdings to generate income is dependent on the earnings and the
continuing declaration of dividends by the issuers of such
securities. The values of income-producing equity securities may
or may not fluctuate in tandem with overall changes in the stock
markets. The Funds investments in other fixed income or
debt securities generally are affected by changes in interest
rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The market prices
of such securities tend to fall as interest rates rise, and such
declines may be greater among securities with longer maturities.
The values of convertible securities tend to decline as interest
rates rise and, because of the conversion feature, tend to vary
with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying equity
security.
Foreign Risks.
The risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, including emerging markets issuers, can include
fluctuations in foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange
controls, political and economic instability, differences in
financial reporting, differences in securities regulation and
trading, and foreign taxation issues.
Risks of Investing in REITs.
Investing in REITs makes the
Fund more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of
real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may
involve duplication of management fees and certain other
expenses. In addition, REITs depend upon specialized management
skills, may not be diversified, may have less trading volume,
and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements
than the overall securities markets.
Risks of Derivatives.
Risks of derivatives include the
possible imperfect correlation between the value of the
instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the
other party to certain transactions; risks that the transactions
may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains
in portfolio positions; and risks that the transactions may not
be liquid.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mary Jayne Maly
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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James O. Roeder
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mark J. Laskin
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Sergio Marcheli
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
There are no minimum investments for Class R shares for
Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B, C
and Y shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek income and
long-term growth of capital. The Funds investment
objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees (the Board)
without shareholder approval.
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Principal
Investment Strategies and Risks
Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the
Funds investment objective by investing primarily in
income-producing equity securities, including common stocks and
convertible securities; although investments are also made in
non-convertible preferred stocks and debt securities rated
investment grade, which are securities rated within the four
highest grades assigned by Standard & Poors
(S&P) or by Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
(Moodys).
In selecting securities for investment, the Fund focuses
primarily on the securitys potential for income and
capital growth. The Adviser may invest to a larger degree in
larger capitalization companies that it believes possess
characteristics for improved valuation. Under current market
conditions, the Adviser generally defines large capitalization
companies by reference to those companies with capitalizations
within or above those companies represented in the Russell
1000
®
Index. As of December 31, 2009, these market
capitalizations ranged between $263 million and
$332.7 billion. The Adviser looks for catalysts for change
that may positively impact a company, such as new management,
industry development or regulatory change. The aim is to uncover
these catalysts for change, and then benefit from potential
stock price appreciation of the change taking place at the
company. Although the Fund may invest to a larger degree in
larger capitalization companies, the Fund may invest in
securities of small or medium-sized companies, which often are
subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than
securities of larger, more established companies or the market
averages in general. In addition, such companies typically are
subject to a greater degree of change in earnings and business
prospects than are larger, more established companies.
The Fund may dispose of a security whenever, in the opinion of
the Adviser, factors indicate it is desirable to do so. Such
factors include a change in economic or market factors in
general or with respect to a particular industry, a change in
the market trend or other factors affecting an individual
security, changes in the relative market performance or
appreciation possibilities offered by individual securities and
other circumstances bearing on the desirability of a given
investment.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in
selecting the best-performing securities or investment
techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that
of similar funds.
While the Fund invests primarily in income-producing equity
securities, the Fund also may invest in non-convertible
adjustable or fixed rate preferred stock and debt securities.
Common Stocks.
Common stocks are shares of a corporation
or other entity that entitle the holder to a pro rata share of
the profits of the corporation, if any, without preference over
any other class of securities, including such entitys debt
securities, preferred stock and other senior equity securities.
Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and
frequently an exclusive right to do so.
Preferred Stock.
Preferred stock generally has a
preference as to dividends and liquidation over an issuers
common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an
issuers capital structure. Unlike interest payments on
debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if
declared by the issuers board of directors. Preferred
stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption
provisions.
Convertible Securities.
A convertible security is a bond,
debenture, note, preferred stock, right, warrant or other
security that may be converted into or exchanged for a
prescribed amount of common stock or other security of the same
or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period of
time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security
generally entitles the holder to receive interest paid or
accrued on debt securities or the dividend paid on preferred
stock until the convertible security matures or is redeemed,
converted or exchanged. Before conversion, convertible
securities generally have characteristics similar to both debt
and equity securities. The value of convertible securities tends
to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion
feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of
the underlying securities. Convertible securities ordinarily
provide a stream of income with generally higher yields than
those of common stock of the same or similar issuers.
Convertible securities generally rank senior to common stock in
a corporations capital structure but are usually
subordinated to comparable nonconvertible securities.
Convertible securities generally do not participate directly in
any dividend increases or decreases of the underlying securities
although the market prices of convertible securities may be
affected by any dividend changes or other changes in the
underlying securities. Up to 15% of the Funds total assets
may be invested in convertible securities that are below
investment grade quality. Debt securities rated below investment
grade are commonly known as junk bonds. Although the Fund
selects these securities primarily on the basis of their equity
characteristics, investors should be aware that convertible
securities rated in these categories are considered high risk
securities; the rating agencies consider them speculative with
respect to the issuers continuing ability to make timely
payments of interest and principal. Thus, to the extent that
such convertible securities are acquired by the Fund, there is a
greater risk as to the timely repayment of the principal of, and
timely payment of interest or dividends on, such securities than
in the case of higher-rated convertible securities.
Rights and warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities
at a specific price for a specific period of time. Rights
typically have a substantially shorter term than do warrants.
Rights and warrants may be considered more speculative and less
liquid than certain other types of investments in that they do
not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect
to the underlying securities nor do they represent any rights in
the assets of the issuing company. Rights and warrants may lack
a secondary market.
Debt Securities.
The Fund also may invest in debt
securities of various maturities. The Fund invests only in debt
securities rated investment grade at the time of investment, and
a subsequent reduction in rating does not require the Fund to
dispose of a security. Securities rated BBB by S&P or Baa
by Moodys are in the lowest of the four investment grades
and are considered by the rating agencies to be medium grade
obligations which possess speculative characteristics so that
changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more
likely to lead to a weakened capacity to make principal and
interest payments than in the case of higher rated securities.
The market prices of debt securities generally fluctuate
inversely with changes in interest rates so that the value of
investments in such securities can be expected to decrease as
interest rates rise and increase as interest rates fall. The
market prices of longer-term debt securities generally tend to
fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates than
shorter-term debt securities.
REITs.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets
in REITs. REITs pool investors funds for investment
primarily in commercial real estate properties or real-estate
related loans. REITs generally derive their income from rents on
the underlying properties or interest on the underlying loans,
and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the
underlying property or changes in interest rates affecting the
underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible
to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the
real estate industry in general. These risks can include
fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by
borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and
local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents;
increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures,
or operating expenses; and other economic, political or
regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. In
addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may
not be diversified (which may increase the volatility of the
REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
overall securities market. REITs are not taxed on income
distributed to shareholders provided they comply with several
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the Code). REITs are subject to the risk of failing to qualify
for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code. In addition,
investments in REITs may involve duplication of management fees
and certain other expenses,
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as the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any
expenses paid by REITs in which it invests.
Risks of Investing in Securities of Foreign Issuers.
The
Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of
foreign issuers. Securities of foreign issuers may be
denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S.
dollars. Investments in securities of foreign issuers present
certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These risks include fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates, political, economic or legal
developments (including war or other instability, expropriation
of assets, nationalization and confiscatory taxation), the
imposition of foreign exchange limitations (including currency
blockage), withholding taxes on income or capital transactions
or other restrictions, higher transaction costs (including
higher brokerage, custodial and settlement costs and currency
conversion costs) and possible difficulty in enforcing
contractual obligations or taking judicial action. Securities of
foreign issuers may not be as liquid and may be more volatile
than comparable securities of domestic issuers.
In addition, there often is less publicly available information
about many foreign issuers, and issuers of foreign securities
are subject to different, often less comprehensive, auditing,
accounting and financial reporting disclosure requirements than
domestic issuers. There is generally less government regulation
of exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the
United States and, with respect to certain foreign countries,
there is a possibility of expropriation or confiscatory
taxation, or diplomatic developments which could affect
investment in those countries. Because there is usually less
supervision and governmental regulation of foreign exchanges,
brokers and dealers than there is in the United States, the Fund
may experience settlement difficulties or delays not usually
encountered in the United States.
Delays in making trades in securities of foreign issuers
relating to volume constraints, limitations or restrictions,
clearance or settlement procedures, or otherwise could impact
returns and result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund
are not fully invested or attractive investment opportunities
are foregone.
The Fund may invest in securities of issuers determined by the
Adviser to be in developing or emerging market countries.
Investments in securities of issuers in developing or emerging
market countries are subject to greater risks than investments
in securities of developed countries since emerging market
countries tend to have economic structures that are less diverse
and mature and political systems that are less stable than
developed countries.
In addition to the increased risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, there are often increased transaction costs
associated with investing in securities of foreign issuers,
including the costs incurred in connection with converting
currencies, higher foreign brokerage or dealer costs and higher
settlement costs or custodial costs.
Since the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Fund may be affected
by changes in foreign currency exchange rates (and exchange
control regulations) which affect the value of investments in
the Fund and the accrued income and appreciation or depreciation
of the investments. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates
relative to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of
the Funds assets denominated in that currency and the
Funds return on such assets as well as any temporary
uninvested reserves in bank deposits in foreign currencies. In
addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with
conversions between various currencies.
The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form
of depositary receipts. Depositary receipts involve
substantially identical risks to those associated with direct
investment in securities of foreign issuers. In addition, the
underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly
unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no
obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the
holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
Derivatives.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use
various investment strategies for a variety of purposes
including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to
earn income. Derivatives transactions may involve the purchase
and sale of options, forwards, futures, options on futures,
swaps and other related instruments and techniques. Such
derivatives may be based on a variety of underlying instruments,
most commonly equity and debt securities, indexes, interest
rates, currencies and other assets. Derivatives often have risks
similar to the securities underlying the derivative instrument
and may have additional risks as described herein. The
Funds use of derivatives transactions may also include
other instruments, strategies and techniques, including newly
developed or permitted instruments, strategies and techniques,
consistent with the Funds investment objectives and
applicable regulatory requirements.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement between two
parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying
instrument at a specific price at a specific future time. The
value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in
tandem with the value of the underlying instrument. Futures
contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and
the seller equally obligated to complete the transaction.
Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures
contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the
underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a
cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The Funds
use of futures may not always be successful. The prices of
futures can be highly volatile, using them could lower total
return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the
Funds initial investment in such contracts.
The use of derivatives involves risks that are different from,
and possibly greater than, the risks associated with other
portfolio investments. The use of derivatives transactions may
involve the use of highly specialized instruments that require
investment techniques and risk analyses different from those
associated with other portfolio investments. The Fund complies
with applicable regulatory requirements when implementing
derivative transactions, including the segregation of cash
and/or
liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as
mandated by SEC rules or SEC staff positions. Although the
Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds
investment objective, no assurance can be given that the use of
derivatives will achieve this result.
Other Investments
and Risk Factors
For cash management purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase
agreements with broker-dealers, banks and other financial
institutions to earn a return on temporarily available cash.
Such transactions are considered loans by the Fund and are
subject to the risk of default by the other party. The Fund will
only enter into such agreements with parties deemed to be
creditworthy by the Fund under guidelines approved by the Board.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
securities and certain restricted securities. Such securities
may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price
that the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such
securities at a lower price, sell other securities instead to
obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of
time they have been held to take advantage of new investment
opportunities, when the Adviser believes the potential for
income or capital growth has lessened, or for other reasons. The
Funds portfolio turnover rate may vary from year to year.
A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) increases a
funds transaction costs (including brokerage commissions
and dealer costs), which would adversely impact a funds
performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the
realization of more short-term capital gains than if a fund had
lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will not be a
limiting factor, however, if the Adviser considers portfolio
changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy.
When market conditions
dictate a more defensive investment strategy, the Fund may, on a
temporary basis, hold
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cash or invest a portion or all of its assets in securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or
instrumentalities, prime commercial paper, certificates of
deposit, bankers acceptances and other obligations of
domestic banks having total assets of at least
$500 million, repurchase agreements and in investment grade
corporate debt securities. Under normal market conditions, the
potential for income or capital growth on these securities will
tend to be lower than the potential for income or capital growth
on other securities that may be owned by the Fund. In taking
such a defensive position, the Fund would temporarily not be
pursuing its principal investment strategies and may not achieve
its investment objective.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described
in this prospectus vary from time to time, and at any time, the
Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in
this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and
other investments not described in this prospectus.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory Agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $150 million
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0.500
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Next $100 million
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0.450
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Next $100 million
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0.400
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0.350
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Thomas B. Bastian, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for
the Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of
operations by the Fund, Mr. Bastian was associated with Van
Kampen Asset Management in an investment management capacity
(2003 to 2010). Mr. Bastian is the lead portfolio manager
of the Fund.
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Mary Jayne Maly, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Ms. Maly was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (1992 to 2010).
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James O. Roeder, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Roeder was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (1999 to 2010).
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Mark J. Laskin, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Laskin was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (2000 to 2010).
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Sergio Marcheli, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Marcheli was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (2002 to 2010).
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Mr. Marcheli manages the cash position in the Fund, submits
trades and aids in providing research.]
A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, quarterly.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
5 Invesco
Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
6 Invesco
Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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2
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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3
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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4
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Second
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
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2.00
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3.00
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Fourth
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1.00
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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n
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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n
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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n
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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n
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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n
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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n
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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n
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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n
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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A-6 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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*
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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By Mail
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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Original signatures of all registered owners/trustees;
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds are to be mailed to your address on record (and there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days) or transferred electronically to a pre-authorized checking account;
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
|
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
. You
will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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You do not hold physical share certificates;
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You can provide proper identification information;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class S
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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Reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase or exchange
order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
approved by the Board.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Money Market
Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Real Estate
Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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invescoaim.com
VK-GRI-PRO-1
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Prospectus
February 12, 2010
Class: A
(ACZXX), B (ACYXX), C (ACXXX), Y (IVKXX)
Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Funds investment objective is to seek protection of capital
and high current income.
This prospectus contains important information about the Class A, B, C and Y shares of the
Fund. Please read it before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not
approved or disapproved these securities or determined whether the information in this prospectus
is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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is not guaranteed by a bank.
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Shareholder Account Information
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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Initial Sales Charges (Class A Shares
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charges
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Redemption Fees
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Exchanging Shares
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Rights Reserved by the Funds
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Excessive Short-Term Trading
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Pricing of Shares
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Taxes
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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Fund Summary
Investment Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek protection of capital and high current income.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the
future, at least $25,000 in the AIM Funds. More information about these and other discounts is
available from your financial professional and in the section Shareholder Account
InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only) on page [A- ] of the prospectus and the
section Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares on page L-1
of the statement of additional information (SAI).
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as
a percentage of original purchase price
or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of
your investment)
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Other Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are based on
estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to
waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain
items discussed below) of Class A shares to 0.85%, Class B shares to 1.60%, Class C shares to 1.60%
and Class Y shares to 0.70% of average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are
not taken into account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii)
dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the
Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board of
Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee waiver arrangement at any time after June
30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with
the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then
redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds operating expenses remain the same.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Class B
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663
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808
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Class C
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263
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508
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Class Y
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72
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227
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Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), the Funds investment adviser, seeks to achieve the Funds
investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated
money-market securities, including U.S. government securities, domestic and foreign bank
obligations, commercial paper and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations. The Fund seeks
to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share by investing in high-quality money-market
securities with remaining maturities of 13 months or less and with a dollar-weighted average
maturity of 90 days or less. The Funds investments are limited to those securities that meet
maturity, quality and diversification standards with which money market funds must comply. In
selecting securities for investment, the Adviser seeks to invest in those securities that it
believes entail reasonable risk considered in relation to the Funds investment policies
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and may sell such securities in order to increase the yield or to adjust the average maturity or
credit quality of the Funds investment portfolio.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could lose money on your investment in the
Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investment
in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other insured depository institution and is not insured
or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although
the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose
money by investing in the Fund.
Income risk.
The income you receive from the Fund is based primarily on short-term interest rates,
which can vary widely over time. If short-term interest rates drop, your income from the Fund may
drop as well.
Credit risk.
Credit risk refers to an issuers ability to make timely payments of interest and
principal. While credit risk should be low for the Fund because it invests in high-quality
money-market instruments, an investment in the Fund is not risk free. The Fund is still subject to
the risk that the issuers of such securities may experience financial difficulties and, as a
result, fail to pay on their obligations.
Market risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund
will decline and adversely affect the Funds net asset value. The prices of debt securities tend to
fall as interest rates rise, but market risk should be low for the Fund because it invests in
high-quality, short-term securities.
Performance Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it has not yet completed a full
calendar year of operations. In the future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a
bar chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some indication of the risks of an
investment in the Fund by comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of market
performance and by showing changes in the Funds performance from year to year.
Management of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day, which is any day the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser, through our Web
site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739,
Houston, Texas 77210-4739, or by telephone at 800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by
your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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6
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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All other types of accounts if the
investor is purchasing shares through a
systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, unless you are investing
through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank),
the Fund and the Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale
of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over
another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
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Investment Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek protection of capital and high current income. The
Funds investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder
approval. The Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share. There are
risks inherent in all investments in securities; accordingly, there can be no assurance that the
Funds net asset value will not vary or that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
Principal Investment Strategies and Risks
The Adviser seeks to achieve the investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of
U.S. dollar-denominated money-market securities, U.S. government securities, domestic and foreign
bank obligations, commercial paper and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations. The Fund
seeks to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share by investing in high-quality
money-market securities with remaining maturities of 13 months or less and with a dollar-weighted
average maturity of 90 days or less. To be considered high quality, a security generally must be
rated in one of the two highest short-term ratings categories by ratings services such as
Standard & Poors (S&P) or Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys).
The Adviser seeks to invest in those securities that meet the maturity, quality and diversification
standards established by the Funds Board and special rules for money market funds under the 1940
Act. These include requirements for maintaining high credit quality in the Funds portfolio, a
short average portfolio maturity to reduce the effects of changes in interest rates on the value of
portfolio securities and diversifying investments among issuers to reduce the effects of a default
by any one issuer on the value of the Funds shares. In addition, the Funds Board has adopted
procedures to evaluate potential investments and the Adviser has the responsibility to implement
those procedures in making investments for the Funds portfolio. In selecting securities for
investment, the Adviser focuses on identifying what it believes are the best relative values among
potential investments based upon an analysis of the yield, price, interest rate sensitivity and
credit quality of such securities. The Adviser seeks to add value and limit risk through careful
security selection and by actively managing the Funds portfolio. On an ongoing basis, the Adviser
analyzes the economic and financial outlook of the money markets to anticipate and respond to
changing developments that may affect the Funds existing and prospective investments. While the
Fund intends to hold investments until maturity, it may sell portfolio securities prior to maturity
to increase the yield or to adjust the average maturity or credit quality of the Funds investment
portfolio.
The Funds dividend and yield are expected to change daily based upon changes in interest rates and
other market conditions. Although the Fund is managed to maintain a stable $1.00 share price, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to do so.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described in this prospectus vary from time to
time, and at any time, the Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in this
prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and other investments not described in this
prospectus. Any percentage limitations with respect to assets of the Fund are applied at the time
of purchase.
The following is a brief description of the types of money-market instruments in which the Fund may
invest, all of which will be U.S. dollar-denominated obligations:
U.S. government securities.
The Fund may invest in obligations issued or guaranteed as to
principal and interest by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities which are
supported by any of the following: (a) the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, which
include U.S. Treasury bills (maturing within one year of issuance) and U.S. Treasury notes and
bonds (which have longer maturities), (b) the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury,
(c) the discretionary authority of the U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities or (d) the
credit of the instrumentality issuing the securities. If the securities are not backed by the full
faith and credit of the U.S. government, the owners of such securities must look to the agency or
instrumentality issuing the obligation for repayment and will not be able to assert a claim against
the U.S. government in the event of nonpayment. Governmental agencies or instrumentalities in which
the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Land Banks, and the Farmers Home Administration.
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Bank obligations.
The Fund may invest in high-quality obligations issued by domestic and foreign
banks or their subsidiaries or overseas branches. Bank obligations are time deposits, certificates
of deposit and bankers acceptances, as well as securities secured by such obligations.
Certificates of deposit are instruments representing the obligation of a bank to repay funds
deposited with it for a specified period of time. Time deposits are interest-bearing deposits
maintained in a bank for a specified period of time (not longer than seven days) at a specific rate
of interest. Time deposits held by the Fund generally will not benefit from insurance provided by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
Bankers acceptances are credit instruments evidencing the obligation of a bank to pay a draft
drawn on it by a customer. These instruments reflect the obligation both of the bank and of the
drawer to pay the face amount of the instrument upon maturity.
The Fund only invests in high-quality bank obligations, which are securities rated in one of the
two highest short-term ratings categories by any two nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations (NRSROs), such as S&P (i.e., A-1 or A-2) or Moodys (i.e., P-1 or P-2) (or any one
NRSRO if the instrument was rated by only one such organization). Credit quality at the time of
purchase determines which securities may be acquired. Subsequent downgrades in ratings may require
reassessment of the credit risks presented by such securities and may even require their sale.
NRSROs assign ratings based upon their opinions as to the quality of the debt securities they
undertake to rate, but they do not base their assessment on the market value risk of such
securities. It should be emphasized that ratings are general and are not absolute standards of
quality. The Funds current policy is to limit investments in bank obligations to those rated A-1
or P-1.
The purchase of obligations of foreign banks may subject the Fund to additional investment risks
that are different in some respects from those incurred in investing in obligations of domestic
banks. Foreign banks and foreign branches or subsidiaries of domestic banks are not necessarily
subject to the same or similar regulatory requirements that apply to domestic banks, such as
mandatory reserve requirements, loan limitations and accounting, audit and financial record keeping
requirements. In addition, less information may be publicly available about a foreign bank or about
a foreign branch of a domestic bank. Because evidences of ownership of obligations of foreign
branches or subsidiaries of foreign banks usually are held outside the United States, the Fund will
be subject to additional risks which include possible adverse political and economic developments,
possible seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits and possible adoption of governmental
restrictions which might adversely affect the payment of principal and interest on the foreign
obligations or might restrict the payment of principal and interest to investors located outside
the country of the issuer, whether from currency blockage or otherwise. Income earned or received
by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be reduced by withholding and other taxes
imposed by such countries.
Commercial paper.
Commercial paper consists of short-term (usually 1 to 270 days) unsecured
promissory notes issued by corporations in order to finance their current operations. The Fund may
invest in a commercial paper obligation that (a) is rated in one of the two highest short-term
ratings categories by any two NRSROs (i.e., A-1 or A-2 by S&P and P-1 or P-2 by Moodys) (or any
one NRSRO if the instrument was rated by only one such organization) or (b) is unrated, if such
security is of comparable quality as determined in accordance with procedures established by the
Funds Board or if such security was a long-term security at the time of issuance but has a
remaining life of 397 days or less and has received a long-term rating in one of the three highest
long-term ratings categories by any two NRSROs (i.e., A or higher by S&P and Moodys) (or any one
NRSRO if the instrument was rated by only one such organization). Credit quality at the time of
purchase determines which securities may be acquired. The Funds current policy is to limit
investments in commercial paper to obligations rated A-1 or P-1.
Repurchase agreements.
A repurchase agreement is a short-term investment in which the purchaser
(i.e., the Fund) acquires ownership of a debt security and the seller agrees to repurchase the
obligation at a future time and at a set price, thereby determining the yield during the holding
period. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with U.S. banks, their subsidiaries or
overseas branches, and with primary dealers of U.S. government securities that report to the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The Fund only enters into repurchase agreements that are (a) rated at the time of investment in one
of the two highest ratings categories by at least two NRSROs (i.e. A-1 or A-2 by S&P and P-1 or P-2
by Moodys) (or one NRSRO if the instrument was rated by only one such organization) and
(b) collateralized by the underlying securities of the same type and quality in which the Fund
otherwise may invest. The Fund will not invest in repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven
days if any such investment, together with any other illiquid securities held by the Fund, would
exceed 10% of the Funds net assets. Repurchase agreements are subject to the risk of default by
the other party.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC
or any other government agency.
9
Portfolio Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds
portfolio holdings is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at www.invescoaim.com.
10
Fund Management
The Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the Funds investment adviser. The
Adviser manages the investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment portfolios that
encompass a broad range of investment objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds day-to-day management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in interest to multiple investment
advisers, has been an investment adviser since 1976.
Adviser Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to manage the investment of its assets and to
place orders for the purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an investment advisory
agreement between the Adviser and the Fund, the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based
upon an annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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% Per Annum
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First $250 million
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0.450
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%
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Next $500 million
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0.375
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%
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Next $500 million
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0.325
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%
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Next $250 million
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0.300
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%
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Next $250 million
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0.275
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%
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Next $500 million
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0.250
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%
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Next $500 million
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0.225
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%
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Next $12.25 billion
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0.200
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%
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Next $2.5 billion
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0.199
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%
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Next $7.5 billion
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0.198
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%
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Next $5 billion
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0.197
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%
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Over $30 billion
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0.196
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%
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the Boards approval of the investment advisory
and investment sub-advisory agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds first annual or
semiannual report to shareholders.
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Other Information
Sales Charges
[Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the maximum 4.75% initial sales charge as
listed under the heading Category II Initial Sales Charges in the Shareholder Account
Information Initial Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus. Class B
shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods
listed under the heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the Shareholder Account Information -
Contingent Deferred Sales Charges section of the prospectus.]
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and strategies, that its distributions, if any,
will consist primarily of ordinary income.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares dividends from net investment income daily and pays them monthly.
Capital Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes net realized capital gains (including net short-term capital gains),
if any, annually, but may declare and pay capital gains distributions more than once per year as
permitted by law. Because the Fund is a money market Fund, it does not expect to realize any
long-term capital gains and losses.
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Financial Highlights
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet commenced operations; therefore,
Financial Highlights are not available.
14
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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n
Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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n
Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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n
Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
4
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n
No contingent deferred sales charge
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n
No contingent deferred sales charge
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n
No contingent deferred sales charge
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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n
No
12b-1
fee
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n
12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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n
Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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n
Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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n
Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
n
Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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n
Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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n
Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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n
Generally closed to new investors
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1
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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3
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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n
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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n
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
|
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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|
Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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|
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4.00
|
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Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
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2.00
|
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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|
Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
|
|
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4.00
|
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Third
|
|
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3.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
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2.50
|
|
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
|
|
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3.50
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Fourth
|
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2.50
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Fifth
|
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1.50
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Sixth
|
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
|
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1.50
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Third
|
|
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1.00
|
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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|
Class B CDSC
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|
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purchased
|
|
purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
|
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|
3.00
|
%
|
|
|
4.00
|
%
|
|
Second
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
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Third
|
|
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2.00
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
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1.00
|
|
|
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
|
|
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
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First
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|
4.00
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%
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Second
|
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4.00
|
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Third
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
Fifth
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1.50
|
|
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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n
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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n
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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n
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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n
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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n
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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n
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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n
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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|
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|
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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|
AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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|
Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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distributions.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
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bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request. The SAI, a current version of
which is on file with the SEC, contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the prospectus). When issued, annual and
semiannual reports to shareholders will contain additional information about the Funds
investments. The Funds annual report will discuss the market conditions and investment strategies
that significantly affected the Funds performance during its last fiscal year. The Fund will also
file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters of each
fiscal year on Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you wish to obtain a free copy of a
current SAI, annual or semiannual reports or Form N-Q, please contact us.
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or semiannual reports, Forms N-Q and other
information at the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the
SECs Web site (http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by sending a letter to the
SECs Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520 or by sending an electronic mail request
to publicinfo@sec.gov. Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the Public
Reference Room.
Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
SEC 1940 Act file
number: 811-09913
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Class: A (VKMPX), B (VKPAX), C (VKPCX), Y (VKPYX)
Invesco
Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Funds
investment objective is to provide only Pennsylvania investors
with a high level of current income exempt from federal and
Pennsylvania state income taxes and, where possible under local
law, local income and personal property taxes, through
investment primarily in a varied portfolio of medium- and
lower-grade municipal securities.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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not FDIC insured;
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lose value; and
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not guaranteed by a bank.
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Shareholder Account Information
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A-1
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Redemption Fees
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Redeeming Shares
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Taxes
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide only
Pennsylvania investors with a high level of current income
exempt from federal and Pennsylvania state income taxes and,
where possible under local law, local income and personal
property taxes, through investment primarily in a varied
portfolio of medium- and lower-grade municipal securities.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on page L-1 of the statement of additional information
(SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Management Fees
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Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal market conditions, the Funds investment
adviser, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), seeks to achieve
the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in a
portfolio of Pennsylvania municipal securities. The Fund seeks
to invest primarily in medium- and lower-grade securities;
however, at times the market conditions in the Pennsylvania
municipal markets may be such that the Fund may invest in
higher-grade securities. The Funds investments in medium-
and lower-grade securities involve special risks as compared to
investments in higher-grade securities. Lower-grade securities
are commonly referred to as junk bonds.
The Fund buys and sells municipal securities with a view towards
seeking a high level of current income exempt from federal and
Pennsylvania income taxes and, where possible under local law,
local income and personal property taxes. The Adviser actively
manages the Funds portfolio and adjusts the average
maturity of portfolio investments based upon its expectations
about the direction of interest rates and other economic
factors. The Adviser selects securities which it believes offer
higher yields with reasonable credit risk considered in relation
to the investment policies of the Fund. In selecting securities
for investment, the Adviser uses its research capabilities to
assess potential investments and considers a number of factors,
including general market and economic conditions and credit,
interest rate and prepayment risks. Portfolio securities are
typically sold when the assessments of the Adviser of any of
these factors materially change.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund may invest up to 20% of
its total assets in municipal securities that are subject to the
federal alternative minimum tax. The Fund may purchase and sell
securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. The Fund
may purchase and sell options, futures contracts, options on
futures contracts and interest rate swaps, which are derivative
instruments, for various portfolio management purposes,
including to earn income, to facilitate portfolio management and
to mitigate risks. In general terms, a derivative instrument is
one whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an
underlying asset, interest rate or index.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could
lose money on your investment in the Fund. There can be no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other
insured depository institutions and is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency.
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Investments in debt securities generally are affected by changes
in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The
prices of debt securities tend to fall as interest
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rates rise, and such declines tend to be greater among debt
securities with longer maturities. As interest rates change,
zero coupon bonds or
pay-in-kind
securities often fluctuate more in price than traditional debt
securities.
Credit Risk.
Credit risk refers to an issuers
ability to make timely payments of interest and principal. The
credit quality of noninvestment-grade securities is considered
speculative by recognized rating agencies with respect to the
issuers continuing ability to pay interest and principal.
Lower-grade securities (also sometimes known as junk bonds) may
have less liquidity and a higher incident of default than
higher-grade securities. The Fund may incur higher expenses to
protect the Funds interest in such securities. The credit
risks and market prices of medium- and lower-grade securities,
especially those with longer maturities or those that do not
make regular interest payment, generally are more sensitive to
negative issuer developments or adverse economic conditions and
may be more volatile than are higher-grade securities.
Income Risk.
The income you receive from the Fund is
based primarily on prevailing interest rates, which can vary
widely over the short and long term. If interest rates drop,
your income from the Fund may drop as well. To the extent that
the Adviser invests in higher-grade securities at times, the
amount of current income from such securities may be lower than
the income from medium- and lower-grade securities.
Call Risk.
If interest rates fall, it is possible that
issuers of debt securities with high interest rates will prepay
or call their securities before their maturity dates. In this
event, the proceeds from the called securities would likely be
reinvested by the Fund in securities bearing the new, lower
interest rates, resulting in a possible decline in the
Funds income and distributions to shareholders.
Municipal Securities Risk.
Under normal market
conditions, the Fund invests primarily in municipal securities.
The yields of municipal securities may move differently and
adversely compared to the yields of the overall debt securities
markets. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in
municipal securities subject to the federal alternative minimum
tax. There could be changes in applicable tax laws or tax
treatments that adversely affect the current federal or state
tax status of municipal securities.
State-Specific Risks.
The Fund is more susceptible to
political, economic, regulatory or other factors affecting
issuers of Pennsylvania municipal securities than a fund that
does not limit its investments to such issuers.
Risks of Using Derivative Instruments.
Risks of
derivatives include imperfect correlation between the value of
the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by
the other party to certain transactions; risks that the
transactions may result in losses that partially or completely
offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the
transactions may not be liquid.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Julius Williams
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Portfolio Manager
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Robert Wimmel
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are primarily exempt from regular
federal and state income tax for residents of Pennsylvania. A
portion of these distributions, however, may be subject to the
federal alternative minimum tax. The Fund may also make
distributions that are taxable to you as ordinary income or
capital gains.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to provide only
Pennsylvania investors with a high level of current income
exempt from federal and Pennsylvania state income taxes and,
where possible under local law, local income and personal
property taxes, through investment primarily in a varied
portfolio of medium- and lower-grade municipal securities. The
Funds investment objective may be changed by the Board of
Trustees (the Board) without shareholder approval.
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Principal
Investment Strategies and Risks
Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the
Funds investment objective by investing primarily in
Pennsylvania municipal securities. The Fund seeks to invest
primarily in medium- and lower-grade securities; however, at
times the market conditions in the Pennsylvania municipal
markets may be such that the Fund may invest in higher-grade
securities. The Funds investment in medium- and
lower-grade securities involve special risks as compared to
investment in higher-grade securities. Lower-grade securities
are commonly referred to as junk bonds and involve greater risks
than investments in higher-grade securities. The Fund does not
purchase securities that are in default or rated in categories
lower than B- by Standard and Poors (S&P) or B3 by
Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) or unrated
securities of comparable quality. Under normal market
conditions, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in
municipal securities that are subject to the federal alternative
minimum tax. From time to time, the Fund temporarily may invest
up to 10% of its total assets in Pennsylvania tax exempt money
market funds and such instruments will be treated as investments
in municipal securities. Investments in other mutual funds may
involve duplication of management fees and certain other
expenses.
Understanding Quality Ratings.
Debt securities ratings
are based on the issuers ability to pay interest and repay
the principal. Debt securities with ratings above BBB- are
considered investment grade, while those with ratings below BBB-
are regarded as noninvestment grade. A detailed explanation of
these and other ratings can be found in the SAI.
The Fund buys and sells municipal securities with a view towards
seeking a high level of current income exempt from federal and
Pennsylvania income taxes and, where possible under local law,
local income and personal property taxes. The Adviser actively
manages the Funds portfolio and adjusts the average
maturity of portfolio investments based upon its expectations
about the direction of interest rates and other economic
factors. The Adviser selects securities which it believes offer
higher yields with reasonable credit risk considered in relation
to the investment policies of the Fund. In selecting securities
for investment, the Adviser uses its research capabilities to
assess potential investments and considers a number of factors,
including general market and economic conditions and credit,
interest rate and prepayment risks. Portfolio securities are
typically sold when the assessments of the Adviser of any of
these factors materially change. At times, the market conditions
in the Pennsylvania municipal securities markets may be such
that the Adviser may invest in higher-grade securities. These
investments may lessen the decline in the net asset value of the
Fund but also may affect the amount of current income since
yields on higher-grade securities are usually lower than yields
on medium- or lower-grade securities. As a result, the Fund will
not necessarily invest in the highest yielding Pennsylvania
municipal securities permitted by its investment policies
depending on market conditions or if the Adviser determines that
market risks or credit risks associated with such investments
would subject the Funds portfolio to undue risk. The
potential for realization of capital gains or losses resulting
from possible changes in interest rates will not be a major
consideration and frequency of portfolio turnover generally will
not be a limiting factor if the Adviser considers it
advantageous to purchase or sell securities.
The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and
may at times experience periods of extreme volatility and
uncertainty, which may affect all investment securities,
including debt securities and derivative instruments. During
such periods, debt securities of all credit qualities may become
illiquid or difficult to sell at a time and a price that the
Fund would like. The markets for other securities in which the
Fund may invest may not function properly, which may affect the
value of such securities and such securities may become
illiquid. New or proposed laws may have an impact on the
Funds investments and the Adviser is unable to predict
what effect, if any, such legislation may have on the Fund.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in
selecting the best-performing securities or investment
techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that
of similar funds.
Municipal Securities.
Municipal securities are
obligations issued by or on behalf of states, territories or
possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia and
their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities,
the interest on which, in the opinion of bond counsel or other
counsel to the issuers of such securities, is, at the time of
issuance, exempt from federal income tax. Pennsylvania municipal
securities are municipal securities (including issuers from
Pennsylvania or issuers outside of Pennsylvania) the interest on
which, in the opinion of bond counsel or other counsel to the
issuers of such securities, is, at the time of issuance, exempt
from federal and Pennsylvania state income tax. Under normal
market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net
assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in
Pennsylvania municipal securities at the time of investment. The
policy stated in the foregoing sentence is a fundamental policy
of the Fund and may not be changed without shareholder approval
of a majority of the Funds outstanding voting securities,
as defined in the 1940 Act. Under normal market conditions, the
Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in municipal
securities that are subject to the federal alternative minimum
tax.
The issuers of municipal securities obtain funds for various
public purposes, including the construction of a wide range of
public facilities such as airports, highways, bridges, schools,
hospitals, housing, mass transportation, streets and water and
sewer works. Other public purposes for which municipal
securities may be issued include refunding outstanding
obligations, obtaining funds for general operating expenses and
obtaining funds to lend to other public institutions and
facilities. Certain types of municipal securities are issued to
obtain funding for privately operated facilities.
The yields of municipal securities depend on, among other
things, general money market conditions, general conditions of
the municipal securities market, size of a particular offering,
maturity of the obligation and rating of the issue. The ratings
of S&P and Moodys represent their opinions of the
quality of the municipal securities they undertake to rate. It
should be emphasized, however, that ratings are general and are
not absolute standards of quality. Consequently, municipal
securities with the same maturity, coupon and rating may have
different yields while municipal securities of the same maturity
and coupon with different ratings may have the same yield.
The two principal classifications of municipal securities are
general obligation and revenue or special delegation securities.
General obligation securities are secured by the issuers
pledge of its faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of
principal and interest. Revenue securities are usually payable
only from the revenues derived from a particular facility or
class of facilities or, in some cases, from the proceeds of a
special excise tax or other specific revenue source. Industrial
development bonds are usually revenue securities, the credit
quality of which is normally directly related to the credit
standing of the industrial user involved.
Within these principal classifications of municipal securities,
there are a variety of types of municipal securities, including
fixed and variable rate securities, municipal notes, variable
rate demand notes, municipal leases, custodial receipts,
participation certificates and derivative municipal securities
(which include terms or elements similar to certain derivatives
described below). Variable rate securities bear rates of
interest that are adjusted periodically according to formulae
intended to reflect market rates of interest. The Fund may also
invest in inverse floating rate investments. Inverse floating
rate investments are variable rate debt instruments that pay
interest at rates that move in the opposite direction of
prevailing interest rates. Inverse floating rate investments
tend to underperform the market for fixed rate bonds in a rising
interest rate environment, but tend to outperform the market for
fixed rate bonds when interest rates decline or remain
relatively stable. Inverse floating rate investments have
varying degrees of liquidity. Inverse floating rate
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investments in which the Fund may invest may include derivative
instruments, such as residual interest bonds (RIBs) or tender
option bonds (TOBs). Such instruments are typically created by a
special purpose trust that holds long-term fixed rate bonds and
sells two classes of beneficial interests: short-term floating
rate interests, which are sold to third party investors, and the
inverse floating residual interests, which are purchased by the
Fund. The short-term floating rate interests have first priority
on the cash flow from the bond held by the special purpose trust
and the Fund is paid the residual cash flow from the bond held
by the special purpose trust. The Fund generally invests in
inverse floating rate investments that include embedded
leverage, thus exposing the Fund to greater risks and increased
costs. The market value of a leveraged inverse floating rate
investment generally will fluctuate in response to changes in
market rates of interest to a greater extent than the value of
an unleveraged investment. The extent of increases and decreases
in the value of inverse floating rate investments generally will
be larger than changes in an equal principal amount of a fixed
rate security having similar credit quality, redemption
provisions and maturity, which may cause the Funds net
asset value to be more volatile than if it had not invested in
inverse floating rate investments. Consistent with applicable
SEC guidance, to the extent that the Fund has ongoing
obligations to any party in connection with investments in
inverse floating rate investments, any such obligations will not
be senior securities for purposes of the 1940 Act or borrowings
for purposes of the Funds limitations on borrowings
provided that the Fund segregates an amount of cash
and/or
liquid securities equal in value to its obligations in respect
of such inverse floating rate investments. As described above,
certain inverse floating rate investments in which the Fund
invests are created in special purpose trusts (or underlying
dealer trusts) and are accounted for by the Fund as secured
borrowings. Among other things, the effects of reporting any
inverse floaters this way are to increase the Funds assets
and liabilities by corresponding and equal amounts, and to
increase interest income and interest and residual trust
expenses by corresponding and equal amounts. Thus, this
reporting does not impact the Funds net asset values per
share or the Funds total returns, however, this reporting
does impact the Funds expense ratio (due to the increased
expenses as a percentage of net assets).
Municipal notes include tax, revenue and bond anticipation notes
of short maturity, generally less than three years, which are
issued to obtain temporary funds for various public purposes.
Variable rate demand notes are obligations which contain a
floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and which
are subject to a right of demand for payment of the principal
balance plus accrued interest either at any time or at specified
intervals. The interest rate on a variable rate demand note may
be based on a known lending rate, such as a banks prime
rate, and may be adjusted when such rate changes, or the
interest rate may be a market rate that is adjusted at specified
intervals. The adjustment formula maintains the value of the
variable rate demand note at approximately the par value of such
note at the adjustment date. Municipal leases are obligations
issued by state and local governments or authorities to finance
the acquisition of equipment and facilities. Certain municipal
lease obligations may include non-appropriation clauses which
provide that the municipality has no obligation to make lease or
installment purchase payments in future years unless money is
appropriated for such purpose on a yearly basis. Custodial
receipts are underwritten by securities dealers or banks and
evidence ownership of future interest payments, principal
payments or both on certain municipal securities. Participation
certificates are obligations issued by state or local
governments or authorities to finance the acquisition of
equipment and facilities. They may represent participations in a
lease, an installment purchase contract or a conditional sales
contract. Municipal securities may not be backed by the faith,
credit and taxing power of the issuer.
Certain of the municipal securities in which the Fund may invest
represent relatively recent innovations in the municipal
securities markets and the markets for such securities may be
less developed than the market for conventional fixed rate
municipal securities. A more detailed description of the types
of municipal securities in which the Fund may invest is included
in the Funds SAI. The SAI may be obtained by investors
free of charge as described on the back cover of this Prospectus.
Under normal market conditions, longer-term municipal securities
generally provide a higher yield than shorter-term municipal
securities. The Fund has no limitation as to the maturity of
municipal securities in which it may invest. The Adviser may
adjust the average maturity of the Funds portfolio from
time to time depending on its assessment of the relative yields
available on securities of different maturities and its
expectations of future changes in interest rates.
The net asset value of the Fund will change with changes in the
value of its portfolio securities. Because the Fund invests
primarily in fixed income municipal securities, the net asset
value of the Fund can be expected to change as general levels of
interest rates fluctuate. When interest rates decline, the value
of a portfolio invested in fixed income securities generally can
be expected to rise. Conversely, when interest rates rise, the
value of a portfolio invested in fixed income securities
generally can be expected to decline. The prices of longer term
municipal securities generally are more volatile with respect to
changes in interest rates than the prices of shorter term
municipal securities. Volatility may be greater during periods
of general economic uncertainty.
Municipal securities, like other debt obligations, are subject
to the credit risk of nonpayment. The ability of issuers of
municipal securities to make timely payments of interest and
principal may be adversely impacted in general economic
downturns and as relative governmental cost burdens are
allocated and reallocated among federal, state and local
governmental units. Such nonpayment would result in a reduction
of income to the Fund, and could result in a reduction in the
value of the municipal securities experiencing nonpayment and a
potential decrease in the net asset value of the Fund. In
addition, the Fund may incur expenses to work out or restructure
a distressed or defaulted security. Securities below investment
grade involve greater risks than higher-grade securities. See
Risks of Investing in Medium- and Lower-Grade
Securities below.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in municipal
securities that are subject to the federal alternative minimum
tax. Accordingly, the Fund may not be a suitable investment for
investors who are already subject to the federal alternative
minimum tax or who could become subject to the federal
alternative minimum tax as a result of an investment in the Fund.
From time to time, proposals have been introduced before
Congress that would have the effect of reducing or eliminating
the current federal tax exemption on municipal securities. If
such a proposal were enacted, the ability of the Fund to pay tax
exempt interest dividends might be adversely affected and the
Fund would re-evaluate its investment objective and policies and
consider changes in its structure.
The Fund generally considers investments in municipal securities
not to be subject to industry concentration policies (issuers of
municipal securities as a group are not an industry) and the
Fund may invest in municipal securities issued by entities
having similar characteristics. The issuers may be located in
the same geographic area or may pay their interest obligations
from revenue of similar projects, such as hospitals, airports,
utility systems and housing finance agencies. This may make the
Funds investments more susceptible to similar economic,
political or regulatory occurrences. As the similarity in
issuers increases, the potential for fluctuation in the
Funds net asset value also increases. The Fund may invest
more than 25% of its total assets in a segment of the municipal
securities market with similar characteristics if the Adviser
determines that the yields available from obligations in a
particular segment justify the additional risks of a larger
investment in such segment. The Fund may not, however, invest
more than 25% of its total assets in industrial development
revenue bonds issued for companies in the same industry.
Sizeable investments in such obligations could involve increased
risk to the Fund should any such issuers or any such related
projects or facilities experience financial difficulties.
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From time to time, the Funds investments may include
securities as to which the Fund, by itself or together with
other funds or accounts managed by the Adviser, holds a major
portion or all of an issue of municipal securities. Because
there may be relatively few potential purchasers for such
investments and, in some cases, there may be contractual
restrictions on resales, the Fund may find it more difficult to
sell such securities at a time when the Adviser believes it is
advisable to do so.
Risks of Investing in Medium- and Lower-Grade Securities.
Securities that are in the medium- and lower-grade categories
generally offer higher yields than are offered by higher-grade
securities of similar maturities, but they also generally
involve greater risks, such as greater credit risk, greater
market risk and volatility, greater liquidity concerns and
potentially greater manager risk. Investors should carefully
consider the risks of owning shares of a fund which invests in
medium- and lower-grade securities before investing in the Fund.
Credit risk relates to an issuers ability to make timely
payment of interest and principal when due. Medium- and
lower-grade securities are considered more susceptible to
nonpayment of interest and principal or default than
higher-grade securities. Increases in interest rates or changes
in the economy may significantly affect the ability of issuers
of medium- and lower-grade securities to pay interest and to
repay principal, to meet projected financial goals or to obtain
additional financing. In the event that an issuer of securities
held by the Fund experiences difficulties in the timely payment
of principal and interest and such issuer seeks to restructure
the terms of its borrowings, the Fund may incur additional
expenses and may determine to invest additional assets with
respect to such issuer or the project or projects to which the
Funds securities relate. Further, the Fund may incur
additional expenses to the extent that it is required to seek
recovery upon a default in the payment of interest or the
repayment of principal on its portfolio holdings and the Fund
may be unable to obtain full recovery on such amounts. To
minimize the risks involved in investing in medium- and
lower-grade securities, the Fund does not purchase securities
that are in default or rated in categories lower than B- by
S&P or B3 by Moodys.
Market risk relates to changes in market value of a security
that occur as a result of variation in the level of prevailing
interest rates and yield relationships in the debt securities
market and as a result of real or perceived changes in credit
risk. The value of the Funds investments can be expected
to fluctuate over time. The value of debt securities generally
varies inversely with changes in prevailing interest rates. When
interest rates decline, the value of a portfolio invested in
debt securities generally can be expected to rise. Conversely,
when interest rates rise, the value of a portfolio invested in
debt securities generally can be expected to decline. Debt
securities with longer maturities, which may have higher yields,
may increase or decrease in value more than debt securities with
shorter maturities.
While the Fund has no policy limiting the maturities of the
individual debt securities in which it may invest, the Adviser
seeks to manage fluctuations in net asset value resulting from
changes in interest rates by actively managing the portfolio
maturity structure. Secondary market prices of medium- and
lower-grade securities generally are less sensitive to changes
in interest rates and are more sensitive to general adverse
economic changes or specific developments with respect to the
particular issuers than are the secondary market prices of
higher-grade securities. A significant increase in interest
rates or a general economic downturn could severely disrupt the
market for medium- and lower-grade securities and adversely
affect the market value of such securities. Such events also
could lead to a higher incidence of default by issuers of
medium- and lower-grade securities as compared with higher-grade
securities. In addition, changes in credit risks, interest
rates, the credit markets or periods of general economic
uncertainty can be expected to result in increased volatility in
the market price of the medium- and lower-grade securities in
the Fund and thus in the net asset value of the Fund. Adverse
publicity and investor perceptions, whether or not based on
rational analysis, may affect the value, volatility and
liquidity of medium- and lower-grade securities.
The amount of available information about the financial
condition of municipal securities issuers is generally less
extensive than that for corporate issuers with publicly traded
securities and the market for municipal securities is generally
considered to be less liquid than the market for corporate debt
obligations. In addition, the markets for medium- and
lower-grade securities may be less liquid than the markets for
higher-grade securities. Liquidity relates to the ability of a
fund to sell a security in a timely manner at a price which
reflects the value of that security. To the extent that there is
no established retail market for some of the medium- and
lower-grade securities in which the Fund may invest, trading in
such securities may be relatively inactive. Prices of medium-
and lower-grade securities may decline rapidly in the event a
significant number of holders decide to sell. Changes in
expectations regarding an individual issuer of medium- and
lower-grade securities generally could reduce market liquidity
for such securities and make their sale by the Fund more
difficult, at least in the absence of price concessions. The
effects of adverse publicity and investor perceptions may be
more pronounced for securities for which no established retail
market exists as compared with the effects on securities for
which such a market does exist. An economic downturn or an
increase in interest rates could severely disrupt the market for
such securities and adversely affect the value of outstanding
securities or the ability of the issuers to repay principal and
interest. Further, the Fund may have more difficulty selling
such securities in a timely manner and at their stated value
than would be the case for securities for which an established
retail market does exist. Certain municipal securities in which
the Fund may invest, such as special obligation bonds, lease
obligations, participation certificates and variable rate
instruments, may be particularly less liquid. Although the
issuer of some such securities may be obligated to redeem such
securities at face value, such redemption could result in losses
to the Fund to the extent such municipal securities were
purchased by the Fund at a premium to face value.
During periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of
readily available market quotations for medium- and lower-grade
securities held in the Funds portfolio, the ability of the
Fund to value the Funds securities becomes more difficult
and the judgment of the Fund may play a greater role in the
valuation of the Funds securities due to the reduced
availability of reliable objective data.
The Fund may invest in zero coupon securities or
pay-in-kind
securities, which are securities not producing immediate cash
income, when their effective yield over comparable instruments
producing cash income make these investments attractive. Prices
on non-cash-paying instruments may be more sensitive to changes
in the issuers financial condition, fluctuation in
interest rates and market demand/supply imbalances than
cash-paying securities with similar credit ratings, and thus may
be more speculative. The Adviser will weigh these concerns
against the expected total returns from such instruments. See
Additional Information Regarding Certain Securities
below.
Many medium- and lower-grade securities are not listed for
trading on any national securities exchange, and many issuers of
medium- and lower-grade securities choose not to have a rating
assigned to their obligations by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization. As a result, the Funds
portfolio may consist of a higher portion of unlisted or unrated
securities as compared with an investment company that invests
solely in higher-grade securities. Unrated securities are
usually not as attractive to as many buyers as are rated
securities, a factor which may make unrated securities less
marketable. These factors may have the effect of limiting the
availability of the securities for purchase by the Fund and may
also limit the ability of the Fund to sell such securities at
their fair value either to meet redemption requests or in
response to changes in the economy or the financial markets.
Further, to the extent the Fund owns or may acquire illiquid or
restricted medium- and lower-grade
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securities, these securities may involve special registration
responsibilities, liabilities and costs, and liquidity and
valuation difficulties.
The Fund will rely on the Advisers judgment, analysis and
experience in evaluating the creditworthiness of an issuer. The
amount of available information about the financial condition of
certain medium- and lower-grade issuers may be less extensive
than other issuers. In its analysis, the Adviser may consider
the credit ratings of recognized rating organizations in
evaluating securities although the Adviser does not rely
primarily on these ratings. Credit ratings of securities rating
organizations evaluate only the safety of principal and interest
payments, not the market risk. In addition, ratings are general
and not absolute standards of quality, and credit ratings are
subject to the risk that the creditworthiness of an issuer may
change and the rating agencies may fail to change such ratings
in a timely fashion. A rating downgrade does not require the
Fund to dispose of a security. The Adviser continuously monitors
the issuers of securities held in the Fund. Because of the
number of investment considerations involved in investing in
medium- and lower-grade securities, to the extent the Fund
invests in such securities, achievement of the Funds
investment objective may be more dependent upon the credit
analysis of the Adviser than is the case of a fund investing in
higher-grade securities.
New or proposed laws may have an impact on the market for
medium- and lower-grade securities. The Adviser is unable at
this time to predict what effect, if any, legislation may have
on the market for medium- and lower-grade securities.
Special tax considerations are associated with investing in
certain medium- and lower-grade securities, such as zero coupon
or
pay-in-kind
securities.
Special Risk Considerations Regarding Pennsylvania Municipal
Securities.
The Fund invests substantially all of its assets
in a portfolio of Pennsylvania municipal securities, which are
municipal securities the interest on which, in the opinion of
bond counsel or other counsel to the issuers of such securities,
is, at the time of issuance, exempt from federal and
Pennsylvania state income taxes. Because the Fund invests
substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of Pennsylvania
municipal securities, the Fund is more susceptible to political,
economic, regulatory or other factors affecting issuers of
Pennsylvania municipal securities than a fund which does not
limit its investments to such issuers. These risks include
possible legislative, state constitutional or regulatory
amendments that may affect the ability of state and local
governments or regional governmental authorities to raise money
to pay principal and interest on their municipal securities.
Economic, fiscal and budgetary conditions throughout the state
may also influence the Funds performance.
The following information is a summary of a more detailed
description of certain factors affecting Pennsylvania municipal
securities which is contained in the SAI. Investors should
obtain a copy of the SAI for the more detailed discussion of
such factors. Such information is derived from certain official
statements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published in
connection with the issuance of specific Pennsylvania municipal
securities, as well as from other publicly available documents.
Such information has not been independently verified by the Fund
and may not apply to all Pennsylvania municipal securities
acquired by the Fund. The Fund assumes no responsibility for the
completeness or accuracy of such information.
Pennsylvania had been historically identified as a heavy
industry state although that reputation changed as the
industrial composition of Pennsylvania diversified when the
coal, steel and railroad industries began to decline. The major
sources of growth in Pennsylvania are in the service sector,
including trade, medical, health services, education and
financial institutions. Pennsylvanias agricultural
industries are also an important component of the
Commonwealths economic structure.
Pennsylvania operates under an annual budget which is formulated
and submitted for legislative approval by the Governor each
February. The Pennsylvania Constitution requires that the
Governors budget proposal consist of three parts:
(i) a balanced operating budget for the ensuing fiscal year
setting forth proposed expenditures and estimated revenues from
all sources and, if estimated revenues and available surplus are
less than proposed expenditures, recommending specific
additional sources of revenue sufficient to pay the deficiency;
(ii) a capital budget for the ensuing fiscal year setting
forth in detail proposed expenditures to be financed from the
proceeds of obligations of the Commonwealth or of its agencies
or authorities or from operating funds; and (iii) a
financial plan for not less than the succeeding five fiscal
years, which includes for each year (a) projected operating
expenditures classified by department or agency and by program,
and estimated revenues by major categories from existing and
additional sources, and (b) projected expenditures for
capital projects specifically itemized by purpose and their
proposed sources of financing. The General Assembly may add,
change or delete any items in the budget prepared by the
Governor, but the Governor retains veto power over the
individual appropriations passed by the legislature. The
Commonwealths fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on
June 30.
All outstanding general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania are currently rated AA (stable) by S&P and AA2
(negative outlook) by Moodys. Local municipalities issuing
Pennsylvania municipal securities, although impacted in general
by the economic condition of the Commonwealth, have credit
ratings that are determined with reference to the economic
condition of such local municipalities. For example, as of the
date hereof, the ratings on the long-term obligations of the
City of Philadelphia (the City) supported by payments from the
Citys General Fund are currently rated BBB (stable) by
S&P and Baa1 (negative outlook) by Moodys.
Although revenue obligations of the Commonwealth or its
political subdivisions may be payable from a specific project or
source, including lease rentals, there can be no assurance that
future economic difficulties and the resulting impact on
Commonwealth and local government finances will not adversely
affect the market value of the portfolio of the Fund or the
ability of the respective obligors to make timely payments of
principal and interest on such obligations.
More detailed information concerning Pennsylvania municipal
securities and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is set forth in
the Funds SAI.
Additional Information Regarding Certain Securities.
The
Fund may invest in zero coupon and
payment-in-kind
securities, which are securities not producing immediate cash
income, when the Adviser believes the effective yield on such
securities over comparable instruments paying cash income makes
these investments attractive. Zero coupon securities are debt
obligations that do not entitle the holder to any periodic
payment of interest prior to maturity or a specified date when
the securities begin paying current interest. They are issued
and traded at a discount from their face amounts or par value,
which discount varies depending on the time remaining until cash
payments begin, prevailing interest rates, liquidity of the
security and the perceived credit quality of the issuer. Because
such securities do not entitle the holder to any periodic
payments of interest prior to maturity, this prevents any
reinvestment of interest payments at prevailing interest rates
if prevailing interest rates rise. On the other hand, because
there are no periodic interest payments to be reinvested prior
to maturity, zero coupon securities eliminate the reinvestment
risk and may lock in a favorable rate of return to maturity if
interest rates drop.
Payment-in-kind
securities are securities that pay interest through the issuance
of additional securities. Prices on non-cash-paying instruments
may be more sensitive to changes in the issuers financial
condition, fluctuations in interest rates and market
demand/supply imbalances than cash-paying securities with
similar credit ratings, and thus may be more speculative than
are securities that pay interest periodically in cash.
Special tax considerations are associated with investing in zero
coupon and
payment-in-kind
securities. The Adviser will weigh these concerns against the
expected total returns from such instruments.
Derivatives.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use
various investment strategies for a variety of purposes
including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to
earn income. The Funds use of
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derivatives may involve the purchase and sale of options,
forwards, futures, options on futures, swaps and other related
instruments and techniques. Such derivatives may be based on a
variety of underlying instruments, most commonly equity and debt
securities, indexes, interest rates and other assets.
Derivatives often have risks similar to the securities
underlying the derivatives and may have additional risks of the
derivatives as described herein. The Funds use of
derivatives may also include other instruments, strategies and
techniques, including newly developed or permitted instruments,
strategies and techniques, consistent with the Funds
investment objectives and applicable regulatory requirements.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement between two
parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying
instrument at a specific price at a specific future time. The
value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in
tandem with the value of the underlying instrument. Futures
contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and
the seller equally obligated to complete the transaction.
Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures
contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the
underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a
cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The Funds
use of futures may not always be successful. The prices of
futures can be highly volatile, using them could lower total
return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the
Funds initial investment in such contracts.
A swap contract is an agreement between two parties pursuant to
which the parties exchange payments at specified dates on the
basis of a specified notional amount, with the payments
calculated by reference to specified securities, indexes,
reference rates, currencies or other instruments. Most swap
agreements provide that when the period payment dates for both
parties are the same, the payments are made on a net basis
(i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with only the net
amount paid by one party to the other). The Funds
obligations or rights under a swap contract entered into on a
net basis will generally be equal only to the net amount to be
paid or received under the agreement, based on the relative
values of the positions held by each counterparty. Swap
agreements are not entered into or traded on exchanges and there
is no central clearing or guaranty function for swaps.
Therefore, swaps are subject to credit risk or the risk of
default or non-performance by the counterparty. Swaps could
result in losses if interest rate or credit quality changes are
not correctly anticipated by the Fund or if the reference index,
security or investments do not perform as expected.
The use of derivatives involves risks that are different from,
and possibly greater than, the risks associated with other
portfolio investments. Derivatives may involve the use of highly
specialized instruments that require investment techniques and
risk analyses different from those associated with other
portfolio investments. The Fund complies with applicable
regulatory requirements when implementing derivatives, including
the segregation of cash
and/or
liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as
mandated by SEC rules or SEC staff positions. A more complete
discussion of derivatives and their risks is included in the
Funds SAI.
Although the Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the
Funds investment objective, no assurance can be given that
the use of derivatives will achieve this result.
Other Investments and Risk Factors.
The Fund may purchase
and sell securities on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis
whereby the Fund buys or sells a security with payment and
delivery taking place in the future. The payment obligation and
the interest rate are fixed at the time the Fund enters into the
commitment. The Fund accrues no income on such securities until
the Fund actually takes delivery of such securities. These
transactions are subject to market risk as the value or yield of
a security at delivery may be more or less than the purchase
price or the yield generally available on securities when
delivery occurs. In addition, the Fund is subject to
counterparty risk because it relies on the buyer or seller, as
the case may be, to consummate the transaction, and failure by
the other party to complete the transaction may result in the
Fund missing the opportunity of obtaining a price or yield
considered to be advantageous. The Fund will only make
commitments to purchase such securities with the intention of
actually acquiring these securities, but the Fund may sell these
securities prior to settlement if it is deemed advisable. When a
Fund is the buyer in such a transaction, the Fund will segregate
cash
and/or
liquid securities having an aggregate value at least equal to
the amount of such purchase commitments until payment is made.
No specific limitation exists as to the percentage of the
Funds assets which may be used to acquire securities on a
when-issued and delayed delivery basis.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
securities and certain restricted securities. Such securities
may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price
that the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such
securities at a lower price, sell other securities instead to
obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
Further information about these types of investments and other
investment practices that may be used by the Fund is contained
in the Funds SAI.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of
time they have been held to take advantage of new investment
opportunities, yield differentials, or for other reasons. The
Funds portfolio turnover rate may vary from year to year.
A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) increases a
funds transaction costs (including brokerage commissions
and dealer costs), which would adversely impact a funds
performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the
realization of more short-term capital gains than if a fund had
lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will not be a
limiting factor, however, if the Adviser considers portfolio
changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy.
When market conditions
dictate a more defensive investment strategy, the Fund may, on a
temporary basis, hold cash or invest a portion or all of its
assets in high-quality, short-term Pennsylvania municipal
securities. If such municipal securities are not available or,
in the judgment of the Adviser, do not afford sufficient
protection against adverse market conditions, the Fund may
invest in high-quality municipal securities of issuers other
than issuers of Pennsylvania municipal securities. Furthermore,
if such high-quality securities are not available or, in the
judgment of the Adviser, do not afford sufficient protection
against adverse market conditions, the Fund may invest in
taxable securities. Such taxable securities are securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or
instrumentalities, other investment grade quality debt
securities, prime commercial paper, certificates of deposit,
bankers acceptances and other obligations of domestic
banks having total assets of at least $500 million and
repurchase agreements. In taking such a defensive position, the
Fund would temporarily not be pursuing its principal investment
strategies and may not achieve its investment objective.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The
7 Invesco
Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
Adviser, as successor in interest to multiple investment
advisers, has been an investment adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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First $500 million
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0.600
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 1.13%, Class B shares to 1.88%,
Class C shares to 1.88% and Class Y shares to 0.88% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above:
(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items;
and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board
of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee
waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Mark Paris, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Paris was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (2002 to 2010).
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Julius Williams, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Williams was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (2000 to 2010).
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Robert Wimmel, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Wimmel was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (1996 to 2010).]
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More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 4.75% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category II Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective(s) and
strategies, that its distributions if any, will consist
primarily of income that is exempt from federal and Pennsylvania
income taxes to the extent they are derived from
Pennsylvanias municipal obligations.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares dividends from net investment income
daily and pays them monthly.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
8 Invesco
Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
9 Invesco
Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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n
No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Does not convert to Class A shares
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n
Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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n
Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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3
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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50,000
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5.50
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5.82
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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n
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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n
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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n
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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n
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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n
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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n
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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n
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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n
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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n
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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n
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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n
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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n
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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|
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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|
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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|
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Second
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
|
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2.00
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|
|
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3.00
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|
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Fourth
|
|
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1.00
|
|
|
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2.50
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|
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
|
Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
|
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3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
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|
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2.50
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|
|
Fifth
|
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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n
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
|
n
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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n
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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n
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
|
n
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
|
n
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
|
n
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
|
n
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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A-5 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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n
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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n
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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n
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
|
n
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
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n
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
|
Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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|
IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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|
Through a Financial Adviser
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|
Contact your financial adviser.
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|
Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
|
|
Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
|
|
Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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|
Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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|
Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
|
|
Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
|
A-6 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Opening An Account
|
|
Adding To An Account
|
|
By Internet
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
|
|
Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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*
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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By Telephone
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You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
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e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Prospectus
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Class: A (VASCX), B (VBSCX), C (VCSCX), Y (VISCX)
Invesco
Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Funds investment
objective is to seek capital appreciation.
This prospectus contains important information about the
Class A, B, C and Y shares of the Fund. Please read it
before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or determined whether the information in this
prospectus is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is committing a crime.
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Choosing a Share Class
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Share Class Eligibility
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Obtaining Additional Information
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Back Cover
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Invesco
Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek capital
appreciation.
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales
charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to
invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the AIM Funds. More
information about these and other discounts is available from
your financial professional and in the section Shareholder
Account InformationInitial Sales Charges (Class A
Shares Only) on
page A-3
of the prospectus and the section Purchase, Redemption and
Pricing of SharesPurchase and Redemption of Shares
on
page L-1
of the statement of additional information (SAI).
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
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Class:
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B
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
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5.50
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None
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None
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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None
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5.00
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1.00
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None
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged)
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2.00
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You may be charged a 2.00% fee if you redeem or exchange shares
of the Fund within 31 days of purchase.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Class:
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Management Fees
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0.80
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0.80
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0.80
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Distribution
and/or
Service (12b-1) Fees
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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None
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Other
Expenses
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Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
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Fee
Waiver
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0.02
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement
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Other Expenses and Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses are based on estimated
amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least
June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to
limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below)
of Class A shares to 1.40%, Class B shares to 2.15%,
Class C shares to 2.15% and Class Y shares to 1.15% of
average daily net assets, respectively. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or
Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected
above:(i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend
expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine
items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did
not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The
Board of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the
fee waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs
may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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965
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716
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Class C
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115
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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your
shares:
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115
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs,
such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or
turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio
turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds
performance.
Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal market conditions, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the
Adviser), the Funds investment adviser, seeks to achieve
the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in
common stocks and other equity securities of small companies
that it believes have above-average potential for capital
appreciation. Under current market conditions, the Adviser
generally defines small companies by reference to those
companies up to the capitalization range of companies
represented in the Russell
2000
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Index for the past two years (which consists of companies up to
the capitalization range of approximately $5.6 billion as
of December 31, 2009).
The Adviser uses a
bottom-up
stock selection process seeking attractive growth opportunities
on an individual company basis. The Adviser believes that stock
prices are driven by expected earnings growth, the expected
long-term sustainability of that growth and the markets
valuation of those factors. Therefore, in selecting securities
for investment, the Adviser seeks those companies that it
believes are currently mispriced based on growth expectations
and the sustainability of that growth in the market. The Adviser
generally sells securities of a company when it believes the
companys growth potential,
and/or
the
sustainability of that growth, flattens or declines.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities
of foreign issuers and may invest up to 10% of its total assets
in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Fund may purchase
and sell options, futures contracts, options on futures
contracts and forward contracts, which are derivatives, for
various portfolio management purposes and to mitigate risks. In
general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value
depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying
asset, interest rate or index.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could
lose money on your investment in the Fund. There can be no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other
insured depository institution and is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency.
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Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Market Risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the
market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline.
Investments in common stocks and other equity securities
generally are affected by changes in the stock markets, which
fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and
sharply.
Risks of Small Capitalization Companies.
Small
capitalization companies often have less predictable earnings,
more limited product lines, markets, distribution channels or
financial resources and the management of such companies may be
dependent upon one or few key people. The market movements of
equity securities of small capitalization companies may be more
abrupt and volatile than the market movements of equity
securities of larger, more established companies or the stock
market in general and are generally less liquid than the equity
securities of larger companies.
Growth Investing Risk.
Investments in growth-oriented
equity securities may have above-average volatility of price
movement. The returns on growth securities may or may not move
in tandem with the returns on other styles of investing or the
overall stock markets.
Foreign Risks.
The risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, including emerging market issuers, can include
fluctuations in foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange
controls, political and economic instability, differences in
securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues.
Risks of Investing in REITs.
Investing in REITs makes the
Fund more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of
real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may
involve duplication of management fees and other expenses. REITs
may be less diversified than other pools of securities, may have
lower trading volumes and may be subject to more abrupt or
erratic price movements than the overall securities markets.
Risks of Derivatives.
Risks of derivatives include the
possible imperfect correlation between the value of the
instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the
other party to the transaction; risks that the transactions may
result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in
portfolio positions; and risks that the instruments may not be
liquid.
Performance
Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it
has not yet completed a full calendar year of operations. In the
future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a bar
chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some
indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by
comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of
market performance and by showing changes in the Funds
performance from year to year.
Management
of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the
Fund upon the consummation of the sale of substantially all of
the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to
Invesco Ltd. (the Transaction). This prospectus, until
subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of the
Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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[Matthew Hart
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Justin A. Speer
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any
business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser,
through our Web site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas
77210-4739,
or by telephone at
800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A, B, C and Y shares for
Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$25
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$25
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All other types of accounts if the investor is purchasing shares
through a systematic purchase plan
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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All other accounts
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Tax
Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as
ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the
Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services.
These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing
the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to
recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson
or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
Investment
Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek capital
appreciation. Any income received from the investment of
portfolio securities is incidental to the Funds objective.
The Funds investment objective may be changed by the Board
of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder approval.
Principal
Investment Strategies and Risks
Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the
Funds investment objective by investing primarily in
common stocks and other equity securities of small companies
that the Adviser believes have above-average potential for
capital appreciation.
The Adviser uses a
bottom-up
disciplined style of investing that emphasizes the analysis of
individual stocks rather than economic and market cycles. The
Adviser relies on its research capabilities and company/analyst
meetings in reviewing companies. The Adviser believes that stock
prices are driven by expected earnings growth, the expected
long-term sustainability of that growth and the markets
valuation of those factors. Therefore, in selecting securities
for investment, the Adviser seeks those companies that it
believes are currently mispriced based on growth expectations
and the sustainability of that growth in the market. The Fund
generally seeks companies that appear to be positioned to
produce an attractive level of future earnings through the
development of new products, services or markets or as a result
of changing markets or industry conditions. The Adviser expects
that many of the companies in which the Fund invests may, at the
time of investment, be experiencing
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higher rates of earnings growth than average. The securities of
such companies may trade at higher prices to earnings ratios
relative to more established companies and rates of earnings
growth may be higher than the market average. Stock prices of
these companies may tend to be more volatile.
The Fund emphasizes a growth style of investing and focuses
primarily on small companies. The market values of growth
securities may be more volatile than other types of investments.
The returns on growth securities may or may not move in tandem
with the returns on other styles of investing or the overall
stock markets. Different types of stocks tend to shift in and
out of favor depending on market and economic conditions. Thus,
the value of the Funds investments will vary and at times
may be lower or higher than that of other types of investments.
Investments in small companies may offer greater opportunities
for capital appreciation than larger, more established
companies, but also may involve special risks. The securities of
small companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market
movements and may have lower trading volumes or more erratic
trading than securities of larger-sized companies or the market
averages in general. In addition, such companies typically are
subject to a greater degree of change in earnings and business
prospects than are larger, more established companies. During an
overall stock market decline, stock prices of small or
unseasoned companies often fluctuate more and may fall more than
stock prices of larger, more established companies.
Historically, stocks of small companies have sometimes gone
through extended periods when they did not perform as well as
stocks of larger companies.
Investment opportunities for small capitalization, growth
company securities may be more limited than those in other
sectors of the market. To facilitate the management of the
Funds portfolio, the Fund may from time to time suspend
the continuous offering of its shares to investors. As market
conditions permit, the Fund may reopen sales of the Funds
shares to investors. Any such limited offerings of the Fund may
commence and terminate without any prior notice.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of
its net assets (including any borrowings for investment
purposes) in securities of small companies at the time of
investment. The Funds policy in the foregoing sentence may
be changed by the Funds Board without shareholder
approval, but no change is anticipated; if the Funds
policy in the foregoing sentence changes, the Fund will notify
shareholders in writing at least 60 days prior to
implementation of the change and shareholders should consider
whether the Fund remains an appropriate investment in light of
the changes. Under current market conditions, the Adviser
generally defines small companies by reference to those
companies up to the capitalization range of companies
represented in the Russell
2000
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Index for the past two years (which consists of companies up to
the capitalization range of approximately $5.6 billion as
of December 31, 2009).
The companies and industries in which the Fund invests will
change over time depending on the assessment of the Adviser of
growth opportunities. Although the Fund limits its investments
to up to (but not including) 25% of its total assets in any
single industry, a significant portion of the Funds assets
may be invested in securities of companies in the same sector of
the market. This may occur, for example, when the Adviser
believes that several companies in the same sector each offer
attractive growth opportunities. To the extent that the Fund
invests a significant portion of its assets in a limited number
of market sectors, the Fund will be more susceptible to
economic, political, regulatory and other factors influencing
such sectors.
The Fund does not limit its investments to any single group or
type of security. The Fund may invest in unseasoned issuers or
in securities involving special circumstances, such as initial
public offerings, companies with new management or management
reliant upon one or a few key people, special products and
techniques, limited or cyclical product lines, services, markets
or resources, distribution channels, financial resources, or
unusual developments, such as acquisitions, mergers,
liquidations, bankruptcies or leveraged buyouts. Investments in
unseasoned companies, or companies with special circumstances or
unusual developments, often involve much greater risks than are
inherent in other types of investments, and securities of such
companies may be more likely to experience unexpected
fluctuations in price. In addition, investments made in
anticipation of future events may, if the events are delayed or
never achieved, cause stock prices to fall.
The Fund may dispose of a security whenever, in the opinion of
the Adviser, factors indicate it is desirable to do so. The
Adviser generally sells securities of a company when it believes
the companys growth potential,
and/or
the
sustainability of that growth, flattens or declines. Other
factors may include changes in the companys operations or
relative market performance, changes in the appreciation
possibilities offered by individual securities, changes in the
market trends or other factors affecting an individual security,
changes in economic or market factors in general or with respect
to a particular industry, and other circumstances bearing on the
desirability of a given investment. In addition, if an
individual stock position appreciates to a point where it begins
to account for a larger percentage of the Funds assets,
the Adviser may sell a portion of the position held.
The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and
may at times, including currently, experience periods of extreme
volatility and uncertainty, which may affect all investment
securities, including equity securities and derivative
instruments. The markets for securities in which the Fund may
invest may not function properly, which may affect the value of
such securities and such securities may become illiquid. New or
proposed laws may have an impact on the Funds investments
and the Adviser is unable to predict what effect, if any, such
legislation may have on the Fund.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in
selecting the best-performing securities or investment
techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that
of similar funds.
The Fund invests primarily in common stocks and also may invest
in other equity securities as described herein.
Common Stocks.
Common stocks are shares of a corporation
or other entity that entitle the holder to a pro rata share of
the profits of the corporation, if any, without preference over
any other class of securities, including such entitys debt
securities, preferred stock and other senior equity securities.
Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and
frequently an exclusive right to do so.
Preferred Stock.
Preferred stock generally has a
preference as to dividends and liquidation over an issuers
common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an
issuers capital structure. Unlike interest payments on
debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if
declared by the issuers board of directors. Preferred
stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption
provisions.
Convertible Securities.
A convertible security is a bond,
debenture, note, preferred stock, right, warrant or other
security that may be converted into or exchanged for a
prescribed amount of common stock or other security of the same
or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period of
time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security
generally entitles the holder to receive interest paid or
accrued on debt securities or the dividend paid on preferred
stock until the convertible security matures or is redeemed,
converted or exchanged. Before conversion, convertible
securities generally have characteristics similar to both debt
and equity securities. The value of convertible securities tends
to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion
feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of
the underlying securities. Convertible securities ordinarily
provide a stream of income with generally higher yields than
those of common stock of the same or similar issuers.
Convertible securities generally rank senior to common stock in
a corporations capital structure but are usually
subordinated to comparable nonconvertible securities.
Convertible securities generally do not participate directly in
any dividend increases or decreases of the underlying securities
although the market prices of convertible securities
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may be affected by any dividend changes or other changes in the
underlying securities.
Rights and warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities
at a specific price for a specific period of time. Rights
typically have a substantially shorter term than do warrants.
Rights and warrants may be considered more speculative and less
liquid than certain other types of investments in that they do
not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect
to the underlying securities nor do they represent any rights in
the assets of the issuing company. Rights and warrants may lack
a secondary market.
REITs.
The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets
in REITs. REITs pool investors funds for investment
primarily in commercial real estate properties or real estate
related loans. REITs generally derive their income from rents on
the underlying properties or interest on the underlying loans,
and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the
underlying property or changes in interest rates affecting the
underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible
to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the
real estate industry in general. These risks can include
fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by
borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and
local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents;
increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures,
or operating expenses; and other economic, political or
regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. In
addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may
not be diversified (which may increase the volatility of the
REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the
overall securities market. REITs are not taxed on income
distributed to shareholders provided they comply with several
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the Code). REITs are subject to the risk of failing to qualify
for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code. In addition,
investments in REITs may involve duplication of management fees
and certain other expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its
proportionate share of any expenses paid by REITs in which it
invests.
Risks of Investing in Securities of Foreign Issuers.
The
Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of
foreign issuers. Securities of foreign issuers may be
denominated in U.S. dollars or in currencies other than U.S.
dollars. Investments in securities of foreign issuers present
certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These risks include fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates, political, economic or legal
developments (including war or other instability, expropriation
of assets, nationalization and confiscatory taxation), the
imposition of foreign exchange limitations (including currency
blockage), withholding taxes on income or capital transactions
or other restrictions, higher transaction costs (including
higher brokerage, custodial and settlement costs and currency
conversion costs) and possible difficulty in enforcing
contractual obligations or taking judicial action. Securities of
foreign issuers may not be as liquid and may be more volatile
than comparable securities of domestic issuers.
In addition, there often is less publicly available information
about many foreign issuers, and issuers of foreign securities
are subject to different, often less comprehensive, auditing,
accounting and financial reporting disclosure requirements than
domestic issuers. There is generally less government regulation
of exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the
United States and, with respect to certain foreign countries,
there is a possibility of expropriation or confiscatory
taxation, or diplomatic developments which could affect
investment in those countries. Because there is usually less
supervision and governmental regulation of foreign exchanges,
brokers and dealers than there is in the United States, the Fund
may experience settlement difficulties or delays not usually
encountered in the United States.
Delays in making trades in securities of foreign issuers
relating to volume constraints, limitations or restrictions,
clearance or settlement procedures, or otherwise could impact
returns and result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund
are not fully invested or attractive investment opportunities
are foregone.
The Fund may invest in securities of issuers determined by
Adviser to be in developing or emerging market countries.
Investments in securities of issuers in developing or emerging
market countries are subject to greater risks than investments
in securities of developed countries since emerging market
countries tend to have economic structures that are less diverse
and mature and political systems that are less stable than
developed countries.
In addition to the increased risks of investing in securities of
foreign issuers, there are often increased transaction costs
associated with investing in securities of foreign issuers,
including the costs incurred in connection with converting
currencies, higher foreign brokerage or dealer costs and higher
settlement costs or custodial costs.
Since the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Fund may be affected
by changes in foreign currency exchange rates (and exchange
control regulations) which affect the value of investments in
the Fund and the accrued income and appreciation or depreciation
of the investments. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates
relative to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of
the Funds assets denominated in that currency and the
Funds return on such assets as well as any temporary
uninvested reserves in bank deposits in foreign currencies. In
addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with
conversions between various currencies.
The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form
of depositary receipts. Depositary receipts involve
substantially identical risks to those associated with direct
investment in securities of foreign issuers. In addition, the
underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly
unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no
obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the
holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
Derivatives.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use
various investment strategies for a variety of purposes
including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to
earn income. Derivatives transactions may involve the purchase
and sale of options, forwards, futures, options on futures,
swaps and other related instruments and techniques. Such
derivatives may be based on a variety of underlying instruments,
most commonly equity and debt securities, indexes, interest
rates, currencies and other assets. Derivatives often have risks
similar to the securities underlying the derivative instrument
and may have additional risks as described herein. The
Funds use of derivatives transactions may also include
other instruments, strategies and techniques, including newly
developed or permitted instruments, strategies and techniques,
consistent with the Funds investment objective and
applicable regulatory requirements.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement between two
parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying
instrument at a specific price at a specific future time. The
value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in
tandem with the value of the underlying instrument. Futures
contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and
the seller equally obligated to complete the transaction.
Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures
contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the
underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a
cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The Funds
use of futures may not always be successful. The prices of
futures can be highly volatile, using them could lower total
return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the
Funds initial investment in such contracts.
The use of derivatives involve risks that are different from,
and possibly greater than, the risks associated with other
portfolio investments. The use of derivatives transactions may
involve the use of highly specialized instruments that require
investment techniques and risk analyses different from those
associated with other portfolio investments. The Fund complies
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Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
with applicable regulatory requirements when implementing
derivative transactions, including the segregation of cash
and/or
liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as
mandated by SEC rules or SEC staff positions. Although the
Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds
investment objective, no assurance can be given that the use of
derivatives will achieve this result.
Other Investments
and Risk Factors
For cash management purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase
agreements with broker-dealers, banks and other financial
institutions to earn a return on temporarily available cash.
Such transactions are considered loans by the Fund and are
subject to the risk of default by the other party. The Fund will
only enter into such agreements with parties deemed to be
creditworthy under guidelines approved by the Board.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid
securities and certain restricted securities. Such securities
may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price
that the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such
securities at a lower price, sell other securities instead to
obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
Further information about these types of investments and other
investment practices that may be used by the Fund is contained
in the Funds SAI.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of
time they have been held to take advantage of new investment
opportunities, when the Adviser believes the potential for
capital appreciation has lessened, or for other reasons. The
Funds portfolio turnover rate may vary from year to year.
A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) increases a
funds transaction costs (including brokerage commissions
and dealer costs), which would adversely impact a funds
performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the
realization of more short-term capital gains than if a fund had
lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will not be a
limiting factor, however, if the Adviser considers portfolio
changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy.
When market conditions
dictate a more defensive investment strategy, the Fund may, on a
temporary basis, hold cash or invest a portion or all of its
assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
government, its agencies or instrumentalities, prime commercial
paper, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and
other obligations of domestic banks, and in investment grade
corporate debt securities. Under normal market conditions, the
potential for capital appreciation on these securities will tend
to be lower than the potential for capital appreciation on other
securities that may be owned by the Fund. In taking such a
defensive position, the Fund would temporarily not be pursuing
its principal investment strategies and may not achieve its
investment objective.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described
in this prospectus vary from time to time, and at any time, the
Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in
this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and
other investments not described in this prospectus. Any
percentage limitations with respect to assets of the Fund are
applied at the time of purchase.
Portfolio
Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with
respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings
is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at
www.invescoaim.com.
The
Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the
Funds investment adviser. The Adviser manages the
investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment
portfolios that encompass a broad range of investment
objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds
day-to-day
management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in
interest to multiple investment advisers, has been an investment
adviser since 1976.
Adviser
Compensation
Advisory Agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to
manage the investment of its assets and to place orders for the
purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an
investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Fund,
the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based upon an
annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund
as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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First $500 million
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0.800
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0.750
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0.700
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the
Boards approval of the investment advisory and investment
sub-advisory
agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds
first annual or semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio
Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible
for the
day-to-day
management of the Funds portfolio:
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[Matthew Hart, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Hart was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (1997 to 2010).
Mr. Hart is the lead portfolio manager of the Fund.
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Justin A. Speer, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the
Fund since its inception. Prior to commencement of operations by
the Fund, Mr. Speer was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (May 2008 to
2010). Prior to May 2008, he worked as an equity research
analyst at Credit Suisse.]
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A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of
a portion of the Funds investment portfolio, including but
not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities,
portfolio construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment,
and the management of daily cash flows in accordance with
portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may
perform these functions, and the nature of these functions, may
change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at
www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the
portfolio managers investments in the Fund, a description
of the compensation structure and information regarding other
accounts managed.
Sales
Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the
maximum 5.50% initial sales charge as listed under the heading
Category I Initial Sales Charges in the
Shareholder Account InformationInitial Sales Charges
(Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Class B shares will be subject to payment of CDSC Category
I CDSCs during the applicable CDSC periods listed under the
heading CDSCs on Class B Shares in the
Shareholder Account InformationContingent Deferred
Sales Charges section of the prospectus.
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Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and
strategies, that its distributions, if any, will consist of
either ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of
both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net
investment income, if any, annually.
Capital
Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital
gains (net of any capital loss carryovers), if any, at least
annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment
activities and cash flows. During a time of economic downturn, a
Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation
in value of investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or
eliminate capital gains distributions for a period of time. Even
though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may
nonetheless distribute prior year capital gains.
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Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet
commenced operations; therefore, Financial Highlights are not
available.
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Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
1
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
fee
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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3
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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5.82
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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n
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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n
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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n
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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n
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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n
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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n
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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n
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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n
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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n
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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n
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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n
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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n
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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|
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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|
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3.00
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Fourth
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|
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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|
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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|
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
|
Year since purchase made
|
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Class B CDSC
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First
|
|
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4.00
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%
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Second
|
|
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3.75
|
|
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Third
|
|
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3.50
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
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2.50
|
|
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Fifth
|
|
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
|
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
|
Year since purchase made
|
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Class B CDSC
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First
|
|
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2.00
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%
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Second
|
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1.50
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Third
|
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1.00
|
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Fourth
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0.50
|
|
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Fifth and following
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|
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None
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|
A-4 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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|
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|
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CDSC Category VI
|
|
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Class B CDSC
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
|
|
purchased
|
|
purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
|
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
|
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3.00
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%
|
|
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4.00
|
%
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Second
|
|
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2.50
|
|
|
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4.00
|
|
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Third
|
|
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2.00
|
|
|
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3.00
|
|
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Fourth
|
|
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1.00
|
|
|
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2.50
|
|
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Fifth
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None
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|
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1.50
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|
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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|
|
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CDSC Category VII
|
Year since purchase made
|
|
Class B CDSC
|
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First
|
|
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4.00
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%
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Second
|
|
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4.00
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|
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Third
|
|
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3.00
|
|
|
Fourth
|
|
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2.50
|
|
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Fifth
|
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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n
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
|
n
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
|
n
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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n
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
|
n
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
|
n
|
AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
|
n
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
|
n
|
Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
|
Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
|
n
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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|
Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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n
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
|
A-5 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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|
n
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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n
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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|
n
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
|
n
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Shares acquired through systematic purchase plans.
|
n
|
Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
|
Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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|
Investments
|
Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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|
Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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|
Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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|
IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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|
IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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|
250
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25
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All other accounts
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|
1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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|
Adding To An Account
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|
Through a Financial Adviser
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|
Contact your financial adviser.
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|
Contact your financial adviser.
|
By Mail
|
|
Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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|
Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
|
|
Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
|
|
Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
|
|
Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
|
Automated Investor Line
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
|
|
Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
|
A-6 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Opening An Account
|
|
Adding To An Account
|
|
By Internet
|
|
Open your account using one of the methods described above.
|
|
Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
. The proper
bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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*
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Automated Investor Line
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class A2
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Class S
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Class B
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Class R
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Exchanges Not
Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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Reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase or exchange
order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
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interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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Obtaining
Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request.
The SAI, a current version of which is on file with the SEC,
contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the
prospectus). When issued, annual and semiannual reports to
shareholders will contain additional information about the
Funds investments. The Funds annual report will
discuss the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected the Funds performance during its
last fiscal year. The Fund will also file its complete schedule
of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters
of each fiscal year on
Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you
wish to obtain a free copy of a current SAI, annual or
semiannual reports or
Form N-Q,
please contact us.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX
77210-4739
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You can send us a request by
e-mail
or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or semiannual reports via our
Web site:
www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or
semiannual reports,
Forms N-Q
and other information at the SECs Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the SECs Web site
(http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by
sending a letter to the SECs Public Reference Section,
Washington, DC
20549-1520
or by sending an electronic mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov.
Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the
Public Reference Room.
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Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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Prospectus
February 12, 2010
Class A
(VTFXX)
Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Funds investment objective is to seek to provide
investors with a high level of current income exempt from federal income taxes consistent with the
preservation of capital and liquidity through investments in a diversified portfolio of municipal
securities that will mature within twelve months of the date of purchase.
This prospectus contains important information about the Class A shares of the Fund. Please
read it before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not
approved or disapproved these securities or determined whether the information in this prospectus
is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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Share Class Eligibility
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A-1
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A-2
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A-4
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A-5
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A-7
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Exchanging Shares
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A-8
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Rights Reserved by the Funds
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A-9
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Excessive Short-Term Trading
Activity (Market Timing) Disclosures
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A-9
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A-10
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Taxes
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A-12
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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A-13
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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of
Security Holder Documents
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A-14
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Back Cover
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Fund Summary
Investment Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek to provide investors with a high level of current income
exempt from federal income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity through
investments in a diversified portfolio of municipal securities that will mature within twelve
months of the date of purchase.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class:
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Class A
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on
Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price)
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as
a percentage of original purchase price
or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of
your investment)
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Class:
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Class A
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Management Fees
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0.45
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Distribution and/or Service
(12b-1) Fees
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0.25
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Other Expenses
1
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0.73
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.43
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Fee Waiver
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0.04
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or
Expense Reimbursement
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1.39
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Other Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are based on
estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to
waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain
items discussed below) of Class A shares to 1.39% of average daily net assets. In determining the
Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are
not taken into account,
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and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense
Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has
incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board of Trustees
or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
Example.
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with
the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then
redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds operating expenses remain the same.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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142
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444
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher
transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect
the Funds performance.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), the Funds investment adviser, seeks to achieve the Funds
investment objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of high-quality municipal securities.
Municipal securities generally are issued by state and local governments or regional governmental
authorities to raise money for their daily operations or special projects and the interest on
municipal securities generally is exempt from federal income tax. Under normal market conditions,
the Fund invests substantially all of the Funds assets in municipal securities whose interest is
exempt from federal income tax (including the federal alternative minimum tax) at the time of
investment. The Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share by investing
in money market securities with remaining maturities of not more than 12 months and with a
dollar-weighted average maturity of not more than 90 days.
The Fund buys and sells securities for investment with a view to seeking a high level of tax-exempt
interest income. In selecting securities for investment, the Adviser seeks those securities that it
believes entail reasonable credit risk considered in relation to the Funds investment policies.
The Adviser may sell such securities to adjust the average maturity or credit quality of the Funds
investment portfolio. The Funds investments are limited to those securities that meet maturity,
quality and diversification standards with which money market funds must comply.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could lose money on your investment in the
Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investment
in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other insured depository institution and is not insured
or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although
the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose
money by investing in the Fund.
Market risk
. Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund
will decline and adversely affect the Funds net asset value. The prices of debt securities tend to
fall as interest rates rise. Market risk is expected to be low for the Fund because it invests in
high-quality, short-term securities.
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Income risk
. The income you receive from the Fund is based primarily on short-term interest rates,
which can vary widely over time. If short-term interest rates drop, your income from the Fund may
drop as well.
Credit risk
. Credit risk refers to an issuers ability to make timely payments of interest and
principal. While credit risk is expected to be low for the Fund because it invests in high-quality
securities, an investment in the Fund is not risk free. The Fund is still subject to the risk that
the issuers of such securities may experience financial difficulties and, as a result, fail to pay
on their obligations.
Municipal securities risk
. The Fund invests primarily in municipal securities. The yields of
municipal securities may move differently and adversely compared to the yields of the overall debt
securities markets. While the interest received from municipal securities generally is exempt from
federal income tax, the Fund may from time to time invest a portion of its net assets in taxable
securities. In addition, there could be changes in applicable tax laws or tax treatments that
reduce or eliminate the current federal income tax exemption on municipal securities or otherwise
adversely affect the current federal or state tax status of municipal securities.
Performance Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it has not yet completed a full
calendar year of operations. In the future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a
bar chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some indication of the risks of an
investment in the Fund by comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of market
performance and by showing changes in the Funds performance from year to year.
Management of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day, which is any day the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser, through our Web
site at www.invescoaim.com, by mail to Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739,
Houston, Texas 77210-4739, or by telephone at 800-959-4246.
The minimum investments for Class A shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by
your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP,
SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESA
accounts if the new investor is
purchasing shares through a systematic
purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other types of accounts if the
investor is purchasing shares through a
systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Tax Information
The Funds distributions are primarily exempt from regular federal income tax. A portion of these
distributions, however, may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax and state and local
taxes. The Fund may also make distributions that are taxable to you as ordinary income.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank),
the Fund and the Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale
of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over
another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
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Investment Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek to provide investors with a high level of current income
exempt from federal income taxes consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity through
investments in a diversified portfolio of municipal securities that will mature within twelve
months of the date of purchase. The Funds investment objective may be changed by the Board of
Trustees (the Board) without shareholder approval.
Principal Investment Strategies and Risks
The Adviser seeks to achieve the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in a portfolio
of high-quality municipal securities. Municipal securities are obligations issued by or on behalf
of states, territories and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their
political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, the interest on which (in the opinion of
bond counsel or other counsel to the issuer or the Fund) is exempt from federal income tax at the
time of issuance. Under normal market conditions, up to 100%, but not less than 80%, of the Funds
net assets are invested in such securities. All of the Funds investments are subject to the
limitation that they mature within one year of the date of their purchase or are subject to
repurchase agreements maturing within one year. The Fund also may invest in obligations issued,
guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, or securities that
are fully collateralized by such obligations or other securities acceptable to the Adviser. Under
normal market conditions, the Fund may from time to time invest temporarily up to 20% of its net
assets in taxable securities (or municipal securities subject to the federal alternative minimum
tax) of at least comparable quality to the municipal securities in which the Fund invests.
The Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value of $1.00 per share by investing in money
market securities with remaining maturities of not more than 12 months and with a dollar-weighted
average maturity of not more than 90 days.
The Fund invests in high-quality municipal securities which are securities (a) rated in one of the
two highest ratings categories by any two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations
(NRSROs) such as Standard & Poors (S&P) or Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) (i.e., at
least AA by S&P or Aa by Moodys for bonds, at least MIG-2 or VMIG-2 by Moodys for short-term
municipal securities or at least A-2 or SP-2 by S&P or P-2 by Moodys for municipal commercial
paper) (or any one NRSRO if the instrument was rated by only one such organization) or (b) unrated
municipal securities, if such securities are of comparable quality as determined in accordance with
procedures established by the Funds Board or if such securities were long-term securities at the
time of issuance but have remaining lives of 365 days or less and have received long-term ratings
in one of the three highest long-term ratings categories by any two NRSROs (i.e., A or higher by
S&P and Moodys) (or any one NRSRO if the instrument was rated by only one such organization).
Credit quality at the time of purchase determines which securities may be acquired. Subsequent
downgrades in ratings may require reassessment of the credit risks presented by such securities and
may even require their sale. NRSROs assign ratings based upon their opinions as to the quality of
the securities they undertake to rate, but they do not base their assessment on the market risk of
such securities. It should be emphasized that ratings are general and are not absolute standards of
quality.
In selecting securities for investment, the Adviser seeks to add value and limit risk through
careful security selection and by actively managing the Funds portfolio. The Fund focuses on those
securities that meet maturity, quality and diversification standards with which money market funds
must comply. While the Fund intends to hold portfolio securities until maturity, the Adviser from
time to time may sell such securities prior to maturity depending on its assessment of the relative
yields available on securities of different maturities and its expectations of future changes in
interest rates or to maintain a stable share price or average maturity of the Funds portfolio.
The Funds dividend and yield are expected to change daily based upon changes in interest rates and
other market conditions. Although the Fund is managed to maintain a stable $1.00 share price, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to do so.
The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and may at times, including currently,
experience periods of extreme volatility and uncertainty, which may affect all investment
securities. The markets for securities in which the Fund may invest may not
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function properly, which may affect the value of such securities. New or proposed laws may have an
impact on the Funds investments and the Adviser is unable to predict what effect, if any, such
legislation may have on the Fund.
Municipal Securities.
The issuers of municipal securities obtain funds for various public
purposes, including the construction of a wide range of public facilities such as airports,
highways, bridges, schools, hospitals, housing, mass transportation, streets and water and sewer
works. Other public purposes for which municipal securities may be issued include refunding
outstanding obligations, obtaining funds for general operating expenses and obtaining funds to lend
to other public institutions and facilities. Certain types of municipal securities are issued to
obtain funding for privately operated facilities.
The Fund invests in municipal securities scheduled to mature in twelve months or less, which
includes, but is not limited to, tax, revenue, bond and grant anticipation notes; construction loan
notes; tax-exempt commercial paper; and variable or floating rate demand notes. Anticipation notes
generally are sold in anticipation of receiving future taxes, intergovernmental grants or other
types of revenues such as those under state aid programs and generally are sold to obtain temporary
funds for various public purposes. Construction loan notes generally are issued to provide
short-term construction financing for multi-family housing projects, and frequently are insured by
U.S. governmental agencies or instrumentalities. Tax-exempt commercial paper is an unsecured
promissory obligation issued or guaranteed by a municipal issuer. Variable rate instruments provide
for adjustment of the interest rates on set dates and upon such adjustment can reasonably be
expected to have market values that approximate amortized cost. Floating rate instruments provide
for adjustment of the interest rates based on a known lending rate, such as a banks prime rate,
and may be adjusted when such rate changes, or the interest rate may be a market rate that is
adjusted at specified intervals, and at any time can reasonably be expected to have market values
that approximate amortized cost. Demand instruments generally are long-term obligations which allow
the purchaser, at its discretion, to redeem the securities before final maturity (typically 7 to 30
days), which under federal guidelines allow the Fund to consider such securities as having
maturities less than the date on the face of such instrument. Municipal securities may not be
backed by the faith, credit and taxing power of the issuer.
The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective is dependent on a number of factors,
including the skills of the Adviser in purchasing municipal securities with higher yields and whose
issuers have the continuing ability to meet their obligations for payment of interest and principal
when due. The ability to achieve a high level of income is dependent on the yields of the
securities in the portfolio. Yields on municipal securities are the product of a variety of
factors, including general money market conditions, general conditions of the municipal securities
market, size of a particular offering, the maturity of the obligation and rating of the issue.
NRSROs assign ratings based upon their opinions as to the quality of the securities they undertake
to rate, but they do not base their assessment on the market risk of such securities. It should be
emphasized that ratings are general and are not absolute standards of quality. Consequently,
municipal securities with the same maturity, coupon and rating may have different yields while
municipal securities of the same maturity and coupon with different ratings may have the same
yield.
Additionally, from time to time, proposals have been introduced before Congress that would have the
effect of reducing or eliminating the current federal tax exemption on municipal securities. If
such a proposal were enacted, the ability of the Fund to pay tax-exempt interest dividends might be
adversely affected and the Fund would re-evaluate its investment objective and strategies and
consider changes in its structure, including recommending to the shareholders changes in the Funds
investment objective.
Other Investment and Risk Factors
For cash management and investment purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase agreements
collateralized by U.S. government securities. Such transactions are considered loans by the Fund
and are subject to the risk of default by the counterparty broker-dealer, bank or other financial
institution to the transactions. The Fund will only enter into such agreements with parties deemed
to be creditworthy by the Adviser under guidelines approved by the Funds Board. Investments in
repurchase agreements of more than seven days are limited in conjunction with the Funds limitation
in illiquid securities.
The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis, although no
more than 25% of the Funds total assets will be invested in such manner. The Fund accrues no
income on such securities until the Fund actually takes delivery of such securities. These
transactions are subject to market fluctuation; the value of the securities at delivery may be more
or less than their purchase price. The yields generally available on comparable securities when
delivery occurs may be higher than yields on the securities obtained pursuant to such transactions.
Because the Fund relies on the buyer or seller to consummate the transaction, failure by the other
party to complete the transaction may result in the Fund missing the opportunity of obtaining a
price or yield considered
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to be advantageous. When the Fund is a buyer in such a transaction, it will segregate cash and/or
liquid securities having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of its purchase commitment
until payment is made. The Fund will engage in when-issued and delayed delivery transactions for
the purpose of acquiring securities consistent with the Funds investment objective and policies
and not for the purpose of investment leverage.
The Fund also may purchase municipal securities which provide for the right to resell them back to
an issuer, a bank, or a broker-dealer at an agreed upon price or yield within a specified period of
time prior to the maturity date of such securities. These securities are known as put securities
or securities with stand-by commitments. The Fund may pay a higher price for such securities than
would otherwise be paid for the same security without a put. The primary purpose of purchasing
these securities is to permit the Fund to be as fully invested as practicable in municipal
securities while at the same time providing the Fund with greater liquidity. The Funds policy is
to enter into these transactions only with issuers, banks or broker-dealers that are determined by
the Adviser to present minimal credit risks. If an issuer, bank or broker-dealer should default on
its obligation to repurchase, the Fund might be unable to recover all or a portion of any loss
sustained from having to sell the security elsewhere.
The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in illiquid securities and certain restricted
securities. Such securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that
the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such securities at a lower price, sell other
securities instead to obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described in this prospectus vary from time to
time, and at any time, the Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in this
prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and other investments not described in this
prospectus. Any percentage limitations with respect to assets of the Fund are applied at the time
of purchase.
Portfolio Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds
portfolio holdings is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at www.invescoaim.com.
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Fund Management
The Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the Funds investment adviser. The
Adviser manages the investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment portfolios that
encompass a broad range of investment objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds day-to-day management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in interest to multiple investment
advisers, has been an investment adviser since 1976.
Adviser Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to manage the investment of its assets and to
place orders for the purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an investment advisory
agreement between the Adviser and the Fund, the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based
upon an annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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% Per Annum
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First $500 million
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0.450
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Next $250 million
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0.375
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Next $250 million
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0.325
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Next $500 million
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0.300
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Next $500 million
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0.275
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Next $500 million
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0.250
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0.225
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Next $12 billion
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0.200
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Over $15 billion
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0.199
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the Boards approval of the investment advisory
and investment sub-advisory agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds first annual or
semiannual report to shareholders.
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Other Information
Sales Charges
Purchases of Class A shares of the Fund are subject to the maximum 4.75% initial sales charge as
listed under the heading Category II Initial Sales Charges in the Shareholder Account
Information Initial Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only) section of the prospectus.
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and strategies, that its distributions, if any,
will consist primarily of tax-exempt income.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares dividends from net investment income daily and pays them monthly.
Capital Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes net realized capital gains (including net short-term capital gains),
if any, annually, but may declare and pay capital gains distributions more than once per year as
permitted by law. Because the Fund is a money market Fund, it does not expect to realize any
long-term capital gains and losses.
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Financial Highlights
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet commenced operations; therefore,
Financial Highlights are not available.
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Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following information is about the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds,
and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds) that offer retail share
classes.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the name of an individual investor), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules which differ from,
and/or
charge a transaction or other fee in addition to, those
described in this prospectus.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com
,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Choosing
a Share Class
Each Fund may offer multiple classes of shares and not all Funds
offer all share classes discussed herein. Each class represents
an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Certain
classes have higher expenses than other classes which may lower
the return on your investment when compared to a less expensive
class. In deciding which class of shares to purchase, you should
consider the following attributes of the various share classes,
among other things: (i) the eligibility requirements that
apply to purchases of a particular class, (ii) the initial
sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs), if
any, applicable to the class, (iii) the 12b-1 fee, if any,
paid by the class, and (iv) any services you may receive
from a financial intermediary. Please contact your financial
adviser to assist you in making your decision. Please refer to
the prospectus fee table for more information on the fees and
expenses of a particular Funds share classes.
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Share Classes
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Investor Class
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Initial sales charge which may be waived or reduced
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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No initial sales charge
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Contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within six or fewer years
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Contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions within one year
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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No contingent deferred sales charge
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 1.00%
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.50%
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No
12b-1
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12b-1
fee of up to 0.25%
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Generally converts to Class A shares on or about the end of the month which is at least eight years after the date on which shares were purchased along with a pro rata portion of reinvested dividends and distributions
2, 3
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Does not convert to Class A shares
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Generally more appropriate for long-term investors
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Available only to investors with a total account balance less than $100,000. The total account value for this purpose includes all accounts eligible for Rights of Accumulation
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Generally more appropriate for short-term investors
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Purchase orders limited to amounts less than $1,000,000
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Generally, available only to employee benefit plans
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Generally, available only to investors who purchase through fee-based advisory accounts with an approved financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries
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Generally closed to new investors
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Class A2 shares of AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and
Investor Class shares of AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio do not have a 12b-1 fee.
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Class B shares of AIM Money Market Fund convert to AIM Cash
Reserve Shares.
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Certain Funds may convert to Class A shares based on
different time schedules. In addition, Class B shares will
not convert to Class A shares that have a higher 12b-1 fee
rate than Class B shares at the time of conversion.
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CDSC does not apply to redemption of Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you received
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund through an exchange from Class C shares from
another Fund that is still subject to a CDSC.
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In addition to the share classes shown in the chart above, AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate
Fund offer Class A2 shares, AIM Money Market Fund
offers AIM Cash Reserve Shares, AIM Summit Fund offers
Class P shares and AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund offer Class S shares.
Share
Class Eligibility
Class A, B,
C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares
Class A, B, C and AIM Cash Reserve Shares are available to
all retail investors, including individuals, trusts,
corporations and other business and charitable organizations and
eligible employee benefit plans. The share classes offer
different fee structures which are intended to compensate
financial intermediaries for services provided in connection
with the sale of shares and continued maintenance of the
customer relationship.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
You should consider the services provided by your financial
adviser and any other financial intermediaries who will be
involved in the servicing of your account when choosing a share
class.
Class B shares are not available as an investment for
retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These plans include 401(k)
plans (including AIM Solo 401(k) plans), money purchase pension
plans and profit sharing plans. However, plans that have
existing accounts invested in Class B shares will continue
to be allowed to make additional purchases.
Class A2
Shares
Class A2 shares, which are offered only on AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, are
closed to new investors. All references in this Prospectus to
Class A shares, shall include Class A2 shares, unless
otherwise noted.
Class P
Shares
In addition to the other share classes discussed herein, the AIM
Summit Fund offers Class P shares, which were historically
sold only through the AIM Summit Investors Plans I and II (each
a Plan and, collectively, the Summit Plans). Class P shares
are sold with no initial sales charge and have a 12b-1 fee of
0.10%. However, Class P shares are not sold to members of
the general public. Only shareholders who had accounts in the
Summit Plans at the close of business on December 8, 2006
may purchase Class P shares and only until the total of
their combined investments in the Summit Plans and in
Class P shares directly equals the face amount of their
former Plan under the
30-year
extended investment option. The face amount of a Plan is the
combined total of all scheduled monthly investments under the
Plan. For a Plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00,
the face amount would have been $36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class R
Shares
Class R shares are generally available only to eligible
employee benefit plans. These may include, for example,
retirement and deferred compensation plans maintained pursuant
to Sections 401, 403, and 457 of the Code; nonqualified
deferred compensation plans; health savings accounts maintained
pursuant to Section 223 of the Code; and voluntary
employees beneficiary arrangements maintained pursuant to
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Retirement plans maintained
pursuant to Section 401 generally include 401(k) plans,
profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
benefit plans. Class R shares are generally not available
for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) such as traditional,
Roth, SEP, SAR-SEP and SIMPLE IRAs.
Class S
Shares
Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares
with the proceeds received from a systematic contractual
investment plan redemption within the
12-months
prior to purchasing Class S shares, and who purchase
through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S
shares are not otherwise sold to members of the general public.
An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an
initial sales charge. The investor will no longer be eligible to
purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual
investment plan combined with the subsequent Class S share
contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the
30-year
investment option. The face amount of a systematic contractual
investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly
investment of $100.00, the face amount would have been
$36,000.00 under the
30-year
extended investment option.
Class Y
Shares
Class Y shares are generally available to investors who
purchase through a fee-based advisory account with an approved
financial intermediary or to any current, former or retired
trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate family
members of a current, former or retired trustee, director,
officer or employee) of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In fee-based advisory programs, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
Subject to any conditions or limitations imposed on the
servicing of Class Y shares by your financial adviser, if
you received Class Y shares as a result of a merger or
reorganization of a predecessor fund into any of the Funds, you
will be permitted to make additional Class Y share
purchases.
Investor
Class Shares
Some of the Funds offer Investor Class
shares.
Investor Class shares are sold with no initial
sales charge and have a maximum 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Investor
Class shares are not sold to members of the general public. Only
the following persons may purchase Investor Class shares:
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Investors who established accounts prior to April 1, 2002,
in Investor Class shares who have continuously maintained an
account in Investor Class shares (this includes anyone listed in
the registration of an account, such as a joint owner, trustee
or custodian, and immediate family members of such persons).
These investors are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered investors.
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Customers of certain financial intermediaries which have had
relationships with the Funds distributor or any Funds that
offered Investor Class shares prior to April 1, 2002, who
have continuously maintained such relationships. These
intermediaries are referred to as Investor Class
grandfathered intermediaries.
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Eligible employee benefit plans. Investor Class shares, are
generally not available for IRAs, unless the IRA depositor is
considered a Investor Class grandfathered investor or the
account is opened through a Investor Class grandfathered
intermediary.
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or
employee (or immediate family member of a current, former or
retired trustee, director, officer or employee) of any Fund or
of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Distribution
and Service
(12b-1)
Fees
Except as noted below, each Fund has adopted a distribution plan
or distribution plan and service plan pursuant to SEC
Rule 12b-1.
A 12b-1 plan allows a Fund to pay distribution and service fees
to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) to
compensate or reimburse, as applicable, Invesco Aim Distributors
for its efforts in connection with the sale and distribution of
the Funds shares and for services provided to
shareholders, all or a substantial portion of which are paid to
the dealer of record. Because the Funds pay these fees out of
their assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will
increase the cost of your investment and may cause you to pay
more than the maximum permitted initial sales charges described
in this prospectus.
The following Funds and share classes do not have 12b-1 plans:
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AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, Class A2 shares.
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AIM Money Market Fund, Investor Class shares.
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares.
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All Funds, Class Y shares
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Under the applicable distribution plan or distribution plan and
service plan, the Funds may pay distribution and service fees up
to the following amounts with respect to each Funds
average daily net assets with respect to such class:
A-2 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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Class B shares: 1.00%
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Class C shares: 1.00%
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Class P shares: 0.10%
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Class R shares: 0.50%
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Class S shares: 0.15%
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Investor Class shares: 0.25%
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Please refer to the prospectus fee table for more information on
a particular Funds 12b-1 fees.
Initial
Sales Charges (Class A Shares Only)
The Funds are grouped into four categories for determining
initial sales charges. The Other Information section
of each Funds prospectus will tell you the sales charge
category in which the Fund is classified. As used below, the
term offering price with respect to all categories
of Class A shares includes the initial sales charge.
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Category I Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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5.50
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%
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5.82
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.50
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4.71
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.75
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2.83
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category II Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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$50,000 but less than
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$
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100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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Category III Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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Category IV Initial Sales Charges
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Investors Sales Charge
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Amount invested
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As a % of
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As a % of
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in a single transaction
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Offering Price
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Investment
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Less than
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$
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100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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$100,000 but less than
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$
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250,000
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1.75
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1.78
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$250,000 but less than
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$
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500,000
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1.25
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1.27
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$500,000 but less than
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$
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1,000,000
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1.00
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1.01
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Class A
Shares Sold Without an Initial Sales Charge
Certain categories of investors are permitted to purchase and
certain intermediaries are permitted to sell Class A shares
of the Funds without an initial sales charge because their
transactions involve little or no expense. The investors who may
purchase Class A shares without paying an initial sales
charge include the following:
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Investors who purchase shares through a fee-based advisory
account with an approved financial intermediary or any current
or retired trustee, director, officer or employee of any AIM,
Invesco or Invesco Van Kampen Fund, or of Invesco Ltd. or any of
its subsidiaries. In a fee based advisory program, a financial
intermediary typically charges each investor a fee based on the
value of the investors account in exchange for servicing
that account.
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Any investor who purchases their shares with the proceeds of a
rollover, transfer or distribution from a retirement plan or
individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors
acts as the prototype sponsor to another eligible retirement
plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco Aim
Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to the extent that
such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a
Fund held through the plan or account.
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Certain retirement plans (the Plan or
Plans); provided, however, that such Plans:
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a. have assets of at least $1 million; or
b. have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the
Plan; or
c. execute multiple-plan transactions through a single omnibus
account per Fund.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares
of a Fund (this includes anyone listed in the registration of an
account, such as a joint owner, trustee or custodian, and
immediate family members of such persons).
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance
with Section 529 of the Code.
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Insurance company separate accounts.
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No investor will pay an initial sales charge in the following
circumstances:
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When buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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When reinvesting dividends and distributions.
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When exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously
assessed a sales charge, for shares of another Fund.
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As a result of a Funds merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of the assets of another Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or
its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled
in the reinvestment program prior to December 3, 2007 to
reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A shares
of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate
this program at any time.
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Reduced Sales
Charges and Sales Charge Exceptions
You may qualify for reduced sales charges or sales charge
exceptions. Qualifying types of accounts for you and your
Immediate Family as described in a Funds
Statement of Additional Information include individual, joint,
certain trusts, 529 college savings plan and Coverdell Education
Savings, certain retirement plans established for the benefit of
an individual, and Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minor Acts
accounts. To qualify for these reductions or exceptions, you or
your financial adviser must notify the transfer agent and
provide the necessary documentation at the time of purchase that
your purchase qualifies for such treatment. Certain individuals
and employer-sponsored retirement plans may link accounts for
the purpose of qualifying for lower initial sales charges.
Purchase of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, AIM
Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund or Investor Class
shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in determining
whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales
charges pursuant to
Rights of Accumulation or Letters of
Intent.
Rights of
Accumulation
You may combine your new purchases of Class A shares of a
Fund with other Fund shares currently owned (Class A, B, C,
P, R, S or Y) for the purpose of qualifying for the lower
initial sales charge rates that apply to larger purchases. The
applicable initial sales charge for the new purchase is based on
the total of your current purchase and the value of other shares
owned based on their current public offering price. The transfer
agent may automatically link certain accounts registered in the
same
A-3 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
name with the same taxpayer identification number for the
purpose of qualifying you for lower initial sales charge rates.
Letters of
Intent
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI), you commit to purchase a
specified dollar amount of Class A shares of one or more
Funds during a
13-month
period. The amount you agree to purchase determines the initial
sales charge you pay. If the full amount committed to in the LOI
is not invested by the end of the
13-month
period, your account will be assessed the higher initial sales
charge that would normally be applicable to the amount actually
invested.
Reinstatement
Following Redemption
If you redeem shares of a Fund, you may reinvest all or a
portion of the proceeds from the redemption in the same share
class of any Fund in the same Category within 180 days of
the redemption without paying an initial sales charge.
Class B, P and S redemptions may be reinvested only into
Class A shares with no initial sales charge. Class Y
redemptions may be reinvested into either Class Y shares or
Class A shares with no initial sales charge.
This reinstatement privilege does not apply to a purchase made
through a regularly scheduled automatic investment plan, such as
a purchase by a regularly scheduled payroll deduction or
transfer from a bank account.
In order to take advantage of this reinstatement privilege, you
must inform your financial adviser or the transfer agent that
you wish to do so at the time of your investment.
Contingent
Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)
CDSCs on
Class A Shares and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money
Market Fund
You can purchase $1,000,000 or more (a Large Purchase) of
Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds without
paying an initial sales charge. However, if you redeem these
shares prior to 18 months after the date of purchase, they
will be subject to a CDSC of 1%.
If you currently own Class A shares of a Category I, II or
IV Fund, and make additional purchases without paying an initial
sales charge that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or
more, the additional shares purchased will be subject to an
18-month,
1%
CDSC.
If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a Large Purchase of Class A
shares by an employee benefit plan, the Class A shares may
be subject to a 1% CDSC if all of the plans shares are
redeemed within one year from the date of the plans
initial purchase.
If you acquire AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
or Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund through an
exchange involving Class A shares that were subject to a
CDSC, the shares acquired as a result of the exchange will
continue to be subject to that same CDSC.
CDSCs on
Class B Shares
Class B shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the CDSC period, you will be assessed a CDSC as follows,
unless you qualify for one of the CDSC exceptions outlined
below. The Funds are grouped into seven categories for
determining CDSCs. The Other Information section of
each Funds prospectus will tell you the CDSC category in
which the Fund is classified.
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CDSC Category I
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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3.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category II
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.00
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Fifth
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2.00
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category III
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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5.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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CDSC Category IV
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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3.75
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Third
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3.50
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth
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1.00
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Seventh and following
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None
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CDSC Category V
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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2.00
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%
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Second
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1.50
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Third
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1.00
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Fourth
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0.50
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Fifth and following
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None
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
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CDSC Category VI
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Class B CDSC
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Class B CDSC
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purchased
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purchased
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before
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on or after
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Year since purchase made
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June 1, 2005
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June 1, 2005
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First
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3.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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Second
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2.50
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4.00
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Third
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2.00
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3.00
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Fourth
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1.00
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2.50
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Fifth
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None
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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None
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None
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CDSC Category VII
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Year since purchase made
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Class B CDSC
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First
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4.00
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%
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Second
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4.00
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Third
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3.00
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Fourth
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2.50
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Fifth
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1.50
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Sixth and following
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CDSCs on
Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge.
However, they are subject to a CDSC. If you redeem your shares
during the first year since purchase has been made you will be
assessed a 1% CDSC, unless you qualify for one of the CDSC
exceptions outlined below.
CDSCs on
Class C SharesEmployee Benefit Plan
Invesco Aim Distributors pays a concession to the dealer of
record in connection with a purchase of Class C shares by
an employee benefit plan; the Class C shares are subject to
a 1.00% CDSC at the time of redemption if all of the plans
shares are redeemed within one year from the date of the
plans initial purchase.
CDSCs on
Class C Shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term
Bond Fund are not normally subject to a CDSC. However, if you
acquired shares of those Funds through an exchange, and the
shares originally purchased were subject to a CDSC, the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will continue to be subject
to that same CDSC. Conversely, if you acquire Class C
shares of any other Fund as a result of an exchange involving
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term
Bond Fund that were not subject to a CDSC, then the shares
acquired as a result of the exchange will not be subject to a
CDSC.
Computing a
CDSC
The CDSC on redemptions of shares is computed based on the lower
of their original purchase price or current net asset value, net
of reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions. In
determining whether to charge a CDSC, shares are accounted for
on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares on
which there is no CDSC first, and then shares in the order of
their purchase.
CDSC
Exceptions
Investors who own shares that are otherwise subject to a CDSC
will not pay a CDSC in the following circumstances:
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If you participate in the Systematic Redemption Plan and
withdraw up to 12% of the value of your shares that are subject
to a CDSC in any twelve-month period.
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If you redeem shares to pay account fees.
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If you are the executor, administrator or beneficiary of an
estate or are otherwise entitled to assets remaining in an
account following the death or post-purchase disability of a
shareholder or beneficial owner and you choose to redeem those
shares.
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There are other circumstances under which you may be able to
redeem shares without paying CDSCs.
Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions are not subject to CDSCs.
The following share classes are sold with no CDSC:
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Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund.
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Investor Class shares of any Fund.
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Class P shares of AIM Summit Fund.
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Class S shares of AIM Charter Fund, AIM Conservative
Allocation Fund, AIM Growth Allocation Fund, AIM Moderate
Allocation Fund and AIM Summit Fund.
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Class Y shares of any Fund.
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CDSCs Upon
Converting to Class Y Shares
If shares that are subject to a CDSC are converted to
Class Y shares, the applicable CDSC will be assessed prior
to conversion.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM European Growth Fund
AIM European Small Company Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Health Care Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
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AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Special Value Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis, which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs or
systematic withdrawal plans.
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
to the trustee or custodian of another employee benefit plan.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle.
If shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions. Your
shares also may be subject to a CDSC in addition to the
redemption fee.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Minimum
Investments
There are no minimum investments for Class P, R or S shares
for Fund accounts. The minimum investments for Class A, B,
C, Y and Investor Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Additional
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Initial Investment
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Investments
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Asset or fee-based accounts managed by your financial adviser
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None
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None
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Eligible employee benefit plans, SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans
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None
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None
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs accounts if the new investor
is purchasing shares through a systematic purchase plan
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$
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25
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$
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25
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All other accounts if the investor is purchasing shares through
a systematic purchase plan
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50
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50
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IRAs, Roth IRAs and Coverdell ESAs
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250
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25
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All other accounts
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1,000
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50
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Invesco Aim Distributors has the discretion to accept orders for
lesser amounts.
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser
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Contact your financial adviser.
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Contact your financial adviser.
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By Mail
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Mail completed account application and check to the transfer
agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., does NOT accept the
following types of payments: Credit Card Checks, Third Party
Checks, and Cash*.
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Mail your check and the remittance slip from your confirmation
statement to the transfer agent. Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. does NOT accept the following types of payments:
Credit Card Checks, Third Party Checks, and Cash*.
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By Wire
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Mail completed account application to the transfer agent. Call
the transfer agent at
(800) 959-4246
to receive a reference number. Then, use the wire instructions
provided below.
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Call the transfer agent to receive a reference number. Then, use
the wire instructions provided below.
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Wire Instructions
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Beneficiary Bank ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366807
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Select the Bank Account Information option on your completed
account application or complete a Systematic Options and Bank
Information Form. Mail the application or form to the transfer
agent. Once the transfer agent has received the form, call the
transfer agent at the number below to place your purchase order.
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Automated Investor Line
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your order after you have provided the bank
instructions that will be requested.
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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By Internet
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Open your account using one of the methods described above.
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Access your account at
www.invescoaim.com
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bank instructions must have been provided on your account. You
may not purchase shares in retirement accounts on the Internet.
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In addition, Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. (Invesco Aim
Investment Services), the Funds transfer agent, does not
accept cash equivalents for employer sponsored plan accounts.
Cash equivalents include cashiers checks, official checks,
bank drafts, travelers checks, treasurers checks,
postal money orders or money orders. We also reserve the right
to reject at our sole discretion payment by Temporary / Starter
Checks.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Systematic
Purchase Plan
You can arrange for periodic investments in any of the Funds by
authorizing the transfer agent to withdraw the amount of your
investment from your bank account on a day or dates you specify
and in an amount of at least $25 per Fund for IRAs, Roth IRAs
and Coverdell ESAs, and at least $50 per Fund for all other
types of accounts. You may stop the Systematic Purchase Plan at
any time by giving the transfer agent notice ten days prior to
your next scheduled withdrawal. Certain financial advisers and
other financial intermediaries may also offer systematic
purchase plans.
Dollar Cost
Averaging
Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to make automatic periodic
exchanges, if permitted, from one Fund to another Fund or
multiple other Funds. The account from which exchanges are to be
made must have a minimum balance of $5,000 before you can use
this option. Exchanges will occur on (or about) the day of the
month you specify, in the amount you specify. Dollar Cost
Averaging cannot be set up for the 29th through the 31st of the
month. The minimum amount you can exchange to another Fund is
$50. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer dollar cost averaging programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same or
similar to Invesco Aims Dollar Cost Averaging program,
exchanges made under the program generally will not be counted
toward the limitation of four exchanges out of a Fund per
calendar year, discussed below.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
Your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund or another Fund without paying an
initial sales charge. Unless you specify otherwise, your
dividends and distributions will automatically be reinvested in
the same Fund. If you elect to receive your distributions by
check, and the distribution amount is $10 or less, then the
amount will be automatically reinvested in the same Fund and no
check will be issued. If you have elected to receive
distributions by check, and the postal service is unable to
deliver checks to your address of record, then your distribution
election may be converted to having all subsequent distributions
reinvested in the same Fund and no checks will be issued. With
respect to certain account types, if your check remains uncashed
for six months, the Fund generally reserves the right to
reinvest your distribution check in your account at NAV and to
reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund. You
should contact the transfer agent to change your distribution
option, and your request to do so must be received by the
transfer agent before the record date for a distribution in
order to be effective for that distribution. No interest will
accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks.
You must comply with the following requirements to be eligible
to invest your dividends and distributions in shares of another
Fund:
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Your account balance in the Fund paying the dividend or
distribution must be at least $5,000; and
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Your account balance in the Fund receiving the dividend or
distribution must be at least $500.
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Portfolio
Rebalancing Program
If you have at least $5,000 in your account, you may participate
in the Portfolio Rebalancing Program. Under this Program, you
can designate how the total value of your Fund holdings should
be rebalanced, on a percentage basis, between two and ten of
your Funds on a quarterly, semiannual or annual basis. Your
portfolio will be rebalanced through the exchange of shares in
one or more of your Funds for shares of the same class of one or
more other Funds in your portfolio. Rebalancing will not occur
if your portfolio is within 2% of your stated allocation. If you
wish to participate in the Program, make changes or cancel the
Program, the transfer agent must receive your request to
participate, changes, or cancellation in good order at least
five business days prior to the next rebalancing date, which is
normally the 28th day of the last month of the period you
choose. We may modify, suspend or terminate the Program at any
time on 60 days prior written notice to participating
investors. Certain financial advisers and other financial
intermediaries may also offer portfolio rebalancing programs. If
you participate in one of these programs and it is the same as
or similar to Invesco Aims program, exchanges made under
the program generally will not be counted toward the limitation
of four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar year, discussed
below.
Redeeming
Shares
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the
transfer agent must receive your call during the hours of the
customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
in order to effect the redemption at that days net asset
value. For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, the transfer agent must
receive your call before the Funds net asset value
determination in order to effect the redemption that day.
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator).
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Send a written request to the transfer agent which includes:
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The dollar value or number of shares that you wish to redeem;
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The name of the Fund(s) and your account number; and
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Signature guarantees, if necessary (see below).
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The transfer agent may require that you provide additional
documentation, or information, such as corporate resolutions or
powers of attorney, if applicable. If you are redeeming from an
IRA or other type of retirement account, you must complete the
appropriate distribution form, as well as employer
authorization.
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How to Redeem Shares
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By Telephone
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Call the transfer agent at
1-800-959-4246.
You will be allowed to redeem by telephone if:
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Your redemption proceeds are to be mailed to your address on record (and there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days) or transferred electronically to a pre-authorized checking account;
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You may, in limited circumstances, initiate a redemption from an
Invesco Aim IRA account by telephone. Redemptions from other
types of retirement plan accounts may be initiated only in
writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Call the Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
24-hour
Automated Investor Line at
1-800-246-5463.
You may place your redemption order after you have provided the
bank instructions that will be requested.
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By Internet
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Place your redemption request at
www.invescoaim.com
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will be allowed to redeem by Internet if:
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Your redemption proceeds do not exceed $250,000 per Fund; and
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You have already provided proper bank information or there has been no change in your address of record within the last 30 days
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You have not previously declined the telephone redemption privilege.
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Redemptions from most retirement plan accounts may be initiated
only in writing and require the completion of the appropriate
distribution form, as well as employer authorization.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out payments within one business day, and
in any event no more than seven days, after your redemption
request is received in good order (meaning that all necessary
information and documentation related to the redemption request
have been provided to the transfer agent). If you redeem shares
recently purchased by check or ACH, you may be required to wait
up to ten business days before we send your redemption proceeds.
This delay is necessary to ensure that the purchase has cleared.
Payment may be postponed in cases where the SEC declares an
emergency or normal trading is halted on the NYSE.
Redemption checks are mailed to your address of record, via
first class U.S. mail, unless you make other arrangements
with the transfer agent.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone and the Internet are genuine, and we
are not liable for losses arising from actions taken in
accordance with instructions that are reasonably believed to be
genuine.
Expedited
Redemptions (AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
only)
If you place your redemption order by telephone, before
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and request an expedited
redemption, we will transmit payment of redemption proceeds on
that same day via federal wire to a bank of record on your
account. If we receive your redemption order after
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time and before the close of the
customary trading session of the NYSE, we will transmit payment
on the next business day.
Systematic
Withdrawals
You may arrange for regular periodic withdrawals from your
account in amounts equal to or greater than $50 per Fund. We
will redeem the appropriate number of shares from your account
to provide redemption proceeds in the amount requested. You must
have a total account balance of at least $5,000 in order to
establish a Systematic Redemption Plan, unless you are
establishing a Required Minimum Distribution for a retirement
plan. You can stop this plan at any time by giving ten days
prior notice to the transfer agent.
Check
Writing
The transfer agent provides check writing privileges for
accounts in the following Funds and share classes:
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AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Class A shares, Class Y
shares and Investor Class shares
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Premier Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, Investor Class shares
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You may redeem shares of these Funds by writing checks in
amounts of $250 or more if you have completed an authorization
form. Redemption by check is not available for retirement
accounts. Checks are not eligible to be converted to ACH by the
payee. You may not give authorization to a payee by phone to
debit your account by ACH for a debt owed to the payee.
Signature
Guarantees
We require a signature guarantee in the following circumstances:
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When your redemption proceeds will equal or exceed $250,000 per
Fund.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be paid to someone
other than the registered owner of the account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent somewhere
other than the address of record or bank of record on the
account.
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When you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a new
address or an address that changed in the last 30 days.
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The transfer agent will accept a guarantee of your signature by
a number of different types of financial institutions. Call the
transfer agent for additional information. Some institutions
have transaction amount maximums for these guarantees. Please
check with the guarantor institution to determine whether the
signature guarantee offered will be sufficient to cover the
value of your transaction request.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine, in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If your account (Class A, B, C, P, S and Investor Class
shares only) has been open at least one year, you have not made
an additional purchase in the account during the past six
calendar months, and the value of your account falls below $500
for three consecutive months, the Funds have the right to redeem
the account after giving you 60 days prior written
notice. You may avoid having your account redeemed during the
notice period by bringing the account value up to $500 or by
initiating a Systematic Purchase Plan.
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax identification number on your
account application, or the Fund is not able to verify your
identity as required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion,
redeem the account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under certain circumstances, exchange shares in one
Fund for those of another Fund. An exchange is the purchase of
shares in one Fund which is paid for with the proceeds from a
redemption of shares of
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another Fund effectuated on the same day. Accordingly, the
procedures and processes applicable to redemptions of Fund
shares, as discussed under the heading Redeeming
Shares above, will apply. Before requesting an exchange,
review the prospectus of the Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Permitted
Exchanges
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Statement of
Additional Information, you generally may exchange your shares
for shares of the same class of another Fund. The following
below shows permitted exchanges:
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Exchange From
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, B, C, R, Y*, Investor Class
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Class A, Y*, Investor Class, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class A, AIM Cash Reserve Shares
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Class S
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You may exchange your AIM Cash Reserve Shares, Class A
shares, Class C shares or Investor Class shares for
Class Y shares of the same Fund if you otherwise qualify to
buy that Funds Class Y shares. Please consult your
financial adviser to discuss the tax implications, if any, of
all exchanges into Class Y shares of the same Fund.
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Permitted
The following exchanges are not permitted:
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Investor Class shares cannot be exchanged for Class A
shares of any Fund which offers Investor Class shares.
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Exchanges into Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (also known as
the Category III Funds) are not permitted.
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Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund cannot be exchanged for
Class A shares of those Funds.
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AIM Cash Reserve Shares cannot be exchanged for Class B, C
or R shares if the shares being exchanged were acquired by
exchange from Class A shares of any Fund.
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AIM Cash Reserve shares, Class A shares, Class C
shares or Investor Class shares of one Fund cannot be exchanged
for Class Y shares of a different Fund.
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All existing systematic exchanges and reallocations have ceased
and these options are no longer available on all 403(b)
prototype plans.
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Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares. Any of the participating Funds or the
distributor may modify or terminate this privilege at any time.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year (other than the money market Funds and AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund); provided, however, that the
following transactions will not count toward the exchange
limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds, qualified tuition
plans maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, and
insurance company separate accounts which use the Funds as
underlying investments.
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Generally, exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic
investment rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Generally, exchanges on fee-based advisory accounts which
involve a periodic rebalancing feature.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
There is no limit on the number of exchanges out of AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt
Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Initial Sales
Charges, CDSCs and 12b-1 Fees on Applicable to
Exchanges
You may be required to pay an initial sales charge when
exchanging from a Fund with a lower initial sales charge than
the one into which you are exchanging. If you exchange into
shares that are subject to a CDSC, we will begin the holding
period for purposes of calculating the CDSC on the date you made
your initial purchase.
In addition, as a result of differences in the forms of
distribution plans and distribution plans and service plans
among the Funds, certain exchanges of Class A shares,
Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class R
shares of a Fund for the same class of shares of another Fund
may result in investors paying a higher or a lower 12b-1 fee on
the Fund being exchanged into. Please refer to the prospectus
fee table and financial highlights table and the statement of
additional information for more information on the fees and
expenses, including applicable 12b-1 fees, of the Fund you wish
to acquire.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agents reserve the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Reject or cancel any request to establish a Systematic Purchase
Plan, Systematic Redemption Plan or Portfolio Rebalancing
Program.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in
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violation of our policies described below. Excessive short-term
trading activity in the Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of
Fund shares followed shortly thereafter by a redemption of such
shares, or vice versa) may hurt the long-term performance of
certain Funds by requiring them to maintain an excessive amount
of cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous
time, thus interfering with the efficient management of such
Funds by causing them to incur increased brokerage and
administrative costs. Where excessive short-term trading
activity seeks to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities from
stale prices for portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares
held by long-term investors may be diluted. The Funds
Boards of Trustees (collectively, the Board) have adopted
policies and procedures designed to discourage excessive or
short-term trading of Fund shares for all Funds except the money
market Funds. However, there is the risk that these Funds
policies and procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in
part to detect or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These
Funds may alter their policies at any time without prior notice
to shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in
the best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
approved by the Board.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
Money Market Funds.
The Board of AIM Money Market
Fund, AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier
Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
(the money market Funds) have not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions, and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that a money market Fund must
maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
the money market Funds yield could be negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the money market Funds for the
following reasons:
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The money market Funds are offered to investors as cash
management vehicles; investors must perceive an investment in
such Funds as an alternative to cash, and must be able to
purchase and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of the money market Funds will be
detrimental to the continuing operations of such Funds.
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The money market Funds portfolio securities are valued on
the basis of amortized cost, and such Funds seek to maintain a
constant net asset value. As a result, there are no price
arbitrage opportunities.
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Because the money market Funds seek to maintain a constant net
asset value, investors expect to receive upon redemption the
amount they originally invested in such Funds. Imposition of
redemption fees would run contrary to investor expectations.
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AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use reasonable
efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly given the
practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
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Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees
of the Funds (collectively, the Board). The Board has delegated
the daily determination of good faith fair value methodologies
to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts in accordance
with Board approved policies. On a quarterly basis, Invesco
provides the Board various reports indicating the quality and
effectiveness of its fair value decisions on portfolio holdings.
Securities and other assets quoted in foreign currencies are
valued in U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rates on
that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual Funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM Money Market Fund, AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio value all
their securities at amortized cost. AIM High Income Municipal
Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
value variable rate securities that have an unconditional demand
or put feature exercisable within seven days or less at par,
which reflects the market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund, except for Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio,
determines the net asset value of its shares on each day the
NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the close of
the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing time that
day. Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio open for business at
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Premier Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of their shares at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio will generally determine the net
asset value of its shares at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
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Government Money Portfolio are authorized not to open for
trading on a day that is otherwise a business day if the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and The Bank of New York Mellon, the
Funds custodian, are not open for business or the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
recommends that government securities dealers not open for
trading and any such day will not be considered a business day.
Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio also may close early on a business
day if SIFMA recommends that government securities dealers close
early. If Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio or
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio uses its discretion to
close early on a business day, the Fund will calculate its net
asset value as of the time of such closing.
From time to time and in circumstances deemed appropriate by
Invesco in its sole discretion, each of Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio may remain open for business, during customary
business day hours, on a day that the NYSE is closed for
business. In such event, on such day you will be permitted to
purchase or redeem shares of such Funds and net asset values
will be calculated for such Funds.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
For Funds other than Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt
Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can
purchase or redeem shares on each business day prior to the
close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time that day. For Funds other than Premier Portfolio,
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S. Government Money
Portfolio, purchase orders that are received and accepted before
the close of the customary trading session or any earlier NYSE
closing time on a business day generally are processed that day
and settled on the next business day.
For Premier Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier
U.S. Government Money Portfolio, you can purchase or redeem
shares on each business day, prior to the Funds net asset
value determination on such business day; however, if your order
is received and accepted after the close of the customary
trading session or any earlier NYSE closing time that day, your
order generally will be processed on the next business day and
settled on the second business day following the receipt and
acceptance of your order.
For all Funds, you can exchange shares on each business day,
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. Shareholders of Premier
Portfolio, Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio and Premier U.S.
Government Money Portfolio therefore cannot exchange their
shares after the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time on a particular day, even though these
Funds remain open after such closing time.
The Funds price purchase, exchange and redemption orders at the
net asset value calculated after the transfer agent receives an
order in good order. Any applicable sales charges are applied at
the time an order is processed. A Fund may postpone the right of
redemption only under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as when the NYSE
restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Money Market
Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Real Estate
Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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Dividends paid to shareholders from the Funds investments
in U.S. REITs will not generally qualify for taxation at
long-term capital gain rates applicable to qualified dividend
income.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to treat the income
each derives from commodity-linked notes and their respective
Subsidiaries as qualifying income. If, contrary to a number of
private letter rulings (PLRs) issued by the IRS to
third-parties, the IRS were to determine such income is non
qualifying, a Fund might fail to satisfy the income requirement.
The Funds intend to limit their investments in their respective
Subsidiaries to no more than 25% of the value of each
Funds total assets in order to satisfy the asset
diversification requirement. Additionally, the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund has received a private letter ruling (PLR) from
the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation
Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how
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to treat such foreign currency positions for purposed of
satisfying the asset diversification test might differ form that
of the Funds, resulting in either of the Funds failure to
qualify as regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
The financial adviser or intermediary through which you purchase
your shares may receive all or a portion of the sales charges
and distribution fees discussed above. In addition to those
payments, Invesco Aim Distributors, an Invesco Affiliate, may
make additional cash payments to financial intermediaries in
connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the Funds.
These additional cash payments may include cash payments and
other payments for certain marketing and support services.
Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources,
from Invesco Aim Distributors retention of initial sales
charges and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors made by
the Funds under their 12b-1 plans. In the context of this
prospectus, financial intermediaries include any
broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments),
registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement
plan administrator, insurance company and any other financial
intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial intermediarys funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.25% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediary. To the extent
financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or retain
shares of the Funds in their clients accounts, Invesco
Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other
fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to
those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency, omnibus account service or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediary.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen Funds
Obtaining Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request. The SAI, a current version of
which is on file with the SEC, contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the prospectus). When issued, annual and
semiannual reports to shareholders will contain additional information about the Funds
investments. The Funds annual report will discuss the market conditions and investment strategies
that significantly affected the Funds performance during its last fiscal year. The Fund will also
file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters of each
fiscal year on Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you wish to obtain a free copy of a
current SAI, annual or semiannual reports or Form N-Q, please contact us.
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By Mail:
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739
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By Telephone:
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(800) 959-4246
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On the Internet:
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You can send us a request by e-mail or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or
semiannual reports via our Web site:
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www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or semiannual reports, Forms N-Q and other
information at the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the
SECs Web site (http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by sending a letter to the
SECs Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520 or by sending an electronic mail request
to publicinfo@sec.gov. Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the Public
Reference Room.
Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
SEC 1940 Act file
number: 811-09913
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Institutional Class
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Invesco
Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund (ACEKX)
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Prospectus
February 12, 2010
Invesco
Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund (ACEKX)
Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Funds investment objective is to seek the highest
possible income consistent with safety of principal. Long-term growth of capital is an important
secondary investment objective.
This prospectus contains important information about the Institutional Class shares of the
Fund. Please read it before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not
approved or disapproved these securities or determined whether the information in this prospectus
is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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Shareholder Account Information
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Suitability of Investors
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Exchanging Shares
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Rights Reserved by the Funds
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Excessive Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing) Disclosures
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Pricing of Shares
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Taxes
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Payments to Financial Intermediaries
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Back Cover
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Fund Summary
Investment Objectives
The Funds investment objective is to seek the highest possible income consistent with safety of
principal. Long-term growth of capital is an important secondary investment objective.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class:
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Institutional Class
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on
Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price)
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None
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as
a percentage of original purchase price
or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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None
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage
of amount redeemed/exchanged)
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of
your investment)
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Management Fees
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0.35
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Distribution and/or Service
(12b-1) Fees
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None
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Other Expenses
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.51
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Fee Waiver
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0.04
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
and/or Expense Reimbursement
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0.47
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Other Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are based on
estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to
waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain
items discussed below) of Institutional Class shares to 0.57% of average daily net assets. In
determining the Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the
following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above: (i)
interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine
items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense
offset arrangement. The Board of Trustees or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee waiver
arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with
the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then
redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds operating expenses remain the same.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher
transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect
the Funds performance.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), the Funds investment adviser, seeks to achieve the Funds
investment objectives by investing primarily in income-producing equity securities (including
common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible securities) and investment grade quality debt
securities. The Fund emphasizes a value style of investing, seeking well-established, undervalued
companies that the Adviser believes offer the potential for income with safety of principal and
long-term growth of capital. Portfolio securities are typically sold when the assessments of the
Adviser of the income or growth potential of such securities materially change.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 65% of its total assets in
income-producing equity securities. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities
of foreign issuers. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in real estate investment
trusts (REITs). The Fund may purchase and sell options, futures contracts and options on futures
contracts, structured notes and other types of structured investments and swaps, which are
derivative instruments, for various portfolio management purposes, including to earn income, to
facilitate portfolio management and to mitigate risks. In general terms, a derivative instrument is
one whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or
index.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could lose money on your investment in the
Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investment
in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other insured depository institution and is not insured
or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Market risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund
will decline. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market
as a whole. The securities of small- and medium-sized companies are subject to more abrupt or
erratic market movements and may have lower trading volumes or more erratic trading than securities
of larger companies or the market averages in general. Investments in debt securities generally are
affected by changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The prices of such
securities tend to fall as interest rates rise, and such declines tend to be greater among
securities with longer maturities. The value of a convertible security tends to decline as interest
rates rise and, because of the conversion feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market
value of the underlying equity security.
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Income risk.
The ability of the Funds equity securities to generate income generally depends on
the earnings and the continuing declaration of dividends by the issuers of such securities. The
interest income on debt securities generally is affected by prevailing interest rates, which can
vary widely over the short- and long-term. If dividends are reduced or discontinued or interest
rates drop, distributions to shareholders from the Fund may drop as well.
Call risk.
If interest rates fall, it is possible that issuers of callable securities held by the
Fund will call or prepay their securities before their maturity dates. In this event, the proceeds
from the called securities would most likely be reinvested by the Fund in securities bearing the
new, lower interest rates, resulting in a possible decline in the Funds income and distributions
to shareholders and termination of any conversion option on convertible securities.
Credit risk.
Credit risk refers to an issuers ability to make timely payments of interest and
principal. Because the Fund generally invests only in investment grade-quality debt securities, it
is subject to a lower level of credit risk than a fund investing in lower-quality securities.
Foreign risks.
The risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers can include fluctuations in
foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange controls, political and economic instability,
differences in financial reporting, differences in securities regulation and trading, and foreign
taxation issues. The Fund may also invest in issuers in developing or emerging market countries,
which are subject to greater risks than investments in securities of issuers in developed
countries.
Risks of investing in REITs.
Investing in REITs makes the Fund more susceptible to risks associated
with the ownership of real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may involve
duplication of management fees and certain other expenses. In addition, REITs depend upon
specialized management skills, may less diversified, may have lower trading volume, and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets.
Risks of derivatives.
Risks of derivatives include the possible imperfect correlation between the
value of the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to certain
transactions; risks that the transactions may result in losses that partially or completely offset
gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the transactions may not be liquid.
Performance Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it has not yet completed a full
calendar year of operations. In the future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a
bar chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some indication of the risks of an
investment in the Fund by comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of market
performance and by showing changes in the Funds performance from year to year.
Management of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the Fund upon the consummation of the
sale of substantially all of the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to Invesco Ltd.
(the Transaction). This prospectus, until subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of
the Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Mary Jayne Maly
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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James O. Roeder
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Portfolio Manager
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Mark J. Laskin
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Portfolio Manager
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Sergio Marcheli
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Portfolio Managers
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Cynthia Brien
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Chuck Burge
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day, which is any day the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser, or by telephone
at 800-659-1005.
The minimum investments for Institutional Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
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Defined Contribution
Plan (for which sponsor has
$100 million in combined
defined contribution and
defined benefit assets)
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Defined Contribution Plan
(for which a sponsor has
less than $100 million in
combined defined
contribution and defined
benefit assets)
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Banks, Trust Companies and
certain other financial
intermediaries
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Financial Intermediaries and
other Corporations acting
for their own accounts,
Foundations and Endowments
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Other institutional investors
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Tax Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains or some
combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k)
plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank),
the Fund and the Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale
of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over
another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
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Investment Objectives, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment Objectives
The Funds investment objective is to seek the highest possible income consistent with safety of
principal. Long-term growth of capital is an important secondary investment objective. The Funds
investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder
approval.
Principal Investment Strategies and Risks
The Fund invests primarily in securities which provide the highest possible income as is consistent
with safety of principal. To the extent possible, considering its primary investment objective, the
Fund seeks long-term growth of capital as an important secondary objective.
The Fund, under normal conditions, invests at least 65% of its total assets in income-producing
equity investments. Income-producing equity investments are dividend paying common or preferred
stocks, interest paying convertible debentures or bonds, or zero coupon convertible securities (on
which the Fund accrues income for tax and accounting purposes, but receives no cash).
The Fund may invest in income-producing equity instruments (subject to the 65% policy above), debt
securities and warrants or rights to acquire such securities, in such proportions as economic
conditions indicate would best accomplish the Funds objectives. It is the current operating policy
of the Fund to invest in debt securities rated Baa or higher by Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
(Moodys) or rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poors (S&P) or in unrated securities considered by
the Adviser to be of comparable quality. It is also the operating policy of the Fund to invest not
more than 10% of its total assets in debt securities rated Baa by Moodys or BBB by S&P or in
unrated securities considered by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. These operating policies
do not apply to convertible securities which are selected primarily on the basis of their equity
characteristics. Ratings at the time of purchase determine which securities may be acquired, and a
subsequent reduction in ratings does not require the Fund to dispose of a security. Securities
rated Baa by Moodys or BBB by S&P are considered by the rating agencies to be medium grade
obligations which possess speculative characteristics so that changes in economic conditions or
other circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to make principal and interest
payments than in the case of higher rated securities. Debt securities with longer maturities
generally tend to produce higher yields and are subject to greater market price fluctuations as a
result of changes in interest rates than debt securities with shorter maturities.
In selecting securities, the Adviser focuses on a securitys potential for income with safety of
principal and long-term growth of capital. The Fund emphasizes a value style of investing and seeks
income-producing securities which have attractive growth potential on an individual company basis.
The Adviser generally seeks to identify companies that are undervalued and have identifiable
factors that might lead to improved valuations. A value style of investing emphasizes undervalued
companies with characteristics for improved valuations. This style of investing is subject to the
risk that the valuations never improve or that the returns on value securities are less than
returns on other styles of investing or the overall market. This catalyst could come from within
the company in the form of new management, operational enhancements, restructuring or
reorganization. It could also be an external factor, such as an improvement in industry conditions
or a regulatory change. The Funds style presents the risk that the valuations never improve or
that the returns on value securities are less than returns on other styles of investing or the
overall market. The Fund may, however, invest in securities which do not pay dividends or interest.
The Fund may invest in securities that have above average volatility of price movement including
warrants or rights to acquire securities. Because prices of equity securities and debt securities
fluctuate, the value of an investment in the Fund will vary based upon the Funds investment
performance. In an effort to reduce the portfolios overall exposure to any individual security
price decline, the Fund spreads its investments over many different companies in a variety of
industries.
The Fund may invest to a larger degree in larger size companies, although the Fund is not required
to do so exclusively and may invest in companies of any size including securities of small- and
medium-sized companies. The securities of small- and medium-sized companies may be subject to more
abrupt or erratic market movements and may have lower trading volumes or more erratic trading than
securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. Thus, to the extent the Fund
invests in small- and medium-sized companies, it will be subject to greater risk than that assumed
through investment in the securities of larger-sized companies.
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The Fund may dispose of a security whenever, in the opinion of the Adviser, factors indicate it is
desirable to do so. Such factors include changes in economic or market factors in general or with
respect to a particular industry, changes in the market trends or other factors affecting an
individual security, changes in the relative market performance or appreciation possibilities
offered by individual securities and other circumstances affecting the desirability of a given
investment.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings
for investment purposes) in equity and income securities at the time of investment. The Funds
policy in the foregoing sentence may be changed by the Board, but no change is anticipated; if the
Funds policy in the foregoing sentence changes, the Fund will notify shareholders in writing at
least 60 days prior to implementation of the change and shareholders should consider whether the
Fund remains an appropriate investment in light of the changes.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in selecting the best-performing
securities or investment techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that of similar
funds.
The Fund invests primarily in income-producing equity securities as described herein, and the Fund
also may invest in investment grade quality debt securities.
Common stocks.
Common stocks are shares of a corporation or other entity that entitle the holder to
a pro rata share of the profits of the corporation, if any, without preference over any other class
of securities, including such entitys debt securities, preferred stock and other senior equity
securities. Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and frequently an exclusive
right to do so.
Preferred stock.
Preferred stock generally has a preference as to dividends and liquidation over an
issuers common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an issuers capital structure. Unlike
interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the
issuers board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory
redemption provisions.
Convertible securities.
A convertible security is a bond, debenture, note, preferred stock, right,
warrant or other security that may be converted into or exchanged for a prescribed amount of common
stock or other security of the same or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period
of time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security generally entitles the holder to
receive interest paid or accrued on debt securities or the dividend paid on preferred stock until
the convertible security matures or is redeemed, converted or exchanged. Before conversion,
convertible securities generally have characteristics similar to both debt and equity securities.
The value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the
conversion feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying
securities. Convertible securities ordinarily provide a stream of income with generally higher
yields than those of common stock of the same or similar issuers. Convertible securities generally
rank senior to common stock in a corporations capital structure but are usually subordinated to
comparable nonconvertible securities. Convertible securities generally do not participate directly
in any dividend increases or decreases of the underlying securities although the market prices of
convertible securities may be affected by any dividend changes or other changes in the underlying
securities. The Fund may purchase convertible securities rated below investment grade (i.e., Ba or
lower by Moodys or BB or lower by S&P). Securities rated below investment grade are commonly known
as junk bonds. Although the Fund selects these securities primarily on the basis of their equity
characteristics, investors should be aware that convertible securities rated in these categories
are considered high risk securities; the rating agencies consider them speculative with respect to
the issuers continuing ability to make timely payments of interest and principal. Thus, to the
extent that such convertible securities are acquired by the Fund, there is a greater risk as to the
timely repayment of the principal of, and timely payment of interest or dividends on, such
securities than in the case of higher-rated convertible securities.
Rights and warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities at a specific price for a specific
period of time. Rights typically have a substantially shorter term than do warrants. Rights and
warrants may be considered more speculative and less liquid than certain other types of investments
in that they do not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect to the underlying
securities nor do they represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. Rights and
warrants may lack a secondary market.
Debt securities.
The Fund also may invest in debt securities of various maturities. The Fund
invests only in debt securities that are investment grade at the time of investment, and a
subsequent reduction in rating does not require the Fund to dispose of a security.
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Securities rated BBB by S&P or Baa by Moodys are in the lowest of the four investment grades and
are considered by the rating agencies to be medium-grade obligations which possess speculative
characteristics so that changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to
lead to a weakened capacity to make principal and interest payments than in the case of
higher-rated securities.
The Fund may invest in collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and commercial mortgage-backed
securities (CMBS). CMOs are debt obligations collateralized by mortgage loans or mortgage-related
securities which generally are held under an indenture issued by financial institutions or other
mortgage lenders or issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government.
CMBS are generally multi-class or pass-through securities issued by special purpose entities that
represent an interest in a portfolio of mortgage loans backed by commercial properties. The yield
and payment characteristics of mortgage-backed securities differ from traditional fixed income
securities. Interest and principal payments are made regularly and frequently, usually monthly,
over the life of the mortgage loans unlike traditional fixed income securities and principal may be
prepaid at any time because the underlying mortgage loans generally may be prepaid at any time.
Faster or slower prepayments than expected on underlying mortgage loans can dramatically alter the
valuation and yield to maturity of a mortgage-backed security. The value of most mortgage-backed
securities, like traditional fixed income securities, tends to vary inversely with changes in
prevailing interest rates (i.e., as interest rates increase, the value of such securities
decrease). Mortgage-backed securities, however, may benefit less than traditional fixed income
securities from declining interest rates because prepayment of mortgages tends to accelerate during
periods of declining interest rates. This means some of the Funds higher yielding securities may
be converted to cash, and the Fund will be forced to accept lower interest rates when that cash is
used to purchase new securities at prevailing interest rates. Alternatively, during periods of
rising interest rates, mortgage-backed securities are often more susceptible to extension risk
(i.e., rising interest rates could cause a borrower to prepay a mortgage loan more slowly than
expected when the security was purchased by the Fund which may further reduce the market value of
such security and lengthen the duration of such security) than traditional fixed income securities.
If the collateral securing a CMO or any third party guarantees are insufficient to make payments,
the Fund could sustain a loss. Certain of these securities may have variable or floating interest
rates and others may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature
of the underlying security).
Stripped mortgage-backed securities (hereinafter referred to as stripped mortgage securities) are
derivative multi-class mortgage securities. Stripped mortgage securities may be issued by agencies
or instrumentalities of the U.S. government, or by private originators of, or investors in,
mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations, mortgage banks, commercial banks,
investment banks and special purpose subsidiaries of the foregoing. Stripped mortgage securities
usually are structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and
principal distributions on a pool of underlying assets. A common type of stripped mortgage security
will have one class receiving some of the interest and most of the principal from the mortgage
assets, while the other class receives most of the interest and the remainder of the principal. In
the most extreme case, one class will receive all of the interest (the interest-only or IO class),
while the other class will receive all of the principal (the principal-only or PO class). The yield
to maturity on an IO class is extremely sensitive to the rate of principal payments (including
prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets, and a rapid rate of principal payments may
have a material adverse affect on the securities yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage
assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully
recoup its initial investment in these securities. PO securities usually trade at a deep discount
from their face or par value and are subject to greater fluctuations of market value in response to
changing interest rates than debt obligations of comparable maturities which make current
distributions of interest. Furthermore, if the underlying mortgage assets experience less than the
anticipated volume of prepayments of principal, the yield of POs could be materially adversely
affected. The market values of IOs and POs are subject to greater risk of fluctuation in response
to changes in market rates of interest than many other types of government securities and, to the
extent the Fund invests in IOs and POs, such investments increase the risk of fluctuations in the
net asset value of the Fund. Although the market for stripped securities is increasingly liquid,
certain of such securities may not be readily marketable and will be considered illiquid for
purposes of the Funds limitation on investments in illiquid securities.
The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and may at times experience periods of
extreme volatility and uncertainty, which may affect all investment securities, including equity
securities, debt securities and derivative instruments. During such periods, debt securities of all
credit qualities may become illiquid or difficult to sell at a time and a price that the Fund would
like. The markets for other securities in which the Fund may invest may not function properly,
which may affect the value of such securities and such securities may become illiquid. New or
proposed laws may have an impact on the Funds investments and it is not possible to predict what
effect, if any, such legislation may have on the Fund.
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REITs.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in REITs. REITs pool investors funds for
investment primarily in commercial real estate properties or real-estate related loans. REITs
generally derive their income from rents on the underlying properties or interest on the underlying
loans, and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the underlying property or changes in
interest rates affecting the underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible to
risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the real estate industry in general. These
risks can include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by borrowers or
tenants; market saturation; changes in general and local economic conditions; decreases in market
rates for rents; increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures, or operating
expenses; and other economic, political or regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate
industry. In addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may not be diversified
(which may increase the volatility of the REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities market. REITs are not
taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided they comply with several requirements of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). REITs are subject to the risk of failing to
qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code. In addition, investments in REITs may
involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its
proportionate share of any expenses paid by REITs in which it invests.
Risks of Investing in Securities of Foreign Issuers.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total
assets in securities of foreign issuers. Securities of foreign issuers may be denominated in U.S.
dollars or in currencies other than U.S. dollars. Investments in securities of foreign issuers
present certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers.
These risks include fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, political, economic or legal
developments (including war or other instability, expropriation of assets, nationalization and
confiscatory taxation), the imposition of foreign exchange limitations (including currency
blockage), withholding taxes on income or capital transactions or other restrictions, higher
transaction costs (including higher brokerage, custodial and settlement costs and currency
conversion costs) and possible difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations or taking judicial
action. Securities of foreign issuers may not be as liquid and may be more volatile than comparable
securities of domestic issuers.
In addition, there often is less publicly available information about many foreign issuers, and
issuers of foreign securities are subject to different, often less comprehensive, auditing,
accounting and financial reporting disclosure requirements than domestic issuers. There is
generally less government regulation of exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the
United States and, with respect to certain foreign countries, there is a possibility of
expropriation or confiscatory taxation, or diplomatic developments which could affect investment in
those countries. Because there is usually less supervision and governmental regulation of foreign
exchanges, brokers and dealers than there is in the United States, the Fund may experience
settlement difficulties or delays not usually encountered in the United States.
Delays in making trades in securities of foreign issuers relating to volume constraints,
limitations or restrictions, clearance or settlement procedures, or otherwise could impact returns
and result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund are not fully invested or attractive
investment opportunities are foregone.
The Fund may invest in securities of issuers in developing or emerging market countries.
Investments in securities of issuers in developing or emerging market countries are subject to
greater risks than investments in securities of developed countries since emerging market countries
tend to have economic structures that are less diverse and mature and political systems that are
less stable than developed countries.
In addition to the increased risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers, there are often
increased transaction costs associated with investing in securities of foreign issuers, including
the costs incurred in connection with converting currencies, higher foreign brokerage or dealer
costs and higher settlement costs or custodial costs.
Since the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in currencies other than the U.S.
dollar, the Fund may be affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates (and exchange
control regulations) which affect the value of investments in the Fund and the accrued income and
appreciation or depreciation of the investments. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates
relative to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of the Funds assets denominated in
that currency and the Funds return on such assets as well as any temporary uninvested reserves in
bank deposits in foreign currencies. In addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with
conversions between various currencies.
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The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form of depositary receipts. Depositary
receipts involve substantially identical risks to those associated with direct investment in
securities of foreign issuers. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts,
particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no obligation to distribute
shareholder communications to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
The Fund may purchase and sell foreign currency on a spot (i.e., cash) basis in connection with the
settlement of transactions in securities traded in such foreign currency. The Fund also may enter
into contracts with banks, brokers or dealers to purchase or sell securities or foreign currencies
at a future date (forward contracts). A foreign currency forward contract is a negotiated agreement
between the contracting to exchange a specified amount of currency at a specified future time at a
specified rate. The rate can be higher or lower than the spot rate between the currencies that are
the subject of the contract.
The Fund may attempt to protect against adverse changes in the value of the U.S. dollar in relation
to a foreign currency by entering into a forward contract for the purchase or sale of the amount of
foreign currency invested or to be invested, or by buying or selling a foreign currency option or
futures contract for such amount. Such strategies may be employed before the Fund purchases a
foreign security traded in the currency which the Fund anticipates acquiring or between the date
the foreign security is purchased or sold and the date on which payment therefore is made or
received. Seeking to protect against a change in the value of a foreign currency in the foregoing
manner does not eliminate fluctuations in the prices of portfolio securities or prevent losses if
the prices of such securities decline. Furthermore, such transactions reduce or preclude the
opportunity for gain if the value of the currency should move in the direction opposite to the
position taken. Unanticipated changes in currency prices may result in poorer overall performance
for the Fund than if it had not entered into such contracts.
Derivatives.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use various investment strategies for a variety
of purposes including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to earn income. The Funds
use of derivative transactions may involve the purchase and sale of options, forwards, futures,
options on futures, swaps and other related instruments and techniques. Such derivatives may be
based on a variety of underlying instruments, most commonly equity and debt securities, indexes,
interest rates, currencies and other assets. Derivatives often have risks similar to the securities
underlying the derivative instrument and may have additional risks as described herein. The Funds
use of derivatives transactions may also include other instruments, strategies and techniques,
including newly developed or permitted instruments, strategies and techniques, consistent with the
Funds investment objectives and applicable regulatory requirements.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specific
quantity of an underlying instrument at a specific price at a specific future time. The value of a
futures contract tends to increase and decrease in tandem with the value of the underlying
instrument. Futures contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and the seller
equally obligated to complete the transaction. Depending on the terms of the particular contract,
futures contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the
settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The Funds use of
futures may not always be successful. The prices of futures can be highly volatile, using them
could lower total return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the Funds initial
investment in such contracts.
A swap contract is an agreement between two parties pursuant to which the parties exchange payments
at specified dates on the basis of a specified notional amount, with the payments calculated by
reference to specified securities, indexes, reference rates, currencies or other instruments. Most
swap agreements provide that when the period payment dates for both parties are the same, the
payments are made on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with only the net
amount paid by one party to the other). The Funds obligations or rights under a swap contract
entered into on a net basis will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received
under the agreement, based on the relative values of the positions held by each counterparty. Swap
agreements are not entered into or traded on exchanges and there is no central clearing or guaranty
function for swaps. Therefore, swaps are subject to credit risk or the risk of default or
non-performance by the counterparty. Swaps could result in losses if interest rate or foreign
currency exchange rates or credit quality changes are not correctly anticipated by the Fund or if
the reference index, security or investments do not perform as expected.
The Fund also may invest a portion of its assets in structured notes and other types of structured
investments (referred to collectively as structured products). A structured note is a derivative
security for which the amount of principal repayment and/or interest payments is based on the
movement of one or more factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, currency exchange
rates, interest rates (such as the prime lending rate or LIBOR), referenced bonds and stock
indices. Investments in structured notes involve
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risks including interest rate risk, credit risk and market risk. Changes in interest rates and
movement of the factor may cause significant price fluctuations and changes in the reference factor
may cause the interest rate on the structured note to be reduced to zero and any further changes in
the reference factor may then reduce the principal amount payable on maturity. Structured notes may
be less liquid than other types of securities and more volatile than the reference factor
underlying the note.
Generally, structured investments are interests in entities organized and operated for the purpose
of restructuring the investment characteristics of underlying investment interests or securities.
These investment entities may be structured as trusts or other types of pooled investment vehicles.
Holders of structured investments bear risks of the underlying investment and are subject to
counterparty risk. While certain structured investment vehicles enable the investor to acquire
interests in a pool of securities without the brokerage and other expenses associated with directly
holding the same securities, investors in structured investment vehicles generally pay their share
of the investment vehicles administrative and other expenses. Certain structured products may be
thinly traded or have a limited trading market and may have the effect of increasing the Funds
illiquidity to the extent that the Fund, at a particular point in time, may be unable to find
qualified buyers for these securities.
The use of derivatives involves risks that are different from, and possibly greater than, the risks
associated with other portfolio investments. The use of derivatives transactions may involve the
use of highly specialized instruments that require investment techniques and risk analyses
different from those associated with other portfolio investments. The Fund complies with applicable
regulatory requirements when implementing derivative transactions, including the segregation of
cash and/or liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as mandated by SEC rules or SEC
staff positions. Although the Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds investment
objective, no assurance can be given that the use of derivatives will achieve this result.
Other Investments and Risk Factors
For cash management purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase agreements with broker-dealers,
banks and other financial institutions to earn a return on temporarily available cash. Such
transactions are considered loans by the Fund and are subject to the risk of default by the other
party. The Fund will only enter into such agreements with parties deemed to be creditworthy under
guidelines approved by the Board.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities and certain restricted
securities. Such securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that
the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such securities at a lower price, sell other
securities instead to obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
Further information about these types of investments and other investment practices that may be
used by the Fund is contained in the Funds SAI.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of time they have been held to take
advantage of new investment opportunities, when the Adviser believes the potential for income or
capital growth has lessened, or for other reasons. The Funds portfolio turnover rate may vary from
year to year. A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) increases a funds transaction costs
(including brokerage commissions and dealer costs), which would adversely impact a funds
performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the realization of more short-term capital
gains than if a fund had lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will not be a limiting factor,
however, if the Adviser considers portfolio changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy
. When market conditions dictate a more defensive investment strategy,
the Fund may, on a temporary basis, hold cash or invest a portion or all of its assets in
securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, prime
commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and repurchase agreements. Under
normal market conditions, the potential for income and capital growth on these securities will tend
to be lower than the potential for income and capital growth on other securities that may be owned
by the Fund. In taking such a defensive position, the Fund would temporarily not be pursuing its
principal investment strategies and may not achieve its investment objectives.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described in this prospectus vary from time to
time, and at any time, the Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in this
prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and other investments not described in this
prospectus. Any percentage limitations with respect to assets of the Fund are applied at the time
of purchase.
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Portfolio Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds
portfolio holdings is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at www.invescoaim.com.
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Fund Management
The Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the Funds investment adviser. The
Adviser manages the investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment portfolios that
encompass a broad range of investment objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds day-to-day management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in interest to multiple investment
advisers, has been an investment adviser since 1976.
Adviser Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to manage the investment of its assets and to
place orders for the purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an investment advisory
agreement between the Adviser and the Fund, the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based
upon an annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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% Per Annum
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First $150 million
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0.500
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%
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Next $100 million
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0.450
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Next $100 million
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0.400
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Over $350 million
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0.350
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%
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the Boards approval of the investment advisory
and investment sub-advisory agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds first annual or
semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Funds portfolio:
[Thomas B. Bastian, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior
to commencement of operations by the Fund, Mr. Bastian was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (2003 to 2010). Mr. Bastian is the lead portfolio manager of the Fund.
Mary Jayne Maly, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior to
commencement of operations by the Fund, Ms. Maly was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management
(1992 to 2010).
James O. Roeder, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior to
commencement of operations by the Fund, Mr. Roeder was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management
(1999 to 2010).
Mark J. Laskin, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior to
commencement of operations by the Fund, Mr. Laskin was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management
(2000 to 2010).
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Sergio Marcheli, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior to
commencement of operations by the Fund, Mr. Marcheli was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management (2002 to 2010).
Cynthia Brien, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception, and has
been associated with the Adviser or its affiliates since 1996.
Chuck Burge, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception, and has been
associated with the Adviser or its affiliates since 2002.
Messrs. Roeder, Laskin and Ms. Maly assist Mr. Bastian in the management of the equity holdings of
the Fund. Ms. Brien and Mr. Burge are responsible for the management of the fixed income holdings
of the Fund. Mr. Marcheli manages the cash position in the Fund, submits trades and aids in
providing research.]
A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of a portion of the Funds investment
portfolio, including but not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities, portfolio
construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment, and the management of daily cash flows in
accordance with portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may perform these functions,
and the nature of these functions, may change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not
part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers investments in the
Fund, a description of the compensation structure and information regarding other accounts managed.
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Other Information
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and strategies, that its distributions, if any,
will consist of ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, quarterly.
Capital Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital gains (net of any capital loss
carryovers), if any, at least annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from year
to year as a result of the Funds normal investment activities and cash flows. During a time of
economic downturn, a Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation in value of
investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or eliminate capital gains distributions for a
period of time. Even though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may nonetheless
distribute prior year capital gains.
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Financial Highlights
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet commenced operations; therefore,
Financial Highlights are not available.
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Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds. The following information is about the
Institutional Classes of the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds and
Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds), which are offered only to
certain eligible institutional investors.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Suitability
for Investors
The Institutional Class of the Fund is intended solely for use
by institutional investors who (i) meet the eligibility
requirements set forth below and (ii) trade through an
omnibus, trust or similar account with the Fund. Institutional
investors will receive an institutional level of Fund services,
which generally are limited to buying, selling or exchanging
shares. Services such as dollar cost averaging and internet
account access are generally limited to retail investors and are
not available for institutional investor accounts.
Shares of the Institutional Class of the Fund are generally
available for banks, trust companies and certain other financial
intermediaries acting for the benefit of institutional client
accounts, collective trust funds, entities acting for the
account of a public entity (e.g., Taft-Hartley funds, states,
cities or government agencies), funds of funds or other pooled
investment vehicles, financial intermediaries and corporations
investing for their own accounts, certain defined benefit plans,
endowments, foundations an defined contribution plans offered
pursuant to Sections 401, 457, 403(a), or 403(b) or
(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) (defined
contribution plans offered pursuant to Section 403(b) must
be sponsored by a Section 501(c) (3) organization)
which meet asset
and/or
minimum initial investment requirements.
As illustrated in the table below, the Institutional Class
minimum investment amounts are as follows: (i) for an
institutional investor that is a defined contribution plan for
which the sponsor has combined defined contribution plan and
defined benefit plan assets of at least $100 million, there
is no minimum initial investment requirement; otherwise the
minimum initial investment requirement for an institutional
investor that is a defined contribution plan is $10 million
per client
sub-account;
(ii) for an institutional investor that is a bank, trust
company or certain other financial intermediaries acting for the
benefit of institutional client accounts, the minimum initial
investment requirement is $10 million per client
sub-account;
(iii) for certain other institutional investors, the
minimum initial investment requirement is $1 million per
client sub-account; and (iv) for defined benefit plans,
funds of funds or other pooled investment vehicles, there is no
minimum initial investment requirement.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Shares Sold
Without Sales Charges
You will not pay an initial or contingent deferred sales charge
on purchases of any Institutional Class shares.
Minimum
Investments
The minimum investments for Institutional Class accounts are as
follows:
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Investments
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Investments
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Defined Contribution Plan (for which sponsor has
$100 million in combined DC and DB assets)
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$
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Defined Contribution Plan (for which sponsor has less than
$100 million in combined DC and DB assets)
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10 million
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Banks, Trust Companies and certain other financial
intermediaries
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10 million
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Financial Intermediaries and other Corporations acting for their
own accounts
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1 million
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$
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Foundations or Endowments
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1 million
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$
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Other institutional investors
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1 million
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Defined Benefit Plan
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Purchase Options
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary. The
financial adviser or financial intermediary should mail your
completed account application to the transfer agent,
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 0843,
Houston, TX 77210-0843.
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The financial adviser or financial intermediary should call the
transfer agent at
(800) 659-1005
to receive a reference number. Then, use the following wire
instructions:
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Beneficiary Bank
ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366732
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone and Wire
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Open your account through a financial adviser or financial
intermediary as described above.
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Call the transfer agent at (800) 659-1005 and wire payment for
your purchase order in accordance with the wire instructions
listed above.
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Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
All of your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund at net asset value. Unless you
specify otherwise, your dividends and distributions will
automatically be reinvested in the same Fund.
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Redeeming
Shares
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How to Redeem Shares
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator). Redemption
proceeds will be sent in accordance with the wire instructions
specified in the account application provided to the transfer
agent. The transfer agent must receive your financial
advisers or financial intermediarys call before the
close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) on days the NYSE is open for business in order
to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
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By Telephone
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A person who has been authorized in the account application to
effect transactions may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before the close of the customary
trading session of the NYSE on days the NYSE is open for
business in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out redemption proceeds within one
business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after
your redemption request is received in good order (meaning that
all necessary information and documentation related to the
redemption request have been provided to the transfer agent). If
your request is not in good order, we may require additional
documentation in order to redeem your shares. Payment may be
postponed in cases where the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) declares an emergency or normal trading is halted on the
NYSE.
If you redeem by telephone, we will transmit the amount of
redemption proceeds electronically to your pre-authorized bank
account.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone are genuine, and we are not liable
for losses arising from actions taken in accordance with
instructions that are reasonably believed to be genuine.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax ID number on your account
application, or the Fund is not able to verify your identity as
required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion, redeem the
account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
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AIM High Yield Fund
AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
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AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to an
intermediarys automatic investment rebalancing or dollar
cost averaging programs or systematic withdrawal plans.
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
or individual retirement account (IRA) to the trustee or
custodian of another employee benefit plan or IRA.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle. If
shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under most circumstances, exchange Institutional Class
shares in one Fund for Institutional Class shares of another
Fund. An exchange is the purchase of shares in one Fund which is
paid for with the proceeds from a redemption of shares of
another Fund effectuated on the same
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day. Before requesting an exchange, review the prospectus of the
Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares.
Any of the participating Funds or the distributor may modify or
terminate this privilege at any time. The Fund or Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) will
provide you with notice of such modification or termination if
it is required to do so by law.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year; provided, however, that the following
transactions will not count toward the exchange limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds and insurance company
separate accounts which use the funds as underlying investments.
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Exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic investment
rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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If you acquire shares in connection with a rollover or transfer
of assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit
plan or IRA to the trustee or custodian of a new employee
benefit plan or IRA, your first reallocation of those assets
will not count toward the exchange limitation.
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agent reserves the right at any time to:
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order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this Prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in violation of our policies
described below. Excessive short-term trading activity in the
Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of Fund shares followed
shortly thereafter by a redemption of such shares, or vice
versa) may hurt the long-term performance of certain Funds by
requiring them to maintain an excessive amount of cash or to
liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time, thus
interfering with the efficient management of such Funds by
causing them to incur increased brokerage and administrative
costs. Where excessive short-term trading activity seeks to take
advantage of arbitrage opportunities from stale prices for
portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares held by long-term
investors may be diluted. The Funds Boards of Trustees
(collectively, the Board) have adopted policies and procedures
designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Fund
shares for all Funds except AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
However, there is the risk that these Funds policies and
procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in part to detect
or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These Funds may
alter their policies at any time without prior notice to
shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in the
best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
approved by the Board.
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use
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reasonable efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly
given the practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Board. The Board has
delegated the daily determination of good faith fair value
methodologies to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts
in accordance with Board approved policies. On a quarterly
basis, Invesco provides the Board various reports indicating the
quality and effectiveness of its fair value decisions on
portfolio holdings. Securities and other assets quoted in
foreign currencies are valued in U.S. dollars based on the
prevailing exchange rates on that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
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Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM High Income Municipal Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund value variable rate
securities that have an unconditional demand or put feature
exercisable within seven days or less at par, which reflects the
market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund determines the net asset value of its shares on each
day the NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the
close of the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing
time that day.
For financial reporting purposes and shareholder transactions on
the last day of the fiscal quarter, transactions are normally
accounted for on a trade date basis. For purposes of executing
shareholder transactions in the normal course of business (other
than shareholder transactions at a fiscal period-end), each
Funds portfolio securities transactions are recorded no
later than the first business day following the trade date.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
You can purchase, exchange or redeem shares on each business day
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. The Funds price purchase,
exchange and redemption orders at the net asset value calculated
after the transfer agent receives an order in good order. Any
applicable sales charges are applied at the time an order is
processed. A Fund may postpone the right of redemption only
under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the SEC, such as when
the NYSE restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Money Market
Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Real Estate
Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to limit their
investments in their respective Subsidiaries to no more than 25%
of the value of each Funds total assets in order to
satisfy the asset diversification requirement. Additionally, the
AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund has received a private letter
ruling (PLR) from the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how to treat such foreign
currency positions for purposed of satisfying the asset
diversification test might differ form that of the Funds,
resulting in either of the Funds failure to qualify as
regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen
FundsInstitutional Class
This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
Invesco Aim Distributors, the distributor of the Funds, an
Invesco Affiliate, or one or more of its corporate affiliates
(collectively, Invesco Affiliates) may make cash payments to
financial intermediaries in connection with the promotion and
sale of shares of the Funds. These cash payments may include
cash payments and other payments for certain marketing and
support services. Invesco Affiliates make these payments from
their own resources. In the context of this prospectus,
financial intermediaries include any broker, dealer,
bank (including bank trust departments), registered investment
adviser, financial planner, retirement plan administrator,
insurance company and any other financial intermediary having a
selling, administration or similar agreement with Invesco
Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Fund on
the financial intermediarys Funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.10% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediaries. To the
extent financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or
retain shares of the Funds in their clients accounts,
Invesco Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and
other fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect
to those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediaries.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
A-7 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen
FundsInstitutional Class
Obtaining Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request. The SAI, a current version of
which is on file with the SEC, contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the prospectus). When issued, annual and
semiannual reports to shareholders will contain additional information about the Funds
investments. The Funds annual report will discuss the market conditions and investment strategies
that significantly affected the Funds performance during its last fiscal year. The Fund will also
file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters of each
fiscal year on Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you wish to obtain a free copy of a
current SAI, annual or semiannual reports or Form N-Q, please contact us.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739
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By Telephone:
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(800) 959-4246
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On the Internet:
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You can send us a request by e-mail or
download prospectuses, SAI, annual or
semiannual reports via our Web site:
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www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or semiannual reports, Forms N-Q and other
information at the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the
SECs Web site (http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by sending a letter to the
SECs Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520 or by sending an electronic mail request
to publicinfo@sec.gov. Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the Public
Reference Room.
Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income
Fund
SEC 1940 Act file
number: 811- 09913
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Prospectus
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February 12, 2010
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Institutional Class
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund (ACGQX)
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Prospectus February 12, 2010
Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund (ACGQX)
Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Funds investment objective is to seek income and
long-term growth of capital.
This prospectus contains important information about the Institutional Class shares of the
Fund. Please read it before investing and keep it for future reference.
As with all other mutual fund securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not
approved or disapproved these securities or determined whether the information in this prospectus
is adequate or accurate. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.
An investment in the Fund:
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is not FDIC insured;
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may lose value; and
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is not guaranteed by a bank.
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Suitability of Investors
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Taxes
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Back Cover
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Fund Summary
Investment Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek income and long-term growth of capital.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class:
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering
price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as
a percentage of original purchase price
or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
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None
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Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage
of amount redeemed/exchanged)
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None
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of
your investment)
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Management Fees
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0.36
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Other Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are based on
estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to
waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain
items discussed below) of Institutional Class shares to 0.63% of average daily net assets. In
determining the Advisers obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the
following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense
Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense
on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has
incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. The Board of Trustees
or Invesco Advisers, Inc. may terminate the fee waiver arrangement at any time after June 30, 2012.
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Example.
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with
the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then
redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds operating expenses remain the same.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher
transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.
These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect
the Funds performance.
Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
Under normal market conditions, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser), the Funds investment
adviser, seeks to achieve the Funds investment objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of
income-producing equity securities. Income-producing equity securities are common stocks and
convertible securities (although investments are also made in non-convertible preferred stocks and
debt securities). In selecting securities for investment, the Fund focuses primarily on the
securitys potential for income and capital growth. The Adviser may invest to a larger degree in
larger capitalization (or large cap) companies which it believes possess characteristics for
improved valuation. Portfolio securities are typically sold when the assessments of the Adviser of
the income and growth potential for such securities materially change. Under current market
conditions, the Adviser generally defines large capitalization companies by reference to those
companies with capitalizations within or above those companies represented in the Russell 1000
®
Index. Russell 1000
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Value Index. As of December 31, 2009, these market capitalizations ranged
between $263 million and $332.7 billion.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may
invest up to 15% of its total assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Fund may
purchase and sell options, futures contracts and options on futures contracts, which are derivative
instruments, for various portfolio management purposes, including to earn income, to facilitate
portfolio management and to mitigate risks. In general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose
value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
Investors who need a more assured level of current income should be aware that the Funds income
will fluctuate and that seeking income is only a part of the Funds overall investment objective.
Similarly, investors who seek only long-term growth should be aware that the Fund seeks to generate
income and that long-term growth of capital is only a part of the Funds overall investment
objective.
An investment in the Fund is subject to risks, and you could lose money on your investment in the
Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investment
in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank or other insured depository institution and is not insured
or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Market risk.
Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund
will decline. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market
as a whole. Investments in equity securities generally are affected by changes in the stock markets
which fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and sharply. Small or medium-sized
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companies are often subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than securities of larger,
more established companies or the market averages in general. The ability of the Funds portfolio
holdings to generate income is dependent on the earnings and the continuing declaration of
dividends by the issuers of such securities. The values of income-producing equity securities may
or may not
fluctuate in tandem with overall changes in the stock markets. The Funds investments in other
fixed income or debt securities generally are affected by changes in interest rates and the
creditworthiness of the issuer. The market prices of such securities tend to fall as interest rates
rise, and such declines may be greater among securities with longer maturities. The values of
convertible securities tend to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion
feature, tend to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying equity security.
Foreign risks.
The risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers, including emerging markets
issuers, can include fluctuations in foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange controls,
political and economic instability, differences in financial reporting, differences in securities
regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues.
Risks of investing in REITs.
Investing in REITs makes the Fund more susceptible to risks associated
with the ownership of real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may involve
duplication of management fees and certain other expenses. In addition, REITs depend upon
specialized management skills, may not be diversified, may have less trading volume, and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets.
Risks of derivatives.
Risks of derivatives include the possible imperfect correlation between the
value of the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to certain
transactions; risks that the transactions may result in losses that partially or completely offset
gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the transactions may not be liquid.
Performance Information
No performance information is available for the Fund because it has not yet completed a full
calendar year of operations. In the future, the Fund will disclose performance information in a
bar chart and performance table. Such disclosure will give some indication of the risks of an
investment in the Fund by comparing the Funds performance with a broad measure of market
performance and by showing changes in the Funds performance from year to year.
Management of the Fund
Investment Adviser: Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser).
The portfolio managers are proposed to be the managers of the Fund upon the consummation of the
sale of substantially all of the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley to Invesco Ltd.
(the Transaction). This prospectus, until subsequently amended, will not be used to sell shares of
the Fund other than in connection with the Transaction.
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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Portfolio Manager
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Mary Jayne Maly
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception
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James O. Roeder
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Portfolio Manager
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Mark J. Laskin
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Portfolio Manager
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Sergio Marcheli
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Portfolio Manager
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Since Inception]
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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day, which is any day the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for business through your financial adviser, or by telephone
at 800-659-1005.
The minimum investments for Institutional Class shares for Fund accounts are as follows:
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Initial Investment
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Additional Investments
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Type of Account
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Per Fund
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Per Fund
|
Defined Contribution Plan (for which sponsor has $100
million in combined defined contribution and defined benefit
assets)
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$
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0
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$
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0
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Defined Contribution Plan (for which a sponsor has less than
$100 million in combined defined contribution and defined
benefit assets)
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$
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10
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Million
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$
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0
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|
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Banks, Trust Companies and certain other financial intermediaries
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$
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10
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Million
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$
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0
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|
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Financial Intermediaries and other Corporations acting for their
own accounts, Foundations and Endowments
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$
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1
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Million
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$
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0
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|
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Foundations or Endowments
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$
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1
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Million
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$
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0
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other institutional investors
|
|
$
|
1
|
Million
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|
$
|
0
|
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Tax Information
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains or some
combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k)
plan or an individual retirement account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank),
the Fund and the Funds distributor or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale
of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over
another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediarys Web site for more
information.
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Investment Objective, Strategies, Risks and Portfolio Holdings
Investment Objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek income and long-term growth of capital. The Funds
investment objective may be changed by the Board of Trustees (the Board) without shareholder
approval.
Principal Investment Strategies and Risks
Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the Funds investment objective by
investing primarily in income-producing equity securities, including common stocks and convertible
securities; although investments are also made in non-convertible preferred stocks and debt
securities rated investment grade, which are securities rated within the four highest grades
assigned by Standard & Poors (S&P) or by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys).
In selecting securities for investment, the Fund focuses primarily on the securitys potential for
income and capital growth. The Adviser may invest to a larger degree in larger capitalization
companies that it believes possess characteristics for improved valuation. Under current market
conditions, the Adviser generally defines large capitalization companies by reference to those
companies with capitalizations within or above those companies represented in the Russell 1000
®
Index. Russell 1000
®
Value Index. As of December 31, 2009, these market capitalizations ranged
between $263 million and $332.7 billion. The Adviser looks for catalysts for change that may
positively impact a company, such as new management, industry development or regulatory change. The
aim is to uncover these catalysts for change, and then benefit from potential stock price
appreciation of the change taking place at the company. Although the Fund may invest to a larger
degree on larger capitalization companies, the Fund may invest in securities of small or
medium-sized companies which often are subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than
securities of larger, more established companies or the market averages in general. In addition,
such companies typically are subject to a greater degree of change in earnings and business
prospects than are larger, more established companies.
The Fund may dispose of a security whenever, in the opinion of the Adviser, factors indicate it is
desirable to do so. Such factors include a change in economic or market factors in general or with
respect to a particular industry, a change in the market trend or other factors affecting an
individual security, changes in the relative market performance or appreciation possibilities
offered by individual securities and other circumstances bearing on the desirability of a given
investment.
As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in selecting the best-performing
securities or investment techniques, and the Funds performance may lag behind that of similar
funds.
While the Fund invests primarily in income-producing equity securities, the Fund also may invest in
non-convertible adjustable or fixed rate preferred stock and debt securities.
Common stocks.
Common stocks are shares of a corporation or other entity that entitle the holder to
a pro rata share of the profits of the corporation, if any, without preference over any other class
of securities, including such entitys debt securities, preferred stock and other senior equity
securities. Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and frequently an exclusive
right to do so.
Preferred stock.
Preferred stock generally has a preference as to dividends and liquidation over an
issuers common stock but ranks junior to debt securities in an issuers capital structure. Unlike
interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the
issuers board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory
redemption provisions.
Convertible securities.
A convertible security is a bond, debenture, note, preferred stock, right,
warrant or other security that may be converted into or exchanged for a prescribed amount of common
stock or other security of the same or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period
of time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security generally entitles the holder to
receive interest paid or accrued on debt securities or the dividend paid on preferred stock until
the convertible security matures or is redeemed, converted or exchanged. Before conversion,
convertible securities generally have characteristics similar to both debt and equity securities.
The value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the
conversion feature, tends to vary
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with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying securities. Convertible securities
ordinarily provide a stream of income with generally higher yields than those of common stock of
the same or similar issuers. Convertible securities generally rank senior to common stock in a
corporations capital structure but are usually subordinated to comparable nonconvertible
securities. Convertible securities generally do not participate directly in any dividend increases
or decreases of the underlying securities although the market prices of convertible securities may
be affected by any dividend changes or other changes in the underlying securities. Up to 15% of the
Funds total assets may be invested in convertible securities that are below investment grade
quality. Debt securities rated below investment grade are commonly known as junk bonds. Although
the Fund selects these securities primarily on the basis of their equity characteristics, investors
should be aware that convertible securities rated in these categories are considered high risk
securities; the rating agencies consider them speculative with respect to the issuers continuing
ability to make timely payments of interest and principal. Thus, to the extent that such
convertible securities are acquired by the Fund, there is a greater risk as to the timely repayment
of the principal of, and timely payment of interest or dividends on, such securities than in the
case of higher-rated convertible securities.
Rights and warrants entitle the holder to buy equity securities at a specific price for a specific
period of time. Rights typically have a substantially shorter term than do warrants. Rights and
warrants may be considered more speculative and less liquid than certain other types of investments
in that they do not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect to the underlying
securities nor do they represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. Rights and
warrants may lack a secondary market.
Debt securities.
The Fund also may invest in debt securities of various maturities. The Fund
invests only in debt securities rated investment grade at the time of investment, and a subsequent
reduction in rating does not require the Fund to dispose of a security. Securities rated BBB by S&P
or Baa by Moodys are in the lowest of the four investment grades and are considered by the rating
agencies to be medium grade obligations which possess speculative characteristics so that changes
in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to
make principal and interest payments than in the case of higher rated securities. The market prices
of debt securities generally fluctuate inversely with changes in interest rates so that the value
of investments in such securities can be expected to decrease as interest rates rise and increase
as interest rates fall. The market prices of longer-term debt securities generally tend to
fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term debt securities.
REITs.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in REITs. REITs pool investors funds for
investment primarily in commercial real estate properties or real-estate related loans. REITs
generally derive their income from rents on the underlying properties or interest on the underlying
loans, and their value is impacted by changes in the value of the underlying property or changes in
interest rates affecting the underlying loans owned by the REITs. REITs are more susceptible to
risks associated with the ownership of real estate and the real estate industry in general. These
risks can include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; defaults by borrowers or
tenants; market saturation; changes in general and local economic conditions; decreases in market
rates for rents; increases in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures, or operating
expenses; and other economic, political or regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate
industry. In addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may not be diversified
(which may increase the volatility of the REITs value), may have less trading volume and may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities market. REITs are not
taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided they comply with several requirements of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). REITs are subject to the risk of failing to
qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code. In addition, investments in REITs may
involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its
proportionate share of any expenses paid by REITs in which it invests.
Risks of Investing in Securities of Foreign Issuers.
The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total
assets in securities of foreign issuers. Securities of foreign issuers may be denominated in U.S.
dollars or in currencies other than U.S. dollars. Investments in securities of foreign issuers
present certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers.
These risks include fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, political, economic or legal
developments (including war or other instability, expropriation of assets, nationalization and
confiscatory taxation), the imposition of foreign exchange limitations (including currency
blockage), withholding taxes on income or capital transactions or other restrictions, higher
transaction costs (including higher brokerage, custodial and settlement costs and currency
conversion costs) and possible difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations or taking judicial
action. Securities of foreign issuers may not be as liquid and may be more volatile than comparable
securities of domestic issuers.
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In addition, there often is less publicly available information about many foreign issuers, and
issuers of foreign securities are subject to different, often less comprehensive, auditing,
accounting and financial reporting disclosure requirements than domestic issuers. There is
generally less government regulation of exchanges, brokers and listed companies abroad than in the
United States and, with respect to certain foreign countries, there is a possibility of
expropriation or confiscatory taxation, or diplomatic developments which could affect investment in
those countries. Because there is usually less supervision and governmental regulation of foreign
exchanges, brokers and dealers than there is in the United States, the Fund may experience
settlement difficulties or delays not usually encountered in the United States.
Delays in making trades in securities of foreign issuers relating to volume constraints,
limitations or restrictions, clearance or settlement procedures, or otherwise could impact returns
and result in temporary periods when assets of the Fund are not fully invested or attractive
investment opportunities are foregone.
The Fund may invest in securities of issuers determined by the Adviser to be in developing or
emerging market countries. Investments in securities of issuers in developing or emerging market
countries are subject to greater risks than investments in securities of developed countries since
emerging market countries tend to have economic structures that are less diverse and mature and
political systems that are less stable than developed countries.
In addition to the increased risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers, there are often
increased transaction costs associated with investing in securities of foreign issuers, including
the costs incurred in connection with converting currencies, higher foreign brokerage or dealer
costs and higher settlement costs or custodial costs.
Since the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in currencies other than the U.S.
dollar, the Fund may be affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates (and exchange
control regulations) which affect the value of investments in the Fund and the accrued income and
appreciation or depreciation of the investments. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates
relative to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of the Funds assets denominated in
that currency and the Funds return on such assets as well as any temporary uninvested reserves in
bank deposits in foreign currencies. In addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with
conversions between various currencies.
The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers in the form of depositary receipts. Depositary
receipts involve substantially identical risks to those associated with direct investment in
securities of foreign issuers. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts,
particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no obligation to distribute
shareholder communications to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting
rights with respect to the deposited securities.
Derivatives.
The Fund may, but is not required to, use various investment strategies for a variety
of purposes including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to earn income. Derivatives
transactions may involve the purchase and sale of options, forwards, futures, options on futures,
swaps and other related instruments and techniques. Such derivatives may be based on a variety of
underlying instruments, most commonly equity and debt securities, indexes, interest rates,
currencies and other assets. Derivatives often have risks similar to the securities underlying the
derivative instrument and may have additional risks as described herein. The Funds use of
derivatives transactions may also include other instruments, strategies and techniques, including
newly developed or permitted instruments, strategies and techniques, consistent with the Funds
investment objectives and applicable regulatory requirements.
A futures contract is a standardized agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specific
quantity of an underlying instrument at a specific price at a specific future time. The value of a
futures contract tends to increase and decrease in tandem with the value of the underlying
instrument. Futures contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and the seller
equally obligated to complete the transaction. Depending on the terms of the particular contract,
futures contracts are settled through either physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the
settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The Funds use of
futures may not always be successful. The prices of futures can be highly volatile, using them
could lower total return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the Funds initial
investment in such contracts.
The use of derivatives involves risks that are different from, and possibly greater than, the risks
associated with other portfolio investments. The use of derivatives transactions may involve the
use of highly specialized instruments that require investment techniques and risk analyses
different from those associated with other portfolio investments. The Fund complies with applicable
10
regulatory requirements when implementing derivative transactions, including the segregation of
cash and/or liquid securities on the books of the Funds custodian, as mandated by SEC rules or SEC
staff positions. Although the Adviser seeks to use derivatives to further the Funds investment
objective, no assurance can be given that the use of derivatives will achieve this result.
Other Investments and Risk Factors
For cash management purposes, the Fund may engage in repurchase agreements with broker-dealers,
banks and other financial institutions to earn a return on temporarily available cash. Such
transactions are considered loans by the Fund and are subject to the risk of default by the other
party. The Fund will only enter into such agreements with parties deemed to be creditworthy by the
Fund under guidelines approved by the Board.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities and certain restricted
securities. Such securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that
the Fund would like. Thus, the Fund may have to sell such securities at a lower price, sell other
securities instead to obtain cash or forego other investment opportunities.
The Fund may sell securities without regard to the length of time they have been held to take
advantage of new investment opportunities, when the Adviser believes the potential for income or
capital growth has lessened, or for other reasons. The Funds portfolio turnover rate may vary from
year to year. A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) increases a funds transaction costs
(including brokerage commissions and dealer costs), which would adversely impact a funds
performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the realization of more short-term capital
gains than if a fund had lower portfolio turnover. The turnover rate will not be a limiting factor,
however, if the Adviser considers portfolio changes appropriate.
Temporary Defensive Strategy.
When market conditions dictate a more defensive investment strategy,
the Fund may, on a temporary basis, hold cash or invest a portion or all of its assets in
securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, prime
commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and other obligations of domestic
banks having total assets of at least $500 million, repurchase agreements and in investment grade
corporate debt securities. Under normal market conditions, the potential for income or capital
growth on these securities will tend to be lower than the potential for income or capital growth on
other securities that may be owned by the Fund. In taking such a defensive position, the Fund would
temporarily not be pursuing its principal investment strategies and may not achieve its investment
objective.
The Funds investments in the types of securities described in this prospectus vary from time to
time, and at any time, the Fund may not be invested in all types of securities described in this
prospectus. The Fund may also invest in securities and other investments not described in this
prospectus.
Portfolio Holdings
A description of the Funds policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds
portfolio holdings is available in the Funds SAI, which is available at www.invescoaim.com.
11
Fund Management
The Advisers
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or Invesco) serves as the Funds investment adviser. The
Adviser manages the investment operations of the Fund as well as other investment portfolios that
encompass a broad range of investment objectives, and has agreed to perform or arrange for the
performance of the Funds day-to-day management. The Adviser is located at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Adviser, as successor in interest to multiple investment
advisers, has been an investment adviser since 1976.
Adviser Compensation
Advisory agreement.
The Fund retains the Adviser to manage the investment of its assets and to
place orders for the purchase and sale of its portfolio securities. Under an investment advisory
agreement between the Adviser and the Fund, the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed based
upon an annual rate applied to the average daily net assets of the Fund as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets
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% Per Annum
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First $150 million
|
|
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0.500
|
%
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|
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|
Next $100 million
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|
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0.450
|
%
|
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Next $100 million
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0.400
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%
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Over $350 million
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0.350
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%
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When issued, a discussion regarding the basis for the Boards approval of the investment advisory
and investment sub-advisory agreements of the Fund will be available in the Funds first annual or
semiannual report to shareholders.
Portfolio Managers
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Funds portfolio:
[Thomas B. Bastian, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior
to commencement of operations by the Fund, Mr. Bastian was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (2003 to 2010). Mr. Bastian is the lead portfolio
manager of the Fund.
Mary Jayne Maly, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior to
commencement of operations by the Fund, Ms. Maly was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management in
an investment management capacity (1992 to 2010).
James O. Roeder, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior to
commencement of operations by the Fund, Mr. Roeder was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management
in an investment management capacity (1999 to 2010).
Mark J. Laskin, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior to
commencement of operations by the Fund, Mr. Laskin was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management
in an investment management capacity (2000 to 2010).
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Sergio Marcheli, Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Fund since its inception. Prior to
commencement of operations by the Fund, Mr. Marcheli was associated with Van Kampen Asset
Management in an investment management capacity (2002 to 2010).
Mr. Marcheli manages the cash position in the Fund, submits trades and aids in providing research.]
A lead manager generally has final authority over all aspects of a portion of the Funds investment
portfolio, including but not limited to, purchases and sales of individual securities, portfolio
construction techniques, portfolio risk assessment, and the management of daily cash flows in
accordance with portfolio holdings. The degree to which a lead manager may perform these functions,
and the nature of these functions, may change from time to time.
More information on the portfolio managers may be found at www.invescoaim.com. The Web site is not
part of the prospectus.
The Funds SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers investments in the
Fund, a description of the compensation structure and information regarding other accounts managed.
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Other Information
Distributions
The Fund expects, based on its investment objective and strategies, that its distributions, if any,
will consist of ordinary income, capital gains or some combination of both.
Dividends
The Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, quarterly.
Capital Gains Distributions
The Fund generally distributes long-term and short-term capital gains (net of any capital loss
carryovers), if any, at least annually. Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from
year to year as a result of the Funds normal investment activities and cash flows. During a time
of economic downturn, a Fund may experience capital losses and unrealized depreciation in value of
investments, the effect of which may be to reduce or eliminate capital gains distributions for a
period of time. Even though a Fund may experience a current year loss, it may nonetheless
distribute prior year capital gains.
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Financial Highlights
Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet commenced operations; therefore,
Financial Highlights are not available.
15
Shareholder
Account Information
In addition to the Fund, Invesco serves as investment adviser to
many other mutual funds. The following information is about the
Institutional Classes of the AIM Funds, Invesco Funds and
Invesco Van Kampen Funds (the Funds), which are offered only to
certain eligible institutional investors.
Additional information is available on the Internet at
www.invescoaim.com,
then click on the link for Accounts & Services, then
Service Center, or consult the Funds Statement of
Additional Information, which is available on that same Web site
or upon request free of charge. The Web site is not part of this
prospectus.
Suitability
for Investors
The Institutional Class of the Fund is intended solely for use
by institutional investors who (i) meet the eligibility
requirements set forth below and (ii) trade through an
omnibus, trust or similar account with the Fund. Institutional
investors will receive an institutional level of Fund services,
which generally are limited to buying, selling or exchanging
shares. Services such as dollar cost averaging and internet
account access are generally limited to retail investors and are
not available for institutional investor accounts.
Shares of the Institutional Class of the Fund are generally
available for banks, trust companies and certain other financial
intermediaries acting for the benefit of institutional client
accounts, collective trust funds, entities acting for the
account of a public entity (e.g., Taft-Hartley funds, states,
cities or government agencies), funds of funds or other pooled
investment vehicles, financial intermediaries and corporations
investing for their own accounts, certain defined benefit plans,
endowments, foundations an defined contribution plans offered
pursuant to Sections 401, 457, 403(a), or 403(b) or
(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) (defined
contribution plans offered pursuant to Section 403(b) must
be sponsored by a Section 501(c) (3) organization)
which meet asset
and/or
minimum initial investment requirements.
As illustrated in the table below, the Institutional Class
minimum investment amounts are as follows: (i) for an
institutional investor that is a defined contribution plan for
which the sponsor has combined defined contribution plan and
defined benefit plan assets of at least $100 million, there
is no minimum initial investment requirement; otherwise the
minimum initial investment requirement for an institutional
investor that is a defined contribution plan is $10 million
per client
sub-account;
(ii) for an institutional investor that is a bank, trust
company or certain other financial intermediaries acting for the
benefit of institutional client accounts, the minimum initial
investment requirement is $10 million per client
sub-account;
(iii) for certain other institutional investors, the
minimum initial investment requirement is $1 million per
client sub-account; and (iv) for defined benefit plans,
funds of funds or other pooled investment vehicles, there is no
minimum initial investment requirement.
Purchasing
Shares
If you hold your shares through a financial intermediary, your
eligibility to purchase shares and the terms by which you may
purchase, redeem and exchange shares may differ depending on
that institutions policies.
Shares Sold
Without Sales Charges
You will not pay an initial or contingent deferred sales charge
on purchases of any Institutional Class shares.
Minimum
Investments
The minimum investments for Institutional Class accounts are as
follows:
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Initial
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Additional
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Type of Account
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Investments
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Investments
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Defined Contribution Plan (for which sponsor has
$100 million in combined DC and DB assets)
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$
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0
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$
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0
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Defined Contribution Plan (for which sponsor has less than
$100 million in combined DC and DB assets)
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$
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10 million
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$
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0
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Banks, Trust Companies and certain other financial
intermediaries
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$
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10 million
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$
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0
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Financial Intermediaries and other Corporations acting for their
own accounts
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$
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1 million
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$
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0
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Foundations or Endowments
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$
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1 million
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$
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0
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Other institutional investors
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$
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1 million
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$
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0
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Defined Benefit Plan
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$
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0
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$
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0
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Pooled investment vehicles (e.g., fund of funds)
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$
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0
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$
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0
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How to Purchase
Shares
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Purchase Options
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Opening An Account
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Adding To An Account
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Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
|
|
Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary. The
financial adviser or financial intermediary should mail your
completed account application to the transfer agent,
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Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
P.O. Box 0843,
Houston, TX 77210-0843.
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The financial adviser or financial intermediary should call the
transfer agent at
(800) 659-1005
to receive a reference number. Then, use the following wire
instructions:
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Beneficiary Bank
ABA/Routing #: 021000021
Beneficiary Account Number: 00100366732
Beneficiary Account Name: Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
RFB: Fund Name, Reference #
OBI: Your Name, Account #
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By Telephone and Wire
|
|
Open your account through a financial adviser or financial
intermediary as described above.
|
|
Call the transfer agent at (800) 659-1005 and wire payment for
your purchase order in accordance with the wire instructions
listed above.
|
|
Purchase orders will not be processed unless the account
application and purchase payment are received in good order. In
accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, if you fail to provide all
the required information requested in the current account
application, your purchase order will not be processed.
Additionally, federal law requires that the Fund verify and
record your identifying information.
Automatic
Dividend and Distribution Investment
All of your dividends and distributions may be paid in cash or
reinvested in the same Fund at net asset value. Unless you
specify otherwise, your dividends and distributions will
automatically be reinvested in the same Fund.
A-1 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen
FundsInstitutional Class
INSTCL02/10
Redeeming
Shares
|
|
|
How to Redeem Shares
|
|
Through a Financial Adviser or Financial Intermediary
|
|
Contact your financial adviser or financial intermediary
(including your retirement plan administrator). Redemption
proceeds will be sent in accordance with the wire instructions
specified in the account application provided to the transfer
agent. The transfer agent must receive your financial
advisers or financial intermediarys call before the
close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) on days the NYSE is open for business in order
to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
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By Telephone
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A person who has been authorized in the account application to
effect transactions may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before the close of the customary
trading session of the NYSE on days the NYSE is open for
business in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
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Timing and Method
of Payment
We normally will send out redemption proceeds within one
business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after
your redemption request is received in good order (meaning that
all necessary information and documentation related to the
redemption request have been provided to the transfer agent). If
your request is not in good order, we may require additional
documentation in order to redeem your shares. Payment may be
postponed in cases where the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) declares an emergency or normal trading is halted on the
NYSE.
If you redeem by telephone, we will transmit the amount of
redemption proceeds electronically to your pre-authorized bank
account.
We use reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions
communicated via telephone are genuine, and we are not liable
for losses arising from actions taken in accordance with
instructions that are reasonably believed to be genuine.
Redemptions in
Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds
solely in cash, the Funds reserve the right to determine in
their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a
redemption in kind).
Redemptions
Initiated by the Funds
If the Fund determines that you have not provided a correct
Social Security or other tax ID number on your account
application, or the Fund is not able to verify your identity as
required by law, the Fund may, at its discretion, redeem the
account and distribute the proceeds to you.
Redemption Fees
Certain Funds impose a 2% redemption fee (on redemption
proceeds) if you redeem or exchange shares within 31 days
of purchase. Please refer to the applicable Funds
prospectus to determine whether that Fund imposes a redemption
fee. As of the date of this prospectus, the following Funds
impose redemption fees:
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AIM China Fund
AIM Developing Markets Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
AIM Global Equity Fund
AIM Global Growth Fund
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
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AIM High Yield Fund
AIM International Allocation Fund
AIM International Core Equity Fund
AIM International Growth Fund
AIM International Small Company Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
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AIM Japan Fund
AIM Trimark Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
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The redemption fee will be retained by the Fund from which you
are redeeming or exchanging shares, and is intended to offset
the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with
short-term money movements in and out of the Fund. The
redemption fee is imposed on a
first-in,
first-out basis which means that you will redeem shares in the
order of their purchase.
Redemption fees generally will not be charged in the following
circumstances:
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained
by intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
assess the redemption fees.
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Redemptions and exchanges of shares held by funds of funds,
qualified tuition plans maintained pursuant to Section 529
of the Code, variable insurance contracts or separately managed
qualified default investment alternative vehicles maintained
pursuant to Section 404(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which use the funds as
underlying investments.
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Redemptions and exchanges effectuated pursuant to an
intermediarys automatic investment rebalancing or dollar
cost averaging programs or systematic withdrawal plans.
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Redemptions requested within 31 days following the death or
post-purchase disability of an account owner.
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Redemptions or exchanges initiated by a Fund.
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The following shares are not subject to redemption fees,
irrespective of whether they are redeemed in accordance with any
of the exceptions set forth above:
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Shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions.
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Shares acquired in connection with a rollover or transfer of
assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit plan
or individual retirement account (IRA) to the trustee or
custodian of another employee benefit plan or IRA.
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Shares held by employee benefit plans will only be subject to
redemption fees if the shares were acquired by exchange and are
redeemed by exchange within 31 days of purchase.
Some investments in the Funds are made through accounts that are
maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and some investments are made indirectly through
products that use the Funds as underlying investments, such as
employee benefit plans, funds of funds, qualified tuition plans,
and variable insurance contracts (these products are generally
referred to as conduit investment vehicles). If shares of the
Funds are held in an account maintained by an intermediary or in
the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and not in the names
of individual investors), the intermediary account or conduit
investment vehicle may be considered an individual shareholder
of the Funds for purposes of assessing redemption fees. In these
cases, the Funds are likely to be limited in their ability to
assess redemption fees on transactions initiated by individual
investors, and the applicability of redemption fees will be
determined based on the aggregate holdings and redemptions of
the intermediary account or the conduit investment vehicle. If
shares of the Funds are held in an account maintained by an
intermediary or in the name of a conduit investment vehicle (and
not in the names of individual investors), the intermediary or
conduit investment vehicle may impose rules intended to limit
short-term money movements in and out of the Funds which differ
from those described in this prospectus. In such cases, there
may be redemption fees imposed by the intermediary or conduit
investment vehicle on different terms (and subject to different
exceptions) than those set forth above. Please consult your
financial adviser or other financial intermediary for details.
The Funds have the discretion to waive the 2% redemption fee if
a Fund is in jeopardy of losing its registered investment
company qualification for tax purposes.
Your financial adviser or other financial intermediary may
charge service fees for handling redemption transactions.
Exchanging
Shares
You may, under most circumstances, exchange Institutional Class
shares in one Fund for Institutional Class shares of another
Fund. An exchange is the purchase of shares in one Fund which is
paid for with the proceeds from a redemption of shares of
another Fund effectuated on the same
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day. Before requesting an exchange, review the prospectus of the
Fund you wish to acquire.
All exchanges are subject to the limitations set forth in the
prospectuses of the Funds. If you wish to exchange shares of one
Fund for those of another Fund, you must consult the prospectus
of the Fund whose shares you wish to acquire to determine
whether the Fund is offering shares to new investors and whether
you are eligible to acquire shares of that Fund.
Exchange
Conditions
The following conditions apply to all exchanges:
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Shares must have been held for at least one day prior to the
exchange with the exception of dividends and distributions that
are reinvested; and
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If you have physical share certificates, you must return them to
the transfer agent in order to effect the exchange.
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Under unusual market conditions, a Fund may delay the exchange
of shares for up to five business days if it determines that it
would be materially disadvantaged by the immediate transfer of
exchange proceeds. The exchange privilege is not an option or
right to purchase shares.
Any of the participating Funds or the distributor may modify or
terminate this privilege at any time. The Fund or Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Aim Distributors) will
provide you with notice of such modification or termination if
it is required to do so by law.
Limit on the
Number of Exchanges
You will generally be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund
per calendar year; provided, however, that the following
transactions will not count toward the exchange limitation:
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Exchanges of shares held in accounts maintained by
intermediaries that do not have the systematic capability to
apply the exchange limitation.
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Exchanges of shares held by funds of funds and insurance company
separate accounts which use the funds as underlying investments.
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Exchanges effectuated pursuant to automatic investment
rebalancing or dollar cost averaging programs.
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Exchanges initiated by a Fund or by the trustee, administrator
or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan (not in response
to distribution or exchange instructions received from a plan
participant).
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If you acquire shares in connection with a rollover or transfer
of assets from the trustee or custodian of an employee benefit
plan or IRA to the trustee or custodian of a new employee
benefit plan or IRA, your first reallocation of those assets
will not count toward the exchange limitation.
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Each Fund reserves the discretion to accept exchanges in excess
of these guidelines on a
case-by-case
basis if the Fund, or its designated agent, believes that
granting such exceptions would be consistent with the best
interests of shareholders.
If you exchange shares of one Fund for shares of multiple other
Funds as part of a single transaction, that transaction is
counted as one exchange out of a Fund.
Rights
Reserved by the Funds
Each Fund and its agent reserves the right at any time to:
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Reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase or exchange
order.
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Modify any terms or conditions related to the purchase,
redemption or exchange of shares of any Fund.
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Suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this Prospectus.
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Excessive
Short-Term Trading Activity (Market Timing)
Disclosures
While the Funds provide their shareholders with daily liquidity,
their investment programs are designed to serve long-term
investors and are not designed to accommodate excessive
short-term trading activity in violation of our policies
described below. Excessive short-term trading activity in the
Funds shares (i.e., a purchase of Fund shares followed
shortly thereafter by a redemption of such shares, or vice
versa) may hurt the long-term performance of certain Funds by
requiring them to maintain an excessive amount of cash or to
liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time, thus
interfering with the efficient management of such Funds by
causing them to incur increased brokerage and administrative
costs. Where excessive short-term trading activity seeks to take
advantage of arbitrage opportunities from stale prices for
portfolio securities, the value of Fund shares held by long-term
investors may be diluted. The Funds Boards of Trustees
(collectively, the Board) have adopted policies and procedures
designed to discourage excessive or short-term trading of Fund
shares for all Funds except AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
However, there is the risk that these Funds policies and
procedures will prove ineffective in whole or in part to detect
or prevent excessive or short-term trading. These Funds may
alter their policies at any time without prior notice to
shareholders if the adviser believes the change would be in the
best interests of long-term shareholders.
Invesco and certain of its corporate affiliates (Invesco and
such affiliates, collectively, the Invesco Affiliates) currently
use the following tools designed to discourage excessive
short-term trading in the retail Funds:
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Trade activity monitoring.
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Trading guidelines.
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Redemption fees on trades in certain Funds.
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The use of fair value pricing consistent with procedures
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Each of these tools is described in more detail below. Although
these tools are designed to discourage excessive short-term
trading, you should understand that none of these tools alone
nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that
excessive short-term trading activity in the Funds will occur.
Moreover, each of these tools involves judgments that are
inherently subjective. Invesco Affiliates seek to make these
judgments to the best of their abilities in a manner that they
believe is consistent with long-term shareholder interests.
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund.
The Board of AIM
Limited Maturity Treasury Fund has not adopted any policies and
procedures that would limit frequent purchases and redemptions
of such Funds shares. The Board considered the risks of
not having a specific policy that limits frequent purchases and
redemptions and determined that those risks were minimal.
Nonetheless, to the extent that AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund must maintain additional cash
and/or
securities with short-term durations in greater amounts than may
otherwise be required or borrow to honor redemption requests,
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Funds yield could be
negatively impacted.
The Board does not believe that it is appropriate to adopt any
such policies and procedures for the Fund for the following
reasons:
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Many investors use AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as a
short-term investment alternative and should be able to purchase
and redeem shares regularly and frequently.
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One of the advantages of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund as
compared to other investment options is liquidity. Any policy
that diminishes the liquidity of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury
Fund will be detrimental to the continuing operations of such
Fund.
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Trade Activity
Monitoring
Invesco Affiliates monitor selected trades on a daily basis in
an effort to detect excessive short-term trading activities. If,
as a result of this monitoring, Invesco Affiliates believe that
a shareholder has engaged in excessive short-term trading, they
will seek to act in a manner that they believe is consistent
with the best interests of long-term investors, which may
include taking steps such as (i) asking the shareholder to
take action to stop such activities or (ii) refusing to
process future purchases or exchanges related to such activities
in the shareholders accounts other than exchanges into a
money market Fund. Invesco Affiliates will use
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reasonable efforts to apply the Funds policies uniformly
given the practical limitations described above.
The ability of Invesco Affiliates to monitor trades that are
made through accounts that are maintained by intermediaries
(rather than the Funds transfer agent) and through conduit
investment vehicles may be severely limited or non-existent.
Trading
Guidelines
You will be limited to four exchanges out of a Fund per calendar
year (other than the money market Funds and AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund). If you meet the four exchange limit within a
Fund in a calendar year, or a Fund or Invesco Affiliates, in
their sole discretion determine that your short-term trading
activity is excessive (regardless of whether or not you exceed
such guidelines), the Fund may, in its sole discretion, reject
any additional purchase and exchange orders.
Redemption Fees
You may be charged a 2% redemption fee if you redeem, including
redeeming by exchange, shares of certain Funds within
31 days of purchase. The ability of a Fund to assess a
redemption fee on redemptions effectuated through accounts that
are maintained by intermediaries (rather than the Funds
transfer agent) and through conduit investment vehicles may be
severely limited or non-existent.
Fair Value
Pricing
Securities owned by a Fund are to be valued at current market
value if market quotations are readily available. All other
securities and assets of a Fund for which market quotations are
not readily available are to be valued at fair value determined
in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. An effect
of fair value pricing may be to reduce the ability of frequent
traders to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities resulting
from potentially stale prices of portfolio holdings.
However, it cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Pricing
of Shares
Determination of
Net Asset Value
The price of each Funds shares is the Funds net
asset value per share. The Funds value portfolio securities for
which market quotations are readily available at market value.
The Funds value all other securities and assets for which market
quotations are unavailable or unreliable at their fair value in
good faith using procedures approved by the Board. The Board has
delegated the daily determination of good faith fair value
methodologies to Invescos Valuation Committee, which acts
in accordance with Board approved policies. On a quarterly
basis, Invesco provides the Board various reports indicating the
quality and effectiveness of its fair value decisions on
portfolio holdings. Securities and other assets quoted in
foreign currencies are valued in U.S. dollars based on the
prevailing exchange rates on that day.
Even when market quotations are available, they may be stale or
unreliable because the security is not traded frequently,
trading on the security ceased before the close of the trading
market or issuer specific events occurred after the security
ceased trading or because of the passage of time between the
close of the market on which the security trades and the close
of the NYSE and when the Fund calculates its net asset value.
Issuer specific events may cause the last market quotation to be
unreliable. Such events may include a merger or insolvency,
events which affect a geographical area or an industry segment,
such as political events or natural disasters, or market events,
such as a significant movement in the U.S. market. Where market
quotations are not readily available, including where Invesco
determines that the closing price of the security is unreliable,
Invesco will value the security at fair value in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing may
reduce the ability of frequent traders to take advantage of
arbitrage opportunities resulting from potentially
stale prices of portfolio holdings. However, it
cannot eliminate the possibility of frequent trading.
Fair value is that amount that the owner might reasonably expect
to receive for the security upon its current sale. Fair value
requires consideration of all appropriate factors, including
indications of fair value available from pricing services. A
fair value price is an estimated price and may vary from the
prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their net asset
values.
Invesco may use indications of fair value from pricing services
approved by the Board. In other circumstances, the Invesco
Valuation Committee may fair value securities in good faith
using procedures approved by the Board. As a means of evaluating
its fair value process, Invesco routinely compares closing
market prices, the next days opening prices for the
security in its primary market if available, and indications of
fair value from other sources. Fair value pricing methods and
pricing services can change from time to time as approved by the
Board.
Specific types of securities are valued as follows:
Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans and Senior Secured
Floating Rate Debt Securities.
Senior secured floating
rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are
fair valued using evaluated quotes provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing
service may reflect appropriate factors such as market quotes,
ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread,
individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities and other market data.
Domestic Exchange Traded Equity Securities.
Market
quotations are generally available and reliable for domestic
exchange traded equity securities. If market quotations are not
available or are unreliable, Invesco will value the security at
fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign Securities.
If market quotations are
available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market
quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities
end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may
become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a
particular security and the close of the customary trading
session on the NYSE events occur that are significant and may
make the closing price unreliable, the fund may fair value the
security. If an issuer specific event has occurred that Invesco
determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the
closing price of a foreign security, it will price the security
at fair value. Invesco also relies on a screening process from a
pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on
historical data, that the closing price in the principal market
where a foreign security trades is not the current market value
as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where
Invesco believes, at the approved degree of certainty, that the
price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco will
use the indication of fair value from the pricing service to
determine the fair value of the security. The pricing vendor,
pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time
to time.
Fund securities primarily traded on foreign markets may trade on
days that are not business days of the Fund. Because the net
asset value of Fund shares is determined only on business days
of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund
that invests in foreign securities may change on days when you
will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Fixed Income Securities.
Government, corporate,
asset-backed and municipal bonds, convertible securities,
including high yield or junk bonds, and loans, normally are
valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing
services. Prices provided by the pricing services may be
determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may
reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in
similar groups of securities, developments related to special
securities, dividend rate, maturity and other market data.
Prices received from pricing services are fair value prices. In
addition, if the price provided by the pricing service and
independent quoted prices are unreliable, the Invesco Valuation
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Committee will fair value the security using procedures approved
by the Board.
Short-term Securities.
The Funds short-term
investments are valued at amortized cost when the security has
60 days or less to maturity. AIM High Income Municipal Fund
and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund value variable rate
securities that have an unconditional demand or put feature
exercisable within seven days or less at par, which reflects the
market value of such securities.
Futures and Options.
Futures contracts are valued at
the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they are
principally traded. Options are valued on the basis of market
quotations, if available.
Swap Agreements.
Swap Agreements are fair valued
using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing
service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are
based on a model that may include end of day net present values,
spreads, ratings, industry and company performance.
Open-end Funds.
To the extent a Fund invests in
other open-end funds, other than open-end funds that are
exchange traded, the investing Fund will calculate its net asset
value using the net asset value of the underlying fund in which
it invests.
Each Fund determines the net asset value of its shares on each
day the NYSE is open for business (a business day), as of the
close of the customary trading session, or earlier NYSE closing
time that day.
For financial reporting purposes and shareholder transactions on
the last day of the fiscal quarter, transactions are normally
accounted for on a trade date basis. For purposes of executing
shareholder transactions in the normal course of business (other
than shareholder transactions at a fiscal period-end), each
Funds portfolio securities transactions are recorded no
later than the first business day following the trade date.
The AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities
Alpha Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in
shares of their respective Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries offer
to redeem all or a portion of their shares at the current net
asset value per share every regular business day. The value of
shares of the Subsidiaries will fluctuate with the value of the
respective Subsidiarys portfolio investments. The
Subsidiaries price their portfolio investments pursuant to the
same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by
the Funds, which require, among other things, that each of the
Subsidiaries portfolio investments be
marked-to-market
(that is, the value on each of the Subsidiarys books
changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market
value of the investment.
Timing of
Orders
You can purchase, exchange or redeem shares on each business day
prior to the close of the customary trading session or any
earlier NYSE closing time that day. The Funds price purchase,
exchange and redemption orders at the net asset value calculated
after the transfer agent receives an order in good order. Any
applicable sales charges are applied at the time an order is
processed. A Fund may postpone the right of redemption only
under unusual circumstances, as allowed by the SEC, such as when
the NYSE restricts or suspends trading.
Taxes
A Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment
company and, as such, is not subject to entity-level tax on the
income and gain it distributes to shareholders. If you are a
taxable investor, dividends and distributions you receive from a
Fund generally are taxable to you whether you reinvest
distributions in additional Fund shares or take them in cash.
Every year, you will be sent information showing the amount of
dividends and distributions you received from a Fund during the
prior calendar year. In addition, investors in taxable accounts
should be aware of the following basic tax points as
supplemented below where relevant:
Fund Tax
Basics
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A Fund earns income generally in the form of dividends or
interest on its investments. This income, less expenses incurred
in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If
you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment
income are generally taxable to you as ordinary income.
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Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. A Fund with a high portfolio turnover rate
(a measure of how frequently assets within a Fund are bought and
sold) is more likely to generate short-term capital gains than a
Fund with a low portfolio turnover rate.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you
as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have owned
your Fund shares.
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If you are an individual and meet certain holding period
requirements, a portion of income dividends paid to you by a
Fund may be designated as qualified dividend income eligible for
taxation at long-term capital gain rates. These reduced rates
generally are available (through 2010) for dividends
derived from a Funds investment in stocks of domestic
corporations and qualified foreign corporations. In the case of
a Fund that invests primarily in debt securities, either none or
only a nominal portion of the dividends paid by the Fund will be
eligible for taxation at these reduced rates.
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Distributions declared to shareholders with a record date in
Decemberif paid to you by the end of Januaryare
taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any long-term or short-term capital gains realized from
redemptions of Fund shares will be subject to federal income
tax. For tax purposes, an exchange of your shares for shares of
another Fund is the same as a sale.
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At the time you purchase your Fund shares, the Funds net
asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed
capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of
portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution
to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable. This is sometimes referred to as
buying a dividend.
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By law, if you do not provide a Fund with your proper taxpayer
identification number and certain required certifications, you
may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of
income, capital gains, or proceeds from the sale of your shares.
A Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When
withholding is required, the amount will be 28% of any
distributions or proceeds paid.
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You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by the Fund derived from interest on U.S. government
obligations in your gross income for purposes of personal and,
in some cases, corporate income taxes in many state and local
tax jurisdictions. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
dividends derived from interest on federal obligations will be
determined annually. This percentage may differ from the actual
percentage of interest received by the Fund on federal
obligations for the particular days on which you hold shares.
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Fund distributions and gains from sale or exchange of your Fund
shares generally are subject to state and local income taxes.
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If a Fund qualifies to pass through to you the tax benefits from
foreign taxes it pays on its investments, and elects to do so,
then any foreign taxes it pays on these investments may be
passed through to you as a foreign tax credit. You will then be
required to include your pro-rata share of these taxes in gross
income, even though not actually received by you, and will be
entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing
your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these
taxes against your U.S. federal income tax.
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Foreign investors should be aware that U.S. withholding, special
certification requirements to avoid U.S. backup withholding and
claim any treaty benefits and estate taxes may apply to an
investment in a Fund.
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The above discussion concerning the taxability of Fund dividends
and distributions and of redemptions and exchanges of Fund
shares is inapplicable to investors that are generally exempt
from federal income tax, such as retirement plans that are
qualified under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A and 457 of the
Code, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs.
Tax-Exempt and
Municipal Funds
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You will not be required to include the
exempt-interest portion of dividends paid by the
Fund in your gross income for federal income tax purposes. You
will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest
dividends and other tax-exempt interest on your federal income
tax returns. The percentage of dividends that constitutes
exempt-interest dividends will be determined annually. This
percentage may differ from the actual percentage of exempt
interest received by the Fund for the particular days in which
you hold shares.
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A Fund may invest in municipal securities the interest on which
constitutes an item of tax preference and could give rise to a
federal alternative minimum tax liability for you. However,
under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax exempt interest on such municipal
securities issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item of tax
preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
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Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal
securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, generally
are exempt from that states personal income tax. Most
states, however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest
from municipal securities of other states.
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A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities that pay
income that is not tax-exempt. To the extent that dividends paid
by a Fund are derived from taxable investments or realized
capital gains, they will be taxable as ordinary income or
long-term capital gains.
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A Fund may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio
securities. If you are a taxable investor, Fund distributions
from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income, and
generally will neither qualify for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate shareholders nor as qualified
dividend income subject to reduced rates of taxation in the case
of noncorporate shareholders.
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Exempt-interest dividends from a Fund are taken into account
when determining the taxable portion of your social security or
railroad retirement benefits, may be subject to state and local
income taxes, may affect the deductibility of interest on
certain indebtedness, and may have other collateral federal
income tax consequences for you.
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There are risks that: (a) a security issued as tax-exempt
may be reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a state
tax authority as taxable
and/or
(b) future legislative, administrative or court actions
could adversely impact the qualification of income from a
tax-exempt security as tax-free. Such reclassifications or
actions could cause interest from a security to become taxable,
possibly retroactively, subjecting you to increased tax
liability. In addition, such reclassifications or actions could
cause the value of a security, and therefore, the value of the
Funds shares, to decline.
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Funds
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A Fund does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
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Because a Fund expects to maintain a stable net asset value of
$1.00 per share, investors should not have any gain or loss on
sale or exchange of Fund shares.
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Funds
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Because of noncash expenses such as property
depreciation, the cash flow of a REIT that owns properties will
exceed its taxable income. The REIT, and in turn a Fund, may
distribute this excess cash to shareholders. Such a distribution
is classified as a return of capital. Return-of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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The Fund may derive excess inclusion income from
certain equity interests in mortgage pooling vehicles either
directly or through an investment in a
U.S.-qualified
REIT. If, contrary to expectations, the Fund were to receive
excess inclusion income in excess of certain threshold amounts,
such income would be allocated to Fund shareholders with special
tax consequences.
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The sale of a U.S. real property interest by a REIT in which a
Fund invests may trigger special tax consequences to the
Funds foreign shareholders.
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AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund and Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
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The Funds strategies of investing in derivatives and
financially-linked instruments whose performance is expected to
correspond to the fixed income, equity and commodity markets may
cause the Funds to recognize more ordinary income and short-term
capital gains taxable as ordinary income than would be the case
if the Funds invested directly in debt instruments, stocks and
commodities.
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The Funds must meet certain requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code (the Code) for favorable tax treatment as a
regulated investment company, including asset diversification
and income requirements. The Funds intend to limit their
investments in their respective Subsidiaries to no more than 25%
of the value of each Funds total assets in order to
satisfy the asset diversification requirement. Additionally, the
AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund has received a private letter
ruling (PLR) from the IRS holding that the AIM Balanced-Risk
Allocation Funds income derived from its Subsidiarys
investments in commodity-linked derivatives is qualifying income.
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Invesco FX Alpha
Strategy Fund and Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
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The Funds may realize gains from the sale or other disposition
of foreign currencies (including but not limited to gains from
options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in
securities or foreign currencies. The U.S. Treasury Department
is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Funds,
as a result of their realization of such foreign currency gains,
to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the
date of this prospectus, no regulations have been issued
pursuant to this authorization. It is possible, however, that
such regulations may be issued in the future. Additionally, the
IRS has not issued any guidance on how to apply the asset
diversification test to such foreign currency positions. Thus,
the IRS determination as to how to treat such foreign
currency positions for purposed of satisfying the asset
diversification test might differ form that of the Funds,
resulting in either of the Funds failure to qualify as
regulated investment companies.
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Invesco Van
Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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If as a result of adverse market conditions, the Fund realizes a
loss in connection with its option writing strategy, some or all
of the Funds previously distributed income may be
classified as a return of capital. Return of capital
distributions generally are not taxable to you. Your cost basis
in your Fund shares will be decreased by the amount of any
return of capital. Any return of capital distributions in excess
of your cost basis will be treated as capital gains.
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FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen
FundsInstitutional Class
This discussion of Taxes is for general
information only and not tax advice. All investors should
consult their own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local
and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Payments
to Financial Intermediaries
Invesco Aim Distributors, the distributor of the Funds, an
Invesco Affiliate, or one or more of its corporate affiliates
(collectively, Invesco Affiliates) may make cash payments to
financial intermediaries in connection with the promotion and
sale of shares of the Funds. These cash payments may include
cash payments and other payments for certain marketing and
support services. Invesco Affiliates make these payments from
their own resources. In the context of this prospectus,
financial intermediaries include any broker, dealer,
bank (including bank trust departments), registered investment
adviser, financial planner, retirement plan administrator,
insurance company and any other financial intermediary having a
selling, administration or similar agreement with Invesco
Affiliates.
Invesco Affiliates make payments as incentives to certain
financial intermediaries to promote and sell shares of the
Funds. The benefits Invesco Affiliates receive when they make
these payments include, among other things, placing the Fund on
the financial intermediarys Funds sales system, and access
(in some cases on a preferential basis over other competitors)
to individual members of the financial intermediarys sales
force or to the financial intermediarys management. These
payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial
intermediary for including the Funds in its Fund sales system
(on its sales shelf). Invesco Affiliates compensate
financial intermediaries differently depending typically on the
level
and/or
type of considerations provided by the financial intermediary.
The payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated based on
sales of shares of the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which
case the total amount of such payments shall not exceed 0.10% of
the public offering price of all shares sold by the financial
intermediary during the particular period. Payments may also be
calculated based on the average daily net assets of the
applicable Funds attributable to that particular financial
intermediary (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the total
amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of
those assets during a defined period. Sales-Based Payments
primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of the
Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to
retain previously sold shares of the Funds in investor accounts.
Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial intermediary either or
both Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make these payments as they
promote the sale of Fund shares and the retention of those
investments by clients of financial intermediaries. To the
extent financial intermediaries sell more shares of the Funds or
retain shares of the Funds in their clients accounts,
Invesco Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and
other fees paid to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect
to those assets.
Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain financial
intermediaries for certain administrative services, including
record keeping and
sub-accounting
of shareholder accounts pursuant to a
sub-transfer
agency or
sub-accounting
agreement. All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates under this
category of services are charged back to the Funds, subject to
certain limitations approved by the Board.
You can find further details in the Funds Statement of
Additional Information about these payments and the services
provided by financial intermediaries. In certain cases these
payments could be significant to the financial intermediaries.
Your financial adviser may charge you additional fees or
commissions other than those disclosed in this prospectus. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives
from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds, as well as about fees
and/or
commissions it charges.
Important
Notice Regarding Delivery of Security Holder Documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder
documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder
documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us
otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to
be combined with those for other members of your household,
please contact Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. at
800-959-4246
or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you
individual copies for each account within thirty days after
receiving your request.
A-7 AIM
FundsInvesco FundsInvesco Van Kampen
FundsInstitutional Class
Obtaining Additional Information
More information may be obtained free of charge upon request. The SAI, a current version of
which is on file with the SEC, contains more details about the Fund and is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus (is legally a part of the prospectus). When issued, annual and
semiannual reports to shareholders will contain additional information about the Funds
investments. The Funds annual report will discuss the market conditions and investment strategies
that significantly affected the Funds performance during its last fiscal year. The Fund will also
file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the 1st and 3rd quarters of each
fiscal year on Form N-Q.
If you have questions about an AIM Fund or your account, or you wish to obtain a free copy of a
current SAI, annual or semiannual reports or Form N-Q, please contact us.
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
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P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739
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By Telephone:
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(800) 959-4246
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On the Internet:
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You can send us a request by e-mail or
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download prospectuses, SAI, annual or
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semiannual reports via our Web site:
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www.invescoaim.com
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You can also review and obtain copies of SAIs, annual or semiannual reports, Forms N-Q and other
information at the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; on the EDGAR database on the
SECs Web site (http://www.sec.gov); or, after paying a duplicating fee, by sending a letter to the
SECs Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520 or by sending an electronic mail request
to publicinfo@sec.gov. Please call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for information about the Public
Reference Room.
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
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SEC 1940 Act file number: 811-09913
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Statement of Additional Information
AIM Counselor Series Trust
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February 12, 2010
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This Statement of Additional Information relates to each portfolio (each a
Fund, collectively the Funds) of AIM Counselor Series Trust listed below.
Each Fund offers separate classes of shares as follows:
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class R
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Class Y
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Institutional
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Invesco Balanced Fund
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BGRAX
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BGRBX
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BGRCX
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N/A
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BGRDX
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N/A
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Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
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CLFAX
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CLFBX
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CLFCX
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N/A
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CLFDX
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N/A
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Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
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DIVAX
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DIVBX
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DIVCX
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N/A
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DIVDX
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N/A
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Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
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VADAX
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VADBX
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VADCX
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VADRX
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VADDX
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N/A
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Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
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FVFAX
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FVFBX
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FVFCX
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N/A
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FVFDX
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N/A
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Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
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IVABX
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IVAHX
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IVAKX
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N/A
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MSIVX
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N/A
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Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
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NYFAX
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NYFBX
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NYFCX
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N/A
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NYFDX
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N/A
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
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SPIAX
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SPIBX
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SPICX
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N/A
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SPIDX
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
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VAFAX
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VAFBX
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VAFCX
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N/A
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VAFIX
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
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ACEAX
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ACEBX
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ACECX
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ACERX
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ACEIX
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
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ACEIX
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ACEQX
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ACERX
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ACESX
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ACETX
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ACEKX
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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VEPAX
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VEPBX
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VEPCX
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N/A
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VEPIX
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
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ACGIX
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ACGJX
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ACGKX
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ACGLX
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ACGMX
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ACGQX
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Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
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ACZXX
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ACYXX
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ACXXX
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N/A
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IVKXX
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
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VKMPX
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VKPAX
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VKPCX
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N/A
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VKPYX
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
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VASCX
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VBSCX
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VCSCX
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N/A
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VISCX
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
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VTFXX
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Statement of Additional Information
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February 12, 2010
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AIM Counselor Series Trust
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This Statement of Additional Information is not a Prospectus, and it should
be read in conjunction with the Prospectuses for the Funds listed below. When
issued, portions of each Funds financial statements will be incorporated into
this Statement of Additional Information by reference to such Funds most
recent Annual Report to shareholders. You may obtain, without charge, a copy
of any Prospectus and/or Annual Report for any Fund listed below from an
authorized dealer or by writing to:
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739
Houston, Texas 77210-4739
or by calling (800) 959-4246
or on the Internet: www.invescoaim.com
This
Statement of Additional Information, dated February 12, 2010, relates to
the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Class Y (collectively, the Retail
Classes) and Institutional Class shares, as applicable, of the following
Prospectuses:
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Institutional Classes
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Invesco Balanced Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
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February 12, 2010
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February 12, 2010
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
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February 12, 2010
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February 12, 2010
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Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
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February 12, 2010
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N/A
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Statement of Additional Information
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUST
Fund History
AIM Counselor Series Trust (the Trust) is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end series management
investment company. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on July 29, 2003. Under
the Trusts Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the Trust Agreement), the Board of
Trustees of the Trust (the Board) is authorized to create new series of shares without the
necessity of a vote of shareholders of the Trust.
The information in this Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is about all of the retail
Funds, Invesco Funds and Invesco Van Kampen Funds (each a Fund and collectively, the Funds)
that are part of the Trust.
Shares of Beneficial Interest
Shares of beneficial interest of the Trust are redeemable at their net asset value at the
option of the shareholder or at the option of the Trust in certain circumstances, subject in
certain circumstances to a contingent deferred sales charge or redemption fee.
The Trust allocates moneys and other property it receives from the issue or sale of shares of
each of its series of shares, and all income, earnings and profits from such issuance and sales,
subject only to the rights of creditors, to the appropriate Fund. These assets constitute the
underlying assets of each Fund, are segregated on the Trusts books of account, and are charged
with the expenses of such Fund and its respective classes. The Trust allocates any general
expenses of the Trust not readily identifiable as belonging to a particular Fund subject to
oversight by the Board, primarily on the basis of relative net assets, or other relevant factors.
Each share of each Fund represents an equal proportionate interest in that Fund with each
other share and is entitled to such dividends and distributions out of the income belonging to such
Fund as are declared by the Board.
Each class of shares represents an interest in the same portfolio of investments. Differing
sales charges and expenses will result in differing net asset values and dividends and
distributions. Upon any liquidation of the Trust, shareholders of each class are entitled to share
pro rata in the net assets belonging to the applicable Fund allocable to such class available for
distribution after satisfaction of outstanding liabilities of the Fund allocable to such class.
The Trust is not required to hold annual or regular meetings of shareholders. Meetings of
shareholders of a Fund or class will be held from time to time to consider matters requiring a vote
of such shareholders in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act, state law or the
provisions of the Trust Agreement. It is not expected that shareholder meetings will be held
annually.
Each share of a Fund generally has the same voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights;
however, each class of shares of a Fund is subject to different sales loads, conversion features,
exchange privileges and class-specific expenses. Only shareholders of a specific class may vote on
matters relating to that classs distribution plan.
The Funds Agreement and Declaration of Trust/distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1
under the 1940 Act requires that Class B shareholders must also approve any material increase in
distribution fees submitted to Class A shareholders of that Fund.
Except as specifically noted above, shareholders of each Fund are entitled to one vote per
share (with proportionate voting for fractional shares), irrespective of the relative net asset
value of the shares of a Fund. However, on matters affecting an individual Fund or class of
shares, a separate vote of
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shareholders of that Fund or class is required. Shareholders of a Fund or class are not entitled
to vote on any matter which does not affect that Fund or class but that requires a separate vote of
another Fund or class. An example of a matter that would be voted on separately by shareholders of
each Fund is the approval of the advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the Adviser or
Invesco). When issued, shares of each Fund are fully paid and nonassessable, have no preemptive
or subscription rights, and are freely transferable. Other than the conversion of Class B shares
to Class A shares, there are no conversion rights. Shares do not have cumulative voting rights,
which means that when shareholders elect trustees, holders of more than 50% of the shares voting
for the election of trustees can elect all of the trustees of the Trust, and the holders of fewer
than 50% of the shares voting for the election of trustees will not be able to elect any trustees.
Under Delaware law, shareholders of a Delaware statutory trust shall be entitled to
the same limitation of personal liability extended to shareholders of private for-profit
corporations organized under Delaware law. There is a remote possibility, however, that
shareholders could, under certain circumstances, be held liable for the obligations of the Trust to
the extent the courts of another state, which does not recognize such limited liability, were to
apply the laws of such state to a controversy involving such obligations. The Trust Agreement
disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Trust and requires that notice of
such disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation or instrument entered into or executed by
the Trust or the trustees to all parties, and each party thereto must expressly waive all rights of
action directly against shareholders of the Trust. The Trust Agreement provides for
indemnification out of the property of a Fund for all losses and expenses of any shareholder of
such Fund held liable on account of being or having been a shareholder. Thus, the risk of a
shareholder incurring financial loss due to shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in
which a Fund is unable to meet its obligations and the complaining party is not held to be bound by
the disclaimer.
The trustees and officers of the Trust will not be liable for any act, omission or obligation
of the Trust or any trustee or officer; however, a trustee or officer is not protected against any
liability to the Trust or to the shareholders to which a trustee or officer would otherwise be
subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the
duties involved in the conduct of his or her office with the Trust (Disabling Conduct). The
Trusts Bylaws generally provide for indemnification by the Trust of the trustees, officers and
employees or agents of the Trust, provided that such persons have not engaged in Disabling Conduct.
Indemnification does not extend to judgments or amounts paid in settlement in any actions by or in
the right of the Trust. The Trust Agreement also authorizes the purchase of liability insurance on
behalf of trustees and officers. The Trusts Bylaws provide for the advancement of payments of
expenses to current and former trustees, officers and employees or agents of the Trust, or anyone
serving at their request, in connection with the preparation and presentation of a defense to any
claim, action, suit or proceeding, for which such person would be entitled to indemnification;
provided that any advancement of expenses would be reimbursed unless it is ultimately determined
that such person is entitled to indemnification for such expenses.
Share Certificates
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Shareholders of the Funds do not have the right to demand or require the
Trust to issue share certificates and share certificates are not issued.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNDS AND THEIR INVESTMENTS AND RISKS
Classification
The Trust is an open-end management investment company. Each of the Funds except Invesco Van
Kampen American Franchise Fund is diversified for purposes of the 1940 Act. Invesco Van Kampen
American Franchise Fund is non-diversified for purposes of the 1940 Act, which means this Fund
can invest a greater percentage of its assets in any one issuer than a diversified fund can.
Investment Strategies and Risks
Set forth below are detailed descriptions of the various types of securities and investment
techniques that Invesco and/or the Sub-Advisers (as defined herein) may use in managing the Funds,
as well as the risks associated with those types of securities and investment techniques. The
descriptions of the types of securities and investment techniques below supplement the discussion
of principal investment strategies and risks contained in each Funds prospectus. Where a
particular type of security
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or investment technique is not discussed in a Funds prospectus, that security or investment
technique is not a principal investment strategy.
Unless otherwise indicated, a Fund may invest in all of the following types of investments.
Not all of the Funds invest in all of the types of securities or use all of the investment
techniques described below, and a Fund might not invest in all of these types of securities or use
all of these techniques at any one time. Invesco and/or the Sub-Advisers may invest in other types
of securities and may use other investment techniques in managing the Funds, including those
described below for Funds not specifically mentioned as investing in the security or using the
investment technique, as well as securities and techniques not described A Funds transactions in
a particular type of security or use of a particular technique is subject to limitations imposed by
a Funds investment objective(s), policies and restrictions described in that Funds prospectus
and/or this SAI, as well as the federal securities laws.
The Funds investment objectives, policies, strategies and practices described below are
non-fundamental and may be changed without approval of the holders of the Funds voting securities
unless otherwise indicated.
Equity Investments
Common Stock.
Common stock is issued by a company principally to raise cash for business
purposes and represents an equity or ownership interest in the issuing company. Common
stockholders are typically entitled to vote on important matters of the issuing company, including
the selection of directors, and may receive dividends on their holdings. A Fund participates in
the success or failure of any company in which it holds common stock. In the event a company is
liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of bondholders, other debt holders, owners of
preferred stock and general creditors take precedence over the claims of those who own common
stock.
The prices of common stocks change in response to many factors including the historical and
prospective earnings of the issuing company, the value of its assets, general economic conditions,
interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
Preferred Stock.
Preferred stock, unlike common stock, often offers a specified dividend rate
payable from a companys earnings. Preferred stock also generally has a preference over common
stock on the distribution of a companys assets in the event the company is liquidated or declares
bankruptcy; however, the rights of preferred stockholders on the distribution of a companys assets
in the event of a liquidation or bankruptcy are generally subordinate to the rights of the
companys debt holders and general creditors. If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on
preferred stocks may be less attractive, causing the price of preferred stocks to decline.
Some fixed rate preferred stock may have mandatory sinking fund provisions which provide for
the stock to be retired or redeemed on a predetermined schedule, as well as call/redemption
provisions prior to maturity, which can limit the benefit of any decline in interest rates that
might positively affect the price of preferred stocks. Preferred stock dividends may be
cumulative, requiring all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends are
paid on the issuers common stock. Preferred stock may be participating, which means that it may
be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases. In some cases an issuer
may offer auction rate preferred stock, which means that the interest to be paid is set by auction
and will often be reset at stated intervals.
Convertible Securities.
Convertible securities are generally bonds, debentures,
notes, preferred stocks or other securities or investments that may be converted or exchanged (by
the holder or by the issuer) into shares of the underlying common stock (or cash or securities of
equivalent value) at a stated exchange ratio or predetermined price (the conversion price). A
convertible security is designed to provide current income and also the potential for capital
appreciation through the conversion feature, which enables the holder to benefit from increases in
the market price of the underlying common stock. A convertible security may be called for
redemption or conversion by the issuer after a particular date and under certain circumstances
(including a specified price) established upon issue. If a convertible security held by a Fund is
called for redemption or conversion, the Fund could be required to tender it for redemption,
convert it into the underlying common stock, or sell it to a third party, which may have an
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adverse effect on the Funds ability to achieve its investment objectives. Convertible
securities have general characteristics similar to both debt and equity securities.
A convertible security generally entitles the holder to receive interest paid or accrued until
the convertible security matures or is redeemed, converted or exchanged. Before conversion,
convertible securities have characteristics similar to non-convertible debt obligations and are
designed to provide for a stable stream of income with generally higher yields than common stocks.
However, there can be no assurance of current income because the issuers of the convertible
securities may default on their obligations. Convertible securities rank senior to common stock in
a corporations capital structure and, therefore, generally entail less risk than the corporations
common stock. Convertible securities are subordinate in rank to any senior debt obligations of the
issuer, and, therefore, an issuers convertible securities entail more risk than its debt
obligations. Moreover, convertible securities are often rated below investment grade or not rated
because they fall below debt obligations and just above common stock in order of preference or
priority on an issuers balance sheet. To the extent that a Fund invests in convertible securities
with credit ratings below investment grade, such securities may have a higher likelihood of
default, although this may be somewhat offset by the convertibility feature.
Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible
debt securities of similar credit quality because of the potential for capital appreciation. The
common stock underlying convertible securities may be issued by a different entity than the issuer
of the convertible securities.
The value of convertible securities is influenced by both the yield of non-convertible
securities of comparable issuers and by the value of the underlying common stock. The value of a
convertible security viewed without regard to its conversion feature (i.e., strictly on the basis
of its yield) is sometimes referred to as its investment value. The investment value of the
convertible security typically will fluctuate based on the credit quality of the issuer and will
fluctuate inversely with changes in prevailing interest rates. However, at the same time, the
convertible security will be influenced by its conversion value, which is the market value of the
underlying common stock that would be obtained if the convertible security were converted.
Conversion value fluctuates directly with the price of the underlying common stock, and will
therefore be subject to risks relating to the activities of the issuer and general market and
economic conditions. Depending upon the relationship of the conversion price to the market value of
the underlying security, a convertible security may trade more like an equity security than a debt
instrument.
If, because of a low price of the common stock, the conversion value is substantially below
the investment value of the convertible security, the price of the convertible security is governed
principally by its investment value. Generally, if the conversion value of a convertible security
increases to a point that approximates or exceeds its investment value, the value of the security
will be principally influenced by its conversion value. A convertible security will sell at a
premium over its conversion value to the extent investors place value on the right to acquire the
underlying common stock while holding an income-producing security.
While a Fund uses the same criteria to rate a convertible debt security that it uses to rate a
more conventional debt security, a convertible preferred stock is treated like a preferred stock
for the Funds financial reporting, credit rating and investment limitation purposes.
Enhanced Convertible Securities.
Enhanced convertible securities are equity-linked hybrid
securities that automatically convert to equity securities on a specified date. Enhanced
convertibles have been designed with a variety of payoff structures, and are known by a variety of
different names. Three features common to enhanced convertible securities are (i) conversion to
equity securities at the maturity of the convertible (as opposed to conversion at the option of the
security holder in the case of ordinary convertibles); (ii) capped or limited appreciation
potential relative to the underlying common stock; and (iii) dividend yields that are typically
higher than that on the underlying common stock. Thus, enhanced convertible securities offer
holders the opportunity to obtain higher current income than would be available from a traditional
equity security issued by the same company in return for reduced participation in the appreciation
potential of the underlying common stock. Other forms of enhanced convertible securities may
involve arrangements with no interest or dividend payments made until maturity of the
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security or an enhanced principal amount received at maturity based on the yield and value of
the underlying equity security during the securitys term or at maturity.
Synthetic Convertible Securities.
A synthetic convertible security is a derivative position
composed of two or more distinct securities whose investment characteristics, taken together,
resemble those of traditional convertible securities, i.e., fixed income and the right to acquire
the underlying equity security. For example, a Fund may purchase a non-convertible debt security
and a warrant or option, which enables a Fund to have a convertible-like position with respect to a
security or index.
Synthetic convertibles are typically offered by financial institutions in private placement
transactions and are typically sold back to the offering institution. Upon conversion, the holder
generally receives from the offering institution an amount in cash equal to the difference between
the conversion price and the then-current value of the underlying security. Synthetic convertible
securities differ from true convertible securities in several respects. The value of a synthetic
convertible is the sum of the values of its fixed-income component and its convertibility
component. Thus, the values of a synthetic convertible and a true convertible security will respond
differently to market fluctuations. Purchasing a synthetic convertible security may provide greater
flexibility than purchasing a traditional convertible security, including the ability to combine
components representing distinct issuers, or to combine a fixed income security with a call option
on a stock index, when the Adviser determines that such a combination would better further a Funds
or an Underlying Funds investment goals. In addition, the component parts of a synthetic
convertible security may be purchased simultaneously or separately.
The holder of a synthetic convertible faces the risk that the price of the stock, or the level
of the market index underlying the convertibility component will decline. In addition, in
purchasing a synthetic convertible security, a Fund may have counterparty risk with respect to the
financial institution or investment bank that offers the instrument.
Alternative Entity Securities
. Alternative entity securities are the securities of entities
that are formed as limited partnerships, limited liability companies, business trusts or other
non-corporate entities that are similar to common or preferred stock of corporations.
Foreign Investments
Foreign Securities.
Foreign securities are equity or debt securities issued by issuers outside the United States,
and include securities in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), European Depositary
Receipts (EDRs), or other securities representing underlying securities of foreign issuers
(foreign securities). ADRs are receipts, issued by U.S. banks, for the shares of foreign
corporations, held by the bank issuing the receipt. ADRs are typically issued in registered form,
denominated in U.S. dollars and designed for use in the U.S. securities markets. EDRs are similar
to ADRs, except they are typically issued by European banks or trust companies, denominated in
foreign currencies and designed for use outside the U.S. securities markets. ADRs and EDRs entitle
the holder to all dividends and capital gains on the underlying foreign securities, less any fees
paid to the bank. Purchasing ADRs or EDRs gives a Fund the ability to purchase the functional
equivalent of foreign securities without going to the foreign securities markets to do so. ADRs or
EDRs that are sponsored means that the foreign corporation whose shares are represented by the
ADR or EDR is actively involved in the issuance of the ADR or EDR, and generally provides material
information about the corporation to the U.S. market. An unsponsored ADR or EDR program means
that the foreign corporation whose shares are held by the bank is not obligated to disclose
material information in the United States, and, therefore, the market value of the ADR or EDR may
not reflect important facts known only to the foreign company.
Foreign debt securities include corporate debt securities of foreign issuers, certain foreign
bank obligations (see Bank Instruments) and U.S. dollar or foreign currency denominated
obligations of foreign governments or their subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities (see
Foreign Government Obligations), international agencies and supranational entities.
The Funds consider various factors when determining whether a company is in a particular
country, including whether (1) it is organized under the laws of a country; (2) it has a principal
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country; (3) it derives 50% or more of its total revenues from businesses in a country; and/or
(4) its securities are traded principally on a stock exchange, or in an over-the-counter market, in
a particular country.
Investments by a Fund in foreign securities, including ADRs and EDRs, whether denominated in
U.S. dollars or foreign currencies, may entail all of the risks set forth below in addition to
those accompanying an investment in issuers in the United States.
Currency Risk.
The value in U.S. dollars of the Funds non-dollar-denominated foreign
investments will be affected by changes in currency exchange rates. The U.S. dollar value of a
foreign security decreases when the value of the U.S. dollar rises against the foreign currency in
which the security is denominated and increases when the value of the U.S. dollar falls against
such currency.
Political and Economic Risk.
The economies of many of the countries in which the Funds may
invest may not be as developed as the United States economy and may be subject to significantly
different forces. Political, economic or social instability and development, expropriation or
confiscatory taxation, and limitations on the removal of funds or other assets could also adversely
affect the value of the Funds investments.
Regulatory Risk.
Foreign companies are generally not subject to the regulatory controls
imposed on U.S. issuers and, as a consequence, there is generally less publicly available
information about foreign securities than is available about domestic securities. Foreign
companies may not be subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards,
corporate governance practices and requirements comparable to those applicable to domestic
companies. Therefore, financial information about foreign companies may be incomplete, or may not
be comparable to the information available on U.S. companies. Income from foreign securities owned
by the Funds may be reduced by a withholding tax at the source, which tax would reduce dividend
income payable to the Funds shareholders.
There is generally less government supervision and regulation of securities exchanges,
brokers, dealers, and listed companies in foreign countries than in the United States, thus
increasing the risk of delayed settlements of portfolio transactions or loss of certificates for
portfolio securities. Foreign markets may also have different clearance and settlement procedures.
If a Fund experiences settlement problems it may result in temporary periods when a portion of the
Funds assets are uninvested and could cause the Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities
or a potential liability to the Fund arising out of the Funds inability to fulfill a contract to
sell such securities.
Market Risk.
Investing in foreign markets generally involves certain risks not typically
associated with investing in the United States. The securities markets in many foreign countries
will have substantially less trading volume than the U.S. markets. As a result, the securities of
some foreign companies may be less liquid and experience more price volatility than comparable
domestic securities. Obtaining and/or enforcing judgments in foreign countries may be more
difficult, which may make it more difficult to enforce contractual obligations. Increased
custodian costs as well as administrative costs (such as the need to use foreign custodians) may
also be associated with the maintenance of assets in foreign jurisdictions. In addition,
transaction costs in foreign securities markets are likely to be higher, since brokerage commission
rates in foreign countries are likely to be higher than in the United States.
Risks of Developing Countries.
A Fund may invest in securities of companies located in
developing countries. Unless a Funds prospectus includes a different definition, the Funds
consider developing countries to be those countries that are not included in the MSCI World Index.
Investments in developing countries present risks in addition to, or greater than, those
presented by investments in foreign issuers generally, and may include the following risks:
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Repatriation of investment income, capital, and the proceeds of sales in
foreign countries may require foreign governmental registration and/or approval;
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Greater risk of fluctuation in value of foreign investments due to changes in
currency exchange rates, currency control regulations or currency devaluation;
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Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates may have negative effects
on the economies and securities markets of certain developing countries;
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Many of the developing countries securities markets are relatively small or
less diverse, have low trading volumes, suffer periods of relative illiquidity, and are
characterized by significant price volatility; and
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There is a risk in developing countries that a future economic or political
crisis could lead to price controls, forced mergers of companies, expropriation or
confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or creation of government monopolies.
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Floating Rate Corporate Loans and Corporate Debt Securities of Non-U.S. Borrowers.
Floating
rate loans are made to and floating rate debt securities are issued by non-U.S. borrowers. Such
loans and securities will be U.S. dollar-denominated or otherwise provide for payment in U.S.
dollars, and the borrower will meet the credit quality standards established by Invesco and the
Sub-Advisers for U.S. borrowers. The Funds similarly may invest in floating rate loans and floating
rate debt securities made to U.S. borrowers with significant non-U.S. dollar-denominated revenues,
provided that the loans are U.S. dollar-denominated or otherwise provide for payment to the Funds
in U.S. dollars. In all cases where the floating rate loans or floating rate debt securities are
not denominated in U.S. dollars, provisions will be made for payments to the lenders, including the
Funds, in U.S. dollars pursuant to foreign currency swaps.
Foreign Government Obligations
. Debt securities issued by foreign governments are often, but
not always, supported by the full faith and credit of the foreign governments, or their
subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities, that issue them. These securities involve the risks
discussed above under Foreign Securities. Additionally, the issuer of the debt or the governmental
authorities that control repayment of the debt may be unwilling or unable to pay interest or repay
principal when due. Political or economic changes or the balance of trade may affect a countrys
willingness or ability to service its debt obligations. Periods of economic uncertainty may result
in the volatility of market prices of sovereign debt obligations, especially debt obligations
issued by the governments of developing countries. Foreign government obligations of developing
countries, and some structures of emerging market debt securities, both of which are generally
below investment grade, are sometimes referred to as Brady Bonds.
Foreign Bank Obligations
. Foreign bank obligations include certificates of deposit, bankers
acceptances and fixed time deposits and other obligations (a) denominated in U.S. dollars and
issued by a foreign branch of a domestic bank (Eurodollar Obligations), (b) denominated in U.S.
dollars and issued by a domestic branch of a foreign bank (Yankee dollar Obligations), and (c)
issued by foreign branches of foreign banks. Foreign banks are not generally subject to
examination by any U.S. Government agency or instrumentality.
Exchange-Traded Funds
Exchange-Traded Funds.
Most exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are registered under the 1940 Act
as investment companies. Therefore, a Funds purchase of shares of an ETF may be subject to the
restrictions on investments in other investment companies discussed under Other Investment
Companies. ETFs have management fees, which increase their cost. Each Fund may invest in
exchange-traded funds advised by unaffiliated advisers as well as exchange-traded funds advised by
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (PowerShares). Invesco, the Sub-Advisers and
PowerShares are affiliates of each other as they are all indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of
Invesco Ltd.
ETFs hold portfolios of securities, commodities and/or currencies that are designed to
replicate, as closely as possible before expenses, the price and/or yield of (i) a specified market
or other index, (ii) a basket of securities, commodities or currencies, or (iii) a particular
commodity or currency. The performance results of ETFs will not replicate exactly the performance
of the pertinent index, basket, commodity or currency due to transaction and other expenses,
including fees to service providers, borne by ETFs. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that
the portfolio of securities, commodities and/or currencies purchased by an ETF will replicate a
particular index or basket or price of a commodity or currency. ETF shares are sold and redeemed
at net asset value only in large blocks called creation units and redemption units, respectively.
ETF shares also may be purchased and sold in secondary market
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trading on national securities exchanges, which allows investors to purchase and sell ETF
shares at their market price throughout the day.
Investments in ETFs generally present the same primary risks as an investment in a
conventional mutual fund that has the same investment objective, strategy and policies.
Investments in ETFs further involve the same risks associated with a direct investment in the
commodity or currency, or in the types of securities, commodities and/or currencies included in the
indices or baskets the ETFs are designed to replicate. In addition, shares of an ETF may trade at
a market price that is higher or lower than their net asset value and an active trading market in
such shares may not develop or continue. Moreover, trading of an ETFs shares may be halted if the
listing exchanges officials deem such action to be appropriate, the shares are de-listed from the
exchange, or the activation of market-wide circuit breakers (which are tied to large decreases in
stock prices) halts stock trading generally.
Exchange-Traded Notes
Exchange-Traded Notes
. Exchange-traded notes (ETNs) are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated
debt securities whose returns are linked to the performance of a particular market benchmark or
strategy, minus applicable fees. ETNs are traded on an exchange (
e.g.
, the New York Stock Exchange)
during normal trading hours; however, investors can also hold the ETN until maturity. At maturity,
the issuer pays to the investor a cash amount equal to the principal amount, subject to the days
market benchmark or strategy factor. ETNs do not make periodic coupon payments or provide
principal protection. ETNs are subject to credit risk, including the credit risk of the issuer,
and the value of the ETN may drop due to a downgrade in the issuers credit rating, despite the
underlying market benchmark or strategy remaining unchanged. The value of an ETN may also be
influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of
liquidity in underlying assets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuers
credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced
underlying asset. When the Fund invests in ETNs (directly or through the Subsidiary) it will bear
its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by the ETN. A decision by the Fund or
Subsidiary to sell ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market. In
addition, although an ETN may be listed on an exchange, the issuer may not be required to maintain
the listing, and there can be no assurance that a secondary market will exist for an ETN.
ETNs are also subject to tax risk. No assurance can be given that the IRS will accept, or a
court will uphold, how the Fund or the Subsidiary characterizes and treats ETNs for tax purposes.
Further, the IRS and Congress are considering proposals that would change the timing and character
of income and gains from ETNs.
An ETN that is tied to a specific market benchmark or strategy may not be able to replicate
and maintain exactly the composition and relative weighting of securities, commodities or other
components in the applicable market benchmark or strategy. Some ETNs that use leverage can, at
times, be relatively illiquid, and thus they may be difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price.
Leveraged ETNs are subject to the same risk as other instruments that use leverage in any form.
The market value of ETNs may differ from their market benchmark or strategy. This difference
in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the market for ETNs at any point in
time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the securities, commodities
or other components underlying the market benchmark or strategy that the ETN seeks to track. As a
result, there may be times when an ETN trades at a premium or discount to its market benchmark or
strategy.
Debt Investments
U.S. Government Obligations.
U.S. Government obligations are obligations issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and include, among other
obligations, bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury, as well as stripped or zero
coupon U.S. Treasury obligations.
U.S. Government obligations may be (i) supported by the full faith and credit of
the U.S. Treasury, (ii) supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury,
(iii) supported by the
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discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the agencys obligations, or (iv)
supported only by the credit of the instrumentality. There is a risk that the U.S. Government may
choose not to provide financial support to U.S. Government-sponsored agencies or instrumentalities
if it is not legally obligated to do so. In that case, if the issuer were to default, a Portfolio
holding securities of such issuer might not be able to recover its investment from the U.S.
Government. For example, while the U.S. Government has recently provided financial support to
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(Freddie Mac), no assurance can be given that the U.S. Government will always do so, since the
U.S. Government is not so obligated by law. There also is no guarantee that the government would
support Federal Home Loan Banks. Accordingly, securities of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Federal
Home Loan Banks, and other agencies, may involve a risk of non-payment of principal and interest.
Inflation-Indexed Bonds.
Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed income securities whose principal
value is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. Two structures are common. The
U.S. Treasury and some other issuers use a structure that accrues inflation into the principal
value of the bond. Most other issuers pay out the CPI accruals as part of a semiannual coupon.
Inflation-indexed securities issued by the U.S. Treasury have maturities of five, ten or
thirty years, although it is possible that securities with other maturities will be issued in the
future. The U.S. Treasury securities pay interest on a semi-annual basis, equal to a fixed
percentage of the inflation-adjusted principal amount. For example, if an Underlying Fund purchased
an inflation-indexed bond with a par value of $1,000 and a 3% real rate of return coupon (payable
1.5% semi-annually), and inflation over the first six months were 1%, the mid-year par value of the
bond would be $1,010 and the first semi-annual interest payment would be $15.15 ($1,010 times
1.5%). If inflation during the second half of the year resulted in the whole years inflation
equaling 3%, the end-of-year par value of the bond would be $1,030 and the second semi-annual
interest payment would be $15.45 ($1,030 times 1.5%).
If the periodic adjustment rate measuring inflation falls, the principal value of
inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on these
securities (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. Repayment of
the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of
U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds, even during a period of deflation. However, the current
market value of the bonds is not guaranteed, and will fluctuate. Certain Underlying Funds may also
invest in other inflation related bonds which may or may not provide a similar guarantee. If a
guarantee of principal is not provided, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity
may be less than the original principal.
The value of inflation-indexed bonds is expected to change in response to changes in real
interest rates. Real interest rates in turn are tied to the relationship between nominal interest
rates and the rate of inflation. Therefore, if inflation were to rise at a faster rate than nominal
interest rates, real interest rates might decline, leading to an increase in value of
inflation-indexed bonds. In contrast, if nominal interest rates increased at a faster rate than
inflation, real interest rates might rise, leading to a decrease in value of inflation-indexed
bonds.
While these securities are expected to be protected from long-term inflationary trends,
short-term increases in inflation may lead to a decline in value. If interest rates rise due to
reasons other than inflation (for example, due to changes in currency exchange rates), investors in
these securities may not be protected to the extent that the increase is not reflected in the
bonds inflation measure.
The periodic adjustment of U.S. inflation-indexed bonds is tied to the Consumer Price Index
for Urban Consumers (CPI-U), which is calculated monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The CPI-U is a measurement of changes in the cost of living, made up of components such as housing,
food, transportation and energy. Inflation-indexed bonds issued by a foreign government are
generally adjusted to reflect a comparable inflation index, calculated by that government. There
can be no assurance that the CPI-U or any foreign inflation index will accurately measure the real
rate of inflation in the prices of goods and services. Moreover, there can be no assurance that the
rate of inflation in a foreign country will be correlated to the rate of inflation in the United
States.
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Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond will be considered taxable
ordinary income, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity.
Temporary Investments
. Each Fund (except Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund and Invesco Van
Kampen Tax Free Money Fund) may invest a portion of its assets in affiliated money market funds or
in the types of money market instruments in which those funds would invest or other short-term U.S.
Government securities for cash management purposes. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets
in investments that may be inconsistent with the Funds principal investment strategies for
temporary defensive purposes in anticipation of or in response to adverse market, economic,
political or other conditions, or atypical circumstances such as unusually large cash inflows or
redemptions. As a result, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.
Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund (collectively,
the Money Market Funds) may experience situations where they are unable to invest money that they
have received overnight such as when they receive cash inflows after the overnight repurchase
markets have closed. The Money Market Funds are permitted to leave balances in their accounts with
their custodian bank. To compensate the Money Market Funds for such activity, the Money Market
Funds may receive compensation from their custodian bank at an agreed upon rate.
Rule 2a-7 Requirements
As permitted by Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, the Money Market Funds seek to maintain a stable
price of $1.00 per share by using the amortized cost method to value portfolio securities and
rounding the share value to the nearest cent. Rule 2a-7 imposes requirements as to the
diversification of each Money Market Fund, quality of portfolio securities and maturity of the
Money Market Fund and of individual securities.
Diversification.
In summary, Rule 2a-7 requires that a Money Market Fund may not invest in
the securities of any issuer if, as a result, more than 5% of the Money Market Funds total assets
would be invested in that issuer; provided that, each Money Market Fund may invest up to 25% of its
total assets in the First Tier Securities of a single issuer for up to three business days after
acquisition. Certain securities are not subject to this diversification requirement. These
include: a security subject to a guarantee from a non-controlled person (as defined in Rule 2a-7)
of the issuer of the security; U.S. Government securities; certain repurchase agreements; and
shares of certain money market funds. Rule 2a-7 imposes a separate diversification test upon the
acquisition of a guarantee or demand feature. (A demand feature is, in summary, a right to sell a
security at a price equal to its approximate amortized cost plus accrued interest.)
For purposes of these diversification requirements with respect to issuers of Municipal
Securities (defined under the caption Municipal Securities), each state (including the District
of Columbia and Puerto Rico), territory and possession of the United States, each political
subdivision, agency, instrumentality, and authority thereof, and each multi-state agency of which a
state is a member is a separate issuer. When the assets and revenues of an agency, authority,
instrumentality, or other political subdivision are separate from the government creating the
subdivision and the security is backed only by assets and revenues of the subdivision, such
subdivision would be deemed to be the sole issuer. Similarly, in the case of an industrial
development bond or private activity bond, if such bond is backed only by the assets and revenues
of the non-governmental user, then such non-governmental user would be deemed to be the sole
issuer.
In summary, a First Tier Security is rated (or issued by an issuer that is rated) in the
highest short-term rating category by the Requisite NRSROs, or, if unrated, is determined by the
Money Market Funds Adviser (subject to oversight and pursuant to guidelines established by the
Board) to be of comparable quality to such a rated security. Securities issued by a registered
investment company that is a money market fund and U.S. Government securities are also considered
to be First Tier Securities. The term Requisite NRSRO means (a) any two nationally recognized
statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) that have issued a rating with respect to a security or
class of debt obligations of an issuer, or (b) if only one NRSRO has issued a rating with respect
to such security or issuer at the time a Money Market Fund acquires the security, that NRSRO.
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Quality.
The Money Market Funds may invest only in U.S. dollar-denominated securities that
the Money Market Funds Adviser (subject to oversight and pursuant to guidelines established by the
Board) determines present minimal credit risk and that are Eligible Securities as defined in Rule
2a-7. Rule 2a-7 defines an Eligible Security, in summary, as a security with a remaining maturity
of 397 calendar days or less that has been rated (or whose issuer has been rated) by the Requisite
NRSROs in one of the two highest short-term rating categories. Eligible Securities may also
include unrated securities determined by the Money Market Funds investment adviser (subject to
oversight and pursuant to guidelines established by the Board) to be of comparable quality to such
rated securities. The eligibility of a security with a guarantee may be determined based on
whether the guarantee is an Eligible Security.
The Money Market Funds will limit investments to those which are First Tier
Securities at the time of acquisition.
Maturity.
Under Rule 2a-7, each Money Market Fund may invest only in securities
having remaining maturities of 397 days or less and maintains a dollar weighted average portfolio
maturity of 90 days or less. The maturity of a security is determined in compliance with Rule 2a-7,
which permits, among other things, certain securities bearing adjustable interest rates to be
deemed to have a maturity shorter than their stated maturity.
Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities.
Mortgage-backed securities are mortgage-related
securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, or
issued by non-government entities. Mortgage-related securities represent ownership in pools of
mortgage loans assembled for sale to investors by various government agencies such as GNMA and
government-related organizations such as FNMA and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(FHLMC) , as well as by non-government issuers such as commercial banks, savings and loan
institutions, mortgage bankers and private mortgage insurance companies. Although certain
mortgage-related securities are guaranteed by a third party or otherwise similarly secured, the
market value of the security, which may fluctuate, is not so secured. These securities differ from
conventional bonds in that the principal is paid back to the investor as payments are made on the
underlying mortgages in the pool. Accordingly, a Fund receives monthly scheduled payments of
principal and interest along with any unscheduled principal prepayments on the underlying
mortgages. Because these scheduled and unscheduled principal payments must be reinvested at
prevailing interest rates, mortgage-backed securities do not provide an effective means of locking
in long-term interest rates for the investor.
In addition, there are a number of important differences among the agencies and
instrumentalities of the U.S. Government that issue mortgage-related securities and among the
securities they issue. Mortgage-related securities issued by GNMA include GNMA Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates (also known as Ginnie Maes) which are guaranteed as to the timely
payment of principal and interest. That guarantee is backed by the full faith and credit of the
U.S. Treasury. GNMA is a corporation wholly owned by the U.S. Government within the Department of
Housing and Urban Development. Mortgage-related securities issued by FNMA include FNMA Guaranteed
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (also known as Fannie Maes) and are guaranteed as to payment
of principal and interest by FNMA itself and backed by a line of credit with the U.S. Treasury.
FNMA is a government-sponsored entity wholly owned by public stockholders. Mortgage-related
securities issued by FHLMC include FHLMC Mortgage Participation Certificates (also known as
Freddie Macs) guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by FHLMC itself and backed by a
line of credit with the U.S. Treasury. FHLMC is a government-sponsored entity wholly owned by
public stockholders.
In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) placed FNMA and Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) into conservatorship, and FHFA succeeded to all rights, titles,
powers and privileges of FNMA and FHLMC. The U.S. Treasury entered into a Senior Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement with each of FNMA and FHLMC pursuant to which the U.S. Treasury will purchase up
to an aggregate of $200 billion of each of FNMA and FHLMC to maintain a positive net worth in each
enterprise; this agreement contains various covenants that severely limit each enterprises
operation. The U.S. Treasury also announced the creation of a new secured lending facility that is
available to FNMA and FHLMC as a liquidity backstop and announced the creation of a temporary
program to purchase mortgage-backed securities issued by FNMA and FHLMC. FHFA has the power to
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repudiate any contract entered into by FNMA or FHLMC prior to FHFAs appointment if FHFA
determines that performance of the contract is burdensome and the repudiation of the contract
promotes the orderly administration of FNMAs or FHLMCs affairs. FHFA has indicated that it has
no intention to repudiate the guaranty obligations of FNMA or FHLMC. FHFA also has the right to
transfer or sell any asset or liability of FNMA or FHLMC without any approval, assignment or
consent, although FHFA has stated that is has no present intention to do so. In addition, holders
of mortgage-backed securities issued by FNMA and FHLMC may not enforce certain rights related to
such securities against FHFA, or the enforcement of such rights may be delayed, during the
conservatorship.
Asset-backed securities are structured like mortgage-backed securities, but instead of
mortgage loans or interests in mortgage loans, the underlying assets may include such items as
motor vehicle installment sales contracts or installment loan contracts, leases of various types of
real and personal property, and receivables from credit card agreements and from sales of personal
property. Regular payments received on asset-backed securities include both interest and
principal. Asset-backed securities typically have no U.S. Government backing. Additionally, the
ability of an issuer of asset-backed securities to enforce its security interest in the underlying
assets may be limited.
If a Fund purchases a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed security at a premium, the premium
may be lost if there is a decline in the market value of the security whether resulting from
changes in interest rates or prepayments in the underlying collateral. As with other
interest-bearing securities, the prices of such securities are inversely affected by changes in
interest rates. Although the value of a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed security may decline
when interest rates rise, the converse is not necessarily true, since in periods of declining
interest rates the mortgages and loans underlying the securities are prone to prepayment, thereby
shortening the average life of the security and shortening the period of time over which income at
the higher rate is received. When interest rates are rising, the rate of prepayment tends to
decrease, thereby lengthening the period of time over which income at the lower rate is received.
For these and other reasons, a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed securitys average maturity
may be shortened or lengthened as a result of interest rate fluctuations and, therefore, it is not
possible to predict accurately the securitys return. In addition, while the trading market for
short-term mortgages and asset-backed securities is ordinarily quite liquid, in times of financial
stress the trading market for these securities may become restricted.
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs).
A CMO is a hybrid between a mortgage-backed
bond and a mortgage pass-through security. A CMO is a type of mortgage-backed security that
creates separate classes with varying maturities and interest rates, called tranches. Similar to a
bond, interest and prepaid principal is paid, in most cases, semiannually. CMOs may be
collateralized by whole mortgage loans, but are more typically collateralized by portfolios of
mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed by GNMA, FHLMC, or FNMA, and their income streams.
CMOs are structured into multiple classes, each bearing a different fixed or floating interest
rate and stated maturity. Actual maturity and average life will depend upon the prepayment
experience of the collateral. CMOs provide for a modified form of call protection through a de
facto breakdown of the underlying pool of mortgages according to how quickly the loans are repaid.
Monthly payment of principal received from the pool of underlying mortgages, including prepayments,
is first returned to investors holding the shortest maturity class. Investors holding the longer
maturity classes receive principal only after the first class has been retired. An investor is
partially guarded against a sooner than desired return of principal because of the sequential
payments.
In a typical CMO transaction, a corporation (issuer) issues multiple series (e.g., Series A,
B, C and Z) of CMO bonds (Bonds). Proceeds of the Bond offering are used to purchase mortgages
or mortgage pass-through certificates (Collateral). The Collateral is pledged to a third party
trustee as security for the Bonds. Principal and interest payments from the Collateral are used to
pay principal on the Bonds in the following order: Series A, B, C and Z. The Series A, B, and C
Bonds all bear current interest. Interest on a Series Z Bond is accrued and added to principal and
a like amount is paid as principal on the Series A, B, or C Bond currently being paid off. Only
after the Series A, B, and C Bonds are paid in full does the Series Z Bond begin to receive
payment
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With some CMOs, the issuer serves as
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a conduit to allow loan originators (primarily builders or savings and loan associations) to
borrow against their loan portfolios.
CMOs that are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or by any of its agencies or
instrumentalities will be considered U.S. Government securities by the Funds, while other CMOs,
even if collateralized by U.S. Government securities, will have the same status as other privately
issued securities for purposes of applying the Funds diversification tests.
FHLMC CMOs are debt obligations of FHLMC issued in multiple classes having different maturity
dates which are secured by the pledge of a pool of conventional mortgage loans purchased by FHLMC.
Payments of principal and interest on the FHLMC CMOs are made semiannually. The amount of
principal payable on each semiannual payment date is determined in accordance with FHLMCs
mandatory sinking fund schedule, which, in turn, is equal to approximately 100% of FHA prepayment
experience applied to the mortgage collateral pool. All sinking fund payments in the FHLMC CMOs
are allocated to the retirement of the individual classes of bonds in the order of their stated
maturities. Payment of principal on the mortgage loans in the collateral pool in excess of the
amount of FHLMCs minimum sinking fund obligation for any payment date are paid to the holders of
the FHLMC CMOs as additional sinking fund payments. Because of the pass-through nature of all
principal payments received on the collateral pool in excess of FHLMCs minimum sinking fund
requirement, the rate at which principal of the FHLMC CMOs is actually repaid is likely to be such
that each class of bonds will be retired in advance of its scheduled maturity date. If collection
of principal (including prepayments) on the mortgage loans during any semiannual payment period is
not sufficient to meet FHLMC CMOs minimum sinking fund obligation on the next sinking fund payment
date, FHLMC agrees to make up the deficiency from its general funds.
Classes of CMOs may also include interest only (IOs) and principal only (POs). IOs and POs
are stripped mortgage-backed securities representing interests in a pool of mortgages the cash flow
from which has been separated into interest and principal components. IOs (interest only
securities) receive the interest portion of the cash flow while POs (principal only securities)
receive the principal portion. IOs and POs can be extremely volatile in response to changes in
interest rates. As interest rates rise and fall, the value of IOs tends to move in the same
direction as interest rates. POs perform best when prepayments on the underlying mortgages rise
since this increases the rate at which the investment is returned and the yield to maturity on the
PO. When payments on mortgages underlying a PO are slow, the life of the PO is lengthened and the
yield to maturity is reduced.
CMOs are generally subject to the same risks as mortgage-backed securities. In addition, CMOs
may be subject to credit risk because the issuer or credit enhancer has defaulted on its
obligations and a Fund may not receive all or part of its principal. Obligations issued by U.S.
Government-related entities are guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest, but are not
backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The performance of private label
mortgage-backed securities, issued by private institutions, is based on the financial health of
those institutions. Although GNMA guarantees timely payment of GNMA certificates even if
homeowners delay or default, tracking the pass-through payments may, at times, be difficult.
Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs).
A CDO is a security backed by a pool of bonds,
loans and other debt obligations. CDOs are not limited to investing in one type of debt and
accordingly, a CDO may own corporate bonds, commercial loans, asset-backed securities, residential
mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and emerging market debt. The
CDOs securities are typically divided into several classes, or bond tranches, that have differing
levels of investment grade or credit tolerances. Most CDO issues are structured in a way that
enables the senior bond classes and mezzanine classes to receive investment-grade credit ratings.
Credit risk is shifted to the most junior class of securities. If any defaults occur in the assets
backing a CDO, the senior bond classes are first in line to receive principal and interest
payments, followed by the mezzanine classes and finally by the lowest rated (or non-rated) class,
which is known as the equity tranche. Similar in structure to a collateralized mortgage obligation
(described above) CDOs are unique in that they represent different types of debt and credit risk.
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Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs).
CLOs are debt instruments backed solely by a pool
of other debt securities. The risks of an investment in a CLO depend largely on the type of the
collateral securities and the class of the CLO in which a Fund invests. Some CLOs have credit
ratings, but are typically issued in various classes with various priorities. Normally, CLOs are
privately offered and sold (that is, they are not registered under the securities laws) and may be
characterized by a Fund as illiquid securities; however, an active dealer market may exist for CLOs
that qualify for Rule 144A transactions. In addition to the normal interest rate, default and
other risks of fixed income securities, CLOs carry additional risks, including the possibility that
distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments,
the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default, a Fund may invest in CLOs that are
subordinate to other classes, values may be volatile, and disputes with the issuer may produce
unexpected investment results.
Credit Linked Notes (CLNs).
A CLN is a security with an embedded credit default swap
allowing the issuer to transfer a specific credit risk to credit investors.
CLNs are created through a Special Purpose Company (SPC), or trust, which is collateralized
with AAA-rated securities. The CLNs price or coupon is linked to the performance of the reference
asset of the second party. Generally, the CLN holder receives either fixed or floating coupon rate
during the life of the CLN and par at maturity. The cash flows are dependent on specified
credit-related events. Should the second party default or declare bankruptcy, the CLN holder will
receive an amount equivalent to the recovery rate. In return for these risks, the CLN holder
receives a higher yield. The Fund bears the risk of default by the second party and any unforeseen
movements in the reference asset, which could lead to loss of principal and receipt of interest
payments. As with most derivative instruments, valuation of a CLN may be difficult due to the
complexity of the security.
Bank Instruments.
Bank instruments are unsecured interest bearing bank deposits. Bank
instruments include, but are not limited to, certificates of deposits, time deposits, and bankers
acceptances from U.S. or foreign banks as well as Eurodollar certificates of deposit (Eurodollar
CDs) and Eurodollar time deposits (Eurodollar time deposits) of foreign branches of domestic
banks. Some certificates of deposit are negotiable interest-bearing instruments with a specific
maturity issued by banks and savings and loan institutions in exchange for the deposit of funds,
and can typically be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity. Other certificates of
deposit, like time deposits, are non-negotiable receipts issued by a bank in exchange for the
deposit of funds which earns a specified rate of interest over a definite period of time; however,
it cannot be traded in the secondary market. A bankers acceptance is a bill of exchange or time
draft drawn on and accepted by a commercial bank.
An investment in Eurodollar CDs or Eurodollar time deposits may involve some of the same risks
that are described for Foreign Securities.
Commercial Instruments.
Commercial instruments include commercial paper, master notes and
other short-term corporate instruments, that are denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currencies.
Commercial instruments are a type of instrument issued by large banks and corporations to
raise money to meet their short term debt obligations, and are only backed by the issuing bank or
corporations promise to pay the face amount on the maturity date specified on the note. Commercial
paper consists of short-term promissory notes issued by corporations. Commercial paper may be
traded in the secondary market after its issuance. Master notes are demand notes that permit the
investment of fluctuating amounts of money at varying rates of interest pursuant to arrangements
with issuers who meet the credit quality criteria of the Funds. The interest rate on a master note
may fluctuate based on changes in specified interest rates or may be reset periodically according
to a prescribed formula or may be a set rate. Although there is no secondary market in master
demand notes, if such notes have a demand feature, the payee may demand payment of the principal
amount of the note upon relatively short notice. Master notes are generally illiquid and therefore
subject to the Funds percentage limitations for investments in illiquid securities. Commercial
instruments may not be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Synthetic Municipal Instruments.
Synthetic municipal instruments are instruments, the value
of and return on which are derived from underlying securities. Synthetic municipal instruments
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tender option bonds and variable rate trust certificates. Both types of instruments involve
the deposit into a trust or custodial account of one or more long-term tax-exempt bonds or notes
(Underlying Bonds), and the sale of certificates evidencing interests in the trust or custodial
account to investors such as the Fund. The trustee or custodian receives the long-term fixed rate
interest payments on the Underlying Bonds, and pays certificate holders short-term floating or
variable interest rates which are reset periodically. A tender option bond provides a
certificate holder with the conditional right to sell its certificate to the sponsor or some
designated third party at specified intervals and receive the par value of the certificate plus
accrued interest (a demand feature). A variable rate trust certificate evidences an interest in
a trust entitling the certificate holder to receive variable rate interest based on prevailing
short-term interest rates and also typically provides the certificate holder with the conditional
demand feature the right to tender its certificate at par value plus accrued interest.
Typically, a certificate holder cannot exercise the demand feature until the occurrence of
certain conditions, such as where the issuer of the Underlying Bond defaults on interest payments.
Moreover, because synthetic municipal instruments involve a trust or custodial account and a third
party conditional demand feature, they involve complexities and potential risks that may not be
present where a municipal security is owned directly.
The tax-exempt character of the interest paid to certificate holders is based on the
assumption that the holders have an ownership interest in the Underlying Bonds; however, the IRS
has not issued a ruling addressing this issue. In the event the IRS issues an adverse ruling or
successfully litigates this issue, it is possible that the interest paid to the Fund on certain
synthetic municipal instruments would be deemed to be taxable. The Fund relies on opinions of
special tax counsel on this ownership question and opinions of bond counsel regarding the
tax-exempt character of interest paid on the Underlying Bonds.
Municipal Securities.
Municipal Securities include debt obligations of states, territories or
possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions,
agencies and instrumentalities, issued to obtain funds for various public purposes, including the
construction of a wide range of public facilities such as airports, bridges, highways, housing,
hospitals, mass transportation, schools, streets and water and sewer works. Other public purposes
for which Municipal Securities may be issued include the refunding of outstanding obligations,
obtaining funds for general operating expenses and lending such funds to other public institutions
and facilities.
The principal and interest payments for industrial development bonds or pollution control
bonds are often the sole responsibility of the industrial user and therefore may not be backed by
the taxing power of the issuing municipality. The interest paid on such bonds may be exempt from
federal income tax, although current federal tax laws place substantial limitations on the purposes
and size of such issues. Such obligations are considered to be Municipal Securities provided that
the interest paid thereon, in the opinion of bond counsel, qualifies as exempt from federal income
tax. However, interest on Municipal Securities may give rise to a federal alternative minimum tax
(AMT) liability and may have other collateral federal income tax consequences. There is a risk
that some or all of the interest received by the Fund from tax-exempt Municipal Securities might
become taxable as a result of tax law changes or determinations of the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS). See Dividends, Distributions and Tax Matters Tax Matters.
The two major classifications of Municipal Securities are bonds and notes. Bonds may be
further classified as general obligation or revenue issues. General obligation bonds are
secured by the issuers pledge of its full faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of
principal and interest. Revenue bonds are payable from the revenues derived from a particular
facility or class of facilities, and in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other
specific revenue source, but not from the general taxing power. Tax-exempt industrial development
bonds are in most cases revenue bonds and do not generally carry the pledge of the credit of the
issuing municipality. Notes are short-term instruments which usually mature in less than two
years. Most notes are general obligations of the issuing municipalities or agencies and are sold
in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues.
Municipal Securities also include the following securities:
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governmental issuers which are sold to obtain interim financing for projects that will
eventually be funded through the sale of long-term debt obligations or bonds.
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Tax Anticipation Notes are issued by state and local governments to finance the
current operations of such governments. Repayment is generally to be derived from
specific future tax revenues. Tax anticipation notes are usually general obligations
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Revenue Anticipation Notes are issued by governments or governmental bodies with the
expectation that future revenues from a designated source will be used to repay the
notes. In general, they also constitute general obligations of the issuer.
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paper, except that tax-exempt commercial paper is issued by states, municipalities and
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Certain Funds also may purchase participation interests or custodial receipts from financial
institutions. These participation interests give the purchaser an undivided interest in one or
more underlying Municipal Securities.
After purchase by a Fund, an issue of Municipal Securities may cease to be rated by Moodys
Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) or Standard and Poors Ratings Services (S&P), or another
nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), or the rating of such a security
may be reduced below the minimum credit quality rating required for purchase by the Fund. Neither
event would require the Fund to dispose of the security. To the extent that the ratings applied by
Moodys, S&P or another NRSRO to Municipal Securities may change as a result of changes in these
rating systems, the Fund will attempt to use comparable credit quality ratings as standards for its
investments in Municipal Securities.
The Funds may invest in Municipal Securities that are insured by financial insurance
companies. Since a limited number of entities provide such insurance, the Fund may invest more
than 25% of its assets in securities insured by the same insurance company. If a Fund invests in
Municipal Securities backed by insurance companies and other financial institutions, changes in the
financial condition of these institutions could cause losses to the Fund and affect share price.
Taxable municipal securities are debt securities issued by or on behalf of states and their
political subdivisions, the District of Columbia, and possessions of the United States, the
interest on which is not exempt from federal income tax.
The yields on Municipal Securities are dependent on a variety of factors, including general
economic and monetary conditions, money market factors, conditions of the Municipal Securities
market, size of a particular offering, and maturity and rating of the obligation. Because many
Municipal Securities are issued to finance similar projects, especially those related to education,
health care, transportation and various utilities, conditions in those sectors and the financial
condition of an individual municipal issuer can affect the overall municipal market. The market
values of the Municipal Securities held by the Fund will be affected by changes in the yields
available on similar securities. If yields increase following the purchase of a Municipal
Security, the market value of such Municipal Security will generally decrease. Conversely, if
yields decrease, the market value of a Municipal Security will generally increase.
Municipal Lease Obligations.
Municipal lease obligations, a type of Municipal Security, may
take the form of a lease, an installment purchase contract or a conditional sales contract.
Municipal lease obligations are issued by state and local governments and authorities to acquire
land, equipment and facilities such as state and municipal vehicles, telecommunications and
computer equipment, and other capital assets. Interest payments on qualifying municipal lease
obligations are generally exempt from federal income taxes.
Municipal lease obligations are generally subject to greater risks than general obligation or
revenue bonds. State laws set forth requirements that states or municipalities must meet in order
to issue municipal obligations, and such obligations may contain a covenant by the issuer to budget
for, appropriate, and make payments due under the obligation. However, certain municipal lease
obligations may contain non-appropriation clauses which provide that the issuer is not obligated
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on the obligation in future years unless funds have been appropriated for this purpose each
year. If not enough money is appropriated to make the lease payments, the leased property may be
repossessed as security for holders of the municipal lease obligation. In such an event, there is
no assurance that the propertys private sector or re-leasing value will be enough to make all
outstanding payments on the municipal lease obligation or that the payments will continue to be
tax-free. Additionally, it may be difficult to dispose of the underlying capital asset in the
event of non-appropriation or other default. Direct investments by the Fund in municipal lease
obligations may be deemed illiquid and therefore subject to the Funds percentage limitations for
investments in illiquid securities and the risks of holding illiquid securities.
Special Risk Considerations Regarding California Municipal Securities.
Except during
temporary periods, the Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund will invest substantially all of its
assets in California municipal securities. The portfolio of the Fund may include securities issued
by the State of California (the State), by its various public bodies (the Agencies) and/or by
other municipal entities located within the State (securities of all such entities are referred to
herein as California municipal securities). In addition, the specific California municipal
securities in which the Fund will invest will change from time to time. The Fund is therefore
susceptible to political, economic, regulatory or other factors affecting issuers of California
municipal securities. The following information constitutes only a brief summary of a number of
the complex factors which may impact issuers of California municipal securities and does not
purport to be a complete or exhaustive description of all adverse conditions to which issuers of
California municipal securities may be subject. Such information is derived from official
statements utilized in connection with the issuance of California municipal securities, as well as
from other publicly available documents. Such an official statement, together with any updates or
supplements thereto, generally may be obtained upon request to the Treasurers office of the State.
Such information has not been independently verified by the Fund and the Fund assumes no
responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of such information. The summary below does not
include all of the information pertaining to the budget, receipts and disbursements of the State
that would ordinarily be included in various public documents issued thereby, such as an official
statement prepared in connection with the issuance of general obligation bonds of the State.
Additionally, many factors, including national, economic, social and environmental policies and
conditions, which are not within the control of such issuers, could have an adverse impact on the
financial condition of such issuers. The Fund cannot predict whether or to what extent such
factors or other factors may affect the issuers of California municipal securities, the market
value or marketability of such securities or the ability of the respective issuers of such
securities acquired by the Fund to pay interest on or principal of such securities. The
creditworthiness of obligations issued by local California issuers may be unrelated to the
creditworthiness of obligations issued by the State, and there is no assurance on the part of the
State to make payments on such local obligations. There may be specific factors that are
applicable in connection with investment in the obligations of particular issuers located within
California, and it is possible the Fund will invest in obligations of particular issuers as to
which such specific factors are applicable. However, the information set forth below is intended
only as a general summary and not as a discussion of any specific factors that may affect any
particular issuer of California municipal securities.
General Economic Conditions
Californias economy, the largest among the 50 states and one of the largest in the world, has
major components in high technology, trade, entertainment, agriculture, manufacturing, tourism,
construction and services. The relative proportion of the various components of the California
economy closely resembles the make-up of the national economy. Since the start of 2008, California,
as the rest of the nation, has been experiencing the most significant economic downturn since the
Great Depression of the 1930s, marked in California by high unemployment, steep contraction in
housing construction and home values, a drop in statewide assessed valuation of property for the
first time on record, a year-over-year decline in personal income in the state for the first time
in 60 years, and a sharp drop in taxable sales. The weakness in the state economy has caused state
tax revenues to decline precipitously, resulting in large budget gaps and cash shortfalls.
California is by far the most populous state in the nation, almost 60 percent larger than the
second-ranked state according to the 2000 U.S. Census. The states July 1, 2008 population of about
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38.1 million represented over 12 percent of the total United States population. Californias
population is concentrated in metropolitan areas. In May 2009, the Department of Finance projected
that the California economy would contract sharply in calendar year 2009 and grow slowly in 2010,
with the states unemployment rate increasing in both years. The national and California economies
have slowed further since May 2009, although there have been an increasing number of signs that the
rate of decline is moderating. As of September 2009, unemployment in the state was 12.2 percent
compared to 7.8 percent in September 2008. The U.S. unemployment rate for September 2009 was 9.8
percent.
Personal income fell in the state in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first two quarters of
2009 but the rate of contraction declined in the most recent quarter. Taxable sales fell sharply in
the first half of 2009. The total assessed valuation of property in the state is lower in fiscal
year 2009-10 than it was in the prior fiscal year. This is the first year-to year decline in the
statewide total since the state began keeping records in 1933.
A housing downturn that began in California in the fall of 2005 and worsened in 2006 and 2007
was instrumental in slowing average monthly job growth from 27,300 in 2005 to 5,400 in 2007 to a
negative (job loss) of 38,500 per month in 2008. Californias housing sector is showing some signs
of recovery. Prices of existing homes increased for the sixth consecutive month in August 2009,
unsold inventory has declined, and the number of days needed to sell a home has fallen. However,
additional foreclosures may result from the resetting of adjustable rates on Alt-A and other
adjustable rate mortgages between 2010 and 2013. The impact of the resetting may be mitigated by
the fact that the resets are spread out over multiple years, and may be further mitigated if
mortgage interest rates remain low. The value of private-sector nonresidential building for which
permits were issued in the first seven months of 2009 was down sharply from a year ago.
Made-in-California exports were down 23 percent from their year-ago level in the first half of
2009. The decline was widely spread across countries, reflecting the global nature of the economic
downturn. Large declines in technology and machinery exports were instrumental in the decline.
State Government
The State Constitution provides for three separate branches of government: the legislative,
the judicial and the executive. The Constitution guarantees the electorate the right to make basic
decisions, including amending the Constitution and local government charters. In addition, the
State voters may directly influence State government through the initiative, referendum and recall
processes.
Local Governments
The primary units of local government in California are the counties, which range in
population from approximately 1,200 in Alpine County to approximately 10 million in Los Angeles
County. Counties are responsible for the provision of many basic services, including indigent
health care, welfare, jails, and public safety in unincorporated areas. There are also 480
incorporated cities and thousands of special districts formed for education, utilities, and other
services. The fiscal condition of local governments has been constrained since Proposition 13,
which added Article XIII A to the State Constitution (Proposition 13), was approved by California
voters in 1978. Proposition 13 reduced and limited the future growth of property taxes and limited
the ability of local governments to impose special taxes (those devoted to a specific purpose)
without two-thirds voter approval. Proposition 218, another constitutional amendment enacted by
initiative in 1996, further limited the ability of local governments to raise taxes, fees, and
other exactions. Counties, in particular, have had fewer options to raise revenues than many other
local government entities, while they have been required to maintain many services.
In the aftermath of Proposition 13, California provided aid to local governments from the
General Fund; however, during the recession of the early 1990s, the Legislature reduced the
post-Proposition 13 aid to local government entities other than K-12 schools and community
colleges, but provided additional revenue sources, such as sales taxes and reduced certain mandates
for local services. The 2004 Budget Act, related legislation and the enactment of Senate
Constitutional Amendment No. 4 dramatically changed the state-local fiscal relationship. These
statutory and constitutional changes implemented an agreement negotiated between the Governor and
local government officials in connection with the 2004 Budget Act. Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 4 (also known as Proposition 1A), approved by the
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voters in the November 2004 election, amended Californias Constitution to, among other things,
reduce the Legislatures authority over local government revenue sources by placing restrictions on
the states access to local governments property, safes, and vehicle license fee revenues as of
November 3, 2004. Beginning with fiscal year 2008-09, the state will be able to borrow up to 8
percent of local property tax revenues, but only if the Governor proclaims such action is necessary
due to a severe state fiscal hardship and two-thirds of both houses of the Legislature approve the
borrowing. The amount borrowed is required to be paid back within three years. The state also will
not be able to borrow from local property tax revenues for more than two fiscal years within a
period of 10 fiscal years. In addition, the state cannot reduce the local sales tax rate or
restrict the authority of local governments to impose or change the distribution of the statewide
local sales tax.
State Finances
The moneys of the State are segregated into the General Fund and over 1000 other funds,
including special, bond and trust funds. The General Fund consists of revenues received by the
State Treasury and is not required by law to be credited to any fund and earnings from the
investment of State moneys not allocable to another Fund. The General Fund is the principal
operating fund for the majority of governmental activities and is the depository of most of the
major revenue sources of the State.
The following is a summary of the States major revenue sources:
Personal Income Tax
. The California personal income tax, modeled after the federal
income tax laws, accounts for a significant portion of General Fund tax revenues. It is imposed on
net taxable income (gross income less exclusions and deductions), with rates ranging from 1.25% to
9.55% for tax years 2009 and 2010. The personal income tax is adjusted annually by the change in
the consumer price index. Taxpayers may be subject to an alternative minimum tax (AMT), similar
to the federal AMT. In addition, Proposition 63, approved by the voters in the November 2004
election, imposes a 1% surcharge on taxpayers with taxable income over $1 million. The proceeds of
the tax surcharge are required to be used to expand county mental health programs. The personal
income tax structure is considered to be highly progressive. Taxes on capital gains realizations
and stock options, which are largely linked to stock market performance, can add a significant
dimension of volatility to personal income tax receipts. Capital gains and stock option tax
receipts have accounted for as much as 24.7% or as little as 7.3% of General Fund revenues in
recent periods. The 2009-10 Governors Proposed Budget estimates capital gains as a percent of the
General Fund will represent about 11.5% of General Fund revenues for 2007-08, with a projected 55%
decline for 2008-09 to 5.6% and another 10% decline to 4.7% in 2009-10.
Sales Tax
. The sales tax is imposed upon retailers for the privilege of selling
tangible personal property in California. Most retail sales and leases are subject to the tax.
However, exemptions have been provided for certain essentials such as food for home consumption,
prescription drugs, gas delivered through mains and electricity. Other exemptions provide relief
for a variety of sales ranging from custom computer software to aircraft. As of January 1, 2009,
the breakdown of the state and local tax rates is as follows: 5% imposed as a State of California
General Fund tax; 0.5% dedicated to local government for health and welfare program realignment
(Local Revenue Fund); 0.5% dedicated to local governments for public safety services (Local Public
Safety Fund); up to 1% local tax imposed by city and county ordinance for general-purpose use;
0.25% dedicated to county transportation purposes and 0.75% for city and county general-purpose
use; 0.25% deposited into the Economic Recovery Fund to repay the State of Californias economic
recovery bonds; and up to 2.0% for local transactions and use taxes. Senate Constitutional
Amendment No. 4, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A in the November 2004 election, amended
the State of Californias Constitution to, among other things, reduce the Legislatures authority
over local government revenue sources by restricting the State of California from lowering the
local sales tax rate or changing the allocation of local sales tax revenues without meeting certain
conditions.
Corporation Tax
. The States corporate tax revenue is derived from franchise tax,
corporate income tax, additional taxes on banks and other financial corporations, an AMT similar to
the federal AMT and a tax on the profits of Sub-Chapter S corporations.
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Insurance Tax
. The majority of insurance written in California, subject to certain
exceptions, is subject to a 2.35% gross premium tax.
Estate Tax; Other Taxes
. The California estate tax is based on the state death tax
credit allowed against the federal estate tax and is designed to pick up the maximum credit allowed
against the federal estate tax return. The federal Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act of 2001 phases out the federal estate tax by 2010. The provisions of this federal act sunset
after 2010. At that time, the federal estate tax will be reinstated along with Californias estate
tax, unless future federal legislation is enacted to make the provisions permanent. Other sources
of General Fund revenue include inheritance and gift taxes, cigarette taxes, alcoholic beverage
taxes, horse racing license fees and trailer coach license fees.
State Budget Process
The States fiscal year begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th of the following year. Under
the State Constitution, money may be drawn from the Treasury only through an appropriation made by
law. The primary source of the annual expenditure is the annual Budget Act as approved by the
Legislature and signed by the Governor. The annual budget is proposed by the Governor by January
10 of each year for the next fiscal year (the Governors Budget). State law requires the annual
proposed Governors Budget to provide for projected revenues equal to or in excess of projected
expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. Following the submission of the Governors Budget, the
Legislature takes up the proposal. During late spring, usually in May, the Department of Finance
submits revised revenue and expenditure estimates for both the current and budget years to the
Legislature. This update process is referred to as the May Revision. The Budget Act, which
follows the May Revision, must be approved by a two-thirds majority vote of each House of the
Legislature.
Appropriations also may be included in legislation other than the Budget Act. With limited
exceptions, bills containing General Fund appropriations must be approved by a two-thirds majority
vote in each House of the Legislature and be signed by the Governor. Continuing appropriations,
available without regard to fiscal year, may also be provided by statute or the State Constitution.
The Governor may reduce or eliminate specific line items in the Budget Act or any other
appropriations bill without vetoing the entire bill. Such individual line-item vetoes are subject
to override by a two-thirds majority vote of each House of the Legislature.
The Balanced Budget Amendment (Proposition 58) beginning with fiscal year 2004-2005 requires
the State to enact a balanced budget, establishes a special reserve in the General Fund, restricts
future borrowings to cover budget deficits, and provides for mid-year budget adjustments in the
event that the budget falls out of balance. The Legislature may not pass a budget bill in which
General Fund expenditures exceed estimated General Fund revenues and fund balances at the time of
passage and as set forth in the budget bill. As a result of the requirements of Proposition 58,
the State would, in some cases, have to take more immediate actions to correct budgetary shortfalls
Proposition 58 also prohibits certain future borrowings to cover budget deficits. These
restrictions apply to general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and certain other forms of long-term
borrowings, but do not apply to certain short-term and inter-fund borrowings.
In addition to Proposition 58, a number of other laws and constitutional amendments have been
enacted over the years, often through voter initiatives, which have made it more difficult to raise
State taxes, have restricted the use of State General Fund or special fund revenues, or have
otherwise limited the Legislature and Governors discretion in enacting budgets. Examples of
constraints on the budget process include Proposition 13 (requiring a two-thirds vote in each House
of the Legislature to change State taxes enacted for the purpose of increasing revenues collected),
Proposition 98 (requiring a minimum percentage of General Fund revenues be spent on local
education), Proposition 49 (requiring expanded State funding for before and after school programs),
Proposition 10 (raising taxes on tobacco products but mandating the expenditure of such revenues)
and Proposition 63 (imposing a 1% tax surcharge on taxpayers with annual taxable income of more
than $1 million in order to fund mental health services and limiting the Legislature or Governor
from redirecting funds now used for mental health
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services) and Proposition 1A (placing restrictions on Californias access to local
governments property, sales and vehicle license fee revenues).
Current State Budget
The Legislature and the Governor have had to adopt three major budget plans, covering both the
2008-09 and 2009-10 fiscal years, in less than 11 months, in response to continuing deterioration
in the states fiscal condition. In the course of adopting these three budget plans, the
Legislature enacted some $60 billion in budget solutions, including some revenue increases and
borrowing from local governments and other state funds, but consisting primarily of expenditure
reductions which have affected almost all parts of state government, education, social services and
other programs funded by the state. Expenditures have been reduced from $103.4 billion for 2008-09
in the original 2008-09 Budget Act adopted in September 2008, to $84.6 billion for 2009-10 in the
final version of the 2009-10 Budget Act adopted in July 2009. Likewise, the projected annual
General Fund revenues have dropped from an estimated $102 billion for the 2008-09 budget year, in
September 2008, to a projected $89.5 billion for the 2009-10 budget year, in July 2009 (and this
latter figure includes several billion dollars of new temporary tax increases enacted in February
and July 2009).
The above discussion of the fiscal year 2009-10 is based on estimates and projections of
revenues and expenditures for the current fiscal year and must not be construed as statements of
fact. These estimates and projections are based upon various assumptions, which may be affected by
numerous factors, including future economic conditions in the State and the nation, and there can
be no assurance that the estimates will be achieved.
State Indebtedness and Other Obligations
The State Treasurer is responsible for the sale of debt obligations of the State and its
various authorities and agencies. Current State debt obligations include:
General Obligation Bonds
. The State Constitution prohibits the creation of general
obligation indebtedness of the State unless a bond measure is approved by a majority of the
electorate voting at a general election or direct primary. General obligation bond acts provide
that debt service on general obligation bonds shall be appropriated annually from the General Fund
and all debt service on general obligation bonds is paid from the General Fund.
Under the State Constitution, debt service on general obligation bonds is the second charge to
the General Fund after the application of moneys in the General Fund to the support of the public
school system and public institutions of higher education. Certain general obligation bond
programs receive revenues from sources other than the sale of bonds or the investment of bond
proceeds. As of October 1, 2009, the state had outstanding $68,362,254,045 aggregate principal
amount of long-term general obligation bonds, of which $58,532,634,045 were payable primarily from
the states General Fund, and $9,829,620,000 were self-liquidating bonds payable first from other
special revenue funds. As of October 1, 2009, there were unused voter authorizations for the future
issuance of $54,525,414,000 of long-term general obligation bonds, some of which may first be
issued as commercial paper notes. Of this unissued amount, $1,341,710,000 is for general obligation
bonds payable first from other revenue sources. Of this unissued amount, $441,710,000 is for bonds
payable from other revenue sources. General obligation bond law permits the state to issue as
variable rate indebtedness up to 20 percent of the aggregate amount of long-term general obligation
bonds outstanding. As of November 5, 2009, the state had outstanding $5,588,440,000 principal
amount of variable rate general obligation bonds, representing about 7.9 percent of the states
total outstanding general obligation bonds as of that date.
Commercial Paper Program
. Pursuant to legislation enacted in 1995, voter-approved
general obligation indebtedness may, in some cases, be issued as commercial paper notes.
Commercial paper notes may be renewed or refunded by the issuance of long-term bonds. Commercial
paper notes are deemed issued upon authorization by the respective finance committees, whether or
not such notes are actually issued. Pursuant to the terms of the bank credit agreement presently
in effect, the general obligation commercial paper program may have up to $2 billion in aggregate
principal and interest commitments outstanding at any time. This amount may be increased or
decreased in the future. As of
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October 26, 2009, $1,116,960,000 aggregate principal amount of general obligation commercial
paper notes were outstanding.
Lease-Purchase Obligations
. The State builds and acquires facilities through the use
of lease purchase borrowing, in addition to general obligation bonds. Under these arrangements,
the State Public Works Board, another State or local agency or a joint powers authority issues
bonds to pay for the construction of facilities, such as office buildings, university buildings or
correctional institutions. These facilities are leased to a State agency or the University of
California under a long-term lease that provides the source of payment of the debt service on the
lease-purchase bonds. Certain of the lease-purchase financings are supported by special funds
rather than the General Fund. The state had $7,956,646,500 General Fund-supported lease-purchase
obligations outstanding as of October 1, 2009. The State Public Works Board, which is authorized to
sell lease revenue bonds, had $11,610,524,671 authorized and unissued as of October 1, 2009.
Non-Recourse Debt
. Certain State agencies and authorities issue revenue obligations
for which the General Fund has no liability. Revenue bonds represent obligations payable from
State revenue-producing enterprises and projects, which are not payable from the General Fund, and
conduit obligations payable only from revenues paid by private users of facilities financed by the
revenue bonds. The enterprises and projects include transportation projects, various public works
projects, public and private educational facilities, housing, health facilities and pollution
control facilities. State agencies and authorities had approximately $53 billion aggregate
principal amount of revenue bonds and notes which are non-recourse to the General Fund outstanding
as of June 30, 2009.
Economic Recovery Bonds
. The California Economic Recovery Bond Act (Proposition 57) was
approved by voters on March 2, 2004. Proposition 57 authorizes the issuance of up to $15 billion
in economic recovery bonds to finance the negative General Fund reserve balance and other General
Fund obligations. Repayment of the economic recovery bonds is secured by a pledge of revenues from
a one-quarter cent increase in the States sale and use tax starting July 1, 2004. In addition,
the economic recovery bonds are secured by the States full faith and credit; however, moneys in
the General Fund will only be used in the event the dedicated sales and use tax revenue is
insufficient to repay the bonds. The State has issued $10.9 billion principal amount of economic
recovery bonds, resulting in the deposit of net proceeds to the General Fund of approximately $11.3
billion during the 2003-04 fiscal year (of which, for budgetary purposes, approximately $9.2
billion was applied to the 2002-03 fiscal year and approximately $2.0 billion was applied to offset
fiscal year 2004-05 General Fund expenditures). In order to relieve cash flow and budgetary
shortfalls identified in the 2008-09 Governors Budget, the State issued $3. 2 billion of economic
recovery bonds on February 14, 2008, generating net proceeds of $3.3 billion which were transferred
to the General Fund. This represented the last economic recovery bonds which can be issued under
Proposition 57, except for any refunding bonds which may be issued in the future.
Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds
. In 1998 the state signed a settlement agreement
(the Master Settlement Agreement or MSA) with four major cigarette manufacturers (the
participating manufacturers or PMs). Under the MSA, the PMs agreed to make payments to the
State in perpetuity, such payments amounting to approximately $25 billion over the first 25 years.
Under a separate Memorandum of Understanding, half of the payments made by the participating
manufacturers will be paid to the State and half to local governments. The specific amount to be
received by the state and local governments is subject to adjustment. The MSA allows reduction of
the participating manufacturers payments for decreases in cigarette shipment volumes by the
participating manufacturers, payments owed to certain Previously Settled States and certain types
of offsets for disputed payments, among other things. However, settlement payments are adjusted
upward each year by at least 3% for inflation, compounded annually.
The Tobacco Securitization Law, enacted in 2002, authorized the establishment of a special
purpose trust to purchase tobacco settlement revenues. The bill also authorized that trust to
issue revenue bonds secured by the tobacco settlement revenues received beginning in the 2003-04
fiscal year. An initial sale of 56.57% of the States tobacco settlement revenues producing $2.485
billion in proceeds was completed in January 2003 (Series 2003A).
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A second sale of the remaining 43.43% of the States tobacco settlement revenues, which
produced $2.264 billion in proceeds, was completed in September 2003 (Series 2003B). The Tobacco
Securitization Law was amended in 2003 to require the Governor to request an appropriation in the
annual Budget Act to pay debt service and other related costs of the tobacco settlement revenue
bonds secured by the second (and only the second) sale of tobacco settlement revenues when such
tobacco settlement revenues are insufficient therefor. The Legislature is not obligated to make
any such requested appropriation. In August 2005 the Series 2003B Bonds were refinanced (Series
2005A), retaining substantially all of the covenants of the original issue, including the covenant
regarding the request for a General Fund appropriation in the event tobacco revenues fall short.
In return for providing this covenant, the State was paid a credit enhancement fee of $525 million
as part of the refinancing, which was deposited into the General Fund. On March 14, 2007, the
State completed a refunding of all of the Series 2005A Bonds. This refunding generated additional
proceeds of approximately $1.258 billion which are intended to be used (i) to offset the General
Fund cost for the initial years of a litigation settlement related to the 2004-05 suspension of the
Proposition 98 guarantee and (ii) for other purposes, such as funding capital projects.
In early 2006, the participating manufacturers asserted that they had lost market share in
2003 to the non-participating manufacturers (NPMs). A nationally recognized firm of economic
consultants confirmed the assertion that the MSA was a significant factor contributing to the
market share loss. Under the MSA, the PMs are authorized to withhold up to three times the amount
of lost market share (adjusted downward by 2%) until such time as it is proven that the various
states diligently enforced their model statutes that govern the NPMs. As a result, the amount of
tobacco revenues received by the State was reduced in 2006 by $50.9 million. Nevertheless, the
amount of tobacco revenues received were still in excess of the required debt service payments.
Therefore, it is anticipated that the need to invoke the provisions included in the States budget
for Series 2005A is unlikely. Furthermore, the Series 2005A Bonds have reserve funds in excess of
one years debt service payments, which would be used before General Fund moneys. In April 2006, a
similar filing was made by the PMs for the calendar year 2004 payments and the economic consultants
also confirmed that the MSA was a significant factor contributing to the market share loss. The
State Attorney General is working in tandem with the other states Attorney Generals, under the
terms of the MSA, to compel the PMs to pay given that the state has been diligently enforcing the
statutes as required in the MSA.
Tobacco settlement revenue bonds are neither general nor legal obligations of the State or any
of its political subdivisions and neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power nor any other
assets or revenues of the State or of any political subdivision is or shall be pledged to the
payment of any such bonds.
Flood Litigation Settlement
. In 2006, the state settled three related lawsuits
arising from liability for past flood damages through stipulated judgments. The largest
settlement, in the amount of $428 million, provided for the state to make annual payments of $42.8
million, plus interest, for ten years; the payments are subject to annual appropriation by the
Legislature. The first years payment was included in the 2005 Budget Act and each subsequent
budget act has included the required installment. This matter is not treated as a debt of the
state for any legal or constitutional purposes.
Cash Flow Borrowings
. As part of its cash management program, the State has regularly
issued short-term obligations to meet cash flow needs. The State has issued RANs in 22 of the last
23 fiscal years to partially fund timing differences between receipts and disbursements. By law,
RANs must mature prior to the end of the fiscal year of issuance. If additional external cash flow
borrowings are required, the State has issued RAWs, which can mature in a subsequent fiscal year.
RANs and RAWs are both payable from any Unapplied Money in the General Fund on their maturity
date, subject to the prior application of such money in the General Fund to pay priority payments.
Priority payments are payments as and when due to: (i) support the public school system and
public institutions of higher education (as provided in Section 8 of Article XVI of the
Constitution of the State); (ii) pay principal of and interest on general obligation bonds and
general obligation commercial paper notes of the state; (iii) provide reimbursement from the
General Fund to any special fund or account to the extent such reimbursement is legally required to
be made to repay borrowings therefrom pursuant to California Government Code Sections 16310 or
16418; and (iv) pay state employees wages and benefits, state
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payments to pension and other state employee benefit trust funds, state Medi-Cal claims, and
any amounts determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be required to be paid with state
warrants that can be cashed immediately.
Litigation
The State is a party to numerous legal proceedings, many of which normally occur in
governmental operations. In addition, the State is involved in certain other legal proceedings
(described in the States recent financial statements) that, if decided against the State might
require the State to make significant future expenditures or substantially impair future revenue
sources. Because of the prospective nature of these proceedings, it is not presently possible to
predict the outcome of such litigation, estimate the potential impact on the ability of the State
to pay debt service costs on its obligations, or determine what impact, if any, such proceedings
may have on the Fund.
Other Considerations
Substantially all of California is within an active geologic region subject to major seismic
activity. Northern California in 1989 and Southern California in 1994 experienced major
earthquakes causing billions of dollars in damages. The federal government provided more than $13
billion in aid for both earthquakes, and neither event has had any long-term negative economic
impact. The States and municipal issuers outstanding obligations could be affected by an
interruption of revenues because of damaged facilities, or, consequently, income tax deductions for
casualty losses or property tax assessment reductions due to earthquakes. Compensatory financial
assistance could be constrained by the inability of (i) an issuer to have obtained earthquake
insurance coverage rates; (ii) an insurer to perform on its contracts of insurance in the event of
widespread losses; or (iii) the federal or State government to appropriate sufficient funds within
their respective budget limitations.
Special Investment Considerations Regarding the State of New York.
Except during temporary
periods, the Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund will invest primarily in New York municipal
securities. In addition, the specific New York municipal securities in which the Fund will invest
will change from time to time. The Fund is therefore susceptible to political, economic,
regulatory or other factors affecting issuers of New York municipal securities. The following
information constitutes only a brief summary of a number of the complex factors which may impact
issuers of New York municipal securities and does not purport to be a complete or exhaustive
description of all adverse conditions to which issuers of New York municipal securities may be
subject. Such information is derived from official statements utilized in connection with the
issuance of New York municipal securities, as well as from other publicly available documents.
Such information has not been independently verified by the Fund, and the Fund assumes no
responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of such information. The summary below does not
include all of the information pertaining to the budget, receipts and disbursements of the State of
New York (New York or the State) that would ordinarily be included in various public documents
issued thereby, such as an official statement prepared in connection with the issuance of general
obligation bonds of the State. Such an official statement, together with any updates or
supplements thereto, may generally be obtained upon request to the Division of Budget of the State
of New York (DOB) of the State.
The New York State Economy
. New York is the third most populous state in the nation and has a
relatively high level of personal wealth. The States economy is diverse, with a comparatively
large share of the nations financial activities, information, education, and health services
employment, and a very small share of the nations farming and mining activity. The States
location and its air transport facilities and natural harbors have made it an important link in
international commerce. Travel and tourism constitute an important part of the economy.
Like the rest of the nation, New York has a declining proportion of its workforce engaged in
manufacturing, and an increasing proportion engaged in service industries. The financial
activities sector share of total wages is particularly large for the State relative to the nation.
The State is likely to be less affected than the nation as a whole during an economic recession
that is concentrated in manufacturing and construction, but likely to be more affected by any
economic downturn that is concentrated in the services sector. Important industry sectors in the
State include the following:
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Services
. The services industries includes information, professional and business
services, private education and healthcare, leisure and hospitality services, and other services.
These industries account for more than four of every ten nonagricultural jobs in New York, and
account for a higher proportion of total jobs than the rest of the nation.
Manufacturing
. Manufacturing employment continues to decline in New York, as in most
other states, and New Yorks economy is less reliant on this sector than in the past. However, it
remains an important sector of the State economy, particularly for the upstate region, which hosts
high concentrations of manufacturers of transportation and other types of equipment.
Trade, Transportation & Utilities
. The trade, transportation, and utilities sector
accounts for the second largest component of State nonagricultural employment, but only the fifth
largest when measured by wage share. This sector accounts for less employment and wages for the
State than for the nation.
Financial Activities
. New York City (the City) is the nations leading center of
banking and finance and, as a result, this is a far more important sector in the State than in the
nation as a whole. Although this sector accounts for under one-tenth of all nonagricultural jobs
in the State, it contributes more than one-fifth of total wages.
Agriculture
. Farming is an important part of the economy in rural areas, although it
constitutes only about 0.2% of total State output. Principal agricultural products of the State
include milk and dairy products, greenhouse and nursery products, fruits, and vegetables. New York
ranks among the nations leaders in the production of these commodities.
Government
. Federal, State and local governments together comprise the second largest
sector in terms of nonagricultural jobs, with the bulk of the employment accounted for by local
governments. Public education is the source of nearly one half of total State and local government
employment.
DOB estimates that the New York State economy experienced a business cycle peak in August
2008, fully eight months after the nation as a whole. However, as the epicenter of the global
financial crisis, it is likely that the state downturn could be deeper than those of the recent
past. Data released since January 2009 indicate that the fourth quarter of 2008 was a significant
turning point for the state economy. The 3-month increase in the state unemployment rate from
November to February on a seasonally adjusted basis was the largest, in both absolute and
percentage terms, over the history of the series. Although there was no change from February to
March, the March rate was fully three percentage points above its year ago value. Initial
unemployment benefit claims for March 2009 were up 75.3 percent from the same month in 2008. As a
result, state private sector employment is now projected to fall 2.5 percent for 2009, followed by
a decline of 0.3 percent for 2010. The securities industry has seen an unprecedented decline in
profitability since the third quarter of 2007. With the investment banking industry as we knew it
now gone, the profit levels achieved earlier in the decade may no longer be attainable.
Consequently, DOB projects a decline in state wages for 2009 of 4.2 percent, the largest annual
decline in the history of the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wage (QCEW) data. Wage growth for
2010 has been revised down to 2.0 percent.
The current downturn has spread far beyond Wall Street. DOB now projects significant declines
in every sector of the economy except for education and health care and social assistance. Falling
U.S. corporate earnings is reducing the demand for the States business and professional services,
where some of the largest job losses are expected. Large rates of decline are also expected for
financial services, manufacturing, and construction. Credit market conditions and rising debt
default rates are expected to continue to depress real estate activity, particularly in the
commercial sector where high-value transactions contribute significantly to state and local
government revenues. The volume of such transactions can be expected to fall as office vacancy
rates rise; the downtown New York City office vacancy rate rose 32 percent between the fourth
quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2008, while the midtown rate rose 67 percent.
The current recession has been characterized by a loss of vast sums of wealth from both a
depressed equity market and a depressed real estate market. The simultaneous decline of both
markets distinguishes current economic conditions from those that existed during the last
recession. As of the
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fourth quarter of 2008, an unprecedented $12.8 trillion in net wealth had been destroyed since its
2007Q3 peak. Consequently, the Budget Division is projecting even larger declines in taxable income
than occurred during the last recession. New York State adjusted gross income fell 5.5 percent in
2001 and another 4.4 percent in 2002, following the collapse of the high-tech/Internet bubble and
the attacks of September 11. For 2008 and 2009, declines of 7.1 percent and 7.9 percent are
projected, respectively. The loss of wealth, along with declining state employment and income, is
also having an impact on household spending, depressing taxable sales as well.
The States Fund Structure.
New York accounts for all of its spending and revenues by the fund
in which the activity takes place (such as the General Fund), and the broad category or purpose of
that activity (such as state Operations). State Fund types include:
The General Fund:
The General Fund, one of the four GAAP-defined governmental fund
types, is the major operating fund of the state and receives all receipts that are not required by
law to be deposited in another fund, including most state tax receipts and certain fees, transfers
from other funds and miscellaneous receipts from other sources.
Special Revenue Funds (SRFs):
SRFs, one of the four GAAP-defined governmental fund
types, account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources (other than expendable trusts or major
capital projects), that are legally restricted to specified purposes.
Federal SRFs:
SRFs that receive Federal grants.
Capital Projects Funds:
Capital Projects Funds, one of the four GAAP-defined
governmental fund types, account for financial resources of the state to be used for the
acquisition or construction of major capital facilities (other than those financed by SRFs,
Proprietary Funds and Fiduciary Funds).
Debt Service Funds (DSFs):
DSFs, one of the four GAAP-defined governmental fund
types, account for the accumulation of resources (including receipts from certain taxes, transfers
from other funds and miscellaneous revenues, such as dormitory room rental fees, which are
dedicated by statute for payment of lease-purchase rentals) for the payment of general long-term
debt service and related costs and payments under lease-purchase and contractual-obligation
financing arrangements.
New Yorks Constitution requires the Governor to submit an Executive Budget that is balanced
on a cash basis in the General Fund the Fund that receives the majority of state taxes, and all
income not earmarked for a particular program or activity.
State Budget Process.
New Yorks budget process begins with the Governors submission of the
Executive Budget to the Legislature each January, in preparation for the start of the fiscal year
on April 1. In acting on the bills submitted by the Governor, the Legislature has certain powers to
alter the recommended appropriations and proposed changes to existing law. The Legislature may
strike out or reduce an item of appropriation recommended by the Governor. The Legislature may add
items of appropriation, provided such additions are stated separately. These additional items are
then subject to line-item veto by the Governor. If the Governor vetoes an appropriation or a bill
(or a portion thereof) related to the budget, these items can be reconsidered in accordance with
the rules of each house of the Legislature. If approved by two-thirds of the members of each house,
such items will become law notwithstanding the Governors veto. Once the appropriation bills and
other bills become law, the Division of the Budget revises the State Financial Plan to reflect the
Legislatures actions, and begins the process of implementing the budget.
State Budgetary Outlook.
The Enacted Budget for 2009-10 closes the largest budget gap ever
faced by the state. The combined current services budget gap for 2008-09 and 2009-10 totaled $20.1
billion (2008-09: $2.2 billion; 2009-10: $17.9 billion), before the gap-closing actions approved by
the Governor and Legislature and the receipt of extraordinary Federal aid. For perspective, the
two-year budget gap that needed to be closed was equal to approximately 37 percent of total General
Fund receipts in 2008-09. The cumulative gap for the five-year planning period from 2008-09 through
2012-13, before approved gap-closing actions, totaled $85.2 billion.
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DOB estimates that, after gap-closing actions and Federal aid, the General Fund and HCRA
Financial Plan for 2009-10 is balanced, and leaves budget gaps of $2.2 billion in fiscal year
2010-11, $8.8 billion in fiscal year 2011-12, and $13.7 billion in 2012-13. As required by law, the
state ended the 2008-09 fiscal year in balance in the General Fund and HCRA. The state received
$1.3 billion in Federal aid under ARRA in 2008-09, of which it used $624 million to eliminate the
2008-09 gap, and $675 million that it applied to close a portion of the 2009-10 gap. Based on DOBs
current estimates, the cumulative budget gap for the five-year period (2008-09 through 2012-13) has
been reduced from $85.2 billion to $24.6 billion, a reduction of approximately $60.6 billion or
over 70 percent from the current-services forecast. Annual growth of the state-financed portion
of the budgetthat is, spending financed directly by state residents through state taxes, fees,
and other revenues is held nearly flat. General Fund disbursements, including transfers to other
funds, are expected to total $54.9 billion in 2009-10, an increase of $301 million (0.6 percent)
from 2008-09 results. Projected General Fund spending for 2009- 10 has been reduced by $8.7 billion
compared to the current services forecast. State Operating Funds spending, which excludes Federal
operating aid and capital spending, is projected to total $78.7 billion in 2009-10, an increase of
$574 million (0.7 percent) over 2008-09 results. State Operating Funds spending in the Enacted
Budget Financial Plan has been reduced by $9.4 billion compared to the current services forecast.
The states Updated Financial Plan projects a budget gap of $3.2 billion in the current fiscal
year, an increase of $1.0 billion from the First Quarterly Update to the Financial Plan. The budget
gap for 2010-11, which the Governor must address in his Executive Budget due in January 2010, is
now projected at $6.8 billion, an increase of $2.2 billion. The budget gaps in future years are now
projected at $14.8 billion in 2011-12 (an increase of $1.5 billion), and $19.5 billion in 2012-13
(an increase of $1.4 billion).
Debt and Other Financing Activities.
The indebtedness of the state may be classified as
state-supported debt and state-related debt.
State-supported debt includes general obligation debt, to which the full faith and credit of
the state has been pledged, and lease-purchase and contractual obligations of public authorities
and municipalities, where the states legal obligation to make payments to those public authorities
and municipalities is subject to and paid from annual appropriations made by the Legislature.
General Obligation Debt. General obligation debt is debt to which the full faith and
credit of the state has been pledged. Under New Yorks Constitution, the state may not, with
limited exceptions for emergencies, undertake long-term general obligation borrowing (i.e.,
borrowing for more than one year) unless the borrowing is authorized in a specific amount for a
single work or purpose by the Legislature and approved by the voters. Under the state Constitution,
the state may undertake short-term borrowings without voter approval (i) in anticipation of the
receipt of taxes and revenues, by issuing tax and revenue anticipation notes, and (ii) in
anticipation of the receipt of proceeds from the sale of duly authorized but unissued general
obligation bonds, by issuing bond anticipation notes. General obligation debt is currently
authorized for transportation, environment and housing purposes. The amount of general obligation
bonds issued in the 2008-09 fiscal year (excluding refunding bonds) was $455 million, and as of
March 31, 2009, the total amount of general obligation debt outstanding was $3.3 billion. The
Enacted Capital Plan projects that approximately $599 million in general obligation bonds will be
issued in 2009-10.
State-Supported Lease-Purchase and Contractual-Obligation Financings.
New York
utilizes certain long-term financing mechanisms, lease-purchase and contractual-obligation
financings, which involve obligations of public authorities or municipalities where debt service is
payable by the state, but are not general obligations of the state. Under these financing
arrangements, certain public authorities and municipalities have issued obligations to finance
certain payments to local governments, various capital programs, including those which finance the
states highway and bridge program, SUNY and CUNY educational facilities, health and mental hygiene
facilities, prison construction and rehabilitation, economic development projects, state buildings
and housing programs, and equipment acquisitions, and expect to meet their debt service
requirements through the receipt of rental or other contractual payments made by the state. Debt
service payable to certain public authorities from state appropriations for such lease-purchase and
contractual obligation financings may be paid from general resources of the state or from dedicated
tax and other sources (i.e., state personal income taxes, motor vehicle and motor fuel
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related-taxes, dormitory facility rentals, and patient charges). Although these financing
arrangements involve a contractual agreement by the state to make payments to a public authority,
municipality or other entity, the states obligation to make such payments is generally expressly
made subject to appropriation by the Legislature and the actual availability of money to the state
for making the payments.
State-related debt includes state-supported debt referenced above, as well as state-guaranteed
debt (to which the full faith and credit of the state has been pledged), moral obligation
financings and certain contingent-contractual obligation financings.
Contingent Contractual-Obligation Financing. New York may also enter into statutorily
authorized contingent contractual-obligation financings under which the state may enter into
service contracts obligating it to pay debt service on bonds, subject to annual appropriation, in
the event there are shortfalls in revenues from other non-state resources pledged, or otherwise
available, to pay the debt service on the bonds. New York has never been required to make any
payments, and does not expect to make payments, under this financing arrangement in the 2009-2010
fiscal year.
Moral Obligation Financings.
Moral obligation financing generally involves the
issuance of debt by a public authority to finance a revenue-producing project or other activity.
The debt is secured by project revenues and includes statutory provisions requiring the state,
subject to appropriation by the Legislature, to make up any deficiencies which may occur in the
issuers debt service reserve fund. There has never been a payment default on any moral obligation
debt of any public authority. New York does not intend to increase statutory authorizations for
moral obligation bond programs. The state has not been called upon to make any payments pursuant to
any moral obligations since the 1986-87 fiscal year and no such requirements are anticipated during
the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
State-Guaranteed Financings.
Pursuant to specific constitutional authorization, New
York may also directly guarantee certain public authority obligations. Payments of debt service on
state-guaranteed bonds and notes are legally enforceable obligations of the state. The only current
authorization provides for the state guarantee of the repayment of certain borrowings for
designated projects of the New York State Job Development Authority. The state has never been
called upon to make any direct payments pursuant to any such guarantees and does not anticipate
that it will be called upon to make any payments pursuant to the state guarantee in the 2009-2010
fiscal year.
New York has never defaulted on any of its general obligation indebtedness or its obligations
under lease purchase or contractual obligation financing arrangements and has never been called
upon to make any direct payments pursuant to its guarantees.
Public Authorities.
Public authorities refer to certain public benefit corporations, created
pursuant to state law. Public authorities are not subject to the constitutional restrictions on the
incurrence of debt that apply to the state itself and may issue bonds and notes within the amounts
and restrictions set forth in legislative authorization. The states access to the public credit
markets could be impaired and the market price of its outstanding debt may be materially and
adversely affected if any of its public authorities were to default on their respective
obligations, particularly those using state-supported or state-related debt. As of December 31,
2008, there were 19 public authorities that had outstanding debt of $100 million or more, and the
aggregate outstanding debt, including refunding bonds, of these State public authorities was
approximately $140 billion, only a portion of which constitutes state-supported or state-related
debt.
New York City.
The fiscal demands on New York may be affected by the fiscal condition of the
City, which relies in part on state aid to balance its budget and meet its cash requirements. It is
also possible that the states finances may be affected by the ability of the City, and certain
entities issuing debt for the benefit of the City, to market securities successfully in the public
credit markets.
Other Localities.
Certain localities outside New York City have experienced financial problems
and have requested and received additional state assistance during the last several state fiscal
years. Between 2004 and 2008, the New York legislature authorized 17 bond issuances to finance
local government operating deficits. At least three more deficit-financing authorizations were
granted by the State legislature in 2008. Like the state, local governments must respond to
changing political, economic and financial influences over which they have little or no control.
Such changes may adversely affect the
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financial condition of certain local governments. For example, the Federal government may reduce
(or in some cases eliminate) Federal funding of some local programs or disallow certain claims
which, in turn, may require local governments to fund these expenditures from their own resources.
It is also possible that localities, or any of their respective public authorities may suffer
serious financial difficulties that could jeopardize local access to the public credit markets,
which may adversely affect the marketability of notes and bonds issued by localities within the
state. Localities may also face unanticipated problems resulting from certain pending litigation,
judicial decisions and long-range economic trends. Other large-scale potential problems, such as
declining urban populations, increasing expenditures, and the loss of skilled manufacturing jobs,
may also adversely affect localities and necessitate state assistance.
Special Risk Considerations Regarding Pennsylvania Municipal Securities.
The Invesco Van
Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund invests primarily in Pennsylvania municipal securities. In
addition, the specific Pennsylvania municipal securities in which the Fund will invest will change
from time to time. The Fund is therefore susceptible to political, economic, regulatory or other
factors affecting issuers of Pennsylvania municipal securities. The following information
constitutes only a brief summary of a number of the complex factors which may impact issuers of
Pennsylvania municipal securities and does not purport to be a complete or exhaustive description
of all adverse conditions to which issuers of Pennsylvania municipal securities may be subject.
Such information is derived from official statements utilized in connection with the issuance of
Pennsylvania municipal securities, as well as from other publicly available documents. Such
information has not been independently verified by the Fund and the Fund assumes no responsibility
for the completeness or accuracy of such information. Additionally, many factors, including
national, economic, social and environmental policies and conditions, which are not within the
control of such issuers, could have an adverse impact on the financial condition of such issuers.
The Fund cannot predict whether or to what extent such factors or other factors may affect the
issuers of Pennsylvania municipal securities, the market value or marketability of such securities
or the ability of the respective issuers of such securities acquired by the Fund to pay interest on
or principal of such securities. The creditworthiness of obligations issued by local Pennsylvania
issuers may be unrelated to the creditworthiness of obligations issued by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and there is no obligation on the part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to make
payments on such local obligations. There may be specific factors that are applicable in connection
with investment in the obligations of particular issuers located within Pennsylvania, and it is
possible the Fund will invest in obligations of particular issuers as to which such specific
factors are applicable. However, the information set forth below is intended only as a general
summary and not as a discussion of any specific factors that may affect any particular issuer of
Pennsylvania municipal securities.
Pennsylvania had been historically identified as a heavy industry state although that
reputation changed as the industrial composition of the Commonwealth diversified when the coal,
steel and railroad industries began to decline. The major sources of growth in Pennsylvania are in
the service sector, including trade, medical, health services, education and financial
institutions. Pennsylvanias agricultural industries are also an important component of the
Commonwealths economic structure.
The Commonwealth operates under an annual budget which is formulated and submitted for
legislative approval by the Governor each February. The Pennsylvania Constitution requires that the
Governors budget proposal consist of three parts: (i) a balanced operating budget for the ensuing
fiscal year setting forth proposed expenditures and estimated revenues from all sources and, if
estimated revenues and available surplus are less than proposed expenditures, recommending specific
additional sources of revenue sufficient to pay the deficiency; (ii) a capital budget for the
ensuing fiscal year setting forth in detail proposed expenditures to be financed from the proceeds
of obligations of the Commonwealth or of its agencies or authorities or from operating funds; and
(iii) a financial plan for not less than the succeeding five fiscal years, which includes for each
year (a) projected operating expenditures classified by department or agency and by program, and
estimated revenues by major categories from existing and additional sources, and (b) projected
expenditures for capital projects specifically itemized by purpose and their proposed sources of
financing. The General Assembly may add, change or delete any items in the budget prepared by the
Governor, but the Governor retains veto power over the individual appropriations passed by the
legislature. The Commonwealths fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30.
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During the five-year period from fiscal year 2004 through fiscal year 2008, total revenues and
other sources increased by an average of 3.2 percent annually. Tax revenues during this same period
increased by an annual average of 5.6 percent with a portion of the average annual growth rate
attributable to various tax rate and base changes enacted over the same period. During the past
several fiscal years, fees and license income and other financing sources such as transfers from
other funds have continued to become a larger portion of income to the General Fund. Expenditures
and other uses during the fiscal years 2004 through 2008 rose at an average annual rate of 3.9
percent. Expenditures for public education during this period increased at an average annual rate
of 5.4 percent; health and human services expenditures increased at an average annual rate of 4.0
percent; and capital outlays decreased at an average annual rate of 39.2 percent. Commonwealth
expenditures for direction and support services (state employees and government administration)
decreased at an average annual rate of 6.5 percent during the fiscal years 2004 through 2008. The
fund balance at June 30, 2008 totaled $2,974.1 million, a decrease of $396.8 million from the
balance at June 30, 2007. The fiscal year 2008 year-end unreserved-undesignated portion of the fund
balance was $9.6 million, $359.0 million below the amount recorded for fiscal year 2007 years end.
The national economic slowdown and a recession in the housing sector adversely impacted growth
in the Commonwealth during fiscal year 2008. Declining home sales and home values, a contraction in
available credit from woes in the financial markets, slightly higher unemployment and lower
personal consumption resulted in less growth in fiscal year 2008 revenues than had been projected
in February 2008. Commonwealth revenues still exceeded the certified estimate for fiscal year 2008
by $167.5 million or 0.6 percent. Preliminary estimates from February 2008 projected a revenue
surplus of $427 million during fiscal year 2008. Lower than projected revenues from corporate and
personal income taxes were responsible for the lower than projected growth. Final Commonwealth
General Fund revenues for the fiscal year totaled $27,928.2 million. Total fiscal year 2008
revenues, net of reserves for tax refunds and including intergovernmental transfers and additional
resources totaled $27,502.9 million. Total expenditures, net of appropriation lapses and including
intergovernmental transfers and expenditures from additional sources, were $27,450.9 million. As a
result of Commonwealth financial operations during fiscal year 2008, the preliminary unappropriated
surplus balance, prior to the statutorily required transfer to the Budget Stabilization Reserve
Fund, totaled $582.9 million.
In response to lower-than-projected growth in Commonwealth revenues, the General Assembly
approved and the Governor signed into law, a one-year suspension of the 25 percent transfer of a
portion of the unappropriated surplus balance to the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund for fiscal
year 2008. Revenues available to the Commonwealth, including intergovernmental transfers and
additional sources, increased 1.3 percent. Fiscal year 2008 revenues (all sources) totaled
$27,502.9 million, an increase of $309.2 million over fiscal year 2007. Intergovernmental transfer
proceeds decreased $54.5 million, primarily due to the continued phase-out of intergovernmental
transfers. Funding from additional sources decreased $115.2 million or 45 percent, primarily due to
decreased transfers from other state funds. General Fund revenues grew $478.8 million or 1.7
percent during fiscal year 2008 when measured on a year-over-year basis. Corporate tax receipts
were $13.3 million, or 0.2 percent over estimate for the fiscal year. Year-over-year growth in
corporate taxes was also 0.2 percent during fiscal year 2008 as corporate net income tax
collections declined 3.0 percent while gross receipts tax collections grew 4.3 percent and receipts
from the capital stock and franchise tax grew 2.0 percent on a year-over-year basis. The growth in
capital stock and franchise tax receipts occurred despite the continued phase-out of this tax.
Personal income taxes were $157.7 million over the estimate, a surplus of 1.5 percent versus the
estimate, while year-over-year growth in personal income tax receipts was 6.3 percent. Sales and
use tax revenues declined in fiscal year 2008 by $94.2 million or 1.1 percent on a year-over-year
basis. Sales tax receipts were below estimate by $19.6 million, a difference of 0.2 percent from
the fiscal year estimate. Non-tax revenues of the Commonwealth declined by 17 percent during the
fiscal year, led by decreased liquor store profits and lower-than-projected earnings on the
investment of Commonwealth funds. Reserves for tax refunds in fiscal year 2008 were $1,050 million,
an amount equal to the fiscal year 2007 reserves. At the end of fiscal year 2008, approximately
$100 million of reserves were available for making tax refunds in the following fiscal year.
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Fiscal year 2008 appropriations from Commonwealth revenues, including supplemental
appropriations and net of appropriation lapses, totaled $27,450.9 million, an increase of 1.6
percent from fiscal year 2007 expenditures. A total of $356.0 million in appropriations were lapsed
in fiscal year 2008, and the fiscal year 2008 budget contained a reduced level of intergovernmental
transfers which were utilized to cover a portion of medical assistance costs. Intergovernmental
transfers replaced $482.2 million of General Fund medical assistance costs in fiscal year 2008,
compared to $536.7 million in fiscal year 2007, a decrease of 10.1 percent. In addition,
approximately $142.5 million in additional funds were appropriated in fiscal year 2008 to fund
expenditures normally funded from Commonwealth revenues, a decrease from $257.7 million in fiscal
year 2007. The ending unappropriated balance was $585.3 million for fiscal year 2008, an increase
of 9.8 percent from fiscal year 2007.
The dramatic and adverse effects of the national economic recession negatively impacted the
Commonwealths economy during fiscal year 2009. The fiscal year 2009 budget was based upon an
economic assumption that economic growth would resume in the second half of the fiscal year,
reaching nearly 2.0 percent annual growth by June 2009. However, the economy did not rebound but
rather the contraction in the national economy during each of the four quarters of fiscal year
2009, combined with rising unemployment rates and the turbulent financial markets, negatively
impacted the Commonwealths revenues and receipts. General Fund revenues of the Commonwealth were
below the certified estimate by $3,254.6 million or 11.3 percent during fiscal year 2009. Final
Commonwealth General Fund revenues for the fiscal year totaled $25,529.8 million. Total fiscal year
2009 revenues, net of reserves for tax refunds and including intergovernmental transfers and
additional resources, totaled $24,750.6 million. Total expenditures, net of appropriation lapses
and including intergovernmental transfers and expenditures from additional sources, were $28,135.4
million.
As a result of Commonwealth financial operations during the fiscal year, the preliminary
unappropriated surplus balance decreased to -$2,799.5 million, including the beginning balance from
the prior year of operations. Revenues available to the Commonwealth, net of reserves for tax
refunds and including intergovernmental transfers and additional sources, decreased 10.1 percent.
Fiscal year 2009 revenues (all sources) totaled $24,750.6 million, a decrease of $2,781.7 million
over fiscal year 2008. Intergovernmental transfer proceeds decreased $65.8 million or 12.9 percent,
primarily due to the continued phase-out of intergovernmental transfers. Funding from additional
sources decreased $142.5 million or 100 percent, primarily due to the elimination of transfers from
other state funds. General Fund revenues declined $2,398.3 million or 8.6 percent during fiscal
year 2009 when measured on a year-over-year basis. Corporate tax receipts were $613.9 million, or
11.3 percent below estimate for the fiscal year. Year-over-year growth in corporate taxes was -11.4
percent during fiscal year 2009 as corporate net income tax collections declined 18.1 percent and
capital stock and franchise tax receipts declined 22.8 percent while collections from the gross
receipts tax grew 2.1 percent on a year-over-year basis. A portion of the decline in capital stock
and franchise tax receipts was due to the continued phase-out of this tax. Personal income taxes
were $1,290.7 million below the estimate, a shortfall of 11.2 percent versus the estimate, while
year-over-year growth in personal income tax receipts was -6.5 percent. Personal income tax
collection attributable to withholding declined 0.2 percent during fiscal year 2009 while tax
collections from the non-withholding portion of the personal income tax declined 22.5 percent on a
year-over-year basis. Sales and use taxes receipts were also below the fiscal year 2009 estimate by
$595.3 million, a difference of -6.8 percent from the fiscal year estimate. Sales tax collections
declined 4.3 percent during fiscal year 2009 as motor vehicle sales tax collections declined 12.8
percent and non-motor vehicle sales tax receipts declined 3.0 percent during fiscal year 2009.
Continued weakness in the housing market led to realty transfer tax revenues declining by 31.4
percent during fiscal year 2009. Non-tax revenues of the Commonwealth were 68.3 percent below the
fiscal year 2009 estimate, led by realized losses on the investment of Commonwealth funds. Reserves
for tax refunds in fiscal year 2009 were $1,225 million, an increase of 16.7 percent from the
fiscal year 2008 reserves. In response to declining revenue collections in fiscal year 2009, the
Commonwealth implemented a number of steps to reduce expenditures during fiscal year 2009. First,
the Commonwealth implemented three rounds of budget cuts or freezes, which reduced the ability of
agencies to spend funds appropriated during fiscal year 2009. Total budget cuts of $505 million, or
approximately 4.25 percent, were implemented during fiscal year 2009 in agencies under the
Governors jurisdiction.
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Additionally, the Commonwealth implemented a general hiring freeze to reduce costs, it
restricted out-of-state travel, it banned the purchase of new and replacement vehicles and reduced
the size of the state fleet by 1,000 vehicles. Fiscal year 2009 and 2010 salaries for management
and non-union employees were frozen at current levels. As result, a total of $634.2 million in
appropriations were lapsed in fiscal year 2009.
Fiscal year 2009 appropriations from Commonwealth revenues, net of appropriation lapses,
totaled $28,323.8 million, an increase of 4.2 percent from fiscal year 2008 expenditures and the
fiscal year 2009 budget contained a slightly reduced level of intergovernmental transfers which
were utilized to cover a portion of medical assistance costs. Intergovernmental transfers replaced
$445.8 million of General Fund medical assistance costs in fiscal year 2009, compared to $508.6
million in fiscal year 2008, a decrease of 12.9 percent. The ending unappropriated balance was
-$2,799.5 million for fiscal year 2009, which was carried-forward to fiscal year 2010. The
Commonwealth has undertaken a number of management and productivity improvement efforts since 2003
that have resulted in a recurring annual savings of an estimated $1.75 billion in fiscal year 2009.
Examples of these improvements includes saving $242 million annually from complement reductions,
$643 million annually from contract renegotiations and $489 million from operational and process
improvements. These recurring savings have assisted the Commonwealth in its efforts to mitigate the
impact of the national recession.
On August 5, 2009 the Governor signed into law, Act 1A, which provides $11 billion of
appropriations towards the operation of critical public health and safety services and to fund
general government operations for the Commonwealth. In signing Act 1A, the Governor also line-item
vetoed nearly $13 billion of appropriations for fiscal year 2010. The resulting legislation has
been commonly referred to as a bridge budget, which provides for the full fiscal year 2010
funding for: 1) essential general government operations, including the payment of wages and
salaries to most Commonwealth employees; 2) the payment of general obligation debt service; 3) the
payment of appropriation and/or lease-supported debt of the Commonwealth; 4) the incarceration of
convicted offenders within state correctional institutions; 5) the provision of state police
services; and 6) certain mandated costs for the provision of health and welfare programs. Funding
for all other programs and services normally provided by the General Fund was vetoed by the
Governor. Programs for which fiscal year 2010 funding was line-item vetoed include, but are not
limited to, basic education funding and other such funding to Pennsylvania school districts, grants
and aid payments to Commonwealth counties and other similar municipalities, economic development
programs, certain health and welfare programs, public recreation and conservation programs and
environmental protection efforts. The enacted fiscal year 2010 bridge budget, or Act 1A, provides
appropriations totaling $10,967.9 million of Commonwealth funds against estimated current law
revenues, prior to reserves for tax refunds, of $25,560.6 million.
On October 9, 2009, the Governor signed into law the enacted fiscal year 2010 budget which
provides appropriations and executive authorizations totaling $24,294.2 million, which was net of
expenditures offset with federal funds and did not include appropriations for certain non-preferred
institutions such as the state-related universities and museums. Appropriations for these
institutions were approved by the General Assembly and signed into law by the Governor on December
17, 2009. Appropriations, net of approximately $8 million in line-item vetoes, totaled $690.2
million in fiscal year 2010. Further, on January 8, 2010, the Governor signed into law a bill
expanding gaming in the Commonwealth. Act 1 of 2010 (Act 1) authorizes certain table games at
Pennsylvania casinos and is estimated to generate an additional $256 million in General Fund
revenues during fiscal year 2010. Additional fiscal year 2010 General Fund revenues generated from
Act 1 would be derived mainly from upfront license fees. Act 1 imposes a 14 percent tax rate on
most table game revenue and directs such revenues to the General Fund until such time as the
balance in the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund reaches $750.0 million. Annual recurring revenue
to the General Fund from table games is currently estimated to be between $80 and $90 million. A
total of $27,397.6 million in revenues, net of tax refunds and including intergovernmental
transfers is estimated for fiscal year 2010. The $2,413.2 million difference between the estimated
revenues and expenditures will be used to fund the -$2,799.5 million beginning balance deficit. In
addition, the $755 million balance in the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund will be transferred to
the General Fund. The preliminary fiscal year ending unappropriated balance was estimated to be
$368.7 million. Given the current state of the national economy, the fiscal year 2010 base
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revenue estimate is premised on the assumption that the Commonwealth will experience zero
growth (0.0 percent) during fiscal year 2010.
The enacted budget provides an estimated $808.2 million in recurring revenues from various
sources. Included in the recurring revenues are the following revenue enhancements: $250 million
from the legalization and taxation of table games at Pennsylvania casinos; $374 million from the
suspension of the phase-out of the capital stock and franchise tax; $171 million from the
redirection from a dedicated use to the General Fund, of an existing $0.25 per pack tax on
cigarettes; $100 million from enactment of an additional $0.25 per pack cigarette tax; $38.3
million from the suspension of certain tax credits; $44 million in revenue from the redirection of
revenues formerly dedicated to the Autocat fund; a redirection of funds formerly dedicated to the
Race Horse Development Fund; and a new $1.60 tax on a pack of small cigars. The enacted budget for
fiscal year 2010 also includes $2,356.0 million in non-recurring revenues including; $755 million
from the Budget Stabilization Fund; $708 million from the Health Care Provider Retention Account;
$100 million from the MCare Fund; $159 million for the Personal Income Tax; $203 million from the
Oil and Gas Lease Fund; $150 million from the Tobacco Endowment Account; $190 million from a tax
amnesty program; $80-90 million from a tax on table games at Pennsylvania casinos, which will begin
to accrue in fiscal year 2011; $25 million from an increased transfer from the State Stores Fund;
$18.8 million from the Keystone fund; $17.7 million from the suspension of the tobacco cessation
program in the Tobacco Fund; and other smaller transfers from various funds. The fiscal year 2010
budget also utilizes $3,390.3 million in available federal fiscal relief funds to offset state
appropriations. However, the dramatic and continued adverse effects of the national economic
recession continue to adversely impact Commonwealth revenues. Through December 2009, General Fund
revenues are 2 percent below estimate or $254.2.0 million below the certified official estimate.
Corporation tax receipts are essentially on estimate through December, while receipts from the
Sales tax and the Personal Income tax are 4.4 percent and 2.5 percent below the official estimate.
Total fiscal year 2010 revenues of the Commonwealth, prior to reserves for refunds, are now
expected to be $450 million or 1.7 percent below the certified official estimate for fiscal year
2010. Fiscal year 2010 receipts from corporate tax receipts are now estimated to rise slightly
above the official estimate for 2010, by 0.6 percent and corporate receipts are now expected to
grow 5.9 percent on a year-over-year basis. Personal income tax receipts in fiscal year 2010 are
now expected to be 2.5 percent lower than the official estimate and personal income tax collections
are expected to decline 1.7 percent from the prior year on a year-over-year basis. Sales and use
tax receipts are now projected to be 3.1 percent lower than the original estimate for fiscal year
2010 and virtually no change, 0.03 percent decline, is forecast on a year-over-year basis.
Education funding is expanded with the enacted fiscal year 2010 budget by an additional $300
million provided through the Basic Education subsidy.
The fiscal year 2010 budget represents a 1.8 percent ($523.9 million) decrease over the fiscal
year 2009 budget. The fiscal year 2010 budget reduces or eliminates funding for programs in nearly
every Commonwealth agency. The budget reduces funding for over 300 programs and eliminates funding
for over 100 programs, lowering General Fund spending by nearly $1,900.0 million. Nearly 3,000
Commonwealth positions are to be eliminated in fiscal year 2010, bringing the total reduction in
the Commonwealths workforce to 4,767 positions since 2003. In response to lower than estimated tax
receipts through December 2009 and a projected $450 million shortfall in fiscal year 2010 revenues,
the Governor has directed budget cuts or freezes which reduce the ability of agencies to spend
funds appropriated during fiscal year 2010. Total budget cuts of $170 million will be implemented
during fiscal year 2010 in agencies under the Governors jurisdiction. An additional $50 million in
prior year appropriations or lapses will be available to address a portion of the projected
revenue shortfall. Finally, $230 million would be drawn from the projected $368.7 million year-end
unappropriated surplus. The achievement of budgeted results may be adversely affected by a number
of trends or events, including developments in the national and state economy.
All outstanding general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth are currently rated AA2 (stable)
by Standard and Poors Corporation (S&P) and AA2 (negative outlook) by Moodys Investors Service,
Inc. (Moodys). The City of Philadelphias long-term obligations supported by payments from the
Citys General Fund are currently rated BBB (stable) by S&P and Baa1 (negative outlook) by Moodys.
Any explanation concerning the significance of such ratings must be obtained from the rating
agencies. There
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is no assurance that any ratings will continue for any period of time or that they will not be
revised or withdrawn.
According to the Official Statement dated January 13, 2010 describing General Obligation
Bonds, First Series of 2010 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Office of Attorney General and
the Office of General Counsel have reviewed the status of pending litigation against the
Commonwealth, its officers and employees, and have identified the following cases as ones where an
adverse decision may have a material effect on governmental operations of the Commonwealth and
consequently, the Commonwealths ability to pay debt service on its obligations. Under Act No.
1978-152 approved September 28, 1978, as amended, the General Assembly approved a limited waiver of
sovereign immunity. Damages for any loss are limited to $250,000 for each person and $1 million for
each accident. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that this limitation is constitutional.
Approximately 3,150 suits against the Commonwealth remain open. Tort claim payments for the
departments and agencies, other than the Department of Transportation, are paid from departmental
and agency operating and program appropriations. Tort claim payments for the Department of
Transportation are paid from an appropriation from the Motor License Fund. The Motor License Fund
tort claim appropriation for fiscal 2009 is $20.0 million.
County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In December 1987, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held in
County of Allegheny v.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
that the statutory scheme for county funding of the judicial system is
in conflict with the Pennsylvania Constitution. However, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania stayed
its judgment to afford the General Assembly an opportunity to enact appropriate funding legislation
consistent with its opinion and ordered that the prior system of county funding shall remain in
place until this is done. The Court appointed retired Justice Frank J. Montemuro, Jr. as special
master to devise and submit a plan for implementation. The
Interim Report of the Master
recommended a four-phase transition to state funding of a unified judicial system, during each of
which specified court employees would transfer into the state payroll system. Phase I recommended
that the General Assembly provide for an administrative structure of local court administrators to
be employed by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, a state agency. Numbering
approximately 165 people statewide, local court administrators are employees of the counties in
which they work. On June 22, 1999, the Governor approved Act No. 1999-12 under which these
approximately 165 county-level court administrators became employees of the Commonwealth. Act 12
also triggered the release of appropriations that had been made for this purpose in 1998 and 1999.
The remainder of Justice Montemuros recommendation for later phases remains pending before the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Recently the counties moved the Court to enforce the original order
in the case. The Court has held argument on the motion and a decision is pending.
Northbrook Life Insurance Co. v. Commonwealth
This case is the lead case in potential litigation with the entire insurance industry that
does business in Pennsylvania. Currently, the Commonwealth Court has docketed in excess of 40 cases
representing 20 or more insurance companies. Dozens of additional cases are being held pending this
litigation at the administrative boards. The cases challenge the Department of Revenues
application of portions of the Life and Health Guarantee Association Act of 1982 (the Act). The
Act establishes a funding mechanism to fulfill defaulted obligations of insurance companies under
life and health insurance policies and annuities contracts to insured Pennsylvania residents. In
accordance with this funding mechanism, other insurance companies are assessed to provide the funds
due to Pennsylvania residents insured by insurance companies which have become insolvent or are
otherwise in default to their insureds. Because the assessed insurance companies are paying the
insurance obligations of other companies, a provision was placed in the Act which allows assessed
insurance companies to claim a credit against their gross premiums tax liability based on such
assessments. The assessments on each company are broken into various categories, including life
insurance assessments, health insurance assessments, and annuity assessments, based on the type and
amount of business each company transacts in Pennsylvania. Life and health insurance premiums have
always been subject to the premiums tax and there is no dispute that companies may claim credit for
life and health assessments.
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Annuity considerations, however, were taxed for approximately a three-year period, 1992-1995.
Some annuity considerations were subject to tax; others were not. After several changes of
direction, the Department of Revenue decided to allow credits for assessments paid on taxable
annuity considerations. Credits were not allowed for assessments paid on non-taxable annuities.
There is no provision in the insurance law that restricts the credit to only the assessments paid
on taxable annuities. Taxpayers want the credit for assessments paid on all annuities, both during
the period that annuities were taxed and going forward. On January 26, 2006, the
en banc
Court
issued a conflicted decision in which the majority ruled for both parties. Both parties filed
exceptions. The Court denied all exceptions and upheld its earlier decision. Northbrook filed an
appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled in Northbrooks favor but only on
a technicality and did not address the substantive findings of the Commonwealth Court. The Supreme
Courts decision resulted in an approximately $7,000.00 credit for Northbrook. Counsel have now
selected the Allstate case to relitigate the issues involved. The case was briefed and argued
before a panel of the Commonwealth Court on December 9, 2009. The Commonwealth is awaiting a
decision. The principal focus of the new Allstate litigation will be the proportional part fraction
which is multiplied by the assessments to determine the credit as interpreted by the Commonwealth
Court. Potential tax refund exposure to the Commonwealth equals up to $150,000,000.
Hickenbottom v. Nassan, et al.
This is a civil rights action brought against two state troopers for the shooting of a twelve
year-old boy. Following trial, the jury returned a verdict of $28 million. The defendants filed
post trial motions and have entered into settlement discussions with the plaintiff. The
Commonwealth has reached a verbal agreement with the plaintiffs counsel in exchange for a general
release of all claims, which is subject to the execution of written settlement documents that are
presently being negotiated. In the event that the settlement is not consummated, the defendants
would pursue the pending post trial motions and an appeal.
Investment Grade Debt Obligations.
Debt obligations include, among others, bonds, notes,
debentures and variable rate demand notes. They may be U.S. dollar-denominated debt obligations
issued or guaranteed by U.S. corporations or U.S. commercial banks, U.S. dollar-denominated
obligations of foreign issuers and debt obligations of foreign issuers denominated in foreign
currencies.
These obligations must meet minimum ratings criteria set forth for the Fund as described in
its prospectus or, if unrated, be of comparable quality. Bonds rated Baa3 or higher by Moodys
and/or BBB or higher by S&P or Fitch Ratings, Ltd. are typically considered investment grade debt
obligations. The description of debt securities ratings may be found in
Appendix A.
In choosing corporate debt securities on behalf of a Fund, portfolio managers may consider:
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the specific issuers (a) business and management, (b) cash flow, (c) earnings
coverage of interest and dividends, (d) ability to operate under adverse economic
conditions, (e) fair market value of assets, and (f) in the case of foreign issuers,
unique political, economic or social conditions applicable to such issuers country;
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Debt securities are subject to a variety of risks, such as interest rate risk, income risk,
prepayment risk, inflation risk, credit risk, currency risk and default risk.
Non-Investment Grade Debt Obligations (Junk Bonds).
Bonds rated Ba or below by Moodys
and/or BB or below by S&P or Fitch Ratings, Ltd. are typically considered non-investment grade or
junk bonds. Analysis of the creditworthiness of junk bond issuers is more complex than that of
investment-grade issuers and the success of the Adviser in managing these decisions is more
dependent upon its own credit analysis than is the case with investment-grade bonds. Description of
debt securities ratings are found in
Appendix A
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The capacity of junk bonds to pay interest and repay principal is considered speculative.
While junk bonds may provide an opportunity for greater income and gains, they are subject to
greater risks
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than higher-rated debt securities. The prices of and yields on junk bonds may fluctuate to a
greater extent than those of higher-rated debt securities. Junk bonds are generally more sensitive
to individual issuer developments, economic conditions and regulatory changes than higher-rated
bonds. Issuers of junk bonds are often issued by smaller, less-seasoned companies or companies that
are highly leveraged with more traditional methods of financing unavailable to them. Junk bonds are
generally at a higher risk of default because such issues are often unsecured or otherwise
subordinated to claims of the issuers other creditors. If a junk bond issuer defaults, a Fund may
incur additional expenses to seek recovery. The secondary markets in which junk bonds are traded
may be thin and less liquid than the market for higher-rated debt securities and a Fund may have
difficulty selling certain junk bonds at the desired time and price. Less liquidity in secondary
trading markets could adversely affect the price at which a Fund could sell a particular junk bond,
and could cause large fluctuations in the net asset value of that Funds shares. The lack of a
liquid secondary market may also make it more difficult for a Fund to obtain accurate market
quotations in valuing junk bond assets and elements of judgment may play a greater role in the
valuation.
Loans, Loan Participations and Assignments.
Loans and loan participations are interests in
amounts owed by a corporate, governmental or other borrowers to another party. They may represent
amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates, to suppliers of goods or services, or to other
parties. The Fund will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to
which it is entitled only from the lender selling the participation and only upon receipt by the
lender of the payments from the borrower. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund
generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan
agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and the Fund may
not directly benefit from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the
participation. As a result, the Fund will be subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and
the lender that is selling the participation. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling
a participation, a Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from
any set-off between the lender and the borrower.
When the Fund purchases assignments from lenders, it acquires direct rights against the
borrower on the loan. However, because assignments are arranged through private negotiations
between potential assignees and potential assignors, the rights and obligations acquired by a Fund
as the purchaser of an assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the
assigning lender. In addition, if the loan is foreclosed, the Fund could be part owner of any
collateral and could bear the costs and liabilities of owning and disposing of the collateral.
Investments in loans, loan participations and assignments present the possibility that the
Fund could be held liable as a co-lender under emerging legal theories of lender liability. The
Fund anticipates that loans, loan participations and assignments could be sold only to a limited
number of institutional investors. If there is no active secondary market for a loan, it may be
more difficult to sell the interests in such a loan at a price that is acceptable or to even obtain
pricing information. In addition, some loans, loan participations and assignments may not be rated
by major rating agencies and may not be protected by the securities laws.
Public Bank Loans
. Public bank loans are privately negotiated loans for which information
about the issuer has been made publicly available. Public loans are made by banks or other
financial institutions, and may be rated investment grade (Baa or higher by Moodys, BBB or higher
by S&P) or below investment grade (below Baa by Moodys or below BBB by S&P). However, public bank
loans are not registered under the 1933 Act, and are not publicly traded. They usually are second
lien loans normally lower in priority of payment to senior loans, but have seniority in a companys
capital structure to other claims, such as subordinated corporate bonds or publicly-issued equity
so that in the event of bankruptcy or liquidation, the company is required to pay down these second
lien loans prior to such other lower-ranked claims on their assets. Bank loans normally pay
floating rates that reset frequently, and as a result, protect investors from increases in interest
rates.
Bank loans generally are negotiated between a borrower and several financial institutional
lenders represented by one or more lenders acting as agent of all the lenders. The agent is
responsible for negotiating the loan agreement that establishes the terms and conditions of the
loan and the rights of
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the borrower and the lenders, monitoring any collateral, and collecting principal and interest
on the loan. By investing in a loan, a Fund becomes a member of a syndicate of lenders. Certain
bank loans are illiquid, meaning the Fund may not be able to sell them quickly at a fair price.
Illiquid securities are also difficult to value. To the extent a bank loan has been deemed
illiquid, it will be subject to a Funds restrictions on investment in illiquid securities. The
secondary market for bank loans may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads
and extended trade settlement periods.
Bank loans are subject to the risk of default. Default in the payment of interest or principal
on a loan will result in a reduction of income to a Fund, a reduction in the value of the loan, and
a potential decrease in the Funds net asset value. The risk of default will increase in the event
of an economic downturn or a substantial increase in interest rates. Bank loans are subject to the
risk that the cash flow of the borrower and property securing the loan or debt, if any, may be
insufficient to meet scheduled payments. As discussed above, however, because bank loans reside
higher in the capital structure than high yield bonds, default losses have been historically lower
in the bank loan market. Bank loans that are rated below investment grade share the same risks of
other below investment grade securities.
Structured Notes and Indexed Securities.
Structured notes are derivative debt instruments,
the interest rate or principal of which is linked to currencies, interest rates, commodities,
indices or other financial indicators (reference instruments). Indexed securities may include
structured notes and other securities wherein the interest rate or principal are determined by a
reference instrument.
Most structured notes and indexed securities are fixed income securities that have maturities
of three years or less. The interest rate or the principal amount payable at maturity of an
indexed security may vary based on changes in one or more specified reference instruments, such as
a floating interest rate compared with a fixed interest rate. The reference instrument need not be
related to the terms of the indexed security. Structured notes and indexed securities may be
positively or negatively indexed (i.e., their principal value or interest rates may increase or
decrease if the underlying reference instrument appreciates), and may have return characteristics
similar to direct investments in the underlying reference instrument or to one or more options on
the underlying reference instrument.
Structured notes and indexed securities may entail a greater degree of market risk than other
types of debt securities because the investor bears the risk of the reference instrument.
Structured notes or indexed securities also may be more volatile, less liquid, and more difficult
to accurately price than less complex securities and instruments or more traditional debt
securities. In addition to the credit risk of the structured note or indexed securitys issuer and
the normal risks of price changes in response to changes in interest rates, the principal amount of
structured notes or indexed securities may decrease as a result of changes in the value of the
underlying reference instruments. Further, in the case of certain structured notes or indexed
securities in which the interest rate, or exchange rate in the case of currency, is linked to a
referenced instrument, the rate may be increased or decreased or the terms may provide that, under
certain circumstances, the principal amount payable on maturity may be reduced to zero resulting in
a loss to the Fund.
U.S. Corporate Debt Obligations
. Corporate debt obligations in which the Funds may invest are
debt obligations issued or guaranteed by corporations that are denominated in U.S. dollars. Such
investments may include, among others, commercial paper, bonds, notes, debentures, variable rate
demand notes, master notes, funding agreements and other short-term corporate instruments.
Commercial Paper consists of short-term promissory notes issued by corporations. Commercial paper
may be traded in the secondary market after its issuance. Variable rate demand notes are securities
with a variable interest which is readjusted on pre-established dates. Variable rate demand notes
are subject to payment of principal and accrued interest (usually within seven days) on a Funds
demand. Master notes are negotiated notes that permit the investment of fluctuating amounts of
money at varying rates of interest pursuant to arrangements with issuers who meet the credit
quality criteria of the Fund. The interest rate on a master note may fluctuate based upon changes
in specified interest rates or be reset periodically according to a prescribed formula or may be a
set rate. Although there is no secondary market in master notes, if such notes have a demand
feature, the payee may demand payment of the principal amount of the note upon relatively short
notice. Funding agreements are agreements between an insurance company and a Fund covering
underlying demand notes. Although there is no secondary
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market in funding agreements, if the underlying notes have a demand feature, the payee may
demand payment of the principal amount of the note upon relatively short notice. Master notes and
funding agreements are generally illiquid and therefore subject to the Funds percentage limitation
for investments in illiquid securities.
Other Investments
Additional Information Concerning the S&P 500 Index.
The Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund and the
Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard &
Poors, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (S&P). S&P makes no representation or
warranty, express or implied, to the owners of shares of the Funds or any member of the public
regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds particularly or the
ability of the S&P 500 Index to track general stock market performance. S&Ps only relationship to
the Funds is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of S&P and of the S&P 500 Index
which is determined, composed and calculated by S&P without regard to the Funds. S&P has no
obligation to take the needs of the Funds or the owners of shares of the Funds into consideration
in determining, composing or calculating the S&P 500 Index. S&P is not responsible for and has not
participated in the determination of the prices and amount of the Funds or the timing of the
issuance of sale of shares of the Funds. S&P has no obligation or liability in connection with the
administration, marketing or trading of the Funds.
S&P does not guarantee the accuracy and/or the completeness of the S&P 500 Index or any data
included therein and S&P shall have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions
therein. S&P makes no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by the Funds,
owners of shares of the Funds, or any other person or entity from the use of the S&P 500 Index or
any data included therein. S&P makes no express or implied warranties, and expressly disclaims all
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use with respect to the S&P
500 Index or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall
S&P have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages (including lost
profits), even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
REITs are trusts that sell equity or debt securities
to investors and use the proceeds to invest in real estate or interests therein. Equity REITs
invest the majority of their assets directly in real property and derive income primarily from the
collection of rents. Equity REITs can also realize capital gains by selling property that has
appreciated in value. Mortgage REITs invest the majority of their assets in real estate mortgages
and derive income from the collection of interest payments.
Investments in REITS may be subject to many of the same risks as direct investments in real
estate. These risks include difficulties in valuing and trading real estate, declines in the value
of real estate, risks related to general and local economic conditions, adverse changes in the
climate for real estate, environmental liability risks, increases in property taxes and operating
expenses, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, limitations on rents, changes in
neighborhood values, the appeal of properties to tenants, heavy cash flow dependency and increases
in interest rates. To the extent that a Fund invests in REITs, the Fund could conceivably own real
estate directly as a result of a default on the REIT interests or obligations it owns.
In addition to the risks of direct real estate investment described above, equity REITs may be
affected by any changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the trusts, while mortgage
REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. REITs are also subject to the
following risks: they are dependent upon management skill and on cash flows; are not diversified;
are subject to defaults by borrowers, self-liquidation, and the possibility of failing to maintain
an exemption from the 1940 Act; and are subject to interest rate risk. A Fund that invests in
REITs will bear a proportionate share of the expenses of the REITs.
Other Investment Companies.
A Fund may purchase shares of other investment companies,
including exchange traded funds. For each Fund, the 1940 Act imposes the following restrictions on
investments in other investment companies: (i) a Fund may not purchase more than 3% of the total
outstanding voting stock of another investment company; (ii) a Fund may not invest more than 5% of
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total assets in securities issued by another investment company; and (iii) a Fund may not
invest more
than 10% of its total assets in securities issued by other investment companies. The 1940 Act
and related rules provide certain exemptions from these restrictions. For example, under certain
conditions, a fund may acquire an unlimited amount of shares of mutual funds that are part of the
same group of investment companies as the acquiring fund. In addition, these restrictions do not
apply to investments by the Funds in investment companies that are money market funds, including
money market funds that have Invesco or an affiliate of Invesco as an investment adviser (the
Affiliated Money Market Funds).
When a Fund purchases shares of another investment company, including an Affiliated Money
Market Fund, the Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of the advisory fees and other
operating expenses of such investment company and will be subject to the risks associated with the
portfolio investments of the underlying investment company.
Limited Partnerships.
A limited partnership interest entitles the Fund to participate in the
investment return of the partnerships assets as defined by the agreement among the partners. As a
limited partner, the Fund generally is not permitted to participate in the management of the
partnership. However, unlike a general partner whose liability is not limited, a limited partners
liability generally is limited to the amount of its commitment to the partnership
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs).
Operating earnings flow directly to the unitholders of
MLPs in the form of cash distributions. Although the characteristics of MLPs closely resemble a
traditional limited partnership, a major difference is that MLPs may trade on a public exchange or
in the over-the-counter market. The ability to trade on a public exchange or in the
over-the-counter market provides a certain amount of liquidity not found in many limited
partnership investments. Operating earnings flow directly to the unitholders of MLPs in the form
of cash distributions.
The risks of investing in an MLP are similar to those of investing in a partnership and
include less restrictive governance and regulation, and therefore less protection for the MLP
investor, than investors in a corporation. Additional risks include those risks traditionally
associated with investing in the particular industry or industries in which the MLP invests.
Private Investments in Public Equity
: Private investments in public equity (PIPES) are equity
securities in a private placement that are issued by issuers who have outstanding, publicly-traded
equity securities of the same class Shares in PIPES generally are not registered with the SEC until
after a certain time period from the date the private sale is completed. This restricted period can
last many months. Until the public registration process is completed, PIPES are restricted as to
resale and the Fund cannot freely trade the securities. Generally, such restrictions cause the
PIPES to be illiquid during this time. PIPES may contain provisions that the issuer will pay
specified financial penalties to the holder if the issuer does not publicly register the restricted
equity securities within a specified period of time, but there is no assurance that the restricted
equity securities will be publicly registered, or that the registration will remain in effect.
Defaulted Securities.
Defaulted securities are debt securities on which the issuer is not
currently making interest payments. In order to enforce its rights in defaulted securities, the
Fund may be required to participate in legal proceedings or take possession of and manage assets
securing the issuers obligations on the defaulted securities. This could increase the Funds
operating expenses and adversely affect its net asset value. Risks in defaulted securities may be
considerably higher as they are generally unsecured and subordinated to other creditors of the
issuer. Any investments by the Fund in defaulted securities will also be considered illiquid
securities subject to the limitations described herein, unless Invesco and/or the Sub-Advisers
determine that such defaulted securities are liquid under guidelines adopted by the Board.
Municipal Forward Contracts.
A municipal forward contract is a Municipal Security which is
purchased on a when-issued basis with longer-than-standard settlement dates, in some cases taking
place up to five years from the date of purchase. The buyer, in this case the Fund, will execute a
receipt evidencing the obligation to purchase the bond on the specified issue date, and must
segregate cash to meet that forward commitment.
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Municipal forward contracts typically carry a substantial yield premium to compensate the
buyer for the risks associated with a long when-issued period, including shifts in market interest
rates that could materially impact the principal value of the bond, deterioration in the credit
quality of the issuer, loss of
alternative investment options during the when-issued period and failure of the issuer to
complete various steps required to issue the bonds.
Variable or Floating Rate Instruments.
Variable or floating rate instruments are securities
that provide for a periodic adjustment in the interest rate paid on the obligation. The interest
rates for securities with variable interest rates are readjusted on set dates (such as the last day
of the month or calendar quarter) and the interest rates for securities with floating rates are
reset whenever a specified interest rate change occurs. Variable or floating interest rates
generally reduce changes in the market price of securities from their original purchase price
because, upon readjustment, such rates approximate market rates. Accordingly, as market interest
rates decrease or increase, the potential for capital appreciation or depreciation is less for
variable or floating rate securities than for fixed rate obligations. Many securities with
variable or floating interest rates have a demand feature allowing the Fund to demand payment of
principal and accrued interest prior to its maturity. The terms of such demand instruments require
payment of principal and accrued interest by the issuer, a guarantor, and/or a liquidity provider.
All variable or floating rate instruments will meet the applicable rating standards of the Funds.
The Funds Adviser, or Sub-Adviser, as applicable, may determine that an unrated floating rate or
variable rate demand obligation meets the Funds rating standards by reason of being backed by a
letter of credit or guarantee issued by a bank that meets those rating standards.
Zero Coupon and Pay-in-Kind Securities.
Zero coupon securities do not pay interest or
principal until final maturity unlike debt securities that traditionally provide periodic payments
of interest (referred to as a coupon payment). Investors must wait until maturity to receive
interest and principal, which increases the interest rate and credit risks of a zero coupon
security. Pay-in-kind securities are securities that have interest payable by delivery of
additional securities. Upon maturity, the holder is entitled to receive the aggregate par value of
the securities. Zero coupon and pay-in-kind securities may be subject to greater fluctuation in
value and less liquidity in the event of adverse market conditions than comparably rated securities
paying cash interest at regular interest payment periods. Investors may purchase zero coupon and
pay-in-kind securities at a price below the amount payable at maturity. The difference between the
purchase price and the amount paid at maturity represents original issue discount on the
security.
Premium Securities.
Premium securities are securities bearing coupon rates higher than the
then prevailing market rates.
Premium securities are typically purchased at a premium, in other words, at a price greater
than the principal amount payable on maturity. The Fund will not amortize the premium paid for
such securities in calculating its net investment income. As a result, in such cases the purchase
of premium securities provides the Fund a higher level of investment income distributable to
shareholders on a current basis than if the Fund purchased securities bearing current market rates
of interest. However, the yield on these securities would remain at the current market rate. If
securities purchased by the Fund at a premium are called or sold prior to maturity, the Fund will
realize a loss to the extent the call or sale price is less than the purchase price. Additionally,
the Fund will realize a loss of principal if it holds such securities to maturity.
Stripped Income Securities.
Stripped Income Securities are obligations representing an
interest in all or a portion of the income or principal components of an underlying or related
security, a pool of securities, or other assets. Stripped income securities may be partially
stripped so that each class receives some interest and some principal. However, they may be
completely stripped, where one class will receive all of the interest (the interest only class or
the IO class), while the other class will receive all of the principal (the principal-only
class or the PO class).
The market values of stripped income securities tend to be more volatile in response to
changes in interest rates than are conventional income securities. In the case of mortgage-backed
stripped income securities, the yields to maturity of IOs and POs may be very sensitive to
principal repayments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgages resulting in a Fund being
unable to recoup its initial
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investment or resulting in a less than anticipated yield. The market
for stripped income securities may be limited, making it difficult for the Fund to dispose of its
holding at an acceptable price.
Privatizations.
The governments of certain foreign countries have, to varying degrees,
embarked on privatization programs to sell part or all of their interests in government owned or
controlled companies or enterprises (privatizations). A Funds investments in such
privatizations may include: (i) privately negotiated investments in a government owned or
controlled company or enterprise; (ii) investments in the initial offering of equity securities of
a government owned or controlled company or enterprise; and (iii) investments in the securities of
a government owned or controlled company or enterprise following its initial equity offering.
In certain foreign countries, the ability of foreign entities such as the Fund to participate
in privatizations may be limited by local law, or the terms on which the Fund may be permitted to
participate may be less advantageous than those for local investors. There can be no assurance
that foreign governments will continue to sell companies and enterprises currently owned or
controlled by them, that privatization programs will be successful, or that foreign governments
will not re-nationalize companies or enterprises that have been privatized. If large blocks of
these enterprises are held by a small group of stockholders the sale of all or some portion of
these blocks could have an adverse effect on the price.
Participation Notes.
Participation notes, also known as participation certificates, are
issued by banks or broker-dealers and are designed to replicate the performance of foreign
companies or foreign securities markets and can be used by the Fund as an alternative means to
access the securities market of a country. The performance results of participation notes will not
replicate exactly the performance of the foreign company or foreign securities market that they
seek to replicate due to transaction and other expenses. Investments in participation notes
involve the same risks associated with a direct investment in the underlying foreign companies or
foreign securities market that they seek to replicate. Participation notes are generally traded
over-the-counter and are subject to counterparty risk. Counterparty risk is the risk that the
broker-dealer or bank that issues them will not fulfill its contractual obligation to complete the
transaction with the Fund. Participation notes constitute general unsecured contractual
obligations of the banks or broker-dealers that issue them, and a Fund is relying on the
creditworthiness of such banks or broker-dealers and has no rights under a participation note
against the issuer of the underlying assets.
Investment Techniques
Forward Commitments, When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities.
Forward commitments,
when-issued or delayed delivery basis means that delivery and payment take place in the future
after the date of the commitment to purchase or sell the securities at a pre-determined price
and/or yield. Settlement of such transactions normally occurs a month or more after the purchase
or sale commitment is made. Typically, no interest accrues to the purchaser until the security is
delivered. Forward commitments also include To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage backed securities,
which are contracts for the purchase or sale of mortgage-backed securities to be delivered at a
future agreed upon date, whereby the specific mortgage pool numbers or the number of pools that
will be delivered to fulfill the trade obligation or terms of the contract are unknown at the time
of the trade. A Fund may also enter into buy/sell back transactions (a form of delayed delivery
agreement). In a buy/sell back transaction, a Fund enters a trade to sell securities at one price
and simultaneously enters a trade to buy the same securities at another price for settlement at a
future date. Although a Fund generally intends to acquire or dispose of securities on a forward
commitment, when-issued or delayed delivery basis, a Fund may sell these securities or its
commitment before the settlement date if deemed advisable.
When purchasing a security on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed delivery basis, a
Fund assumes the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and
yield fluctuation, and takes such fluctuations into account when determining its net asset value.
Securities purchased on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed delivery basis are subject to
changes in value based upon the publics perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and
changes, real or anticipated, in the level of interest rates. Accordingly, securities acquired on
such a basis may expose a Fund to risks because they may experience such fluctuations prior to
actual delivery. Purchasing securities on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed delivery
basis may involve the additional
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risk that the yield available in the market when the delivery
takes place actually may be higher than that obtained in the transaction itself.
Investment in these types of securities may increase the possibility that the Fund will incur
short-term gains subject to federal taxation or short-term losses if the Fund must engage in
portfolio
transactions in order to honor its commitment. Until the settlement date, a Fund will
segregate liquid assets of a dollar value sufficient at all times to make payment for the forward
commitment, when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. Such segregated liquid assets will be
marked-to-market daily, and the amount segregated will be increased if necessary to maintain
adequate coverage of the delayed delivery commitments. The delayed delivery securities, which will
not begin to accrue interest or dividends until the settlement date, will be recorded as an asset
of a Fund and will be subject to the risk of market fluctuation. The purchase price of the delayed
delivery securities is a liability of a Fund until settlement.
Short Sales.
The Funds do not currently intend to engage in short sales other than short
sales against the box. A Fund will not sell a security short if, as a result of such short sale,
the aggregate market value of all securities sold short exceeds 10% of the Funds total assets.
This limitation does not apply to short sales against the box.
A short sale involves the sale of a security which a Fund does not own in the hope of
purchasing the same security at a later date at a lower price. To make delivery to the buyer, a
Fund must borrow the security from a broker. The Fund normally closes a short sale by purchasing an
equivalent number of shares of the borrowed security on the open market and delivering them to the
broker. A short sale is typically effected when the Funds Adviser believes that the price of a
particular security will decline. Open short positions using futures or forward currency contracts
are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
To secure its obligation to deliver the securities sold short to the broker, a Fund will be
required to deposit cash or liquid securities with the broker. In addition, the Fund may have to
pay a premium to borrow the securities, and while the loan of the security sold short is
outstanding, the Fund is required to pay to the broker the amount of any dividends paid on shares
sold short. In addition to maintaining collateral with the broker, a Fund will set aside an amount
of cash or liquid securities equal to the difference, if any, between the current market value of
the securities sold short and any cash or liquid securities deposited as collateral with the
broker-dealer in connection with the short sale. The collateral will be marked-to-market daily.
The amounts deposited with the broker or segregated with the custodian do not have the effect of
limiting the amount of money that the Fund may lose on a short sale. Short sale transactions
covered in this manner are not considered senior securities and are not subject to the Funds
fundamental investment limitations on senior securities and borrowings.
Short positions create a risk that a Fund will be required to cover them by buying the
security at a time when the security has appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the
Fund. A short position in a security poses more risk than holding the same security long. Because
a short position loses value as the securitys price increases, the loss on a short sale is
theoretically unlimited. The loss on a long position is limited to what the Fund originally paid
for the security together with any transaction costs. The Fund may not always be able to borrow a
security the Fund seeks to sell short at a particular time or at an acceptable price. It is
possible that the market value of the securities the Fund holds in long positions will decline at
the same time that the market value of the securities the Fund has sold short increases, thereby
increasing the Funds potential volatility. Because the Fund may be required to pay dividends,
interest, premiums and other expenses in connection with a short sale, any benefit for the Fund
resulting from the short sale will be decreased, and the amount of any ultimate gain or loss will
be decreased or increased, respectively, by the amount of such expenses.
The Fund may also enter into short sales against the box. Short sales against the box are
short sales of securities that a Fund owns or has the right to obtain (equivalent in kind or amount
to the securities sold short). If a Fund enters into a short sale against the box, it will be
required to set aside securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short (or
securities convertible or exchangeable into such securities) and will be required to hold such
securities while the short sale is outstanding. The Fund will incur transaction costs including
interest expenses, in connection with opening, maintaining, and closing short sales against the
box.
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Short sales against the box result in a constructive sale and require a Fund to recognize
any taxable gain unless an exception to the constructive sale applies. See Dividends,
Distributions and Tax Matters Tax Matters Determination of Taxable Income of a Regulated
Investment Company.
Margin Transactions.
None of the Funds will purchase any security on margin, except that each
Fund may obtain such short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and
sales of portfolio securities. The payment by a Fund of initial or variation margin in connection
with futures or related options transactions will not be considered the purchase of a security on
margin.
Interfund Loans.
The SEC has issued an exemptive order permitting the Funds to borrow money
from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes. The Funds interfund
lending program is subject to a number of conditions, including the requirements that: (1) an
interfund loan will generally only occur if the interest rate on the loan is more favorable to the
borrowing fund than the interest rate typically available from a bank for a comparable transaction
and the rate is more favorable to the lending fund than the rate available on overnight repurchase
transactions; (2) a Fund may not lend more than 15% of its net assets through the program (measured
at the time of the last loan); and (3) a Fund may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to
another Fund through the program (measured at the time of the loan). A Fund may participate in the
program only if and to the extent that such participation is consistent with the Funds investment
objective and investment policies. Interfund loans have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may
be called with one days notice and may be repaid on any day.
Borrowing.
The Funds may borrow money to the extent permitted under the Fund Policies. Such
borrowings may be utilized (i) for temporary or emergency purposes; (ii) in anticipation of or in
response to adverse market conditions; or, (iii) for cash management purposes. All borrowings are
limited to an amount not exceeding 33 1/3% of a Funds total assets (including the amount borrowed)
less liabilities (other than borrowings). Any borrowings that exceed this amount will be reduced
within three business days to the extent necessary to comply with the 33 1/3% limitation even if it
is not advantageous to sell securities at that time.
If there are unusually heavy redemptions, a Fund may have to sell a portion of its investment
portfolio at a time when it may not be advantageous to do so. Selling Fund securities under these
circumstances may result in a lower net asset value per share or decreased dividend income, or
both. Invesco and the Sub-Advisers believe that, in the event of abnormally heavy redemption
requests, a Funds borrowing ability would help to mitigate any such effects and could make the
forced sale of their portfolio securities less likely.
The Funds may borrow from a bank, broker-dealer, or another Fund. Additionally, the Funds are
permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in their account with their
custodian bank. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the Funds may either
(i) leave funds as a compensating balance in their account so the custodian bank can be compensated
by earning interest on such funds; or (ii) compensate the custodian bank by paying it an agreed
upon rate. A Fund may not purchase additional securities when any borrowings from banks or
broker-dealers exceed 5% of the Funds total assets or when any borrowings from a Fund are
outstanding.
Lending Portfolio Securities
. A Fund may lend its portfolio securities (principally to
broker-dealers) to generate additional income. Such loans are callable at any time and are
continuously secured by segregated collateral equal to no less than the market value, determined
daily, of the loaned securities. Such collateral will be cash, letters of credit, or debt
securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies. Each Fund may lend
portfolio securities to the extent of one-third of its total assets. A Fund will loan its
securities only to parties that Invesco has determined are in good standing and when, in Invescos
judgment, the income earned would justify the risks.
A Fund will not have the right to vote securities while they are on loan, but it can call a
loan in anticipation of an important vote. The Fund would receive income in lieu of dividends on
loaned securities and may, at the same time, generate income on the loan collateral or on the
investment of any cash collateral.
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If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of
insolvency or other reasons, the Fund could experience delays and costs in recovering securities
loaned or gaining access to the collateral. If the Fund is not able to recover the securities
loaned, the Fund may sell the collateral and purchase a replacement security in the market. Lending
securities entails a risk of loss to
the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the loaned securities increases and the
collateral is not increased accordingly.
Any cash received as collateral for loaned securities will be invested, in accordance with a
Funds investment guidelines, in short-term money market instruments or Affiliated Money Market
Funds. Investing this cash subjects that investment to market appreciation or depreciation. For
purposes of determining whether a Fund is complying with its investment policies, strategies and
restrictions, the Fund will consider the loaned securities as assets of the Fund, but will not
consider any collateral received as a Fund asset. The Fund will bear any loss on the investment of
cash collateral.
For a discussion of tax considerations relating to lending portfolio securities, see
Dividends, Distributions and Tax Matters Tax Matters Securities Lending.
Repurchase Agreements.
Certain Funds may engage in repurchase agreement transactions
involving the types of securities in which it is permitted to invest. Repurchase agreements are
agreements under which a Fund acquires ownership of a security from a broker-dealer or bank that
agrees to repurchase the security at a mutually agreed upon time and price (which is higher than
the purchase price), thereby determining the yield during a Funds holding period. A Fund may
enter into a continuing contract or open repurchase agreement under which the seller is under a
continuing obligation to repurchase the underlying securities from the Fund on demand and the
effective interest rate is negotiated on a daily basis. Repurchase agreements may be viewed as
loans made by a Fund which are collateralized by the securities subject to repurchase.
If the seller of a repurchase agreement fails to repurchase the security in accordance with
the terms of the agreement, a Fund might incur expenses in enforcing its rights, and could
experience a loss on the sale of the underlying security to the extent that the proceeds of the
sale including accrued interest are less than the resale price provided in the agreement, including
interest. In addition, although the Bankruptcy Code and other insolvency laws may provide certain
protections for some types of repurchase agreements, if the seller of a repurchase agreement should
be involved in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, a Fund may incur delay and costs in selling
the underlying security or may suffer a loss of principal and interest if the value of the
underlying security declines. The securities underlying a repurchase agreement will be
marked-to-market every business day so that the value of such securities is at least equal to the
investment value of the repurchase agreement, including any accrued interest thereon.
The Funds may invest their cash balances in joint accounts with other Funds for the purpose of
investing in repurchase agreements with maturities not to exceed 60 days, and in certain other
money market instruments with remaining maturities not to exceed 90 days. Repurchase agreements
are considered loans by a Fund under the 1940 Act.
Restricted and Illiquid Securities
. Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in
securities that are illiquid.
Illiquid securities are securities that cannot be disposed of within seven days in the normal
course of business at the price at which they are valued. Illiquid securities may include a wide
variety of investments, such as: (1) repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days (unless
the agreements have demand/redemption features); (2) OTC options contracts and certain other
derivatives (including certain swap agreements); (3) fixed time deposits that are not subject to
prepayment or that provide for withdrawal penalties upon prepayment (other than overnight
deposits); (4) loan interests and other direct debt instruments; (5) municipal lease obligations;
(6) commercial paper issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933
Act); and (7) securities that are unregistered, that can be sold to qualified institutional buyers
in accordance with Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, or that are exempt from registration under the
1933 Act or otherwise restricted under the federal securities laws.
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Limitations on the resale of restricted securities may have an adverse effect on their
marketability, which may prevent a Fund from disposing of them promptly at reasonable prices. The
Fund may have to bear the expense of registering such securities for resale, and the risk of
substantial delays in effecting such registrations. A Funds difficulty valuing and selling
illiquid securities may result in a loss or be costly to the Fund.
If a substantial market develops for a restricted security or other illiquid investment held
by a Fund, it may be treated as a liquid security, in accordance with procedures and guidelines
approved by the Board. While Invesco monitors the liquidity of restricted securities on a daily
basis, the Board oversees and retains ultimate responsibility for Invescos liquidity
determinations. Invesco considers various factors when determining whether a security is liquid,
including the frequency of trades, availability of quotations and number of dealers or qualified
institutional buyers in the market.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements.
Reverse repurchase agreements are agreements that involve the
sale of securities held by a Fund to financial institutions such as banks and broker-dealers, with
an agreement that the Fund will repurchase the securities at an agreed upon price and date. During
the reverse repurchase agreement period, the Fund continues to receive interest and principal
payments on the securities sold. A Fund may employ reverse repurchase agreements (i) for temporary
emergency purposes, such as to meet unanticipated net redemptions so as to avoid liquidating other
portfolio securities during unfavorable market conditions; (ii) to cover short-term cash
requirements resulting from the timing of trade settlements; or (iii) to take advantage of market
situations where the interest income to be earned from the investment of the proceeds of the
transaction is greater than the interest expense of the transaction.
Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of securities to be
purchased by the Fund may decline below the price at which the Fund is obligated to repurchase the
securities, or that the other party may default on its obligation, so that the Fund is delayed or
prevented from completing the transaction. At the time the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase
agreement, it will segregate, and maintain, liquid assets having a dollar value equal to the
repurchase price. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files
for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a Funds use of the proceeds from the sale of the securities
may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether
to enforce the Funds obligation to repurchase the securities. Reverse repurchase agreements are
considered borrowings by a Fund under the 1940 Act.
Mortgage Dollar Rolls.
A mortgage dollar roll (a dollar roll) is a type of transaction that
involves the sale by a Fund of a mortgage-backed security to a financial institution such as a bank
or broker-dealer, with an agreement that the Fund will repurchase a substantially similar (i.e.,
same type, coupon and maturity) security at an agreed upon price and date. The mortgage securities
that are purchased will bear the same interest rate as those sold, but will generally be
collateralized by different pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories. During the
period between the sale and repurchase a Fund will not be entitled to receive interest or principal
payments on the securities sold but is compensated for the difference between the current sales
price and the forward price for the future purchase. In addition, cash proceeds of the sale may be
invested in short-term instruments and the income from these investments, together with any
additional fee income received on the sale, would generate income for a Fund. A Fund typically
enters into a dollar roll transaction to enhance the Funds return either on an income or total
return basis or to manage pre-payment risk.
Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities retained by
a Fund may decline below the price of the securities that the Fund has sold but is obligated to
repurchase under the agreement. In the event the buyer of securities under a dollar roll
transaction files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a Funds use of the proceeds from the sale
of the securities may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or
receiver, whether to enforce the Funds obligation to repurchase the securities. Dollar rolls are
considered borrowings by a Fund under the 1940 Act. At the time a Fund enters into a dollar roll
transaction, a sufficient amount of assets held by the Fund will be segregated to meet the forward
commitment.
Unless the benefits of the sale exceed the income, capital appreciation or gains on the
securities sold as part of the dollar roll, the investment performance of a Fund will be less than
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performance would have been without the use of dollar rolls. The benefits of dollar rolls
may depend upon the Advisers or Sub-Advisers ability to predict mortgage repayments and interest
rates. There is no assurance that dollar rolls can be successfully employed.
Sale of Money Market Securities.
The Money Market Funds do not seek profits through
short-term trading and will generally hold portfolio securities to maturity. However, the Adviser
and/or Sub-Adviser may seek to enhance the yield of the Fund by taking advantage of yield
disparities that occur in
the money markets. For example, market conditions frequently result in similar securities
trading at different prices. Also, there frequently are differences in yields between various
types of money market securities. The Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser may dispose of any portfolio
security prior to its maturity if such disposition and reinvestment of proceeds are expected to
enhance yield consistent with the Advisers and/or Sub-Advisers judgment as to desirable portfolio
maturity structure. The Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser may also dispose of any portfolio security
prior to maturity to meet redemption requests, and as a result of a revised credit evaluation of
the issuer or other circumstances or considerations. This procedure may increase or decrease the
Funds yield depending upon the Advisers and/or Sub-Advisers ability to correctly time and
execute such transactions. The Funds policy of investing in securities with maturities of 397
days or less will result in high portfolio turnover. Since brokerage commissions are not normally
paid on investments of the type made by the Fund, the high turnover should not adversely affect the
Funds net income.
Standby Commitments.
A Fund may acquire securities that are subject to standby commitments
from banks or other municipal securities dealers.
Under a standby commitment, a bank or dealer would agree to purchase, at the Funds option,
specified securities at a specified price. Standby commitments generally increase the cost of the
acquisition of the underlying security, thereby reducing the yield. Standby commitments depend
upon the issuers ability to fulfill its obligation upon demand. Although no definitive
creditworthiness criteria are used for this purpose, Invesco reviews the creditworthiness of the
banks and other municipal securities dealers from which the Funds obtain standby commitments in
order to evaluate those risks.
Derivatives
A derivative is a financial instrument whose value is dependent upon the value of other
assets, rates or indices, referred to as an underlying reference. These underlying references may
include commodities, stocks, bonds, interest rates, currency exchange rates or related indices.
Derivatives include swaps, options, warrants, futures and forward currency contracts. Some
derivatives, such as futures and certain options, are traded on U.S. commodity or securities
exchanges, while other derivatives, such as swap agreements, are privately negotiated and entered
into in the over-the-counter (OTC) market.
Derivatives may be used for hedging, which means that they may be used when the portfolio
manager seeks to protect the Funds investments from a decline in value, which could result from
changes in interest rates, market prices, currency fluctuations and other market factors.
Derivatives may also be used when the portfolio manager seeks to increase liquidity, implement a
tax or cash management strategy, invest in a particular stock, bond or segment of the market in a
more efficient or less expensive way, modify the characteristics of the Funds portfolio
investments, for example, duration, and/or to enhance return. However derivatives are used, their
successful use is not assured and will depend upon the portfolio managers ability to predict and
understand relevant market movements.
Because certain derivatives involve leverage, that is, the amount invested may be smaller than
the full economic exposure of the derivative instrument and the Fund could lose more than it
invested, federal securities laws, regulations and guidance may require the Fund to earmark assets
to reduce the risks associated with derivatives or to otherwise hold instruments that offset the
Funds obligations under the derivatives instrument. This process is known as cover. A Fund will
not enter into any derivative transaction unless it can comply with SEC guidance regarding cover,
and, if SEC guidance so requires, a Fund will earmark cash or liquid assets with a value sufficient
to cover its obligations under a derivative transaction or otherwise cover the transaction in
accordance with applicable SEC guidance. If a large portion of a Funds assets is used for cover,
it could affect portfolio management or the Funds ability to
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meet redemption requests or other
current obligations. The leverage involved in certain derivative transactions may result in a
Funds net asset value being more sensitive to changes in the value of the related investment.
For swaps, forwards and futures that are contractually required to cash-settle, the Fund is
permitted to set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the Funds daily mark-to-market (net)
obligations, if any (i.e., the Funds daily net liability, if any), rather than the notional value
(See Swap Agreements). By setting aside assets equal to only its net obligations under
cash-settled swaps, forward
and futures contracts, the Fund will have the ability to employ leverage to a greater extent
than if the Fund were required to segregate assets equal to the full notional value of such
contracts. The Fund reserves the right to modify its asset segregation policies in the future to
comply with any changes in the positions articulated from time to time by the SEC and its staff.
The Subsidiary will comply with these asset segregation requirements to the same extent as the Fund
itself.
General risks associated with derivatives:
The use by the Funds of derivatives may involve certain risks, as described below.
Counterparty Risk:
OTC derivatives are generally governed by a single master agreement for
each counterparty. Counterparty risk refers to the risk that the counterparty under the agreement
will not live up to its obligations. An agreement may not contemplate delivery of collateral to
support fully a counterpartys contractual obligation; therefore, a Fund might need to rely on
contractual remedies to satisfy the counterpartys full obligation. As with any contractual remedy,
there is no guarantee that a Fund will be successful in pursuing such remedies, particularly in the
event of the counterpartys bankruptcy. The agreement may allow for netting of the counterpartys
obligations on specific transactions, in which case a Funds obligation or right will be the net
amount owed to or by the counterparty. The Fund will not enter into a derivative transaction with
any counterparty that Invesco and/or the Sub-Advisers believe does not have the financial resources
to honor its obligations under the transaction. Invesco monitors the financial stability of
counterparties. Where the obligations of the counterparty are guaranteed, Invesco monitors the
financial stability of the guarantor instead of the counterparty.
A Fund will not enter into a transaction with any single counterparty if the net amount owed
or to be received under existing transactions under the agreements with that counterparty would
exceed 5% of the Funds net assets determined on the date the transaction is entered into.
Leverage Risk:
Leverage exists when a Fund can lose more than it originally invests because
it purchases or sells an instrument or enters into a transaction without investing an amount equal
to the full economic exposure of the instrument or transaction. A Fund mitigates leverage by
segregating or earmarking assets or otherwise covers transactions that may give rise to leverage.
Liquidity Risk:
The risk that a particular derivative is difficult to sell or liquidate. If
a derivative transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is illiquid, it may not be
possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which
may result in significant losses to the Fund.
Pricing Risk:
The risk that the value of a particular derivative does not move in tandem or as
otherwise expected relative to the corresponding underlying instruments.
Regulatory Risk:
The risk that a change in laws or regulations will materially impact a
security or market.
Tax Risks:
For a discussion of the tax considerations relating to derivative transactions,
see Dividends, Distributions and Tax Matters.
General risks of hedging strategies using derivatives:
The use by the Funds of hedging strategies involves special considerations and risks, as
described below.
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Successful use of hedging transactions depends upon Invescos and the Sub-Advisers ability to
predict correctly the direction of changes in the value of the applicable markets and securities,
contracts and/or currencies. While Invesco and the Sub-Advisers are experienced in the use of
derivatives for hedging, there can be no assurance that any particular hedging strategy will
succeed.
In a hedging transaction, there might be imperfect correlation, or even no correlation,
between the price movements of an instrument used for hedging and the price movements of the
investments being hedged. Such a lack of correlation might occur due to factors unrelated to the
value of the investments being hedged, such as changing interest rates, market liquidity, and
speculative or other pressures on the markets in which the hedging instrument is traded.
Hedging strategies, if successful, can reduce risk of loss by wholly or partially offsetting
the negative effect of unfavorable price movements in the investments being hedged. However,
hedging strategies can also reduce opportunity for gain by offsetting the positive effect of
favorable price movements in the hedged investments.
Types of derivatives:
Swap Agreements.
Generally, swap agreements are contracts between a Fund and a brokerage
firm, bank, or other financial institution (the counterparty) for periods ranging from a few days
to multiple years. In a basic swap transaction, the Fund agrees with its counterparty to exchange
the returns (or differentials in returns) earned or realized on a particular asset such as an
equity or debt security, commodity, currency or interest rate, calculated with respect to a
notional amount. The notional amount is the set amount selected by the parties to use as the
basis on which to calculate the obligations that the parties to a swap agreement have agreed to
exchange. The parties typically do not exchange the notional amount. Instead, they agree to
exchange the returns that would be earned or realized if the notional amount were invested in given
investments or at given interest rates. Examples of returns that may be exchanged in a swap
agreement are those of a particular security, a particular fixed or variable interest rate, a
particular foreign currency, or a basket of securities representing a particular index. In some
cases, such as cross currency swaps, the swap agreement may require delivery (exchange) of the
entire notional value of one designated currency for another designated currency.
Numerous proposals have been made by various regulatory entities and rulemaking bodies to
regulate the OTC derivatives markets, including, specifically, credit default swaps. The Fund
cannot predict the outcome or final form of any of these proposals or if or when any of them would
become effective. However, any additional regulation or limitation on the OTC markets for
derivatives could materially and adversely impact the ability of the Fund to buy or sell OTC
derivatives, including credit default swaps.
Commonly used swap agreements include:
Credit Default Swaps (CDS):
An agreement between two parties where the first party agrees
to make one or more payments to the second party, while the second party assumes the risk of
certain defaults, generally a failure to pay or bankruptcy of the issuer on a referenced debt
obligation. CDS transactions are typically individually negotiated and structured. A Fund may enter
into CDS to create long or short exposure to domestic or foreign corporate debt securities or
sovereign debt securities.
A Fund may buy a CDS (buy credit protection). In this transaction the Fund makes a stream of
payments based on a fixed interest rate (the premium) over the life of the swap in exchange for a
counterparty (the seller) taking on the risk of default of a referenced debt obligation (the
Reference Obligation). If a credit event occurs for the Reference Obligation, the Fund would
cease making premium payments and it would deliver defaulted bonds to the seller. In return, the
seller would pay the notional value of the Reference Obligation to the Fund. Alternatively, the two
counterparties may agree to cash settlement in which the seller delivers to the Fund (buyer) the
difference between the market value and the notional value of the Reference Obligation. If no
event of default occurs, the Fund pays the fixed premium to the seller for the life of the
contract, and no other exchange occurs.
Alternatively, a Fund may sell a CDS (sell credit protection). In this transaction the Fund
will receive premium payments from the buyer in exchange for taking the risk of default of the
Reference
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Obligation. If a credit event occurs for the Reference Obligation
,
the buyer would cease
to make premium payments to the Fund and deliver the Reference Obligation to the Fund. In return,
the Fund would pay the notional value of the Reference Obligation to the buyer. Alternatively, the
two counterparties may agree to cash settlement in which the Fund would pay the buyer the
difference between the market value and the notional value of the Reference Obligation. If no
event of default occurs, the Fund receives the premium payments over the life of the contract, and
no other exchange occurs.
Credit Default Index (CDX):
A CDX is an index of CDS. CDX allow an investor to manage
credit risk or to take a position on a basket of credit entities (such as CDS or CMBS) in a more
efficient manner than transacting in single name CDS. If a credit event occurs in one of the
underlying companies, the protection is paid out via the delivery of the defaulted bond by the
buyer of protection in return for payment of the notional value of the defaulted bond by the seller
of protection or it may be settled through
a cash settlement between the two parties. The underlying company is then removed from the
index. New series of CDX are issued on a regular basis. A Commercial Mortgage-Backed Index (CMBX)
is a type of CDX made up of 25 tranches of commercial mortgage-backed securities (See Debt
Instruments Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities) rather than CDS. Unlike other CDX
contracts where credit events are intended to capture an event of default, CMBX involves a
pay-as-you-go (PAUG) settlement process designed to capture non-default events that affect the
cash flow of the reference obligation. PAUG involves ongoing, two-way payments over the life of a
contract between the buyer and the seller of protection and is designed to closely mirror the cash
flow of a portfolio of cash commercial mortgage-backed securities.
Currency Swap:
An agreement between two parties pursuant to which the parties exchange a U.S.
dollar-denominated payment for a payment denominated in a different currency.
Interest Rate Swap:
An agreement between two parties pursuant to which the parties exchange a
floating rate payment for a fixed rate payment based on a specified principal or notional amount.
In other words, Party A agrees to pay Party B a fixed interest rate and in return Party B agrees to
pay Party A a variable interest rate.
Total Return Swap:
An agreement in which one party makes payments based on a set rate, either
fixed or variable, while the other party makes payments based on the return of an underlying asset,
which includes both the income it generates and any capital gains.
Inflation Swaps.
Inflation swap agreements are contracts in which one party agrees to pay the
cumulative percentage increase in a price index, such as the Consumer Price Index, over the term of
the swap (with some lag on the referenced inflation index), and the other party pays a compounded
fixed rate. Inflation swap agreements may be used to protect the net asset value of a Fund against
an unexpected change in the rate of inflation measured by an inflation index. The value of
inflation swap agreements is expected to change in response to changes in real interest rates. Real
interest rates are tied to the relationship between nominal interest rates and the rate of
inflation.
Options.
An option is a contract that gives the purchaser of the option
,
in return for the
premium paid, the right to buy from (in the case of a call) or sell to (in the case of a put) the
writer of the option at the exercise price during the term of the option (for American style
options or on a specified date for European style options), the security, currency or other
instrument underlying the option (or in the case of an index option the cash value of the index).
Options on a CDS or a Futures Contract (defined below) give the purchaser the right to enter into a
CDS or assume a position in a Futures Contract
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The Funds may engage in certain strategies involving options to attempt to manage the risk of
their investments or, in certain circumstances, for investment (e.g., as a substitute for investing
in securities). Option transactions present the possibility of large amounts of exposure (or
leverage), which may result in a Funds net asset value being more sensitive to changes in the
value of the option.
The value of an option position will reflect, among other things, the current market value of
the underlying investment, the time remaining until expiration, the relationship of the exercise
price to the market price of the underlying investment, the price volatility of the underlying
investment and general market and interest rate conditions.
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A Fund (except Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund) will not write (sell) options
if, immediately after such sale, the aggregate value of securities or obligations underlying the
outstanding options would exceed 20% of the Funds total assets. A Fund (except Invesco Van Kampen
Equity Premium Income Fund) will not purchase options if, immediately after such purchase, the
aggregate premiums paid for outstanding options would exceed 5% of the Funds total assets.
A Fund may effectively terminate its right or obligation under an option by entering into an
offsetting closing transaction. For example, a Fund may terminate its obligation under a call or
put option that it had written by purchasing an identical call or put option, which is known as a
closing purchase transaction. Conversely, a Fund may terminate a position in a put or call option
it had purchased by writing an identical put or call option, which is known as a closing sale
transaction. Closing transactions permit a Fund to realize profits or limit losses on an option
position prior to its exercise or expiration.
Options may be either listed on an exchange or traded in OTC markets. Listed options are
tri-party contracts (i.e., performance of the obligations of the purchaser and seller are
guaranteed by the exchange or clearing corporation) and have standardized strike prices and
expiration dates. OTC options are two-party contracts with negotiated strike prices and expiration
dates and differ from exchange-traded options in that OTC options are transacted with dealers
directly and not through a clearing corporation (which guarantees performance). In the case of OTC
options, there can be no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular
option at any specific time; therefore the Fund may be required to treat some or all OTC options as
illiquid securities. Although a Fund will enter into OTC options only with dealers that are
expected to be capable of entering into closing transactions with it, there is no assurance that
the Fund will in fact be able to close out an OTC option position at a favorable price prior to
exercise or expiration. In the event of insolvency of the dealer, a Fund might be unable to close
out an OTC option position at any time prior to its expiration.
Types of Options:
Put Options on Securities:
A put option gives the purchaser the right to sell, to the writer,
the underlying security, contract or foreign currency at the stated exercise price at any time
prior to the expiration date of the option for American style options or on a specified date for
European style options, regardless of the market price or exchange rate of the security, contract
or foreign currency, as the case may be, at the time of exercise. If the purchaser exercises the
put option, the writer of a put option is obligated to buy the underlying security, contract or
foreign currency for the exercise price.
Call Options on Securities:
A call option gives the purchaser the right to buy, from the
writer, the underlying security, contract or foreign currency at the stated exercise price at any
time prior to the expiration of the option (for American style options) or on a specified date (for
European style options), regardless of the market price or exchange rate of the security, contract
or foreign currency, as the case may be, at the time of exercise. If the purchaser exercises the
call option, the writer of a call option is obligated to sell to and deliver the underlying
security, contract or foreign currency to the purchaser of the call option for the exercise price.
Index Options:
Index options (or options on securities indices) give the holder the right to
receive, upon exercise, cash instead of securities, if the closing level of the securities index
upon which the option is based is greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of
a put, the exercise price of the option. The amount of cash is equal to the difference between the
closing price of the index and the exercise price of the call or put times a specified multiple
(the multiplier), which determines the total dollar value for each point of such difference.
The risks of investment in index options may be greater than options on securities. Because
index options are settled in cash, when a Fund writes a call on an index it cannot provide in
advance for its potential settlement obligations by acquiring and holding the underlying
securities. A Fund can offset some of the risk of writing a call index option by holding a
diversified portfolio of securities similar to those on which the underlying index is based.
However, the Fund cannot, as a practical matter, acquire and hold a portfolio containing exactly
the same securities that underlie the index and, as a result, bears the risk that the value of the
securities held will not be perfectly correlated with the value of the index.
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CDS Option:
A CDS option transaction gives the holder the right to enter into a CDS at a
specified future date and under specified terms in exchange for a purchase price or premium. The
writer of the option bears the risk of any unfavorable move in the value of the CDS relative to the
market value on the exercise date, while the purchaser may allow the option to expire unexercised.
Options on Futures Contracts:
Options on Futures Contracts give the holder the right to
assume a position in a Futures Contract (to buy the Futures Contract if the option is a call and to
sell the Futures Contract if the option is a put) at a specified exercise price at any time during
the period of the option.
Swaptions.
An option on a swap agreement, also called a swaption, is an option that gives
the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a swap on a future date in exchange for
paying a market based premium. A receiver swaption gives the owner the right to receive the total
return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. A payer swaption gives the owner the right
to pay the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. Swaptions also include
options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties.
Option Techniques:
Writing Options
. A Fund may write options to generate additional income and to seek to hedge
its portfolio against market or exchange rate movements. As the writer of an option, the Fund may
have no control over when the underlying instruments must be sold (in the case of a call option) or
purchased (in the case of a put option) because the option purchaser may notify the Fund of
exercise at any time prior to the expiration of the option (for American style options). In
general, options are rarely exercised prior to expiration. Whether or not an option expires
unexercised, the writer retains the amount of the premium.
A Fund would write a put option at an exercise price that, reduced by the premium received on
the option, reflects the price it is willing to pay for the underlying security, contract or
currency. In return for the premium received for writing a put option, the Fund assumes the risk
that the price of the underlying security, contract, or foreign currency will decline below the
exercise price, in which case the put would be exercised and the Fund would suffer a loss.
In return for the premium received for writing a call option on a security the Fund holds, the
Fund foregoes the opportunity for profit from a price increase in the underlying security,
contract, or foreign currency above the exercise price so long as the option remains open, but
retains the risk of loss should the price of the security, contract, or foreign currency decline.
If an option that a Fund has written expires, the Fund will realize a gain in the amount of
the premium; however, such gain may be offset by a decline in the market value of the underlying
security, contract or currency, held by the Fund during the option period. If a call option is
exercised, a Fund will realize a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security, contract or
currency, which will be increased or offset by the premium received. The obligation imposed upon
the writer of an option is terminated upon the expiration of the option, or such earlier time at
which a Fund effects a closing purchase transaction by purchasing an option (put or call as the
case may be) identical to that previously sold.
Purchasing Options.
A Fund may only purchase a put option on an underlying security, contract
or currency owned by the Fund in order to protect against an anticipated decline in the value of
the security, contract or currency held by the Fund; or purchase put options on underlying
securities, contracts or currencies against which it has written other put options. The premium
paid for the put option and any transaction costs would reduce any profit realized when the
security, contract or currency is delivered upon the exercise of the put option. Conversely, if
the underlying security, contract or currency does not decline in value, the option may expire
worthless and the premium paid for the protective put would be lost.
A Fund may purchase a call option for the purpose of acquiring the underlying security,
contract or currency for its portfolio, or on underlying securities, contracts or currencies
against which it has written other call options. The Fund is not required to own the underlying
security in order to purchase a call option. If the Fund does not own the underlying position, the
purchase of a call option would enable a Fund to acquire the security, contract or currency at the
exercise price of the call option plus the premium
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paid. So long as it holds a call option, rather
than the underlying security, contract or currency itself, the Fund is partially protected from any
unexpected increase in the market price of the underlying security, contract or currency. If the
market price does not exceed the exercise price, the Fund could purchase the security on the open
market and could allow the call option to expire, incurring a loss only to the extent of the
premium paid for the option.
Straddles/Spreads/Collars.
Spread and straddle options transactions.
In spread transactions, a Fund buys and writes a
put or buys and writes a call on the same underlying instrument with the options having different
exercise prices, expiration dates, or both. In straddles, a Fund purchases a put option and a
call option or writes a put option and a call option on the same instrument with the same
expiration date and typically the same exercise price. When a Fund engages in spread and straddle
transactions, it seeks to profit from differences in the option premiums paid and received and in
the market prices of the related options positions when they are closed out or sold. Because these
transactions require the Fund to buy and/or write more than one option simultaneously, the Funds
ability to enter into such transactions and to liquidate its positions when necessary or deemed
advisable may be more limited than if the Fund were to
buy or sell a single option. Similarly, costs incurred by the Fund in connection with these
transactions will in many cases be greater than if the Fund were to buy or sell a single option.
Option Collars.
A Fund also may use option collars. A collar position combines a put
option purchased by the Fund (the right of the Fund to sell a specific security within a specified
period) with a call option that is written by the Fund (the right of the counterparty to buy the
same security) in a single instrument. The Funds right to sell the security is typically set at a
price that is below the counterpartys right to buy the security. Thus, the combined position
collars the performance of the underlying security, providing protection from depreciation below
the price specified in the put option, and allowing for participation in any appreciation up to the
price specified by the call option.
Warrants.
A warrant gives the holder the right to purchase securities from the issuer at a
specific price within a certain time frame and is similar to a call option. The main difference
between warrants and call options is that warrants are issued by the company that will issue the
underlying security, whereas options are not issued by the company. Young, unseasoned companies
often issue warrants to finance their operations.
Rights.
Rights are equity securities representing a preemptive right of stockholders to
purchase additional shares of a stock at the time of a new issuance, before the stock is offered to
the general public. A stockholder who purchases rights may be able to retain the same ownership
percentage after the new stock offering. A right usually enables the stockholder to purchase common
stock at a price below the initial offering price. A Fund that purchases a right takes the risk
that the right might expire worthless because the market value of the common stock falls below the
price fixed by the right.
Futures Contracts.
A Futures Contract is a two-party agreement to buy or sell a specified
amount of a specified security or currency (or delivery of a cash settlement price, in the case of
certain futures such as an index future or Eurodollar Future) for a specified price at a designated
date, time and place (collectively, Futures Contracts). A sale of a Futures Contract means the
acquisition of a contractual obligation to deliver the underlying instrument or asset called for by
the contract at a specified price on a specified date. A purchase of a Futures Contract means
the acquisition of a contractual obligation to acquire the underlying instrument or asset called
for by the contract at a specified price on a specified date.
The Funds will only enter into Futures Contracts that are traded (either domestically or
internationally) on futures exchanges and are standardized as to maturity date and underlying
financial instrument. Futures exchanges and trading thereon in the United States are regulated
under the Commodity Exchange Act and by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Foreign
futures exchanges and trading thereon are not regulated by the CFTC and are not subject to the same
regulatory controls. The Trust, on behalf of each Fund, has claimed an exclusion from the
definition of the term commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act and, therefore,
is not subject to registration or regulation as a pool operator under the act with respect to the
Funds.
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Brokerage fees are incurred when a Futures Contract is bought or sold, and margin deposits
must be maintained at all times when a Futures Contract is outstanding. Margin for a Futures
Contracts is the amount of funds that must be deposited by a Fund in order to initiate Futures
Contracts trading and maintain its open positions in Futures Contracts. A margin deposit made when
the Futures Contract is entered (initial margin) is intended to ensure the Funds performance
under the Futures Contract. The margin required for a particular Futures Contract is set by the
exchange on which the Futures Contract is traded and may be significantly modified from time to
time by the exchange during the term of the Futures Contract.
Subsequent payments, called variation margin, received from or paid to the futures
commission merchant through which a Fund enters into the Futures Contract will be made on a daily
basis as the futures price fluctuates making the Futures Contract more or less valuable, a process
known as marking-to-market. When the Futures Contract is closed out, if the Fund has a loss equal
to or greater than the margin amount, the margin amount is paid to the futures commission merchant
along with any amount in excess of the margin amount; if the Fund has a loss of less than the
margin amount, the difference is returned to the Fund; or if the Fund has a gain, the margin amount
is paid to the Fund and the futures commission merchant pays the Fund any excess gain over the
margin amount.
Closing out an open Futures Contract is affected by entering into an offsetting Futures
Contract for the same aggregate amount of the identical financial instrument or currency and the
same delivery date. There can be no assurance, however, that a Fund will be able to enter into an
offsetting transaction with respect to a particular Futures Contract at a particular time. If a
Fund is not able to enter into an offsetting transaction, it will continue to be required to
maintain the margin deposits on the Futures Contract.
In addition, if a Fund were unable to liquidate a Futures Contract or an option on a Futures
Contract position due to the absence of a liquid secondary market or the imposition of price
limits, it could incur substantial losses. The Fund would continue to be subject to market risk
with respect to the position. In addition, except in the case of purchased options, the Fund would
continue to be required to make daily variation margin payments.
Types of Futures Contracts:
Currency Futures:
A currency Futures Contract is a standardized, exchange-traded contract to
buy or sell a particular currency at a specified price at a future date (commonly three months or
more). Currency Futures Contracts may be highly volatile and thus result in substantial gains or
losses to the Fund.
Index Futures:
A stock index Futures Contract is an exchange-traded contract that provides
for the delivery, at a designated date, time and place, of an amount of cash equal to a specified
dollar amount times the difference between the stock index value at the close of trading on the
date specified in the contract and the price agreed upon in the Futures Contract; no physical
delivery of stocks comprising the index is made.
Interest Rate Futures:
An interest-rate Futures Contract is an exchange-traded contact in
which the specified underlying security is either an interest-bearing fixed income security or an
inter-bank deposit. Two examples of common interest rate Futures Contracts are U.S. Treasury
futures and Eurodollar Futures Contracts. The specified security for U.S. Treasury futures is a
U.S. Treasury security. The specified security for Eurodollar futures is the London Interbank
Offered Rate (LIBOR) which is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks
offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the London wholesale money market.
Security Futures:
A security Futures Contract is an exchange-traded contract to purchase or
sell, in the future, a specified quantity of a security (other than a Treasury security, or a
narrow-based securities index) at a certain price.
Forward Currency Contracts.
A forward currency contract is an over-the-counter contract
between two parties to buy or sell a particular currency at a specified price at a future date.
The parties may exchange currency at the maturity of the forward currency contract, or if the
parties agree prior to
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maturity, enter into a closing transaction involving the purchase or sale of
an offsetting amount of currency. Forward currency contracts are traded over-the-counter, and not
on organized commodities or securities exchanges.
A Fund may enter into forward currency contracts with respect to a specific purchase or sale
of a security, or with respect to its portfolio positions generally.
The cost to a Fund of engaging in forward currency contracts varies with factors such as the
currencies involved, the length of the contract period, interest rate differentials and the
prevailing market conditions. Because forward currency contracts are usually entered into on a
principal basis, no fees or commissions are involved. The use of forward currency contracts does
not eliminate fluctuations in the prices of the underlying securities a Fund owns or intends to
acquire, but it does establish a rate of exchange in advance. While forward currency contract
sales limit the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currencies, they also
limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currencies increase.
Fund Policies
Fundamental Restrictions.
Except as otherwise noted below, each Fund is subject to the
following investment restrictions, which may be changed only by a vote of such Funds outstanding
shares. Fundamental restrictions may be changed only by a vote of the lesser of (i) 67% or
more of the Funds shares present at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding
shares are present in person or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the Funds
outstanding shares. Any investment restriction that involves a maximum or minimum percentage of
securities or assets (other than with respect to borrowing) shall not be considered to be violated
unless an excess over or a deficiency under the percentage occurs immediately after, and is caused
by, an acquisition or disposition of securities or utilization of assets by the Fund.
(1) The Fund (except for Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund) is a diversified
company as defined in the 1940 Act. The Fund will not purchase the securities of any issuer if,
as a result, the Fund would fail to be a diversified company within the meaning of the 1940 Act,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as such statute, rules and regulations are
amended from time to time or are interpreted from time to time by the SEC staff (collectively, the
1940 Act Laws and Interpretations) or except to the extent that the Fund may be permitted to do
so by exemptive order or similar relief (collectively, with the 1940 Act Laws and Interpretations,
the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions). In complying with this restriction, however,
the Fund may purchase securities of other investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940
Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions.
(2) The Fund may not borrow money or issue senior securities, except as permitted by the 1940
Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions.
(3) The Fund may not underwrite the securities of other issuers. This restriction does not
prevent the Fund from engaging in transactions involving the acquisition, disposition or resale of
its portfolio securities, regardless of whether the Fund may be considered to be an underwriter
under the 1933 Act.
(4) The Fund will not make investments that will result in the concentration (as that term may
be defined or interpreted by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions) of its investments
in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in the same industry. This restriction does not
limit the Funds investments in (i) obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its
agencies or instrumentalities, (ii) tax-exempt obligations issued by governments or political
subdivisions of governments, (iii) with respect to Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund,
municipal obligations, including those issued by the State of California or its political
subdivisions, (iv) with respect to Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund, municipal obligations,
including those issued by the State of New York or its political subdivisions (v) with respect to
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund, municipal obligations, including those issued
by the State of Pennsylvania or its political subdivisions or (vi) with respect to the Money Market
Funds, bank instruments. In complying with this restriction, the Fund will not consider a
bank-issued guaranty or financial guaranty insurance as a separate security.
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(5) The Fund may not purchase real estate or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of
ownership of securities or other instruments. This restriction does not prevent the Fund from
investing in issuers that invest, deal, or otherwise engage in transactions in real estate or
interests therein, or investing in securities that are secured by real estate or interests therein.
(6) The Fund may not purchase physical commodities or sell physical commodities unless
acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments. This restriction does not
prevent the Fund from engaging in transactions involving futures contracts and options thereon or
investing in securities that are secured by physical commodities.
(7) The Fund may not make personal loans or loans of its assets to persons who control or are
under common control with the Fund, except to the extent permitted by 1940 Act Laws,
Interpretations and Exemptions. This restriction does not prevent the Fund from, among other
things, purchasing debt obligations, entering into repurchase agreements, loaning its assets to
broker-dealers or institutional investors, or investing in loans, including assignments and
participation interests.
(8) The Fund may, notwithstanding any other fundamental investment policy or limitation,
invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management investment company with
substantially the same fundamental investment objectives, policies and restrictions as the Fund.
(9) The following apply:
a) Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at
least 80% of its assets in securities that pay interest exempt from federal and California
state income taxes.
b) Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least
80% of its assets in securities that pay interest exempt from federal, New York state and
New York city income tax or other local income taxes.
c) Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund invests, under normal market
conditions, in Pennsylvania municipal securities.
d) Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at
least 80% of its assets in high-quality municipal securities.
For purposes of the foregoing, assets means net assets, plus the amount of any
borrowings for investment purposes.
The investment restrictions set forth above provide each of the Funds with the ability to
operate under new interpretations of the 1940 Act or pursuant to exemptive relief from the SEC
without receiving prior shareholder approval of the change. Even though each of the Funds has this
flexibility, the Board has adopted non-fundamental restrictions for each of the Funds relating to
certain of these restrictions which Invesco and, when applicable, the Sub-Advisers must follow in
managing the Funds. Any changes to these non-fundamental restrictions, which are set forth below,
require the approval of the Board.
Non-Fundamental Restrictions.
Non-fundamental restrictions may be changed for any Fund
without shareholder approval. The non-fundamental investment restrictions listed below apply to
each of the Funds unless otherwise indicated.
(1) In complying with the fundamental restriction regarding issuer diversification, the Fund
(except for Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund) will not, with respect to 75% of its total
assets (and for the Money Market Funds, with respect to 100% of their total assets), purchase the
securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any
of its agencies or instrumentalities and securities issued by other investment companies), if, as a
result, (i) more than 5% of the Funds total assets would be invested in the securities of that
issuer, except, in the case of the Money Market Funds, as permitted by Rule 2a-7 under the 1940
Act, or (ii) the Fund would hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of that issuer.
The Fund may purchase securities of other investment companies as permitted by the 1940 Act Laws,
Interpretations and Exemptions.
In complying with the fundamental restriction regarding issuer diversification, any fund that
invests in municipal securities will regard each state (including the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico), territory and possession of the United States, each political subdivision, agency,
instrumentality and
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authority thereof, and each multi-state agency of which a state is a member as
a separate issuer. When the assets and revenues of an agency, authority, instrumentality or
other political subdivision are separate from the government creating the subdivision and the
security is backed only by assets and revenues of the subdivision, such subdivision would be deemed
to be the sole issuer. Similarly, in the case of an Industrial Development Bond or Private
Activity bond, if that bond is backed only by the assets and revenues of the non-governmental user,
then that non-governmental user would be deemed to be the sole issuer. However, if the creating
government or another entity guarantees a security, then to the extent that the value of all
securities issued or guaranteed by that government or entity and owned by the Fund exceeds 10% of
the Funds total assets, the guarantee would be considered a separate security and would be treated
as issued by that government or entity. Securities issued or guaranteed by a bank or subject to
financial guaranty insurance are not subject to the limitations set forth in the preceding
sentence.
(2) In complying with the fundamental restriction regarding borrowing money and issuing senior
securities, the Fund may borrow money in an amount not exceeding 33 1/3% of its total assets
(including the amount borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings).
(3) In complying with the fundamental restriction regarding industry concentration, the Fund
may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the securities of issuers whose principal business
activities are in the same industry.
(4) Notwithstanding the fundamental restriction with regard to engaging in transactions
involving futures contracts and options thereon or investing in securities that are secured by
physical commodities, the Fund currently may not invest in any security (including futures
contracts or options thereon) that is secured by physical commodities.
Each Fund does not consider currencies or other financial commodities or contracts and
financial instruments to be physical commodities (which include, for example, oil, precious metals
and grains). Accordingly, each Fund will interpret the fundamental restriction and the related
non-fundamental restriction to permit the Funds, subject to each Funds investment objectives and
general investment policies (as stated in the Funds prospectuses and herein), to invest directly
in foreign currencies and other financial commodities and to purchase, sell or enter into commodity
futures contracts and options thereon, foreign currency forward contracts, foreign currency
options, currency-, commodity
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and financial instrument-related swap agreements, hybrid
instruments, interest rate or securities-related or foreign currency-related hedging instruments or
other currency-, commodity
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or financial instrument-related derivatives, subject to compliance with
any applicable provisions of the federal securities or commodities laws. Each Fund also will
interpret their fundamental restriction regarding purchasing and selling physical commodities and
their related non-fundamental restriction to permit the Funds to invest in exchange-traded funds
that invest in physical and/or financial commodities, subject to the limits described in the Funds
prospectuses and herein.
(5) In complying with the fundamental restriction with regard to making loans, each Fund may
lend up to 33 1/3% of its total assets and may lend money to a Fund, on such terms and conditions
as the SEC may require in an exemptive order.
(6) Notwithstanding the fundamental restriction with regard to investing all assets in an
open-end fund, each Fund may not invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end
management investment company with the same fundamental investment objective, policies, and
restrictions as the Fund.
(7) The Fund may not acquire any securities of registered open-end investment companies or
registered unit investment trusts in reliance on Sections 12(d)(1)(F) or 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940
Act.
(8) The following apply:
(a) Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at
least 80% of its assets in common stocks of companies which pay dividends and have the
potential for increasing dividends.
(b) Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its
assets in common stocks of companies included in the S&P 500 Index.
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(c) Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund invests, under normal market conditions,
at least 80% of its assets in securities of U.S. issuers at the time of investment.
(d) Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at
least 80% of its assets in high-quality municipal securities.
(e) Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund invests, under normal market conditions,
at least 80% of its assets in securities of small companies at the time of investment.
(f) Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at
least 80% of its assets in equity securities.
(g) Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund invests, under normal market conditions,
at least 80% of its assets in equity and income securities at the time of investment.
(h) Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund invests, under normal market
conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities at the time of investment.
For purposes of the foregoing, assets means net assets, plus the amount of any
borrowings for investment purposes. The Fund will provide written notice to its
shareholders prior to any change to this policy, as required by the 1940 Act Laws,
Interpretations and Exemptions.
Policies and Procedures for Disclosure of Fund Holdings
The Board has adopted policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds
portfolio holdings (the Holdings Disclosure Policy). Invesco and the Board may amend the
Holdings
Disclosure Policy at any time without prior notice. Details of the Holdings Disclosure Policy and
a description of the basis on which employees of Invesco and its affiliates may release information
about portfolio securities in certain contexts are provided below.
Public release of portfolio holdings.
The Money Market Funds make available to beneficial
owners Funds shares and prospective investors information regarding or derived from the Funds
portfolio holdings. The Funds disclose the following portfolio holdings information on
www.invescoaim.com:
All Funds other than the Money Market Funds
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information on www.invescoaim.com, click on the Products and Performance tab,
then click on the Mutual Funds link, then click on the Fund Overview link and
select the Fund from the drop-down menu. Links to the Funds portfolio
holdings are located in the upper right side of this Web site page.
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information on www.invescoaim.com, click on the Products and Performance tab,
then click on the Mutual Funds link, then click on the Money Market link, and
then click on the Fund you wish to view. Links to the Funds holdings are
located in the upper right side of this Web site page.
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These holdings are listed along with the percentage of the Funds net assets they
represent. Generally, employees of Invesco and its affiliates may not disclose such portfolio
holdings until one day after they have been posted on www.invescoaim.com. You may also obtain the
publicly available portfolio holdings information described above by contacting us at
1-800-959-4246.
Selective disclosure of portfolio holdings pursuant to Non-Disclosure Agreement.
Employees of
Invesco and its affiliates may disclose non-public full portfolio holdings on a selective basis
only if the Internal Compliance Controls Committee (the ICCC) of the Adviser approves the parties
to whom disclosure of non-public full portfolio holdings will be made. The ICCC must determine
that the proposed selective disclosure will be made for legitimate business purposes of the
applicable Fund and is in the best interest of the applicable Funds shareholders. In making such
determination, the ICCC will address any perceived conflicts of interest between shareholders of
such Fund and Invesco or its affiliates as part of granting its approval.
The Board exercises continuing oversight of the disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings by (1)
overseeing the implementation and enforcement of the Holdings Disclosure Policy and the Funds Code
of Ethics by the Chief Compliance Officer (or his designee) of Invesco and the Funds and (2)
considering reports and recommendations by the Chief Compliance Officer concerning any material
compliance matters (as defined in Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act and Rule 206(4)-7 under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended) that may arise in connection with the Holdings
Disclosure Policy. Pursuant to the Holdings Disclosure Policy, the Board reviews the types of
situations in which Invesco provides such selective disclosure and approves situations involving
perceived conflicts of interest between shareholders of the applicable Fund and Invesco or its
affiliates brought to the Boards attention by Invesco.
Invesco discloses non-public full portfolio holdings information to the following persons in
connection with the day-to-day operations and management of the Funds:
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Pricing services, market makers, or other persons who provide systems or software
support in connection with Funds operations (to determine the price of securities held
by a Fund);
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research services to the team; and
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In many cases, Invesco will disclose current portfolio holdings on a daily basis to these
persons. In these situations, Invesco has entered into non-disclosure agreements which provide
that the recipient of the portfolio holdings will maintain the confidentiality of such portfolio
holdings and will not trade on such information (Non-Disclosure Agreements). Please refer to
Appendix B
for a list of examples of persons to whom Invesco provides non-public portfolio holdings
on an ongoing basis.
Invesco will also disclose non-public portfolio holdings information if such disclosure is
required by applicable laws, rules or regulations, or by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction
over Invesco and its affiliates or the Funds.
The Holdings Disclosure Policy provides that Invesco will not request, receive or accept any
compensation (including compensation in the form of the maintenance of assets in any Fund or other
mutual fund or account managed by Invesco or one of its affiliates) for the selective disclosure of
portfolio holdings information.
Disclosure of certain portfolio holdings and related information without Non-Disclosure
Agreement.
Invesco and its affiliates that provide services to the Funds, the Sub-Advisers and
each of their employees may receive or have access to portfolio holdings as part of the day to day
operations of the Funds.
From time to time, employees of Invesco and its affiliates may express their views orally or
in writing on one or more of the Funds portfolio securities or may state that a Fund has recently
purchased or sold, or continues to own, one or more securities. The securities subject to these
views and statements may be ones that were purchased or sold since a Funds most recent quarter-end
and therefore may not be reflected on the list of the Funds most recent quarter-end portfolio
holdings disclosed on the Web site. Such views and statements may be made to various persons,
including members of the press, brokers and other financial intermediaries that sell shares of the
Funds, shareholders in the applicable Fund, persons considering investing in the applicable Fund or
representatives of such shareholders or potential shareholders, such as fiduciaries of a 401(k)
plan or a trust and their advisers, and other entities for which Invesco or its affiliates provides
or may provide
investment advisory services. The nature and content of the views and statements provided to
each of these persons may differ.
From time to time, employees of Invesco and its affiliates also may provide oral or written
information (portfolio commentary) about a Fund, including, but not limited to, how the Funds
investments are divided among various sectors, industries, countries, investment styles and
capitalization sizes, and among stocks, bonds, currencies and cash, security types, bond
maturities, bond coupons and bond credit quality ratings. This portfolio commentary may also
include information on how these various weightings and factors contributed to Fund performance.
Invesco may also provide oral or written information (statistical information) about various
financial characteristics of a Fund or its underlying portfolio securities including, but not
limited to, alpha, beta, R-squared, coefficient of determination, duration, maturity, information
ratio, sharpe ratio, earnings growth, payout ratio, price/book value, projected earnings growth,
return on equity, standard deviation, tracking error, weighted average quality, market
capitalization, percent debt to equity, price to cash flow, dividend yield or growth, default rate,
portfolio turnover, and risk and style characteristics. This portfolio commentary and statistical
information about a Fund may be based on the Funds portfolio as of the most recent quarter-end or
the end of some other interim period, such as month-end. The portfolio commentary and statistical
information may be provided to various persons, including those described in the preceding
paragraph. The nature and content of the information provided to each of these persons may differ.
Disclosure of portfolio holdings by traders.
Additionally, employees of Invesco and its
affiliates may disclose one or more of the portfolio securities of a Fund when purchasing and
selling securities through broker-dealers, requesting bids on securities, obtaining price
quotations on securities, or in connection with litigation involving the Funds portfolio
securities. Invesco does not enter into formal
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Non-Disclosure Agreements in connection with these
situations; however, the Funds would not continue to conduct business with a person who Invesco
believed was misusing the disclosed information.
Disclosure of portfolio holdings of other Invesco-managed products.
Invesco and its
affiliates manage products sponsored by companies other than Invesco, including investment
companies, offshore funds, and separate accounts. In many cases, these other products are managed
in a similar fashion to certain Funds and thus have similar portfolio holdings. The sponsors of
these other products managed by Invesco and its affiliates may disclose the portfolio holdings of
their products at different times than Invesco discloses portfolio holdings for the Funds.
Invesco provides portfolio holdings information for portfolios of AIM Variable Insurance Funds
(the Insurance Funds) to insurance companies whose variable annuity and variable life insurance
accounts invest in the Insurance Funds (Insurance Companies). Invesco may disclose portfolio
holdings information for the Insurance Funds to Insurance Companies with which Invesco has entered
into Non-Disclosure Agreements up to five days prior to the scheduled dates for Invescos
disclosure of similar portfolio holdings information for other Funds at www.invescoaim.com.
Invesco provides portfolio holdings information for the Insurance Funds to such Insurance Companies
to allow them to disclose this information on their Web sites at approximately the same time that
Invesco discloses portfolio holdings information for the other Funds on its Web site. Invesco
manages the Insurance Funds in a similar fashion to certain other Funds and thus the Insurance
Funds and such other Funds have similar portfolio holdings. Invesco does not disclose the
portfolio holdings information for the Insurance Funds on its Web site, and not all Insurance
Companies disclose this information on their Web sites.
MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST
Board of Trustees
The Trustees have the authority to take all actions necessary in connection with the business
affairs of the Trust, including, among other things, approving the investment objectives, policies
and procedures for the Funds. The Trust enters into agreements with various entities to manage the
day-to-day operations of the Funds, including the Funds investment advisers, administrator,
transfer agent, distributor and custodians. The Trustees are responsible for selecting these
service providers approving the terms of their contracts with the Funds, and exercising general
oversight of these service providers on an ongoing basis.
Certain trustees and officers of the Trust are affiliated with Invesco and Invesco Ltd., the
parent corporation of Invesco. All of the Trusts executive officers hold similar offices with
some or all of the other Funds.
Management Information
The trustees and officers of the Trust, their principal occupations during at least the last
five years and certain other information concerning them are set forth in
Appendix C
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The standing committees of the Board are the Audit Committee, the Compliance Committee, the
Governance Committee, the Investments Committee, the Valuation, Distribution and Proxy Oversight
Committee and the Special Market Timing Litigation Committee (the Committees).
The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. James T. Bunch (Vice-Chair), Bruce L. Crockett,
Lewis F. Pennock, Raymond Stickel, Jr. (Chair) and Dr. Larry Soll. The Audit Committees primary
purposes are to: (i) oversee qualifications, independence and performance of the independent
registered public accountants; (ii) appoint independent registered public accountants for the
Funds; (iii) pre-approve all permissible audit and non-audit services that are provided to Funds by
their independent registered public accountants to the extent required by Section 10A(h) and (i) of
the Exchange Act; (iv) pre-approve, in accordance with Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X,
certain non-audit services provided by the Funds independent registered public accountants to the
Funds Adviser and certain other affiliated entities; (v) review the audit and tax plans prepared
by the independent registered public accountants; (vi) review the Funds audited financial
statements; (vii) review the process that management uses to evaluate and certify disclosure
controls and procedures in Form N-CSR; (viii) review the process for preparation and review of the
Funds shareholder reports; (ix) review certain tax procedures maintained
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by the Funds; (x) review
modified or omitted officer certifications and disclosures; (xi) review any internal audits of the
Funds; (xii) establish procedures regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters and other
alleged violations; (xiii) set hiring policies for employees and proposed employees of the Funds
who are employees or former employees of the independent registered public accountants; and
(xiv) remain informed of (a) the Funds accounting systems and controls, (b) regulatory changes and
new accounting pronouncements that affect the Funds net asset value calculations and financial
statement reporting requirements, and (c) communications with regulators regarding accounting and
financial reporting matters that pertain to the Funds. During the fiscal year ended August 31,
2009, the Audit Committee held six meetings.
The members of the Compliance Committee are Messrs. Frank S. Bayley, Crockett (Chair), Albert
R. Dowden (Vice Chair) and Stickel. The Compliance Committee is responsible for: (i) recommending
to the Board and the independent trustees the appointment, compensation and removal of the Funds
Chief Compliance Officer; (ii) recommending to the independent trustees the appointment,
compensation and removal of the Funds Senior Officer appointed pursuant to the terms of the
Assurances of Discontinuance entered into by the New York Attorney General, Invesco and INVESCO
Funds Group, Inc. (IFG); (iii) reviewing any report prepared by a third party who is not an
interested person of Invesco, upon the conclusion by such third party of a compliance review of
Invesco; (iv) reviewing all reports on compliance matters from the Funds Chief Compliance Officer,
(v) reviewing all recommendations made by the Senior Officer regarding Invescos compliance
procedures, (vi) reviewing all reports from the Senior Officer of any violations of state and
federal securities laws, the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, or breaches of Invescos fiduciary
duties to Fund shareholders and of Invescos Code of Ethics; (vii) overseeing all of the compliance
policies and procedures of the Funds and their service providers adopted pursuant to Rule 38a-1 of
the 1940 Act; (viii) from time to time, reviewing certain matters related to redemption fee waivers
and recommending to the Board whether or not to approve such matters; (ix) receiving and reviewing
quarterly reports on the activities of Invescos Internal Compliance Controls Committee; (x)
reviewing all reports made by Invescos Chief Compliance Officer; (xi) reviewing and recommending
to the independent trustees whether to approve procedures to investigate matters brought to the
attention of Invescos ombudsman; (xii) risk management oversight with respect to the Funds and, in
connection therewith, receiving and overseeing risk management reports from Invesco Ltd.
(Invesco) that are applicable to the Funds or their service providers; and (xiii) overseeing
potential conflicts of interest that are reported to the Compliance Committee by Invesco,
the Chief Compliance Officer, the Senior Officer and/or the Compliance Consultant. During the
fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, the Compliance Committee held seven meetings.
The members of the Governance Committee are Messrs. Bob R. Baker, Bayley, Dowden (Chair), Jack
M. Fields (Vice Chair), Carl Frischling and Dr. Prema Mathai-Davis. The Governance Committee is
responsible for: (i) nominating persons who will qualify as independent trustees for (a) election
as trustees in connection with meetings of shareholders of the Funds that are called to vote on the
election of trustees, (b) appointment by the Board as trustees in connection with filling vacancies
that arise in between meetings of shareholders; (ii) reviewing the size of the Board, and
recommending to the Board whether the size of the Board shall be increased or decreased; (iii)
nominating the Chair of the Board; (iv) monitoring the composition of the Board and each committee
of the Board, and monitoring the qualifications of all trustees; (v) recommending persons to serve
as members of each committee of the Board (other than the Compliance Committee), as well as persons
who shall serve as the chair and vice chair of each such committee; (vi) reviewing and recommending
the amount of compensation payable to the independent trustees; (vii) overseeing the selection of
independent legal counsel to the independent trustees; (viii) reviewing and approving the
compensation paid to independent legal counsel to the independent trustees; (ix) reviewing and
approving the compensation paid to counsel and other advisers, if any, to the Committees of the
Board; and (x) reviewing as they deem appropriate administrative and/or logistical matters
pertaining to the operations of the Board. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, the
Governance Committee held seven meetings.
The Governance Committee will consider nominees recommended by a shareholder to serve as
trustees, provided: (i) that such person is a shareholder of record at the time he or she submits
such names and is entitled to vote at the meeting of shareholders at which trustees will be
elected; and (ii) that
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the Governance Committee or the Board, as applicable, shall make the final
determination of persons to be nominated. Notice procedures set forth in the Trusts bylaws
require that any shareholder of a Fund desiring to nominate a trustee for election at a shareholder
meeting must submit to the Trusts Secretary the nomination in writing not later than the close of
business on the later of the 90
th
day prior to such shareholder meeting or the tenth day
following the day on which public announcement is made of the shareholder meeting and not earlier
than the close of business on the 120
th
day prior to the shareholder meeting.
The members of the Investments Committee are Messrs. Baker (Vice Chair), Bayley (Chair),
Bunch, Crockett, Dowden, Fields, Martin L. Flanagan, Frischling, Pennock, Stickel, Philip A.
Taylor and Drs. Mathai-Davis (Vice Chair) and Soll (Vice-Chair). The Investments Committees
primary purposes are to: (i) assist the Board in its oversight of the investment management
services provided by Invesco and the Sub-Advisers; and (ii) review all proposed and existing
advisory and sub-advisory arrangements for the Funds, and to recommend what action the full Boards
and the independent trustees take regarding the approval of all such proposed arrangements and the
continuance of all such existing arrangements. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, the
Investments Committee held six meetings.
The Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees. The Sub-Committees are
responsible for: (i) reviewing the performance, fees and expenses of the Funds that have been
assigned to a particular Sub-Committee (for each Sub-Committee, the Designated Funds), unless the
Investments Committee takes such action directly; (ii) reviewing with the applicable portfolio
managers from time to time the investment objective(s), policies, strategies and limitations of the
Designated Funds; (iii) evaluating the investment advisory, sub-advisory and distribution
arrangements in effect or proposed for the Designated Funds, unless the Investments Committee takes
such action directly; (iv) being familiar with the registration statements and periodic shareholder
reports applicable to their Designated Funds; and (v) such other investment-related matters as the
Investments Committee may delegate to the Sub-Committee from time to time.
The members of the Valuation, Distribution and Proxy Oversight Committee are Messrs. Baker,
Bunch, Fields, Frischling (Chair), Pennock (Vice Chair), Taylor and Drs. Mathai-Davis and Soll.
The primary purposes of the Valuation, Distribution and Proxy Oversight Committee are: (a) to
address issues requiring action or oversight by the Board of the Funds (i) in the valuation of the
Funds portfolio securities consistent with the Pricing Procedures, (ii) in oversight of the
creation and maintenance by the principal underwriters of the Funds of an effective distribution
and marketing system to build and maintain an
adequate asset base and to create and maintain economies of scale for the Funds, (iii) in the
review of existing distribution arrangements for the Funds under Rule 12b-1 and Section 15 of the
1940 Act, and (iv) in the oversight of proxy voting on portfolio securities of the Funds; and (b)
to make regular reports to the full Boards of the Funds.
The Valuation, Distribution and Proxy Oversight Committee is responsible for: (a) with regard
to valuation, (i) developing an understanding of the valuation process and the Pricing Procedures,
(ii) reviewing the Pricing Procedures and making recommendations to the full Board with respect
thereto, (iii) reviewing the reports described in the Pricing Procedures and other information from
Invesco regarding fair value determinations made pursuant to the Pricing Procedures by Invescos
internal valuation committee and making reports and recommendations to the full Board with respect
thereto, (iv) receiving the reports of Invescos internal valuation committee requesting approval
of any changes to pricing vendors or pricing methodologies as required by the Pricing Procedures
and the annual report of Invesco evaluating the pricing vendors, approving changes to pricing
vendors and pricing methodologies as provided in the Pricing Procedures, and recommending annually
the pricing vendors for approval by the full Board; (v) upon request of Invesco, assisting
Invescos internal valuation committee or the full Board in resolving particular fair valuation
issues; (vi) reviewing the reports described in the Procedures for Determining the Liquidity of
Securities (the Liquidity Procedures) and other information from Invesco regarding liquidity
determinations made pursuant to the Liquidity Procedures by Invesco and making reports and
recommendations to the full Board with respect thereto, and (vii) overseeing actual or potential
conflicts of interest by investment personnel or others that could affect their input or
recommendations regarding pricing or liquidity issues; (b) with regard to distribution and
marketing, (i) developing an understanding of mutual fund distribution and marketing channels and
legal, regulatory and
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market developments regarding distribution, (ii) reviewing periodic
distribution and marketing determinations and annual approval of distribution arrangements and
making reports and recommendations to the full Board with respect thereto, and (iii) reviewing
other information from the principal underwriters to the Funds regarding distribution and marketing
of the Funds and making recommendations to the full Board with respect thereto; and (c) with regard
to proxy voting, (i) overseeing the implementation of the Proxy Voting Guidelines (the
Guidelines) and the Proxy Policies and Procedures (the Proxy Procedures) by Invesco and the
Sub-Advisers, reviewing the Quarterly Proxy Voting Report and making recommendations to the full
Board with respect thereto, (ii) reviewing the Guidelines and the Proxy Procedures and information
provided by Invesco and the Sub-Advisers regarding industry developments and best practices in
connection with proxy voting and making recommendations to the full Board with respect thereto, and
(iii) in implementing its responsibilities in this area, assisting Invesco in resolving particular
proxy voting issues. The Valuation, Distribution and Proxy Oversight Committee was formed
effective January 1, 2008. It succeeded to the Valuation Committee which existed prior to 2008.
During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, the Valuation, Distribution and Proxy Oversight
Committee held six meetings.
The members of the Special Market Timing Litigation Committee are Messrs. Bayley, Bunch
(Chair), Crockett and Dowden (Vice Chair). The Special Market Timing Litigation Committee is
responsible: (i) for receiving reports from time to time from management, counsel for management,
counsel for the Funds and special counsel for the independent trustees, as applicable, related to
(a) the civil lawsuits, including purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, that
have been filed against Funds concerning alleged excessive short term trading in shares of the
Funds (market timing) and (b) the civil enforcement actions and investigations related to market
timing activity in the Funds that were settled with certain regulators, including without
limitation the SEC, the New York Attorney General and the Colorado Attorney General, and for
recommending to the independent trustees what actions, if any, should be taken by the Funds in
light of all such reports; (ii) for overseeing the investigation(s) on behalf of the independent
trustees by special counsel for the independent trustees and the independent trustees financial
expert of market timing activity in the Funds, and for recommending to the independent trustees
what actions, if any, should be taken by the Funds in light of the results of such
investigation(s); (iii) for (a) reviewing the methodology developed by Invescos Independent
Distribution Consultant (the Distribution Consultant) for the monies ordered to be paid under the
settlement order with the SEC, and making recommendations to the independent trustees as to the
acceptability of such methodology and (b) recommending to the independent trustees whether to
consent to any firm with which the Distribution Consultant is affiliated entering into any
employment, consultant, attorney-client, auditing or other
professional relationship with Invesco, or any of its present or former affiliates, directors,
officers, employees or agents acting in their capacity as such for the period of the Distribution
Consultants engagement and for a period of two years after the engagement; and (iv) for taking
reasonable steps to ensure that any Fund which the Special Market Timing Litigation Committee
determines was harmed by improper market timing activity receives what the Special Market Timing
Litigation Committee deems to be full restitution. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009,
the Special Market Timing Litigation Committee held one meeting.
Trustee Ownership of Fund Shares
The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each trustee (i) in the Funds and
(ii) on an aggregate basis, in all registered investment companies overseen by the trustee within
the Funds complex, is set forth in
Appendix C
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Compensation
Each trustee who is not affiliated with Invesco is compensated for his or her services
according to a fee schedule that recognizes the fact that such trustee also serves as a trustee of
other Funds. Each such trustee receives a fee, allocated among the Funds for which he or she
serves as a trustee, that consists of an annual retainer component and a meeting fee component.
The Chair of the Board and Chairs and Vice Chairs of certain committees receive additional
compensation for their services. Information regarding compensation paid or accrued for each
trustee of the Trust who was not affiliated with Invesco during the year ended December 31, 2009,
is found in
Appendix D
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The trustees have adopted a retirement plan which is secured by the Funds for the trustees of
the Trust who are not affiliated with Invesco. The trustees also have adopted a retirement policy
that permits each non-Invesco-affiliated trustee to serve until December 31 of the year in which
the trustee turns 75. A majority of the trustees may extend from time to time the retirement date
of a trustee.
The trustees have also adopted a retirement policy that permits each non-Invesco-affiliated
trustee to serve until December 31 of the year in which the trustee turns 75. A majority of the
trustees may extend from time to time the retirement date of a trustee.
Annual retirement benefits are available to each non-Invesco-affiliated trustee of the Trust
and/or the other Funds (each, a Covered Fund) who became a trustee prior to December 1, 2008, and
has at least five years of credited service as a trustee (including service to a predecessor fund)
for a Covered Fund. Effective January 1, 2006, for retirements after December 31, 2005, the
retirement benefits will equal 75% of the trustees annual retainer paid to or accrued by any
Covered Fund with respect to such trustee during the twelve-month period prior to retirement,
including the amount of any retainer deferred under a separate deferred compensation agreement
between the Covered Fund and the trustee. The amount of the annual retirement benefit does not
include additional compensation paid for Board meeting fees or compensation paid to the Chair of
the Board and the Chairs and Vice Chairs of certain Board committees, whether such amounts are paid
directly to the trustee or deferred. The annual retirement benefit is payable in quarterly
installments for a number of years equal to the lesser of (i) sixteen years or (ii) the number of
such trustees credited years of service. If a trustee dies prior to receiving the full amount of
retirement benefits, the remaining payments will be made to the deceased trustees designated
beneficiary for the same length of time that the trustee would have received the payments based on
his or her service or if the trustee has elected, in a discounted lump sum payment. A trustee must
have attained the age of 65 (60 in the event of death or disability) to receive any retirement
benefit. A trustee may make an irrevocable election to commence payment of retirement benefits
upon retirement from the Board before age 72; in such a case, the annual retirement benefit is
subject to a reduction for early payment.
Deferred Compensation Agreements
Messrs. Crockett, Edward K. Dunn (a former trustee), Fields and Frischling and Drs.
Mathai-Davis and Soll (for purposes of this paragraph only, the Deferring Trustees) have each
executed a Deferred Compensation Agreement (collectively, the Compensation Agreements). Pursuant
to the Compensation Agreements, the Deferring Trustees have the option to elect to defer receipt of
up to 100% of their compensation payable by the Trust, and such amounts are placed into a deferral
account
and deemed to be invested in one or more Funds selected by the Deferring Trustees.
Distributions from the Deferring Trustees deferral accounts will be paid in cash, generally in
equal quarterly installments over a period of up to ten (10) years (depending on the Compensation
Agreement) beginning on the date selected under the Compensation Agreement. If a Deferring Trustee
dies prior to the distribution of amounts in his or her deferral account, the balance of the
deferral account will be distributed to his or her designated beneficiary. The Compensation
Agreements are not funded and, with respect to the payments of amounts held in the deferral
accounts, the Deferring Trustees have the status of unsecured creditors of the Trust and of each
other Fund from which they are deferring compensation.
Purchase of Class A Shares of the Funds at Net Asset Value
The trustees and other affiliated persons of the Trust may purchase Class A shares of the
Funds without paying an initial sales charge. Invesco Aim Distributors permits such purchases
because there is a reduced sales effort involved in sales to such purchasers, thereby resulting in
relatively low expenses of distribution. For a complete description of the persons who will not
pay an initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of the Funds, see Purchase, Redemption
and Pricing of Shares Purchase and Redemption of Shares Purchases of Class A Shares, Class A2
Shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund and AIM Cash
Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund Purchases of Class A Shares at Net Asset Value.
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Code of Ethics
Invesco, the Trust, Invesco Aim Distributors and the Sub-Advisers each have adopted a Code of
Ethics that applies to all Fund trustees and officers, and employees of Invesco, the Sub-Advisers
and their affiliates, and governs, among other things, the personal trading activities of all such
persons. Unless specifically noted, each Sub-Advisers Codes of Ethics do not materially differ
from Invesco Code of Ethics discussed below. The Code of Ethics is intended to address conflicts
of interest with the Trust that may arise from personal trading, including personal trading in most
of the Funds. Personal trading, including personal trading involving securities that may be
purchased or held by a Fund, is permitted under the Code subject to certain restrictions; however,
employees are required to pre-clear security transactions with the Compliance Officer or a designee
and to report transactions on a regular basis.
Proxy Voting Policies
Invesco Advisers, Inc. is comprised of two business divisions, Invesco and Invesco
Institutional, each of which have adopted their own specific Proxy Voting Policies.
The Board has delegated responsibility for decisions regarding proxy voting for securities
held by each Fund to the following Adviser/Sub-Adviser(s), including as appropriate, separately to
the named division of the Adviser:
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Fund
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Adviser/Sub-Adviser
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Invesco Balanced Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
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[Invesco]
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Invesco (the Proxy Voting Entity). The Proxy Voting Entity will vote such proxies in
accordance with its proxy policies and procedures, which have been reviewed and approved by the
Board, and which are found in
Appendix E
. Any material changes to the proxy policies and
procedures will be submitted to the Board for approval. The Board will be supplied with a summary
quarterly report of each Funds proxy
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voting record. Information regarding how the Funds voted
proxies related to their portfolio securities during the 12 months ended June 30, 2009, is
available without charge at our Web site, www.invescoaim.com. This information is also available
at the SEC Web site, www.sec.gov.
CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Invesco provided the initial capitalization of each Fund and, accordingly, as of the date of
this SAI, owned more than 25% of the issued and outstanding shares of each Fund and therefore could
be deemed to control each Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act. It is anticipated that
after the commencement of the public offering of each Funds shares, Invesco will cease to control
any Fund for the purposes of the 1940 Act.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES
Investment Adviser
Invesco, the Funds investment adviser, was organized in 1976, and along with its
subsidiaries, manages or advises investment portfolios encompassing a broad range of investment
objectives. Invesco is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. Invesco Ltd. and its
subsidiaries are an independent global investment management group. Certain of the directors and
officers of Invesco are also executive officers of the Trust and their affiliations are shown under
Management Information herein.
As investment adviser, Invesco supervises all aspects of the Funds operations and provides
investment advisory services to the Funds. Invesco obtains and evaluates economic, statistical and
financial information to formulate and implement investment programs for the Funds. The Master
Investment Advisory Agreement (Advisory Agreement) provides that, in fulfilling its
responsibilities, Invesco may engage the services of other investment managers with respect to one
or more of the Funds. The investment advisory services of Invesco are not exclusive and Invesco is
free to render investment advisory services to others, including other investment companies.
Invesco is also responsible for furnishing to the Funds, at Invescos expense, the services of
persons believed to be competent to perform all supervisory and administrative services required by
the Funds, which in the judgment of the trustees, are necessary to conduct the respective
businesses of the Funds effectively, as well as the offices, equipment and other facilities
necessary for their operations. Such functions include the maintenance of each Funds accounts and
records, and the preparation of all requisite corporate documents such as tax returns and reports
to the SEC and shareholders.
The Advisory Agreement provides that each Fund will pay or cause to be paid all expenses of
such Fund not assumed by Invesco, including, without limitation: brokerage commissions, taxes,
legal, auditing or governmental fees, custodian, transfer and shareholder service agent costs,
expenses of issue, sale, redemption, and repurchase of shares, expenses of registering and
qualifying shares for sale, expenses relating to trustee and shareholder meetings, the cost of
preparing and distributing reports and notices to shareholders, the fees and other expenses
incurred by the Trust on behalf of each Fund in connection with membership in investment company
organizations, and the cost of printing copies of prospectuses and statements of additional
information distributed to the Funds shareholders.
Invesco, at its own expense, furnishes to the Trust office space and facilities. Invesco
furnishes to the Trust all personnel for managing the affairs of the Trust and each of its series
of shares.
Pursuant to its Advisory Agreement with the Trust, Invesco receives a monthly fee from each
Fund calculated at the annual rates indicated in the second column below, based on the average
daily net
assets of each Fund during the year. Each Fund allocates advisory fees to a class based on
the relative net assets of each class.
Invesco may from time to time waive or reduce its fee. Voluntary fee waivers or reductions
may be rescinded at any time without further notice to investors. During periods of voluntary fee
waivers or reductions, Invesco will retain its ability to be reimbursed for such fee prior to the
end of the respective fiscal year in which the voluntary fee waiver or reduction was made.
Contractual fee waivers or
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reductions set forth in the Fee Table in a prospectus may not be
terminated or amended to the Funds detriment during the period stated in the agreement between
Invesco and the Fund.
Invesco has contractually agreed through at least June 30, 2011, to waive advisory fees
payable by each Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the advisory fee Invesco receives from the
Affiliated Money Market Funds as a result of each Funds investment of uninvested cash in the
Affiliated Money Market Funds. See Description of the Funds and Their Investments and Risks -
Investment Strategies and Risks Other Investments Other Investment Companies.
Invesco also has contractually agreed through at least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses
(excluding (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or
non-routine items; and (v) expenses that each Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of
an expense offset arrangement). The Board or Invesco may terminate the fee waiver arrangement at
any time after June 30, 2010. The expense limitations for the following Funds shares are:
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Expense Limitation
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Invesco Balanced Fund
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Class A Shares
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1.10
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.85
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.85
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.85
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%
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Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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0.85
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.35
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.35
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.60
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%
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Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
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Class A Shares
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0.95
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.70
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.70
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.70
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%
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Fund
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Expense Limitation
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Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
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Class A Shares
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0.75
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.50
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.50
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%
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Class R Shares
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1.00
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.50
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%
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Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
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Class A Shares
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1.65
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%
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Class B Shares
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2.40
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%
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Class C Shares
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2.40
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%
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Class Y Shares
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1.40
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%
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Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
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Class A Shares
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0.95
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.70
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.70
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Class Y Shares
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0.70
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%
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Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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0.90
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.40
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.40
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.65
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%
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
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Class A Shares
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0.65
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.40
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.40
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.40
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%
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Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
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Class A Shares
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1.35
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%
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Class B Shares
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2.10
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%
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Class C Shares
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2.10
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%
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Class Y Shares
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1.10
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%
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Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
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Class A Shares
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1.20
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.95
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.95
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%
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Class R Shares
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1.45
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.95
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%
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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0.82
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.57
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.57
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%
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Class R Shares
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1.07
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.57
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%
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Institutional Class Shares
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0.57
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%
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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1.24
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.99
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.99
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.99
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%
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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0.88
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.63
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.63
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%
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Class R Shares
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1.13
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.63
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%
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Institutional Class Shares
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0.63
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%
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Expense Limitation
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Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
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Class A Shares
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[ ]
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Class B Shares
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[ ]
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Class C Shares
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[ ]
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Class Y Shares
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[ ]
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Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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1.13
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%
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Class B Shares
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1.88
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%
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Class C Shares
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1.88
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%
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Class Y Shares
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0.88
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%
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Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
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Class A Shares
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1.40
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%
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Class B Shares
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2.15
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%
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Class C Shares
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2.15
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%
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Class Y Shares
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1.15
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%
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Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
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Class A Shares
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[ ]
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Such contractual fee waivers or reductions are set forth in the Fee Table to each Funds
prospectus and may not be terminated or amended to the Funds detriment during the period stated in
the agreement between Invesco and the Fund.
The management fees payable by each Fund, the amounts waived by Invesco and the net fees paid by
each Fund for the last three fiscal years are found in
Appendix G
.
Investment Sub-Advisers
Invesco has entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with certain affiliates to serve as
sub-advisers to each Fund pursuant to which these affiliated sub-advisers may be appointed by
Invesco from time to time to provide discretionary investment management services, investment
advice, and/or order execution services to the Funds. These affiliated sub-advisers, each of which
is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 are:
Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH (Invesco Deutschland)
Invesco Asset Management Limited (Invesco Asset Management)
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited (Invesco Japan)
Invesco Australia Limited (Invesco Australia)
Invesco Hong Kong Limited (Invesco Hong Kong)
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. (Invesco Senior Secured)
Invesco Trimark Ltd. (Invesco Trimark); (each a Sub-Adviser and collectively, the Sub-Advisers).
Invesco and each Sub-Adviser are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Invesco.
The only fees payable to the Sub-Advisers under the Sub-Advisory Agreement are for providing
discretionary investment management services. For such services, Invesco will pay each Sub-Adviser
a fee, computed daily and paid monthly, equal to (i) 40% of the monthly compensation that Invesco
receives from the Trust, multiplied by (ii) the fraction equal to the net assets of such Fund as to
which such Sub-Adviser shall have provided discretionary investment management services for that
month divided by the net assets of such Fund for that month. Pursuant to the Sub-Advisory
Agreement, this fee
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is reduced to reflect contractual or voluntary fee waivers or expense
limitations by Invesco, if any, in effect from time to time. In no event shall the aggregate
monthly fees paid to the Sub-Advisers under the Sub-Advisory Agreement exceed 40% of the monthly
compensation that Invesco receives from the Trust pursuant to its advisory agreement with the
Trust, as reduced to reflect contractual or voluntary fees waivers or expense limitations by
Invesco, if any.
Invesco has entered into a Temporary Investment Services Agreement with the following
unaffiliated adviser (the unaffiliated Sub-Adviser) pursuant to which the unaffiliated Sub-Adviser
may be appointed by Invesco to provide discretionary investment management services, investment
advice, and/or order execution services to the Funds.
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Investment
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Adviser
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Name
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Address
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since
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Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
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522 Fifth Avenue,
New York, New York 10036
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Inception
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Any sub-advisory services provided by the unaffiliated Sub-Adviser will be temporary and
subject to a Temporary Investment Services Agreement. Services provided under a Temporary
Investment Services Agreement will be provided at cost, i.e., actual out-of-pocket costs, costs
attributable to compensation benefits and reimbursable employee out-of-pocket expenses, and
reasonable costs attributable to occupancy and certain technology costs.
Portfolio Managers
Appendix H
contains the following information regarding the portfolio managers identified in
each Funds prospectus:
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The dollar range of the managers investments in each Fund.
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A description of the managers compensation structure.
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Information regarding other accounts managed by the manager and potential conflicts of
interest that might arise from the management of multiple accounts.
Securities Lending Arrangements
If a Fund engages in securities lending, Invesco will provide the Fund investment advisory
services and related administrative services. The Advisory Agreement describes the administrative
services to be rendered by Invesco if a Fund engages in securities lending activities, as well as
the compensation Invesco may receive for such administrative services. Services to be provided
include: (a) overseeing participation in the securities lending program to ensure compliance with
all applicable regulatory and investment guidelines; (b) assisting the securities lending agent or
principal (the agent) in determining which specific securities are available for loan;
(c) monitoring the agent to ensure that securities loans are effected in accordance with Invescos
instructions and with procedures adopted by the Board; (d) preparing appropriate periodic reports
for, and seeking appropriate approvals from, the Board with respect to securities lending
activities; (e) responding to agent inquiries; and (f) performing such other duties as may be
necessary.
Invescos compensation for advisory services rendered in connection with securities lending is
included in the advisory fee schedule. As compensation for the related administrative services
Invesco will provide, a lending Fund will pay Invesco a fee equal to 25% of the net monthly
interest or fee income retained or paid to the Fund from such activities. Invesco currently waives
such fee, and has agreed to seek Board approval prior to its receipt of all or a portion of such
fee.
Service Agreements
Administrative Services Agreement.
Invesco and the Trust have entered into a Master
Administrative Services Agreement (Administrative Services Agreement) pursuant to which Invesco
may perform or arrange for the provision of certain accounting and other administrative services to
each Fund
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which are not required to be performed by Invesco under the Advisory Agreement. The
Administrative Services Agreement provides that it will remain in effect and continue from year to
year only if such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Board, including
the independent trustees, by votes cast in person at a meeting called for such purpose. Under the
Administrative Services Agreement, Invesco is entitled to receive from the Funds reimbursement of
its costs or such reasonable compensation as may be approved by the Board. Currently, Invesco is
reimbursed for the services of the Trusts principal financial officer and her staff and any
expenses related to fund accounting services.
Administrative services fees paid to Invesco by each Fund for the last three fiscal years
ended August 31 are found in
Appendix I
.
Other Service Providers
Transfer Agent
.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., (Invesco Aim Investment Services),
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046, a wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco, is the
Trusts transfer agent.
The Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (the TA Agreement) between the Trust and Invesco
Aim Investment Services provides that Invesco Aim Investment Services will perform certain services
related to the servicing of shareholders of the Funds. Other such services may be delegated or
sub-contracted to third party intermediaries. For servicing accounts holding Class A, A2, B, C, P,
R, S, Y, AIM Cash Reserve and Investor Class shares, the TA Agreement provides that the Trust, on
behalf of the Funds, will pay Invesco Aim Investment Services an annual fee per open shareholder
account plus certain out of pocket expenses. This fee is paid monthly at the rate of 1/12 of the
annual rate and is based upon the number of open shareholder accounts during each month. For
servicing accounts holding Institutional Class shares, the TA Agreement provides that the Trust, on
behalf of the Funds, will pay Invesco Aim Investment Services a fee per trade executed, to be
billed monthly, plus certain out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, all fees payable by Invesco Aim
Investment Services or its affiliates to third party intermediaries who service accounts pursuant
to sub-transfer agency, omnibus account services and sub-accounting agreements are charged back to
the Funds, subject to certain limitations approved by the Board of the Trust. These payments are
made in consideration of services that would otherwise be provided by Invesco Aim Investment
Services if the accounts serviced by such intermediaries were serviced by Invesco Aim Investment
Services directly. For more information regarding such payments to intermediaries, see the
discussion under Sub-Accounting and Network Support Payments below.
Sub-Transfer Agent.
Invesco Trimark, 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N6X7, a
wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Invesco, provides services to the Trust as a sub-transfer
agent, pursuant to an agreement between Invesco Trimark and Invesco Aim Investment Services. The
Trust does not pay a fee to Invesco Trimark for these services. Rather Invesco Trimark is
compensated by Invesco Aim Investment Services, as a sub-contractor.
Custodian
.
State Street Bank and Trust Company (the Custodian), 225 Franklin Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02110, is custodian of all securities and cash of the Funds. The Bank of
New York Mellon, 2 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, New York 11217-1431, also serves as sub-custodian to
facilitate cash management.
The custodians are authorized to establish separate accounts in foreign countries and to cause
foreign securities owned by the Funds to be held outside the United States in branches of U.S.
banks and, to the extent permitted by applicable regulations, in certain foreign banks and
securities depositories. Invesco is responsible for selecting eligible foreign securities
depositories and for assessing the risks associated with investing in foreign countries, including
the risk of using eligible foreign securities depositories in a country. The Custodian is
responsible for monitoring eligible foreign securities depositories.
Under its contract with the Trust, the Custodian maintains the portfolio securities of the
Funds, administers the purchases and sales of portfolio securities, collects interest and dividends
and other distributions made on the securities held in the portfolios of the Funds and performs
other ministerial duties. These services do not include any supervisory function over management or
provide any protection against any possible depreciation of assets.
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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The Funds independent registered public
accounting firm is responsible for auditing the financial statements of the Funds. The Audit
Committee of the Board has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1201 Louisiana, Suite 2900,
Houston, Texas 77002, as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the financial
statements of the Funds. Such appointment was ratified and approved by the Board.
Counsel to the Trust
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Legal matters for the Trust have been passed upon by Stradley Ronon
Stevens & Young, LLP, 2600 One Commerce Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES
The Sub-Advisers have adopted compliance procedures that cover, among other items, brokerage
allocation and other trading practices. If all or a portion of a Funds assets are managed by one
or more Sub-Advisers, the decision to buy and sell securities and broker selection will be made by
the Sub-Adviser for the assets it manages. Unless specifically noted, the Sub-Advisers brokerage
allocation procedures do not materially differ from Invescos procedures.
Brokerage Transactions
Placing trades generally involves acting on portfolio manager instructions to buy or sell a
specified amount of portfolio securities, including selecting one or more third-party
broker-dealers to execute the trades, and negotiating commissions and spreads. Various Invesco Ltd.
subsidiaries have created a global equity trading desk. The global equity trading desk has
assigned local traders in three regions to place equity securities trades in their regions. The
Atlanta trading desk of Invesco (the Americas Desk) generally places trades of equity securities
in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Brazil; the Hong Kong desk of Invesco Hong Kong (the
Hong Kong Desk) generally places trades of equity securities in Australia, China, Hong Kong,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and
other far Eastern countries; and the London trading desk of Invesco Global Investment Funds Limited
(the London Desk) generally places trades of equity securities in European Economic Area markets,
Egypt, Israel, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, and other European countries. Invesco,
Invesco Japan, Invesco Deutschland, Invesco Hong Kong and Invesco Asset Management use the global
equity trading desk to place equity trades. Other Sub-Advisers may use the global equity trading
desk in the future. The trading procedures for the Americas Desk, the Hong Kong Desk and the
London Desk are similar in all material respects.
References in the language below to actions by Invesco Advisers, Inc. or a Sub-Adviser (other
than Invesco Trimark) making determinations or taking actions related to equity trading include
these entities delegation of these determinations/actions to the Americas Desk, the Hong Kong
Desk, and the London Desk. Even when trading is delegated by Invesco or the Sub-Adviser to the
various arms of the global equity trading desk, Invesco or the Sub-Adviser that delegates trading
is responsible for oversight of this trading activity.
Invesco or the Sub-Adviser makes decisions to buy and sell securities for each Fund, selects
broker-dealers (each, a Broker), effects the Funds investment portfolio transactions, allocates
brokerage fees in such transactions and, where applicable, negotiates commissions and spreads on
transactions. Invescos and the Sub-Advisers primary consideration in effecting a security
transaction is to obtain best execution, which is defined as prompt and efficient execution of the
transaction at the best obtainable price with payment of commissions, mark-ups or mark-downs which
are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage services provided by the Broker. While
Invesco or the Sub-Adviser seeks reasonably competitive commission rates, the Funds may not pay the
lowest commission or spread available. See Broker Selection below.
Some of the securities in which the Funds invest are traded in over-the-counter markets.
Portfolio transactions in such markets may be effected on a principal basis at net prices without
commissions, but which include compensation to the Broker in the form of a mark-up or mark-down, or
on an agency basis, which involves the payment of negotiated brokerage commissions to the Broker,
including electronic communication networks. Purchases of underwritten issues, which include
initial public offerings and secondary offerings, include a commission or concession paid by the
issuer (not the
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Funds) to the underwriter. Purchases of money market instruments may be made
directly from issuers without the payment of commissions.
Historically, Invesco did not negotiate commission rates on stock markets outside the United
States. In recent years many overseas stock markets have adopted a system of negotiated rates;
however, a number of markets maintain an established schedule of minimum commission rates.
In some cases, Invesco may decide to place trades on a blind principal bid basis, which
involves combining all trades for one or more portfolios into a single basket, and generating a
description of the characteristics of the basket for provision to potential executing brokers.
Based on the trade characteristics information provided by Invesco, these brokers submit bids for
executing all of the required
trades at the market close price for a specific commission. Invesco generally selects the
broker with the lowest bid to execute these trades.
Brokerage commissions paid by each of the Funds during the last three fiscal years ended
August 31 are found in
Appendix J
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Commissions
During the last three fiscal years ended August 31, none of the Funds paid brokerage
commissions to Brokers affiliated with the Funds, Invesco, Invesco Aim Distributors, the
Sub-Advisers or any affiliates of such entities.
The Funds may engage in certain principal and agency transactions with banks and their
affiliates that own 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund, provided the
conditions of an exemptive order received by the Funds from the SEC are met. In addition, a Fund
may purchase or sell a security from or to certain other Funds or other accounts (and may invest in
the Affiliated Money Market Funds) provided the Funds follow procedures adopted by the Boards of
the various Funds, including the Trust. These inter-fund transactions do not generate brokerage
commissions but may result in custodial fees or taxes or other related expenses.
Broker Selection
Invescos or the Sub-Advisers primary consideration in selecting Brokers to execute portfolio
transactions for a Fund is to obtain best execution. In selecting a Broker to execute a portfolio
transaction in equity securities for a Fund, Invesco or the Sub-Adviser considers the full range
and quality of a Brokers services, including the value of research and/or brokerage services
provided, execution capability, commission rate, and willingness to commit capital, anonymity and
responsiveness. Invescos and the Sub-Advisers primary consideration when selecting a Broker to
execute a portfolio transaction in fixed income securities for a Fund is the Brokers ability to
deliver or sell the relevant fixed income securities; however, Invesco and the Sub-Adviser will
also consider the various factors listed above. In each case, the determinative factor is not the
lowest commission or spread available but whether the transaction represents the best qualitative
execution for the Fund. Invesco and the Sub-Adviser will not select Brokers based upon their
promotion or sale of Fund shares.
In choosing Brokers to execute portfolio transactions for the Funds, Invesco or the
Sub-Adviser may select Brokers that provide brokerage and/or research services (Soft Dollar
Products) to the Funds and/or the other accounts over which Invesco and its affiliates have
investment discretion. Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, provides
that Invesco or the Sub-Adviser, under certain circumstances, lawfully may cause an account to pay
a higher commission than the lowest available. Under Section 28(e)(1), Invesco or the Sub-Adviser
must make a good faith determination that the commissions paid are reasonable in relation to the
value of the brokerage and research services provided ... viewed in terms of either that particular
transaction or [Invescos or the Sub-Advisers] overall responsibilities with respect to the
accounts as to which [it] exercises investment discretion. The services provided by the Broker
also must lawfully and appropriately assist Invesco or the Sub-Adviser in the performance of its
investment decision-making responsibilities. Accordingly, a Fund may pay a Broker commissions
higher than those available from another Broker in recognition of the Brokers provision of Soft
Dollar Products to Invesco or the Sub-Adviser.
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Invesco and the Sub-Adviser face a potential conflict of interest when they use client trades
to obtain Soft Dollar Products. This conflict exists because Invesco and the Sub-Adviser are able
to use the Soft Dollar Products to manage client accounts without paying cash for the Soft Dollar
Products, which reduces Invescos or the Sub-Advisers expenses to the extent that Invesco or the
Sub-Adviser would have purchased such products had they not been provided by Brokers. Section
28(e) permits Invesco or the Sub-Adviser to use Soft Dollar Products for the benefit of any account
it manages. Certain Invesco-managed accounts (or accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser) may generate
soft dollars used to purchase Soft Dollar Products that ultimately benefit other Invesco Advisers,
Inc.-managed accounts (or Sub-Adviser-managed accounts), effectively cross subsidizing the other
Invesco-managed accounts (or the other Sub-Adviser-managed accounts) that benefit directly from the
product. Invesco or the Sub-Adviser may not use all of the Soft Dollar Products provided by
Brokers through which a Fund effects
securities transactions in connection with managing the Fund whose trades generated the soft
dollars used to purchase such products.
Invesco presently engages in the following instances of cross-subsidization:
Fixed income funds normally do not generate soft dollar commissions to pay for Soft Dollar
Products. Therefore, soft dollar commissions used to pay for Soft Dollar Products which are used
to manage certain fixed income Funds are generated entirely by equity Funds and other equity client
accounts managed by Invesco. In other words, certain fixed income Funds are cross-subsidized by
the equity Funds in that the fixed income Funds receive the benefit of Soft Dollar Products
services for which they do not pay. Similarly, other accounts managed by Invesco or certain of its
affiliates may benefit from Soft Dollar Products services for which they do not pay.
Invesco and the Sub-Adviser attempt to reduce or eliminate the potential conflicts of interest
concerning the use of Soft Dollar Products by directing client trades for Soft Dollar Products only
if Invesco or the Sub-Adviser concludes that the Broker supplying the product is capable of
providing best execution.
Certain Soft Dollar Products may be available directly from a vendor on a hard dollar basis;
other Soft Dollar Products are available only through Brokers in exchange for soft dollars.
Invesco and the Sub-Adviser use soft dollars to purchase two types of Soft Dollar Products:
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proprietary research created by the Broker executing the trade, and
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other products created by third parties that are supplied to Invesco or the
Sub-Adviser through the Broker executing the trade.
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Proprietary research consists primarily of traditional research reports, recommendations and
similar materials produced by the in-house research staffs of broker-dealer firms. This research
includes evaluations and recommendations of specific companies or industry groups, as well as
analyses of general economic and market conditions and trends, market data, contacts and other
related information and assistance. Invesco periodically rates the quality of proprietary research
produced by various Brokers. Based on the evaluation of the quality of information that Invesco
receives from each Broker, Invesco develops an estimate of each Brokers share of Invesco clients
commission dollars and attempts to direct trades to these firms to meet these estimates.
Invesco and the Sub-Adviser also use soft dollars to acquire products from third parties that
are supplied to Invesco or the Sub-Adviser through Brokers executing the trades or other Brokers
who step in to a transaction and receive a portion of the brokerage commission for the trade.
Invesco or the Sub-Adviser may from time to time instruct the executing Broker to allocate or step
out a portion of a transaction to another Broker. The Broker to which Invesco or the Sub-Adviser
has stepped out would then settle and complete the designated portion of the transaction, and the
executing Broker would settle and complete the remaining portion of the transaction that has not
been stepped out. Each Broker may receive a commission or brokerage fee with respect to that
portion of the transaction that it settles and completes.
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Soft Dollar Products received from Brokers supplement Invescos and or the Sub-Advisers own
research (and the research of certain of its affiliates), and may include the following types of
products and services:
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Database Services comprehensive databases containing current and/or historical
information on companies and industries and indices. Examples include historical
securities prices, earnings estimates and financial data. These services may include
software tools that allow the user to search the database or to prepare value-added
analyses related to the investment process (such as forecasts and models used in the
portfolio management process).
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Quotation/Trading/News Systems products that provide real time market data
information, such as pricing of individual securities and information on current
trading, as well as a variety of news services.
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Economic Data/Forecasting Tools various macro economic forecasting tools, such as
economic data or currency and political forecasts for various countries or regions.
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Quantitative/Technical Analysis software tools that assist in quantitative and
technical analysis of investment data.
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Fixed Income Security Analysis data and analytical tools that pertain specifically
to fixed income securities. These tools assist in creating financial models, such as
cash flow projections and interest rate sensitivity analyses, which are relevant to
fixed income securities.
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Other Specialized Tools other specialized products, such as consulting analyses,
access to industry experts, and distinct investment expertise such as forensic
accounting or custom built investment-analysis software.
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If Invesco or the Sub-Adviser determines that any service or product has a mixed use (i.e., it
also serves functions that do not assist the investment decision-making or trading process),
Invesco or the Sub-Adviser will allocate the costs of such service or product accordingly in its
reasonable discretion. Invesco or the Sub-Adviser will allocate brokerage commissions to Brokers
only for the portion of the service or product that Invesco or the Sub-Adviser determines assists
it in the investment decision-making or trading process and will pay for the remaining value of the
product or service in cash.
Outside research assistance is useful to Invesco or the Sub-Adviser because the Brokers used
by Invesco or the Sub-Adviser tend to provide more in-depth analysis of a broader universe of
securities and other matters than Invescos or the Sub-Advisers staff follows. In addition, such
services provide Invesco or the Sub-Adviser with a diverse perspective on financial markets. Some
Brokers may indicate that the provision of research services is dependent upon the generation of
certain specified levels of commissions and underwriting concessions by Invescos or the
Sub-Advisers clients, including the Funds. However, the Funds are not under any obligation to
deal with any Broker in the execution of transactions in portfolio securities. In some cases, Soft
Dollar Products are available only from the Broker providing them. In other cases, Soft Dollar
Products may be obtainable from alternative sources in return for cash payments. Invesco and the
Sub-Adviser believe that because Broker research supplements rather than replaces Invescos or the
Sub-Advisers research, the receipt of such research tends to improve the quality of Invescos or
the Sub-Advisers investment advice. The advisory fee paid by the Funds is not reduced because
Invesco or the Sub-Adviser receives such services. To the extent the Funds portfolio transactions
are used to obtain Soft Dollar Products, the brokerage commissions obtained by the Funds might
exceed those that might otherwise have been paid.
Invesco or the Sub-Adviser may determine target levels of brokerage business with various
Brokers on behalf of its clients (including the Funds) over a certain time period. Invesco
determines target levels based upon the following factors, among others: (1) the execution
services provided by the Broker; and (2) the research services provided by the Broker. Portfolio
transactions may be effected through Brokers that recommend the Funds to their clients, or that act
as agent in the purchase of a Funds shares for their clients, provided that Invesco or the
Sub-Adviser believes such Brokers provide
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best execution and such transactions are executed in
compliance with Invescos policy against using directed brokerage to compensate Brokers for
promoting or selling Fund shares. Invesco and the Sub-Adviser will not enter into a binding
commitment with Brokers to place trades with such Brokers involving brokerage commissions in
precise amounts.
Directed Brokerage (Research Services)
Directed brokerage (research services) paid by each of the Funds during the last fiscal year
ended August 31, 2009, are found in
Appendix K
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Regular Brokers
Information concerning the Funds acquisition of securities of their Brokers during the last
fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, is found in
Appendix K
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Allocation of Portfolio Transactions
Invesco and the Sub-Advisers manage numerous Funds and other accounts. Some of these accounts
may have investment objectives similar to the Funds. Occasionally, identical securities will be
appropriate for investment by one of the Funds and by another Fund or one or more other accounts.
However, the position of each account in the same security and the length of time that each account
may hold its investment in the same security may vary. Invesco and the Sub-Adviser will also
determine the timing and amount of purchases for an account based on its cash position. If the
purchase or sale of securities is consistent with the investment policies of the Fund(s) and one or
more other accounts, and is considered at or about the same time, Invesco or the Sub-Adviser will
allocate transactions in such securities among the Fund(s) and these accounts on a pro rata basis
based on order size or in such other manner believed by Invesco to be fair and equitable. Invesco
or the Sub-Adviser may combine transactions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations to
obtain the most favorable execution. Simultaneous transactions could, however, adversely affect a
Funds ability to obtain or dispose of the full amount of a security which it seeks to purchase or
sell.
Allocation of Initial Public Offering (IPO) Transactions
Certain of the Funds or other accounts managed by Invesco may become interested in
participating in IPOs. Purchases of IPOs by one Fund or other accounts may also be considered for
purchase by one or more other Funds or accounts. Invesco combines indications of interest for IPOs
for all Funds and accounts participating in purchase transactions for that IPO. When the full
amount of all IPO orders for such Funds and accounts cannot be filled completely, Invesco shall
allocate such transactions in accordance with the following procedures:
Invesco or the Sub-Adviser may determine the eligibility of each Fund and account that seeks
to participate in a particular IPO by reviewing a number of factors, including market
capitalization/liquidity suitability and sector/style suitability of the investment with the Funds
or accounts investment objective, policies, strategies and current holdings. Invesco will
allocate securities issued in IPOs to eligible Funds and accounts on a pro rata basis based on
order size.
Invesco Trimark, Invesco Australia, Invesco Hong Kong and Invesco Japan allocate IPOs on a pro
rata basis based on size of order or in such other manner which they believe is fair and equitable.
Invesco Asset Management allocates IPOs on a pro rata basis based on account size or in such
other manner believed by Invesco Asset Management to be fair and equitable.
Invesco Deutschland and Invesco Senior Secured do not subscribe to IPOs.
PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES
Please Refer to
Appendix L
for information on Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Shares.
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DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX MATTERS
Dividends and Distributions
The following discussion of dividends and distributions should be read in connection with the
applicable sections in the prospectus.
All dividends and distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the
same class of a Fund (hereinafter, the Fund) unless the shareholder has requested in writing to
receive such dividends and distributions in cash or that they be invested in shares of another
Fund, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus under the caption Purchasing
Shares
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Automatic Dividend and Distribution Investment. Such dividends and distributions
will be reinvested at the net asset value per share determined on the ex-dividend date.
The Fund calculates income dividends and capital gain distributions the same way for each
class. The amount of any income dividends per share will differ, however, generally due to any
differences in the distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees applicable to the classes, as well as
any other expenses attributable to a particular class (Class Expenses). Class Expenses,
including distribution plan expenses, must be allocated to the class for which they are incurred
consistent with applicable legal principles under the 1940 Act and the Code.
If a Money Market Fund incurs or anticipates any unusual expense, loss or depreciation in
value of investments that would adversely affect the net asset value per share of the Fund or the
net income per share of a class of the Fund for a particular period, the Board would consider
whether to adhere to the present dividend policy described above or to revise it in light of then
prevailing circumstances. For example, if the net asset value per share of a Money Market Fund was
reduced or was anticipated to be reduced below $1.00, the Board might suspend further dividend
payments on shares of the Fund until the net asset value returns to $1.00. Thus, such expense,
loss or depreciation might result in a shareholder receiving no dividends for the period during
which it held shares of the Fund and/or receiving upon redemption a price per share lower than that
which it paid.
Tax Matters
The following is a summary of certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the
Fund and its shareholders that are not described in the prospectus. No attempt is made to present
a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Fund or its shareholders, and the discussion
here and in the prospectus is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning.
This Tax Matters section is based on the Code and applicable regulations in effect on the
date of this SAI. Future legislative, regulatory or administrative changes or court decisions may
significantly change the tax rules applicable to the Fund and its shareholders. Any of these
changes or court decisions may have a retroactive effect.
This is for general information only and not tax advice. All investors should consult their
own tax advisers as to the federal, state, local and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.
Taxation of the Fund.
The Fund has elected and intends to qualify (or, if newly organized,
intends to elect and qualify) each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of
the Code. If the Fund qualifies, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax on the portion
of its investment company taxable income (i.e., generally, taxable interest, dividends, net
short-term capital gains and other taxable ordinary income net of expenses without regard to the
deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gains
over net short-term capital losses) that it distributes to shareholders.
Qualification as a regulated investment company
. In order to qualify for treatment as a
regulated investment company, the Fund must satisfy the following requirements:
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Distribution Requirement
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the Fund must distribute at least 90% of its
investment company taxable income and 90% of its net tax-exempt income, if any, for the
tax year (certain
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distributions made by the Fund after the close of its tax year are considered
distributions attributable to the previous tax year for purposes of satisfying this
requirement).
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Income Requirement
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the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income
from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, and gains
from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other
income (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward
contracts) derived from its business of investing in such stock, securities or
currencies and net income derived from qualified publicly traded partnerships
(QPTPs).
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Asset Diversification Test
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the Fund must satisfy the following asset
diversification test at the close of each quarter of the Funds tax year: (1) at least
50% of the value of the Funds assets must consist of cash and cash items, U.S.
Government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and
securities of other issuers (as to which the Fund has not invested more than 5% of the
value of the Funds total assets in securities of an issuer and as to which the Fund
does not hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer); and
(2) no more than 25% of the value of the Funds total assets may be invested in the
securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and securities of
other regulated investment companies) or of two or more issuers which the Fund controls
and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses, or, collectively, in
the securities of QPTPs.
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In some circumstances, the character and timing of income realized by the Fund for purposes of
the Income Requirement or the identification of the issuer for purposes of the Asset
Diversification Test is uncertain under current law with respect to a particular investment, and an
adverse determination or future guidance by IRS with respect to such type of investment may
adversely affect the Funds ability to satisfy these requirements. See Tax Treatment of Portfolio
Transactions with respect to the application of these requirements to certain types of
investments. In other circumstances, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio holdings in order
to meet the Income Requirement, Distribution requirement, or Asset Diversification Test, which may
have a negative impact on the Funds income and performance.
The Fund may use equalization accounting (in lieu of making some cash distributions) in
determining the portion of its income and gains that has been distributed. If the Fund uses
equalization accounting, it will allocate a portion of its undistributed investment company taxable
income and net capital gain to redemptions of Fund shares and will correspondingly reduce the
amount of such income and gains that it distributes in cash. However, the Fund intends to make
cash distributions for each taxable year in an aggregate amount that is sufficient to satisfy the
Distribution Requirement without taking into account its use of equalization accounting. If the
IRS determines that the Funds allocation is improper and that the Fund has under-distributed its
income and gain for any taxable year, the Fund may be liable for federal income and/or excise tax.
If for any taxable year the Fund does not qualify as a regulated investment company, all of
its taxable income (including its net capital gain) would be subject to tax at regular corporate
rates without any deduction for dividends paid to shareholders, and the Funds dividends would be
taxable to the shareholders as ordinary income (or possibly as qualified dividend income) to the
extent of the Funds current and accumulated earnings and profits. Failure to qualify as a
regulated investment company thus would have a negative impact on the Funds income and
performance. It is possible that the Fund will not qualify as a regulated investment company in
any given tax year. Moreover, the Board reserves the right not to maintain the qualification of
the Fund as a regulated investment company if it determines such a course of action to be
beneficial to shareholders.
Portfolio turnover.
For investors that hold their Fund shares in a taxable account, a high
portfolio turnover rate (except in a money market fund that maintains a stable net asset value) may
result in higher taxes. This is because the Fund with a high turnover rate is likely to generate
more capital gain or loss, much of it short-term, than the Fund with a comparable strategy but low
turnover rate. Any such higher taxes would reduce the Funds after-tax performance. See Taxation
of Fund Distributions
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Capital gain dividends.
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Capital loss carryovers
. For federal income tax purposes, the Fund is permitted to carry
forward its net realized capital losses, if any, for eight years as a short-term capital loss and
use such losses,
subject to applicable limitations, to offset net capital gains without being required to pay taxes
on or distribute such gains that are offset by the losses. However, the amount of capital losses
that can be carried forward and used in any single year may be limited if the Fund experiences an
ownership change within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code. Such an ownership change
generally results when the shareholders owning 5% or more of the Fund increase their aggregate
holdings by more than 50% over a three-year period. An ownership change may result in capital loss
carryovers that expire unused, thereby reducing the Funds ability to offset capital gains with
those losses. An increase in the amount of taxable gains distributed to the Funds shareholders
could result from an ownership change. The Fund undertakes no obligation to avoid or prevent an
ownership change, which can occur in the normal course of shareholder purchases and redemptions or
as a result of engaging in a tax-free reorganization with another mutual fund. Moreover, because
of circumstances beyond the Funds control, there can be no assurance that the Fund will not
experience, or has not already experienced, an ownership change.
Post-October losses
. The Fund (unless its fiscal year ends in October) presently intends to
elect to treat any net capital loss or any net long-term capital loss incurred after October 31 as
if it had been incurred in the succeeding year in determining its taxable income for the current
year. The effect of this election is to treat any such net loss incurred after October 31 as if it
had been incurred in the succeeding year in determining the Funds net capital gain for capital
gain dividend purposes. See Taxation of Fund Distributions
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Capital gain dividends. The
Fund also may elect to treat all or part of any net foreign currency loss incurred after October 31
as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year.
Undistributed capital gains
. The Fund may retain or distribute to shareholders its net
capital gain for each taxable year. The Fund currently intends to distribute net capital gains.
If the Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, the Fund will be taxed thereon (except to the
extent of any available capital loss carry forward) at the highest corporate tax rate (currently
35%). If the Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, it is expected that the Fund also will
elect to have shareholders treated as if each received a distribution of its pro rata share of such
gain, with the result that each shareholder will be required to report its pro rata share of such
gain on its tax return as long-term capital gain, will receive a refundable tax credit for its pro
rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain and will increase the tax basis for its shares by an
amount equal to the deemed distribution less the tax credit.
Asset allocation funds
. If the Fund is a fund of funds, asset allocation fund, or a feeder
fund in a master-feeder structure (collectively referred to as a fund of funds which invests in
one or more underlying funds taxable as regulated investment companies) distributions by the
underlying funds, redemptions of shares in the underlying funds and changes in asset allocations
may result in taxable distributions to shareholders of ordinary income or capital gains. A fund of
funds (other than a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure) will generally not be able currently
to offset gains realized by one underlying fund in which the fund of funds invests against losses
realized by another underlying fund. If shares of an underlying fund are purchased within 30 days
before or after redeeming at a loss other shares of that underlying fund (whether pursuant to a
rebalancing of the Funds portfolio or otherwise), all or a part of the loss will not be deductible
by the Fund and instead will increase its basis for the newly purchased shares. Also, a fund of
funds (a) is not eligible to pass-through to shareholders foreign tax credits from an underlying
fund that pays foreign income taxes, (b) is not eligible pass-through to shareholders
exempt-interest dividends from an underlying fund, and (c) dividends paid by a fund of funds from
interest earned by an underlying fund on U.S. Government obligations is unlikely to be exempt from
state and local income tax. However, a fund of funds is eligible to pass-through to shareholders
qualified dividends earned by an underlying fund. See Taxation of Fund Distributions (excluding
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund, Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund,
Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund, and Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund)
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Qualified dividend income for individuals and
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Corporate dividends received
deduction.
Federal excise tax
. To avoid a 4% non-deductible excise tax, the Fund must distribute by
December 31 of each year an amount equal to: (1) 98% of its ordinary income for the calendar year,
(2) 98% of capital gain net income (the excess of the gains from sales or exchanges of capital
assets over
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the losses from such sales or exchanges) for the one-year period ended on October 31 of
such calendar year (or, at the election of a regulated investment company having a taxable year
ending November 30 or December 31, for its taxable year), and (3) any prior year undistributed
ordinary income and capital gain
net income. Generally, the Fund intends to make sufficient distributions prior to the end of each
calendar year to avoid liability for federal excise tax but can give no assurances that all such
liability will be avoided. Moreover, when the Fund makes distributions based on its book income,
temporary timing or permanent differences in the realization of income and expense for book and tax
purposes sometimes can result in the Fund being under-distributed for excise tax purposes and
subject to some amount of excise tax.
Foreign income tax
. Investment income received by the Fund from sources within foreign
countries may be subject to foreign income tax withheld at the source, and the amount of tax
withheld will generally be treated as an expense of the Fund. The United States has entered into
tax treaties with many foreign countries that entitle the Fund to a reduced rate of, or exemption
from, tax on such income. It is impossible to determine the effective rate of foreign tax in
advance since the amount of the Funds assets to be invested in various countries is not known.
Under certain circumstances, the Fund may elect to pass-through foreign tax credits to
shareholders.
Taxation of Fund Distributions (excluding Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income
Fund, Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund, Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund and Invesco
Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund).
The Fund anticipates distributing substantially all of its
investment company taxable income and net capital gain for each taxable year. Distributions by the
Fund will be treated in the manner described regardless of whether such distributions are paid in
cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund (or of another Fund). The Fund will send you
information annually as to the federal income tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed
made) during the year.
Distributions of ordinary income
. The Fund receives income generally in the form of dividends
and/or interest on its investments. The Fund may also recognize ordinary income from other
sources, including, but not limited to, certain gains on foreign currency-related transactions.
This income, less expenses incurred in the operation of the Fund, constitutes the Funds net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If you are a taxable investor,
distributions of net investment income are generally taxable as ordinary income to the extent of
the Funds earnings and profits.If the Funds strategy includes investing in stocks of
corporations, a portion of the income dividends paid to you may be qualified dividends eligible to
be taxed at reduced rates
.
Capital gain dividends
. Taxes on distributions of capital gains are determined by how long
the Fund owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long a shareholder has owned
his or her shares. In general, the Fund will recognize long-term capital gain or loss on the sale
or other disposition of assets it has owned for more than one year, and short-term capital gain or
loss on investments it has owned for one year or less. Distributions of net capital gain (the
excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that are properly designated
by the Fund as capital gain dividends will generally be taxable to a shareholder receiving such
distributions as long-term capital gain. Long-term capital gain rates applicable to individuals
are taxed at the maximum rate of 15% or 25% (through 2010) depending on the nature of the capital
gain. Distributions of net short-term capital gains for a taxable year in excess of net long-term
capital losses for such taxable year will generally be taxable to a shareholder receiving such
distributions as ordinary income. A Money Market Fund does not expect to realize any long-term
capital gains and losses.
Qualified dividend income for individuals
. With respect to taxable years of the Fund
beginning before January 1, 2011, ordinary income dividends properly designated by the Fund as
derived from qualified dividend income will be taxed in the hands of individuals and other
non-corporate shareholders at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain. Qualified dividend
income means dividends paid to the Fund (a) by domestic corporations, (b) by foreign corporations
that are either (i) incorporated in a possession of the United States, or (ii) are eligible for
benefits under certain income tax treaties with the United States that include an exchange of
information program, or (c) with respect to stock of a foreign corporation that is readily tradable
on an established securities market in the United States. Both the
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Fund and the investor must meet
certain holding period requirements to qualify Fund dividends for this treatment. Income derived
from investments in derivatives, fixed-income securities, U.S. REITs, passive foreign investment
companies (PFICs), and income received in lieu of dividends in a securities lending transaction
generally is not eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income. If the qualifying dividend
income received by the Fund is equal to 95% (or a greater percentage) of the Funds gross income
(exclusive of net capital gain) in any taxable year, all of the ordinary income dividends paid by
the Fund will be qualifying dividend income.
Corporate dividends received deduction
. Ordinary income dividends designated by the Fund as
derived from qualified dividends from domestic corporations will qualify for the 70% dividends
received deduction generally available to corporations. The availability of the dividends-received
deduction is subject to certain holding period and debt financing restrictions imposed under the
Code on the corporation claiming the deduction. Income derived by the Fund from investments in
derivatives, fixed-income and foreign securities generally is not eligible for this treatment.
Maintaining a $1 share price
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Money Market Fund.
Gains and losses on the sale of
portfolio securities and unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the value of these securities
may require the Fund to adjust its dividends to maintain its $1 share price. This procedure may
result in under- or over-distributions by the Fund of its net investment income. This in turn may
result in return of capital distributions, the effect of which is described in the following
paragraph.
Return of capital distributions
. Distributions by the Fund that are not paid from earnings
and profits will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of (and in reduction of) the
shareholders tax basis in his shares; any excess will be treated as gain from the sale of his
shares. Return of capital distributions can occur for a number of reasons including, among others,
the Fund over-estimates the income to be received from certain investments such as those classified
as partnerships or equity REITs. See Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions
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Investments
in U.S. REITs.
Impact of realized but undistributed income and gains, and net unrealized appreciation of
portfolio securities
. At the time of your purchase of shares (except in a money market fund that
maintains a stable net asset value), the Funds net asset value may reflect undistributed income,
undistributed capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation of portfolio securities held by the
Fund. A subsequent distribution to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your
investment, would be taxable and would be taxed as either ordinary income (some portion of which
may be taxed as qualified dividend income) or capital gain unless you are investing through a
tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. The Fund may
be able to reduce the amount of such distributions by utilizing its capital loss carryovers, if
any.
Pass-through of foreign tax credits
. If more than 50% of the value of the Funds total assets
at the close of each taxable year consists of the stock or securities of foreign corporations, the
Fund may elect to pass through to the Funds shareholders the amount of foreign income tax paid
by the Fund (the Foreign Tax Election) in lieu of deducting such amount in determining its
investment company taxable income. Pursuant to the Foreign Tax Election, shareholders will be
required (i) to include in gross income, even though not actually received, their respective
pro-rata shares of the foreign income tax paid by the Fund that are attributable to any
distributions they receive; and (ii) either to deduct their pro-rata share of foreign tax in
computing their taxable income or to use it (subject to various Code limitations) as a foreign tax
credit against federal income tax (but not both). No deduction for foreign tax may be claimed by a
non-corporate shareholder who does not itemize deductions or who is subject to the alternative
minimum tax. Shareholders may be unable to claim a credit for the full amount of their
proportionate shares of the foreign income tax paid by the Fund due to certain limitations that may
apply.
Tax credit bonds
. If the Fund holds, directly or indirectly, one or more tax credit bonds
(including build America bonds, clean renewable energy bonds and qualified tax credit bonds) on one
or more applicable dates during a taxable year, the Fund may elect to permit its shareholders to
claim a tax credit on their income tax returns equal to each shareholders proportionate share of
tax credits from the applicable bonds that otherwise would be allowed to the Fund. In such a case,
shareholders must include in gross income (as interest) their proportionate share of the income
attributable to their proportionate share of those offsetting tax credits. A shareholders ability
to claim a tax credit associated
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with one or more tax credit bonds may be subject to certain
limitations imposed by the Code. Even if the Fund is eligible to pass through tax credits to
shareholders, the Fund may choose not to do so.
U.S. Government interest
. Income earned on certain U.S. Government obligations is exempt from
state and local personal income taxes if earned directly by you. States also grant tax-free status
to
dividends paid to you from interest earned on direct obligations of the U.S. Government, subject in
some states to minimum investment or reporting requirements that must be met by the Fund. Income
on investments by the Fund in certain other obligations, such as repurchase agreements
collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, commercial paper and federal agency-backed
obligations (e.g., Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) or Federal National Mortgage
Association (FNMA) obligations), generally does not qualify for tax-free treatment. The rules on
exclusion of this income are different for corporations. If the Fund is a fund of funds, see
Taxation of the Fund
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Asset allocation funds.
Dividends declared in December and paid in January
. Ordinarily, shareholders are required to
take distributions by the Fund into account in the year in which the distributions are made.
However, dividends declared in October, November or December of any year and payable to
shareholders of record on a specified date in such a month will be deemed to have been received by
the shareholders (and paid by the Fund) on December 31 of such calendar year if such dividends are
actually paid in January of the following year. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the
U.S. federal income tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed made) during the year in
accordance with the guidance that has been provided by the IRS.
Fund Distributions (Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund, Invesco California
Tax-Free Income Fund, Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund, and Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money
Fund only)
. Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund, Invesco California Tax-Free
Income Fund, Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund, and Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
(Tax-Free Fund) intend to qualify each year to pay exempt-interest dividends by satisfying the
requirement that at the close of each quarter of each Funds taxable year at least 50% of each
Funds total assets consists of Municipal Securities, which are exempt from federal income tax.
Exempt-interest dividends
. Distributions from the Fund will constitute exempt-interest
dividends to the extent of the Funds tax-exempt interest income (net of allocable expenses and
amortized bond premium). Exempt-interest dividends distributed to shareholders of the Fund are
excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes. However, shareholders required to file
a federal income tax return will be required to report the receipt of exempt-interest dividends on
their returns. Moreover, while exempt-interest dividends are excluded from gross income for
federal income tax purposes, they may be subject to alternative minimum tax (AMT) in certain
circumstances and may have other collateral tax consequences.
Any gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of a tax-exempt security is generally
treated as either long-term or short-term capital gain or loss, depending upon its holding period,
and is fully taxable as described in Taxation of Fund Distributions
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Capital gain
dividends. However, gain recognized from the sale or other disposition of a Municipal Security
purchased after April 30, 1993, will be treated as ordinary income to the extent of the accrued
market discount on such security. See Taxation of Fund Distributions
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Distributions of ordinary income.
Alternative minimum tax
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private activity bonds
. AMT is imposed in addition to, but
only to the extent it exceeds, the regular tax and is computed at a maximum rate of 28% for
non-corporate taxpayers and 20% for corporate taxpayers on the excess of the taxpayers alternative
minimum taxable income (AMTI) over an exemption amount. Exempt-interest dividends derived from
certain private activity Municipal Securities issued after August 7, 1986, will generally
constitute an item of tax preference includable in AMTI for both corporate and non-corporate
taxpayers. However, under recently enacted provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009, tax-exempt interest on private activity bonds issued in 2009 and 2010 is not an item
of tax preference for purposes of the AMT. In addition, exempt-interest dividends derived from all
Municipal Securities regardless of the date of issue must be included in adjusted current earnings
that are used in computing an additional corporate
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preference item includable in AMTI. Certain
small corporations are wholly exempt from the AMT. Consistent with its stated investment
objective, the Fund intends to limit its investments in private activity bonds subject to the AMT
to no more than 20% of its total assets in any given year.
Effect on taxation of social security benefits; denial of interest deduction; substantial
users
. Exempt-interest dividends must be taken into account in computing the portion, if any, of
social security or railroad retirement benefits that must be included in an individual
shareholders gross income subject to federal income tax. Further, a shareholder of the Fund is
denied a deduction for interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry shares
of the Fund. Moreover, a shareholder who is (or is related to) a substantial user of a facility
financed by industrial development bonds held by the Fund will likely be subject to tax on
dividends paid by the Fund that are derived from interest on such bonds. Receipt of
exempt-interest dividends may result in other collateral federal income tax consequences to certain
taxpayers, including financial institutions, property and casualty insurance companies and foreign
corporations engaged in a trade or business in the United States.
Exemption from state tax
. To the extent that exempt-interest dividends are derived from
interest on obligations of a state or its political subdivisions or from interest on qualifying
U.S. territorial obligations (including qualifying obligations of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and Guam), they also may be exempt from that states personal income taxes. Most states,
however, do not grant tax-free treatment to interest on state and municipal securities of other
states.
Failure of a Municipal Security to qualify to pay exempt-interest
. Failure of the issuer of a
tax-exempt security to comply with certain legal or contractual requirements relating to a
Municipal Security could cause interest on the Municipal Security, as well as Fund distributions
derived from this interest, to become taxable, perhaps retroactively to the date the Municipal
Security was issued. In such a case, the Fund may be required to report to the IRS and send to
shareholders amended Forms 1099 for a prior taxable year in order to report additional taxable
income. This in turn could require shareholders to file amended federal and state income tax
returns for such prior year to report and pay tax and interest on their pro rata share of the
additional amount of taxable income.
Distributions of ordinary income
. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities
that pay taxable interest
.
The Fund also may distribute to you any market discount and net
short-term capital gains from the sale of its portfolio securities. If you are a taxable investor,
Fund distributions from this income are taxable to you as ordinary income to the extent of the
Funds earnings and profits. None of the dividends paid by the Fund will qualify for the dividends
received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders or as qualified dividend income subject to
reduced rates of taxation in the case of non-corporate shareholders.
Impact of net unrealized appreciation of portfolio securities
. At the time of your purchase
of shares (except in a money market fund that maintains a stable net asset value), the Funds net
asset value may reflect net unrealized appreciation of portfolio securities held by the Fund. A
subsequent distribution to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your investment,
would be taxable and would be taxed as either ordinary income or capital gain unless you are
investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement
account. The Fund may be able to reduce the amount of such distributions by utilizing its capital
loss carryovers, if any.
See discussions above regarding
Capital gain dividends, Maintaining a $1 share price
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Money Market Fund, Return of capital distributions, Tax credit bonds, U.S. Government interest,
Dividends declared in December and paid in January
, in
Taxation of Fund Distributions (excluding
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund, Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund,
Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund).
Distributions paid by the Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund.
Distributions paid by the Fund that are attributable to interest on Pennsylvania state and
municipal obligations or qualifying obligations of the United States and certain of its territories
or possessions, the interest on which is exempt from state taxation under the laws of Pennsylvania
or the United States, will be exempt from Pennsylvania personal income tax. For shareholders who
are residents of Philadelphia, income from these sources, as well as distributions paid by the Fund
that are designated as capital gain dividends for
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federal income tax purposes, will also be exempt
from Philadelphia School District income tax. Other Pennsylvania counties, cities, and townships
generally do not tax individuals on unearned income.
An investment in the Fund by a corporate shareholder will qualify as an exempt asset for
purposes of the single asset apportionment fraction available in computing the Pennsylvania capital
stock/foreign franchise tax to the extent that the portfolio securities of the Fund comprise
investments in Pennsylvania state and municipal obligations and/or qualifying obligations of the
United States that would be exempt assets if owned directly by the corporation. To the extent
distributions from the Fund consist of either exempt-interest dividends attributable to interest on
Pennsylvania state and municipal obligations that are excluded from taxable income for federal
income tax purposes (determined before net operating carryovers and special deductions) or interest
on qualifying obligations of the United States, they will not be subject to the Pennsylvania
corporate net income tax.
Shares of the Fund may be taxable for purposes of Pennsylvania inheritance tax.
Distributions paid by the Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund.
Shareholders of the Fund
may exclude any exempt interest dividends paid to you by the Fund from your California taxable
income for purposes of the California personal income tax if:
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the Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company under the Code and at the close
of each quarter of its taxable year, at least 50 percent of the value of its total
assets consists of obligations the interest on which is exempt from taxation by the
State of California when held by an individual;
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the dividends are derived from interest on obligations of the State of California
and its political subdivisions or qualifying obligations of U.S. territories and
possessions that are exempt from state taxation under federal law;
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the dividends paid do not exceed the amount of interest (minus certain
non-deductible expenses) the Fund receives, during its taxable year, on obligations
that, when held by an individual, pay interest exempt from taxation by California; and
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the Fund properly identifies the dividends as California exempt interest dividends
in a written notice mailed to the investor.
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Distributions from the Fund, including exempt-interest dividends, may be taxable to
shareholders that are subject to certain provisions of the California Corporation Tax Law.
Distributions paid by the Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund.
Shareholders of the Fund may
exclude any exempt interest dividends paid to you by the Fund from your taxable income for purposes
of the New York state income taxes and the New York City income tax, if the dividends can be
excluded from your gross income for federal income tax purposes and if the dividends are
attributable to interest on:
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qualifying obligations of possessions of the United States that are exempt from
state taxation under federal law.
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Dividends from (or the value of) the Fund, including exempt interest dividends, may be taken
into account in determining the New York State and New York City income and franchise taxes on
business corporations, banking corporations and insurance companies when paid to (or held by)
shareholders subject to such taxes.
Sale or Redemption of Fund Shares.
A shareholder will recognize gain or loss on the sale or
redemption of shares of the Fund in an amount equal to the difference between the proceeds of the
sale or redemption and the shareholders adjusted tax basis in the shares. If you owned your
shares as a capital asset, any gain or loss that you realize will be considered capital gain or
loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shares were held for longer than one year.
Any redemption fees you incur on shares redeemed will decrease the amount of any capital gain (or
increase any capital loss) you realize on the sale. Capital losses in any year are deductible only
to the extent of capital gains plus, in the case of a non-corporate taxpayer, $3,000 of ordinary
income.
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Tax basis information
. The Transfer Agent may provide Fund shareholders with information
concerning the average cost basis of their shares in order to help them calculate their gain or
loss from a sale or redemption. This information is supplied as a convenience to shareholders and
will not be reported to the IRS. Although the IRS permits the use of several methods to determine
the cost basis of mutual fund shares, the cost basis information provided by the Transfer Agent
will be calculated using
only the single-category average cost method. Neither the Transfer Agent nor the Fund recommends
any particular method of determining cost basis, and the use of other methods may result in more
favorable tax consequences for some shareholders. Even if you have reported gains or losses for
the Fund in past years using another method of basis determination, you may be able to use the
average cost method for determining gains or losses in the current year. However, once you have
elected to use the average cost method, you must continue to use it unless you apply to the IRS for
permission to change methods. Under recently enacted provisions of the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008, the Funds Transfer Agent will be required to provide you with cost
basis information on the sale of any of your shares in the Fund, subject to certain exceptions.
This cost basis reporting requirement is effective for shares purchased in the Fund on or after
January 1, 2012.
Wash sale rule
. All or a portion of any loss so recognized may be deferred under the wash
sale rules if the shareholder purchases other shares of the Fund within 30 days before or after the
sale or redemption.
Sales at a loss within six months of purchase
. Any capital loss arising from the sale or
redemption of shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the
extent of the amount of capital gain dividends received on such shares and, in the case of shares
in the Tax-Free Fund, any such loss will be disallowed to the extent of any exempt-interest
dividends that were received within the six-month period
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Deferral of basis any class that bears a front-end sales load
. If a shareholder (a) incurs
a sales load in acquiring shares of the Fund, (b) disposes of such shares less than 91 days after
they are acquired, and (c) subsequently acquires shares of the Fund or another fund at a reduced
sales load pursuant to a right to reinvest at such reduced sales load acquired in connection with
the acquisition of the shares disposed of, then the sales load on the shares disposed of (to the
extent of the reduction in the sales load on the shares subsequently acquired) shall not be taken
into account in determining gain or loss on the shares disposed of, but shall be treated as
incurred on the acquisition of the shares subsequently acquired. The wash sale rules may also
limit the amount of loss that may be taken into account on disposition after such adjustment.
Conversion of B shares
. The automatic conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares of the
same Fund at the end of approximately eight years after purchase will be tax-free for federal
income tax purposes.
Money Market Funds
. Because shares in the Money Market Fund are offered and redeemed at a
constant net asset value of $1.00 per share, a shareholder will generally recognize neither gain
nor loss on a redemption of shares.
Tax shelter reporting.
Under Treasury regulations, if a shareholder recognizes a loss with
respect to the Funds shares of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or
more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on
Form 8886.
Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions
. Set forth below is a general description of the tax
treatment of certain types of securities, investment techniques and transactions that may apply to
a Fund. This section should be read in conjunction with the discussion under Description of the
Funds and their Investments and Risks
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Investment Strategies and Risks for a detailed
description of the various types of securities and investment techniques that apply to the Fund.
In general
. In general, gain or loss recognized by a Fund on the sale or other disposition of
portfolio investments will be a capital gain or loss. Such capital gain and loss may be long-term
or short-term depending, in general, upon the length of time a particular investment position is
maintained and, in some cases, upon the nature of the transaction. Property held for more than one
year generally will be eligible for long-term capital gain or loss treatment. The application of
certain rules described below may
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serve to alter the manner in which the holding period for a
security is determined or may otherwise affect the characterization as long-term or short-term, and
also the timing of the realization and/or character, of certain gains or losses.
Certain fixed-income investments
. Gain recognized on the disposition of a debt obligation
purchased by a Fund at a market discount (generally, at a price less than its principal amount)
will be
treated as ordinary income to the extent of the portion of the market discount that accrued during
the period of time the Fund held the debt obligation unless the Fund made a current inclusion
election to accrue market discount into income as it accrues. If a Fund purchases a debt
obligation such as a zero coupon security or pay-in-kind security) that was originally issued at a
discount, the Fund is generally required to include in gross income each year the portion of the
original issue discount that accrues during such year
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Therefore, a Funds investment in such
securities may cause the Fund to recognize income and make distributions to shareholders before it
receives any cash payments on the securities. To generate cash to satisfy those distribution
requirements, a Fund may have to sell portfolio securities that it otherwise might have continued
to hold or to use cash flows from other sources such as the sale of Fund shares.
Investments in debt obligations that are at risk of or in default present tax issues for a
Fund. Tax rules are not entirely clear about issues such as whether and to what extent a Fund
should recognize market discount on a debt obligation, when the Fund may cease to accrue interest,
original issue discount or market discount, when and to what extent the Fund may take deductions
for bad debts or worthless securities and how the Fund should allocate payments received on
obligations in default between principal and income. These and other related issues will be
addressed by a Fund in order to ensure that it distributes sufficient income to preserve its status
as a regulated investment company.
Options, futures, forward contracts, swap agreements and hedging transactions
. In general,
option premiums received by a Fund are not immediately included in the income of the Fund.
Instead, the premiums are recognized when the option contract expires, the option is exercised by
the holder, or the Fund transfers or otherwise terminates the option (e.g., through a closing
transaction). If an option written by a Fund is exercised and the Fund sells or delivers the
underlying stock, the Fund generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to (a) sum of the
strike price and the option premium received by the Fund minus (b) the Funds basis in the stock.
Such gain or loss generally will be short-term or long-term depending upon the holding period of
the underlying stock. If securities are purchased by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a put
option written by it, the Fund generally will subtract the premium received from its cost basis in
the securities purchased. The gain or loss with respect to any termination of Funds obligation
under an option other than through the exercise of the option and related sale or delivery of the
underlying stock generally will be short-term gain or loss depending on whether the premium income
received by the Fund is greater or less than the amount paid by the Fund (if any) in terminating
the transaction. Thus, for example, if an option written by a Fund expires unexercised, the Fund
generally will recognize short-term gain equal to the premium received.
The tax treatment of certain futures contracts entered into by a Fund as well as listed
non-equity options written or purchased by the Fund on U.S. exchanges (including options on futures
contracts, broad-based equity indices and debt securities) may be governed by section 1256 of the
Code (section 1256 contracts). Gains or losses on section 1256 contracts generally are
considered 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gains or losses (60/40), although certain
foreign currency gains and losses from such contracts may be treated as ordinary in character.
Also, any section 1256 contracts held by a Fund at the end of each taxable year (and, for purposes
of the 4% excise tax, on certain other dates as prescribed under the Code) are marked-to-market
with the result that unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they were realized and the
resulting gain or loss is treated as ordinary or 60/40 gain or loss, as applicable.
In addition to the special rules described above in respect of options and futures
transactions, a Funds transactions in other derivative instruments (including options, forward
contracts and swap agreements) as well as its other hedging, short sale, or similar transactions,
may be subject to one or more special tax rules (including the constructive sale, notional
principal contract, straddle, wash sale and short sale rules). These rules may affect whether
gains and losses recognized by a Fund are treated as
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ordinary or capital or as short-term or
long-term, accelerate the recognition of income or gains to the Fund, defer losses to the Fund, and
cause adjustments in the holding periods of the Funds securities. These rules, therefore, could
affect the amount, timing and/or character of distributions to shareholders. Moreover, because the
tax rules applicable to derivative financial instruments are in some cases uncertain under current
law, an adverse determination or future guidance by the IRS with respect to these rules (which
determination or guidance could be retroactive) may affect whether a Fund has made
sufficient distributions and otherwise satisfied the relevant requirements to maintain its
qualification as a regulated investment company and avoid a fund-level tax.
Certain of a Funds investments in derivatives and foreign currency-denominated instruments,
and the Funds transactions in foreign currencies and hedging activities, may produce a difference
between its book income and its taxable income. If a Funds book income is less than the sum of
its taxable income and net tax-exempt income (if any), the Fund could be required to make
distributions exceeding book income to qualify as a regulated investment company. If a Funds book
income exceeds the sum of its taxable income and net tax-exempt income (if any), the distribution
of any such excess will be treated as (i) a dividend to the extent of the Funds remaining earnings
and profits (including earnings and profits arising from tax-exempt income), (ii) thereafter, as a
return of capital to the extent of the recipients basis in the shares, and (iii) thereafter, as
gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset.
Foreign currency transactions
. A Funds transactions in foreign currencies, foreign
currency-denominated debt obligations and certain foreign currency options, futures contracts and
forward contracts (and similar instruments) may give rise to ordinary income or loss to the extent
such income or loss results from fluctuations in the value of the foreign currency concerned. This
treatment could increase or decrease a Funds ordinary income distributions to you, and may cause
some or all of the Funds previously distributed income to be classified as a return of capital.
In certain cases, a Fund may make an election to treat such gain or loss as capital.
PFIC Investments
. A Fund may invest in stocks of foreign companies that may be classified
under the Code as PFICs. In general, a foreign company is classified as a PFIC if at least
one-half of its assets constitute investment-type assets or 75% or more of its gross income is
investment-type income. When investing in PFIC securities, a Fund intends to mark-to-market these
securities under certain provisions of the Code and recognize any unrealized gains as ordinary
income at the end of the Funds fiscal and excise tax years. Deductions for losses are allowable
only to the extent of any current or previously recognized gains. These gains (reduced by
allowable losses) are treated as ordinary income that a Fund is required to distribute, even though
it has not sold or received dividends from these securities. You should also be aware that the
designation of a foreign security as a PFIC security will cause its income dividends to fall
outside of the definition of qualified foreign corporation dividends. These dividends generally
will not qualify for the reduced rate of taxation on qualified dividends when distributed to you by
a Fund. In addition, if a Fund is unable to identify an investment as a PFIC and thus does not
make a mark-to-market election, the Fund may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a portion of
any excess distribution or gain from the disposition of such shares even if such income is
distributed as a taxable dividend by the Fund to its shareholders. Additional charges in the
nature of interest may be imposed on a Fund in respect of deferred taxes arising from such
distributions or gains.
Investments in non-U.S. REITs
. While non-U.S. REITs often use complex acquisition
structures that seek to minimize taxation in the source country, an investment by a Fund in a
non-U.S. REIT may subject the Fund, directly or indirectly, to corporate taxes, withholding taxes,
transfer taxes and other indirect taxes in the country in which the real estate acquired by the
non-U.S. REIT is located. The Funds pro rata share of any such taxes will reduce the Funds return
on its investment. A Funds investment in a non-U.S. REIT may be considered an investment in a
PFIC, as discussed above in Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions- PFIC Investments.
Additionally, foreign withholding taxes on distributions from the non-U.S. REIT may be reduced or
eliminated under certain tax treaties, as discussed above in Taxation of the Fund Foreign income
tax. Also, the Fund in certain limited circumstances may be required to file an income tax return
in the source country and pay tax on any gain realized from its investment in the non-U.S. REIT
under rules similar to those in the United States which tax foreign persons on gain realized from
dispositions of interests in U.S. real estate
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Investments in U.S. REITs.
A U.S. REIT is not subject to federal income tax on the income
and gains it distributes to shareholders. Dividends paid by a U.S. REIT, other than capital gain
distributions, will be taxable as ordinary income up to the amount of the U.S. REITs current and
accumulated earnings and profits. Capital gain dividends paid by a U.S. REIT to a Fund will be
treated as long term capital gains by the Fund and, in turn, may be distributed by the Fund to its
shareholders as a capital gain distribution. Because of certain noncash expenses, such as property
depreciation, an equity U.S. REITs cash flow may exceed its taxable income. The equity U.S. REIT,
and in turn a Fund, may distribute this
excess cash to shareholders in the form of a return of capital distribution. However, if a U.S.
REIT is operated in a manner that fails to qualify as a REIT, an investment in the U.S. REIT would
become subject to double taxation, meaning the taxable income of the U.S. REIT would be subject to
federal income tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for dividends paid to
shareholders and the dividends would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income (or possibly as
qualified dividend income) to the extent of the U.S. REITs current and accumulated earnings and
profits. Also, see Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions
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Investment in taxable mortgage
pools (excess inclusion Income) and Foreign Shareholders
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U.S. withholding tax at the
source with respect to certain other tax aspects of investing in U.S. REITs.
Investment in taxable mortgage pools (excess inclusion Income).
Under a Notice issued by the
IRS, the Code and Treasury regulations to be issued, a portion of a Funds income from a U.S. REIT
that is attributable to the REITs residual interest in a real estate mortgage investment conduits
(REMICs) or equity interests in a taxable mortgage pool (referred to in the Code as an excess
inclusion) will be subject to federal income tax in all events. The excess inclusion income of a
regulated investment company, such as a Fund, will be allocated to shareholders of the regulated
investment company in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders, with the same
consequences as if the shareholders held the related REMIC residual interest or, if applicable,
taxable mortgage pool directly. In general, excess inclusion income allocated to shareholders (i)
cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift
institutions), (ii) will constitute unrelated business taxable income to entities (including a
qualified pension plan, an individual retirement account, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan or other
tax-exempt entity) subject to tax on unrelated business income (UBTI), thereby potentially
requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income, and otherwise might not be
required to file a tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the
case of a foreign stockholder, will not qualify for any reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax.
In addition, if at any time during any taxable year a disqualified organization (which generally
includes certain cooperatives, governmental entities, and tax-exempt organizations not subject to
UBTI) is a record holder of a share in a regulated investment company, then the regulated
investment company will be subject to a tax equal to that portion of its excess inclusion income
for the taxable year that is allocable to the disqualified organization, multiplied by the highest
federal income tax rate imposed on corporations. The Notice imposes certain reporting requirements
upon regulated investment companies that have excess inclusion income. There can be no assurance
that a Fund will not allocate to shareholders excess inclusion income.
These rules are potentially applicable to a Fund with respect to any income it receives from
the equity interests of certain mortgage pooling vehicles, either directly or, as is more likely,
through an investment in a U.S. REIT. It is unlikely that these rules will apply to a Fund that
has a non-REIT strategy.
Investments in commodities
. Gains from the disposition of commodities, including precious
metals, will not be considered qualifying income for purposes of satisfying the Income Requirement.
In addition, the IRS has issued a revenue ruling which holds that income derived from
commodity-linked swaps is not qualifying income for purposes of the Income Requirement. However,
in a subsequent revenue ruling, the IRS provides that income from alternative investments (such as
from certain commodity index-linked notes or a corporate subsidiary that invests in commodities)
that create commodity exposure may be considered qualifying income under the Code. Also,
investments in commodities will not be considered qualifying assets for purposes of satisfying the
Asset Diversification Test described above. The extent to which a Fund invests in commodities or
commodity-linked derivatives, including certain ETFs, ETNs, structured notes, MLPs, swaps and
futures that provide
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commodity exposure, may be limited by the Income Requirement and the Asset
Diversification Test, which the Fund must continue to satisfy to maintain its status as a regulated
investment company.
Investments in partnerships and qualified publicly traded partnerships
. For purposes of the
Income Requirement described under Taxation of the Fund, income derived by a Fund from a
partnership will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to
items of income of the partnership that would be qualifying income if realized directly by the
Fund. For purposes of testing whether a Fund satisfies the Asset Diversification Test described
above, the Fund is generally treated as owning a pro rata share of the underlying assets of a
partnership. In contrast, a QPTP (generally, a partnership (a) the interests in which are traded
on an established securities market, (b) that
is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, and (c) that derives less than 90% of
its income from sources that satisfy the Income Requirement) is subject to special tax
considerations. All of the net income derived by a Fund from an interest in a QPTP will be treated
as qualifying income and the Fund may not invest more than 25% of its assets in one or more QPTPs.
However, to be eligible for such special tax considerations, a Funds investment in a partnership
must satisfy the criteria for a QPTP described above on an annual basis. There can be no assurance
that a partnership classified as a QPTP in one year will qualify as a QPTP in the next year.
Securities Lending
. While securities are loaned out by a Fund, the Fund will generally
receive from the borrower amounts equal to any dividends or interest paid on the borrowed
securities. For federal income tax purposes, payments made in lieu of dividends are not
considered dividend income. These distributions will neither qualify for the reduced rate of
taxation for individuals on qualified dividends nor the 70% dividends received deduction for
corporations. Also, any foreign tax withheld on payments made in lieu of dividends or interest
will not qualify for the pass-through of foreign tax credits to shareholders. Additionally, in the
case of a Fund with a strategy of investing in tax-exempt securities, any payments made in lieu
of tax-exempt interest will be considered taxable income to the Fund, and thus, to the investors,
even though such interest may be tax-exempt when paid to the borrower.
Tax Certification and Backup Withholding.
Tax certification and backup withholding tax laws
require that you certify your tax information when you become an investor in the Fund. For U.S.
citizens and resident aliens, this certification is made on IRS Form W-9. Under these laws, the
Fund must withhold a portion of your taxable distributions and sales proceeds unless you:
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provide your correct Social Security or taxpayer identification number,
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certify that this number is correct,
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certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, and
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certify that you are a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).
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The Fund also must withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When withholding is required,
the amount will be 28% of any distributions or proceeds paid. This rate will expire and the backup
withholding tax rate will be 31% for amounts paid after December 31, 2010, unless Congress enacts
tax legislation providing otherwise. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts
withheld may be credited against the shareholders U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the
appropriate information is furnished to the IRS.
Non-U.S. investors have special U.S. tax certification requirements. See Foreign
Shareholders
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Tax certification and backup withholding.
Foreign Shareholders.
Shareholders who, as to the United States, are nonresident alien
individuals, foreign trusts or estates, foreign corporations, or foreign partnerships (foreign
shareholder), may be subject to U.S. withholding and estate tax and are subject to special U.S.
tax certification requirements.
Taxation of a foreign shareholder depends on whether the income from the Fund is effectively
connected with a U.S. trade or business carried on by such shareholder.
U.S. withholding tax at the source
. If the income from the Fund is not effectively connected
with a U.S. trade or business carried on by a foreign shareholder, distributions to such
shareholder will be
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subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate) upon
the gross amount of the distribution, subject to certain exemptions including those for dividends
designated by the Fund as:
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exempt-interest dividends paid by the Fund from its net interest income earned on
municipal securities;
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capital gain dividends paid by the Fund from its net long-term capital gains (other
than those from disposition of a U.S. real property interest), unless you are a
nonresident alien present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183
days or more during the calendar year; and
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with respect to taxable years of the Fund beginning before January 1, 2010 (unless
such sunset date is extended, possibly retroactively to January 1, 2010, or made
permanent), interest-related dividends paid by the Fund from its qualified net interest
income from U.S. sources and short-term capital gains dividends.
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However, the Fund does not intend to utilize the exemptions for interest-related dividends
paid and short-term capital gain dividends paid. Moreover, notwithstanding such exemptions from
U.S. withholding at the source, any dividends and distributions of income and capital gains,
including the proceeds from the sale of your Fund shares, will be subject to backup withholding at
a rate of 28% if you fail to properly certify that you are not a U.S. person.
Foreign shareholders may be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% on the income
resulting from an election to pass-through foreign tax credits to shareholders, but may not be able
to claim a credit or deduction with respect to the withholding tax for the foreign tax treated as
having been paid by them.
Amounts designated by the Fund as capital gain dividends (a) that are attributable to certain
capital gain dividends received from a qualified investment entity (QIE) (generally defined as
either (i) a U.S. REIT or (ii) a RIC classified as a U.S. real property holding corporation or
which would be if the exceptions for holding 5% or less of a class of publicly traded shares or an
interest in a domestically controlled QIE did not apply) or (b) that are realized by the Fund on
the sale of a U.S. real property interest (including gain realized on sale of shares in a QIE
other than one that is a domestically controlled), will not be exempt from U.S. federal income tax
and may be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate) if the Fund by
reason of having a REIT strategy is classified as a QIE. If the Fund is so classified, foreign
shareholders owning more than 5% of the Funds shares may be treated as realizing gain from the
disposition of a U.S. real property interest, causing Fund distributions to be subject to U.S.
withholding tax at a rate of 35%, and requiring the filing of a nonresident U.S. income tax return.
In addition, if the Fund is classified as a QIE, anti-avoidance rules apply to certain wash sale
transactions. Namely, if the Fund is a QIE and a foreign shareholder disposes of the Funds shares
prior to the Fund paying a distribution attributable to the disposition of a U.S. real property
interest and the foreign shareholder later acquires an identical stock interest in a wash sale
transaction, the foreign shareholder may still be required to pay U.S. tax on the Funds
distribution. Also, the sale of shares of the Fund, if classified as a U.S. real property holding
corporation, could also be considered a sale of a U.S. real property interest with any resulting
gain from such sale being subject to U.S. tax as income effectively connected with a U.S. trade or
business. These rules generally apply to dividends paid by the Fund before January 1, 2010 (unless
such sunset date is extended, possibly retroactively to January 1, 2010, or made permanent) except
that, after such sunset date, Fund distributions from a U.S REIT (whether or not domestically
controlled) attributable to gain from the disposition of a U.S. real property interest will
continue to be subject to the withholding rules described above provided the Fund is classified as
a QIE.
Income effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business
. If the income from the Fund is
effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business carried on by a foreign shareholder, then
ordinary income dividends, capital gain dividends and any gains realized upon the sale or
redemption of shares of the Fund will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the rates applicable
to U.S. citizens or domestic corporations and require the filing of a nonresident U.S. income tax
return.
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Tax certification and back-up withholding
. Foreign shareholders have special U.S. tax
certification requirements to avoid backup withholding (at a rate of 28%), and if applicable, to
obtain the benefit of any income tax treaty between the foreign shareholders country of residence
and the United States. To claim these tax benefits, the foreign shareholder must provide a
properly completed Form W-8BEN (or other Form W-8, where applicable, or their substitute forms) to
establish his or her status as a non-U.S. investor, to claim beneficial ownership over the assets
in the account, and to claim, if applicable, a reduced rate of or exemption from withholding tax
under the applicable treaty. A Form W-8BEN provided without a U.S. taxpayer identification number
remains in effect for a period of three years beginning on the date that it is signed and ending on
the last day of the third succeeding calendar year. However, non-U.S. investors must advise the
Fund of any changes of circumstances that would render the information given on the form incorrect,
and must then provide a new W-8BEN to avoid the
prospective application of backup withholding. Forms W-8BEN with U.S. taxpayer identification
numbers remain valid indefinitely, or until the investor has a change of circumstances that renders
the form incorrect and necessitates a new form and tax certification.
U.S. estate tax
. Transfers by gift of shares of the Fund by a foreign shareholder who is a
nonresident alien individual will not be subject to U.S. federal gift tax. As of the date of this
Registration Statement, the U.S. federal estate tax is repealed for one year for decedents dying on
or after January 1, 2010 and before January 1, 2011, unless reinstated earlier, possibly
retroactively to January 1, 2010. On and after the date the U.S. federal estate tax is reinstated,
an individual who, at the time of death, is a foreign shareholder will nevertheless be subject to
U.S. federal estate tax with respect to shares at the graduated rates applicable to U.S. citizens
and residents, unless a treaty exception applies. If a treaty exemption is available, a decedents
estate may nonetheless need to file a U.S. estate tax return to claim the exemption in order to
obtain a U.S. federal transfer certificate. The transfer certificate will identify the property
(i.e., Fund shares) as to which the U.S. federal estate tax lien has been released. In the absence
of a treaty, there is a $13,000 statutory estate tax credit (equivalent to an estate with assets of
$60,000). Estates of nonresident alien shareholders dying after December 31, 2004 and before
January 1, 2010 will be able to exempt from federal estate tax the proportion of the value of the
Funds shares attributable to qualifying assets held by the Fund at the end of the quarter
immediately preceding the nonresident alien shareholders death (or such other time as the IRS may
designate in regulations). Qualifying assets include bank deposits and other debt obligations that
pay interest or accrue original issue discount that is exempt from withholding tax, debt
obligations of a domestic corporation that are treated as giving rise to foreign source income, and
other investments that are not treated for tax purposes as being within the United States.
Local Tax Considerations.
Rules of state and local taxation of ordinary income, qualified
dividend income and capital gain dividends may differ from the rules for U.S. federal income
taxation described above. Distributions may also be subject to additional state, local and foreign
taxes depending on each shareholders particular situation.
DISTRIBUTION OF SECURITIES
Distributor
The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements, as amended, relating to the Funds
(the Distribution Agreements) with Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc., a registered broker-dealer and
a wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco, pursuant to which Invesco Aim Distributors acts as the
distributor of shares of the Funds. The address of Invesco Aim Distributors is P.O. Box 4739,
Houston, Texas 77210-4739. Certain trustees and officers of the Trust are affiliated with Invesco
Aim Distributors. See Management of the Trust. In addition to the Funds, Invesco Aim
Distributors serves as distributor to many other mutual funds that are offered to retail investors.
The following Distribution of Securities information is about all of the Funds that offer retail
and/or institutional share classes. Not all Funds offer all share classes.
The Distribution Agreements provide Invesco Aim Distributors with the exclusive right to
distribute shares of the Funds on a continuous basis directly and through other broker-dealers and
other financial intermediaries with whom Invesco Aim Distributors has entered into selected dealer
and/or similar
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agreements. Invesco Aim Distributors has not undertaken to sell any specified
number of shares of any classes of the Funds.
Invesco Aim Distributors expects to pay sales commissions from its own resources to dealers
and institutions who sell Class C and Class R shares of the Funds at the time of such sales.
Invesco Aim Distributors or its predecessor has paid sales commissions from its own resources to
dealers who sold Class B shares of the Funds at the time of such sales.
Payments for Class B shares equaled 4.00% of the purchase price of the Class B shares sold by
the dealer or institution, consisting of a sales commission equal to 3.75% of the purchase price
of the Class B shares sold plus an advance of the first year service fee of 0.25% for such shares.
The portion of the payments to Invesco Aim Distributors under the Class B Plan that constitutes an
asset-based sales charge (0.75%) is intended in part to permit Invesco Aim Distributors to recoup a
portion of such sales commissions plus financing costs.
Invesco Aim Distributors may pay sales commissions to dealers and institutions who sell
Class C shares of the Funds at the time of such sales. Payments for Class C shares equal 1.00% of
the purchase price of the Class C shares sold by the dealer or institution, consisting of a sales
commission of 0.75% of the purchase price of the Class C shares sold plus an advance of the first
year service fee of 0.25% for such shares. Invesco Aim Distributors will retain all payments
received by it relating to Class C for the first year after they are purchased. The portion of the
payments to Invesco Aim Distributors under the Class C Plan that constitutes an asset-based sales
charge (0.75%) is intended in part to permit Invesco Aim Distributors to recoup a portion of the
sales commissions to dealers plus financing costs, if any. After the first full year, Invesco
Aim Distributors will make quarterly payments to dealers and institutions based on the average net
asset value of Class C that are attributable to shareholders for whom the dealers and institutions
are designated as dealers of record. These payments will consist of an asset-based sales charge of
0.75% and a service fee of 0.25%.
Invesco Aim Distributors may pay dealers and institutions who sell Class R shares an annual
fee of 0.50% of average daily net assets. These payments will consist of an asset-based fee of
0.25% and a service fee of 0.25% and will commence either on the thirteenth month after the first
purchase, on accounts on which a dealer concession was paid, or immediately, on accounts on which a
dealer concession was not paid. If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a dealer concession, it will
retain all payments received by it relating to Class R shares for the first year after they are
purchased. Invesco Aim Distributors will make quarterly payments to dealers and institutions based
on the average net asset value of Class R shares that are attributable to shareholders for whom the
dealers and institutions are designated as dealers of record.
The Trust (on behalf of any class of any Fund) or Invesco Aim Distributors may terminate the
Distribution Agreements on 60 days written notice without penalty. The Distribution Agreements
will terminate automatically in the event of their assignment. In the event the Class B shares
Distribution Agreement is terminated, Invesco Aim Distributors would continue to receive payments
of asset-based distribution fees in respect of the outstanding Class B shares attributable to the
distribution efforts of Invesco Aim Distributors or its predecessors; provided, however that a
complete termination of the Class B Plan (as defined in such Plan) would terminate all payments to
Invesco Aim Distributors. Termination of the Class B Plan or the Distribution Agreement for
Class B shares would not affect the obligation of Class B shareholders to pay CDSCs.
Total sales charges (front end and CDSCs) paid in connection with the sale of shares of each
class of each Fund, if applicable, for the last three fiscal years ended August 31 are found in
Appendix O
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Distribution Plans
Each Fund, pursuant to its Class A, Class B, Class C, Class P, Class R and Class S Plans pays
Invesco Aim Distributors compensation up to the following annual rates, shown immediately below, of
the Funds average daily net assets of the applicable class.
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Class A
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Class B
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Class C
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Class P
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Class R
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Class S
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Invesco Balanced Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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0.50
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Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen American
Franchise Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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0.50
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity and
Income Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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0.50
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
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0.25
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1.00
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1.00
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and
Income Fund
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0.25
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%
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|
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1.00
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%
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|
|
1.00
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%
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|
N/A
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|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
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|
Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
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|
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0.25
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%
|
|
|
1.00
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%
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|
|
1.00
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%
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|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
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|
|
|
N/A
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|
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free
Income Fund
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|
|
0.25
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%
|
|
|
1.00
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%
|
|
|
1.00
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%
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
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|
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
|
|
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0.25
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%
|
|
|
1.00
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%
|
|
|
1.00
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%
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|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
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|
Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
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|
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0.25
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%
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|
|
1.00
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%
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|
|
1.00
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%
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
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|
All of the Plans compensate or reimburse Invesco Aim Distributors, as applicable, for the
purpose of financing any activity that is primarily intended to result in the sale of shares of the
Funds. Such activities include, but are not limited to, the following: printing of prospectuses
and statements of additional information and reports for other than existing shareholders;
overhead; preparation and distribution of advertising material and sales literature; expenses of
organizing and conducting sales seminars; supplemental payments to dealers and other institutions
such as asset-based sales charges or as payments of service fees under shareholder service
arrangements; and costs of administering each Plan.
Payments pursuant to the Plans are subject to any applicable limitations imposed by FINRA
rules.
See
Appendix M
for a list of the amounts paid by each class of shares of each Fund to Invesco
Aim Distributors pursuant to the Plans for the year, or period, ended August 31, 2009 and
Appendix
N
for an estimate by category of the allocation of actual fees paid by each class of shares of each
Fund pursuant to its respective distribution plan for the year or period ended August 31, 2009.
As required by Rule 12b-1, the Plans (and for Type 1 Plans only, as described below, the
related forms of Shareholder Service Agreements) were approved by the Board, including a majority
of the trustees who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust and who
have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plans or in any agreements
related to the Plans (the Rule 12b-1 Trustees). In approving the Plans in accordance with the
requirements of Rule 12b-1, the trustees considered various factors and determined that there is a
reasonable likelihood that the Plans would benefit each class of the Funds and its respective
shareholders.
The anticipated benefits that may result from the Plans with respect to each Fund and/or the
classes of each Fund and its shareholders include but are not limited to the following: (1) rapid
account access; (2) relatively predictable flow of cash; and (3) a well-developed, dependable
network of shareholder service agents to help to curb sharp fluctuations in rates of redemptions
and sales, thereby reducing the chance that an unanticipated increase in net redemptions could
adversely affect the performance of each Fund.
Unless terminated earlier in accordance with their terms, the Plans continue from year to year
as long as such continuance is specifically approved, in person, at least annually by the Board,
including a
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majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees. A Plan may be terminated as to any Fund or class
by the vote of a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees or, with respect to a particular class, by the
vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that class.
Any change in the Plans that would increase materially the distribution expenses paid by the
applicable class requires shareholder approval; otherwise, the Plans may be amended by the
trustees, including a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees, by votes cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting upon such amendment. As long as the Plans are in effect, the
selection or nomination of the Independent Trustees is committed to the discretion of the
Independent Trustees.
The Funds are currently grouped under one of the following three different types of
Plans:
The following Funds utilize Type 1 Plans:
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
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AIM Large Cap Growth Fund
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AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund
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|
AIM Leisure Fund
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AIM Basic Balanced Fund
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|
AIM Mid Cap Basic Value Fund
|
AIM Basic Value Fund
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|
AIM Mid Cap Core Equity Fund
|
AIM Capital Development Fund
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|
AIM Moderate Allocation Fund
|
AIM Charter Fund
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|
AIM Moderate Growth Allocation Fund
|
AIM China Fund
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|
AIM Moderately Conservative Allocation Fund
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AIM Conservative Allocation Fund
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|
AIM Multi-Sector Fund
|
AIM Constellation Fund
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|
AIM Real Estate Fund
|
AIM Developing Markets Fund
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|
AIM Select Equity Fund
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AIM Diversified Dividend Fund
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|
AIM Select Real Estate Income Fund
|
AIM Dynamics Fund
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|
AIM Small Cap Equity Fund
|
AIM Energy Fund
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|
AIM Small Cap Growth Fund
|
AIM European Growth Fund
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|
AIM Structured Core Fund
|
AIM European Small Company Fund
|
|
AIM Structured Growth Fund
|
AIM Financial Services Fund
|
|
AIM Structured Value Fund
|
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
|
|
AIM Summit Fund
|
AIM Global Equity Fund
|
|
AIM Technology Fund
|
AIM Global Growth Fund
|
|
AIM Trimark Endeavor Fund
|
AIM Global Health Care Fund
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|
AIM Trimark Fund
|
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
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|
AIM Trimark Small Companies Fund
|
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
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|
AIM Utilities Fund
|
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
|
|
AIM Core Bond Fund
|
AIM Growth Allocation Fund
|
|
AIM Core Plus Bond Fund
|
AIM Income Allocation Fund
|
|
AIM High Income Municipal Fund
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AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement Now
Fund
(Class A shares, Class B shares,
Class C shares and Class R shares)
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|
AIM High Yield Fund
AIM Income Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
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AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2010
Fund
(Class A shares, Class B shares,
Class C shares and Class R shares)
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|
AIM Municipal Bond Fund
AIM U.S. Government Fund
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020
Fund
(Class A shares, Class B shares,
Class C shares and Class R shares)
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|
AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030
Fund
(Class A shares, Class B shares,
Class C shares and Class R shares)
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|
AIM Short Term Bond Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040
Fund
(Class A shares, Class B shares,
Class C shares and Class R shares)
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|
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050
Fund
(Class A shares, Class B shares,
Class C shares and Class R shares)
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|
|
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|
|
AIM International Allocation Fund
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|
|
AIM International Core Equity Fund
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|
|
AIM International Growth Fund
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|
|
AIM International Small Company Fund
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|
|
AIM Japan Fund
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|
|
AIM Large Cap Basic Value Fund
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|
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Amounts payable by a Fund under the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class P, Class R and Class S
Type 1 Plans need not be directly related to the expenses actually incurred by Invesco
Aim Distributors on behalf of each Fund. These Plans do not obligate the Funds to reimburse
Invesco Aim Distributors for the actual allocated share of expenses Invesco Aim Distributors may
incur in fulfilling its obligations under these Plans. Thus, even if Invesco Aim Distributors
actual allocated share of expenses exceeds the fee payable to Invesco Aim Distributors at any given
time, under these Plans, the Funds will not be obligated to pay more than that fee. If Invesco
Aim Distributors actual allocated share of expenses is less than the fee it receives, under these
Plans, Invesco Aim Distributors will retain the full amount of the fee.
The Type 1 Plans obligate Class B shares to continue to make payments to Invesco
Aim Distributors following termination of the Class B shares Distribution Agreement with respect to
Class B shares sold by or attributable to the distribution efforts of Invesco Aim Distributors or
its predecessors, unless there has been a complete termination of the Class B Plan (as defined in
such Plan) and the Class B Plan expressly authorizes Invesco Aim Distributors to assign, transfer
or pledge its rights to payments pursuant to the Class B Plan.
Type 1 Plans also include Investor Class share payments up to 0.25%. Amounts payable by AIM
Diversified Dividend Fund and AIM Large Cap Growth Fund under their Investor Class Plans are
directly related to the expenses incurred by Invesco Aim Distributors on behalf of each Fund, as
these Plans obligate each Fund to reimburse Invesco Aim Distributors for their actual allocated
share of expenses incurred pursuant to the Investor Class Plan for the period, up to a maximum
annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Investor Class shares of each Fund. If
Invesco Aim Distributors actual allocated share of expenses incurred pursuant to the Investor
Class Plan for the period exceeds the 0.25% annual cap, under this Plan AIM Diversified Dividend
Fund and AIM Large Cap Growth Fund will not be obligated to pay more than the 0.25% annual cap. If
Invesco Aim Distributors actual allocated share of expenses incurred pursuant to the Investor
Class Plan for the period is less than the 0.25% annual cap, under this Plan Invesco Aim
Distributors is entitled to be reimbursed only for its actual allocated share of expenses.
Invesco Aim Distributors may from time to time waive or reduce any portion of its 12b-1 fee
for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class P, Class S or Investor Class shares. Voluntary fee waivers or
reductions may be rescinded at any time without further notice to investors. During periods of
voluntary fee waivers or reductions, Invesco Aim Distributors will retain its ability to be
reimbursed for such fee prior to the end of each fiscal year. Contractual fee waivers or
reductions set forth in the Fee Table in a prospectus may not be terminated or amended to the
Funds detriment during the period stated in the agreement between Invesco Aim Distributors and the
Fund.
The Funds may pay a service fee of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A, Class
B, Class C, Class R and Investor Class shares, 0.15% of the average daily net assets of Class S
shares, and 0.10% of the average daily net assets of Class P shares, attributable to the customers
selected dealers and financial institutions to such dealers and financial institutions, including
Invesco Aim Distributors, acting a principal, who furnish continuing personal shareholder services
to their customers who purchase and own the applicable class of shares of the Fund. Under the
terms of a shareholder service agreement, such personal shareholder services include responding to
customer inquiries and providing customers with information about their investments. Any amounts
not paid as a service fee under each Plan would constitute an asset-based sales charge.
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Under a Shareholder Service Agreement, a Fund agrees to pay periodically fees to selected
dealers and other institutions who render the foregoing services to their customers. The fees
payable under a Shareholder Service Agreement will be calculated at the end of each payment period
for each business day of the Funds during such period at the annual rate specified in each
agreement based on the average daily net asset value of the Funds shares purchased or acquired
through exchange. Fees shall be paid only to those selected dealers or other institutions who are
dealers or institutions of record at the close of business on the last business day of the
applicable payment period for the account in which such Funds shares are held.
Selected dealers and other institutions entitled to receive compensation for selling Fund
shares may receive different compensation for selling shares of one particular class over another.
Under the Plans, certain financial institutions which have entered into service agreements and
which sell shares of the Funds on an agency basis, may receive payments from the Funds pursuant to
the respective Plans. Invesco Aim Distributors does not act as principal, but rather as agent for
the Funds, in making dealer incentive and shareholder servicing payments to dealers and other
financial institutions under the Plans. These payments are an obligation of the Funds and not of
Invesco Aim Distributors.
The following Funds utilize Type 2 Plans:
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|
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
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|
Invesco Alternative Opportunities Fund
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Invesco Small-Mid Special Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Balanced Fund
|
Invesco Special Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
|
Invesco Technology Sector Fund
|
|
Invesco Convertible Securities Fund
|
Invesco U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
|
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
|
Invesco U.S. Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
|
Invesco Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Global Advantage Fund
|
Invesco Value II Fund
|
|
Invesco Global Dividend Growth Securities
|
Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
|
|
Fund
|
Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
|
|
Invesco Health Sciences Fund
|
Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
|
|
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
|
Invesco Municipal Fund
|
|
Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
|
Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
|
|
Invesco Mid-Cap Value Fund
|
Invesco Tax-Exempt Securities Fund
|
|
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
|
Invesco FX Alpha Strategy Fund
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|
|
Pursuant to the Type 2 Plans, Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares, pay the Invesco
Aim Distributors compensation accrued daily and payable monthly. The Funds may reimburse expenses
incurred or to be incurred in promoting the distribution of the Funds Class A, Class B, Class C,
and Class R shares and in servicing shareholder accounts. Reimbursement will be made through
payments at the end of each month. No interest or other financing charges, if any, incurred on any
distribution expenses on behalf of Class A, Class C, and Class R shares will be reimbursable under
the Type 2 Plans. Each Class paid no amounts accrued under the Type 2 Plans with respect to that
Class for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, to Invesco Aim Distributors. No interest or other
financing charges will be incurred on any Class A, Class C, and Class R, distribution expenses
incurred by Invesco Aim Distributors under the Plans or on any unreimbursed expenses due to Invesco
Aim Distributors pursuant to the Plans.
The following Funds utilize Type 3 Plans:
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|
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Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Real Estate Securities
Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen American Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation
Conservative Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation
Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Technology Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation
Moderate Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Utility Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Value Opportunities Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Comstock Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax
Free Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income
Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Corporate Bond Fund
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Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Global Bond Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Government Securities
Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income
Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
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|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Global Equity
Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Global Franchise Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income
Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Global Tactical Asset
Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Intermediate Term
Municipal Income Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund
|
Van Harbor Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income
Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen International
Advantage Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth
Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Leaders Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen U.S. Mortgage Fund
|
Invesco Van Kampen Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Limited Duration Fund
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The Type 3 Plans provide that Funds Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares may spend a
portion of each Funds average daily net assets attributable to each such class of shares in
connection with the distribution of the respective class of shares and in connection with the
provision of ongoing services to shareholders of such class, respectively.
For Class A and Class R shares in any given year in which the Type 3 Plans are in effect, the
Plans generally provide for each Fund to pay the Invesco Aim Distributors the lesser of (i) the
amount of Invesco Aim Distributors actual expenses incurred during such year less, with respect to
Class A shares only, any deferred sales charges it received during such year (the actual net
expenses) or (ii) the distribution and service fees at the rates specified in the prospectus
applicable to that class of shares (the plan fees). Therefore, to the extent that Invesco Aim
Distributors actual net expenses in a given year are less than the plan fees for such year, the
Funds only pay the actual net expenses. Alternatively, to the extent that Invesco Aim Distributors
actual net expenses in a given year exceed the plan fees for such year, the Funds only pay the plan
fees for such year. For Class A shares and Class R shares, there is no carryover of any
unreimbursed actual net expenses to succeeding years.
The Type 3 Plans for Class B and Class C shares are similar to the Type 3 Plans for Class A
shares and Class R shares, except that any actual net expenses which exceed plan fees for a given
year are carried forward and are eligible for payment in future years by the Fund so long as the
Type 3 Plans remain in effect. Thus, for each of the Class B and Class C shares, in any given year
in which the Type 3 Plans are in effect, the Plans generally provide for the Funds to pay the
Invesco Aim Distributors the lesser of (i) the applicable amount of Invesco Aim Distributors
actual net expenses incurred during such year for such class of shares plus any actual net expenses
from prior years that are still unpaid by the Funds for such class of shares or (ii) the applicable
plan fees for such class of shares. Except as may be mandated by applicable law, the Funds do not
impose any limit with respect to the number of years into the future that such unreimbursed actual
net expenses may be carried forward (on a Fund level basis). These unreimbursed actual net expenses
may or may not be recovered through plan fees or contingent deferred sales charges in future years.
Because of fluctuations in net asset value, the plan fees with respect to a particular Class B
share or Class C share may be greater or less than the amount of the initial commission (including
carrying
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cost) paid by Invesco Aim Distributors with respect to such share. In such circumstances,
a shareholder of a share may be deemed to incur expenses attributable to other shareholders of
such class.
If the Plans are terminated or not continued, the Fund would not be contractually obligated to
pay Invesco Aim Distributors for any expenses not previously reimbursed by the Fund or recovered
through contingent deferred sales charges.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen Comstock Fund may spend up to
a total of 0.25% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to Class A Shares of
the Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 0.15% per year of the Funds average daily net assets
attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before October 19, 1992. In
addition, for the Funds Class C shares, the aggregate distribution fees and service fees are 0.90%
per year of the average daily net assets attributable to Class C Shares of the Fund with respect to
accounts existing before April 1, 1995.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen Corporate Bond Fund may spend
up to a total of 0.25% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to Class A
Shares of the Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 0.15% per year of the Funds average daily net
assets attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before September 30, 1989.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund may spend up
to a total of 0.25% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to Class A Shares
of the
Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 0.15% per year of the Funds average daily net assets
attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before October 30, 1989.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund may
spend up to a total of 0.25% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to
Class A Shares of the Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 0.15% per year of the Funds average
daily net assets attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before July 3,
1990.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund may
spend up to a total of 0.25% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to
Class A Shares of the Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 0.15% per year of the Funds average
daily net assets attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before October 1,
1989.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen Harbor Fund may spend up to a
total of 0.25% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to Class A Shares of
the Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 0.15% per year of the Funds average daily net assets
attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before October 1, 1989. In
addition, for the Funds Class C shares, the aggregate distribution fees and service fees are 0.90%
per year of the average daily net assets attributable to Class C Shares of the Fund with respect to
accounts existing before April 1, 1995.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen U.S. Mortgage Fund may spend
up to a total of 0.25% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to Class A
Shares of the Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 0.00% per year of the Funds average daily net
assets attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before July 1, 1987.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen Limited Duration Fund may
spend up to a total of 0.15% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to
Class A Shares of the Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 0.25% per year of the Funds average
daily net assets attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before October 1,
1989. Under its distribution plan and service plan, Invesco Van Kampen Limited Duration Fund may
spend up to a total of 0.65% per year of the Funds average daily net assets with respect to
Class B Shares of the Fund. The rates in this paragraph are 1.00% per year of the Funds average
daily net assets attributable to Class A Shares with respect to accounts existing before October 1,
1989.
Under its distribution plan and service plan, for Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal
Funds Class C shares, the aggregate distribution fees and service fees are 0.90% per year of the
average daily net assets attributable to Class C Shares of the Fund with respect to accounts
existing before April 1, 1995.
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Under its distribution plan and service plan, for Invesco Van Kampen Real Estate Securities
Funds Class C shares, the aggregate distribution fees and service fees are 0.90% per year of the
average daily net assets attributable to Class C Shares of the Fund with respect to accounts
existing before April 1, 1995.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
When issued, a Funds financial statements, including the Financial Highlights pertaining
thereto, and the reports of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon, will be
incorporated by reference into this SAI from such Funds Annual Report to shareholders.
The portions of such Annual Reports that are not specifically listed above are not
incorporated by reference into this SAI and are not a part of this Registration Statement.
PENDING LITIGATION
Settled Enforcement Actions Related to Market Timing
On October 8, 2004, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (IFG) (the former investment adviser to
certain Funds), Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc. (predecessor to Invesco) and Invesco Aim Distributors
reached final settlements with certain regulators, including the SEC, the New York Attorney General
and the Colorado Attorney General, to resolve civil enforcement actions and/or investigations
related to market timing and related activity in certain of the Funds, including those formerly
advised by IFG. As
part of the settlements, a $325 million fair fund ($110 million of which is civil penalties)
has been created to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds
formerly advised by IFG. Additionally, Invesco and Invesco Aim Distributors created a $50 million
fair fund ($30 million of which is civil penalties) to compensate shareholders harmed by market
timing and related activity in funds advised by Invesco, which was done pursuant to the terms of
the settlements. The methodology of the fair funds distributions was determined by Invescos
independent distribution consultant (IDC Plan), in consultation with Invesco and the independent
trustees of the Funds, and approved by the staff of the SEC. Further details regarding the IDC
Plan and distributions thereunder are available under the About Us SEC Settlement section of
Invescos Web site, available at www.invescoaim.com. Invescos Web site is not a part of this SAI
or the prospectus of any Fund.
Regulatory Action Alleging Market Timing
On August 30, 2005, the West Virginia Office of the State Auditor Securities Commission
(WVASC) issued a Summary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing to Invesco and
Invesco Aim Distributors (Order No. 05-1318). The WVASC makes findings of fact that Invesco and
Invesco Aim Distributors entered into certain arrangements permitting market timing of certain of
the Funds and failed to disclose these arrangements in the prospectuses for such Funds, and
conclusions of law to the effect that Invesco and Invesco Aim Distributors violated the West
Virginia securities laws. The WVASC orders Invesco and Invesco Aim Distributors to cease any
further violations and seeks to impose monetary sanctions, including restitution to affected
investors, disgorgement of fees, reimbursement of investigatory, administrative and legal costs and
an administrative assessment, to be determined by the Commissioner. Initial research indicates
that these damages could be limited or capped by statute. By agreement with the Commissioner of
Securities, Invescos time to respond to that Order has been indefinitely suspended.
Private Civil Actions Alleging Market Timing
Multiple civil lawsuits, including purported class action and shareholder derivative suits,
have been filed against various parties (including, depending on the lawsuit, certain Funds, IFG,
Invesco, Invesco Aim Management and certain related entities, certain of their current and former
officers and/or certain unrelated third parties) based on allegations of improper market timing,
and related activity in the Funds. These lawsuits allege a variety of theories of recovery,
including but not limited to: (i) violation of various provisions of the Federal and state
securities laws; (ii) violation of various provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA); (iii) breach of fiduciary duty; and/or (iv) breach of contract.
These lawsuits were initiated in both Federal and state courts and seek such remedies as
compensatory damages; restitution; injunctive relief; disgorgement of management
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fees; imposition
of a constructive trust; removal of certain directors and/or employees; various corrective measures
under ERISA; rescission of certain Funds advisory agreements; interest; and attorneys and
experts fees. All lawsuits based on allegations of market timing, late trading, and related
issues have been transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the
MDL Court) for consolidated or coordinated pre-trial proceedings. Pursuant to an Order of the
MDL Court, plaintiffs in these lawsuits consolidated their claims for pre-trial purposes into three
amended complaints against various Invesco- and IFG-related parties. The parties in the amended
complaints have agreed in principle to settle the actions. A list identifying the amended
complaints in the MDL Court and details of the settlements are included in
Appendix P.
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APPENDIX A
RATINGS OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following is a description of the factors underlying the debt ratings of Moodys, S&P and
Fitch.
Moodys Long-Term Debt Ratings
Aaa:
Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk.
Aa:
Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit
risk.
A:
Obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.
Baa:
Obligations rated Baa are subject to moderate credit risk. They are considered
medium-grade and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.
Ba:
Obligations rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements and are subject to
substantial credit risk.
B:
Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.
Caa:
Obligations rated Caa are judged to be of poor standing and are subject to very high
credit risk.
Ca:
Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with
some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.
C:
Obligations rated C are the lowest rated class of bonds and are typically in default, with
little prospect for recovery of principal or interest.
Note: Moodys applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating classification
from Aa through Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its
generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates
a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.
Moodys Short-Term Prime Rating System
P-1
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-1 have a superior ability to repay short-term debt
obligations.
P-2
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-2 have a strong ability to repay short-term debt
obligations.
P-3
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-3 have an acceptable ability to repay short-term
obligations.
Not Prime
A-1
Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating
categories.
Note: In addition, in certain countries the prime rating may be modified by the issuers or
guarantors senior unsecured long-term debt rating.
Moodys municipal ratings are as follows:
Moodys U.S. Long-Term Municipal Bond Rating Definitions
Municipal Ratings are opinions of the investment quality of issuers and issues in the US
municipal and tax-exempt markets. As such, these ratings incorporate Moodys assessment of the
default probability and loss severity of these issuers and issues.
Municipal Ratings are based upon the analysis of four primary factors relating to municipal
finance: economy, debt, finances, and administration/management strategies. Each of the factors
is evaluated individually and for its effect on the other factors in the context of the
municipalitys ability to repay its debt.
Aaa:
Issuers or issues rated Aaa demonstrate the strongest creditworthiness relative to other
US municipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
Aa:
Issuers or issues rated Aa demonstrate very strong creditworthiness relative to other US
municipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
A:
Issuers or issues rated A present above-average creditworthiness relative to other US
municipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
Baa:
Issuers or issues rated Baa represent average creditworthiness relative to other US
municipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
Ba:
Issuers or issues rated Ba demonstrate below-average creditworthiness relative to other US
municipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
B:
Issuers or issues rated B demonstrate weak creditworthiness relative to other US municipal
or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
Caa:
Issuers or issues rated Caa demonstrate very weak creditworthiness relative to other US
municipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
Ca:
Issuers or issues rated Ca demonstrate extremely weak creditworthiness relative to other
US municipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
C:
Issuers or issues rated C demonstrate the weakest creditworthiness relative to other US
municipal or tax-exempt issuers or issues.
Note: Also, Moodys applied numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating
classification from Aa to Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the issue ranks in the higher end of
its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3
indicates that the issue ranks in the lower end of its generic category.
Moodys MIG/VMIG US Short-Term Ratings
In municipal debt issuance, there are three rating categories for short-term obligations that
are considered investment grade. These ratings are designated as Moodys Investment Grade (MIG)
and are divided into three levels MIG 1 through MIG 3.
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In addition, those short-term obligations that are of speculative quality are designated SG,
or speculative grade.
In the case of variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs), a two-component rating is assigned.
The first element represents Moodys evaluation of the degree of risk associated with scheduled
principal and interest payments. The second element represents Moodys evaluation of the degree of
risk associated with the demand feature, using the MIG rating scale.
The short-term rating assigned to the demand feature of VRDOs is designated as VMIG. When
either the long- or short-term aspect of a VRDO is not rated, that piece is designated NR, e.g.,
Aaa/NR or NR/VMIG 1.
MIG ratings expire at note maturity. By contrast, VMIG rating expirations will be a function
of each issues specific structural or credit features.
Gradations of investment quality are indicated by rating symbols, with each symbol
representing a group in which the quality characteristics are broadly the same.
MIG 1/VMIG 1:
This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is
afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support or demonstrated broad-based
access to the market for refinancing.
MIG 2/VMIG 2:
This designation denotes strong credit quality. Margins of protection are ample
although not as large as in the preceding group.
MIG 3/VMIG 3:
This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Liquidity and cash flow
protection may be narrow and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well established.
SG:
This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Debt instruments in this
category may lack sufficient margins of protection.
Standard & Poors Long-Term Corporate and Municipal Ratings
Issue credit ratings are based in varying degrees, on the following considerations:
likelihood of payment capacity and willingness of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on
an obligation in accordance with the terms of the obligation; nature of and provisions of the
obligation; and protection afforded by, and relative position of, the obligation in the event of
bankruptcy, reorganization, or other arrangement under the laws of bankruptcy and other laws
affecting creditors rights.
The issue ratings definitions are expressed in terms of default risk. As such, they pertain
to senior obligations of an entity. Junior obligations are typically rated lower than senior
obligations, to reflect the lower priority in bankruptcy, as noted above.
S&P describes its ratings for corporate and municipal bonds as follows:
AAA:
Debt rated AAA has the highest rating assigned by S&P. Capacity to pay interest and
repay principal is extremely strong.
AA:
Debt rated AA has a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differs
from the highest rated issues only in a small degree.
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A:
Debt rated A has a strong capacity to meet its financial commitments although it is
somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic
conditions than debt in higher rated categories.
BBB:
Debt rated BBB exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic
conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation.
BB-B-CCC-CC-C:
Debt rated BB, B, CCC, CC and C is regarded as having significant speculative
characteristics with respect to capacity to pay interest and repay principal. BB indicates the
least degree of speculation and C the highest. While such debt will likely have some quality and
protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to
adverse conditions.
NR:
Not Rated.
S&P Dual Ratings
S&P assigns dual ratings to all debt issues that have a put option or demand feature as part
of their structure.
The first rating addresses the likelihood of repayment of principal and interest as due, and
the second rating addresses only the demand feature. The long-term debt rating symbols are used
for bonds to denote the long-term maturity and the commercial paper rating symbols for the put
option (for example, AAA/A-1+). With short-term demand debt, the not rating symbols are used with
the commercial paper rating symbols (for example, SP-1+/A-1+).
S&P Commercial Paper Ratings
An S&P commercial paper rating is a current assessment of the likelihood of timely payment of
debt having an original maturity of no more than 365 days.
These categories are as follows:
A-1:
This highest category indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is
strong. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted
with a plus sign (+) designation.
A-2:
Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is satisfactory. However,
the relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues designated A-1.
A-3:
Issues carrying this designation have adequate capacity for timely payment. They are,
however, more vulnerable to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances than obligations
carrying the higher designations.
B:
Issues rated B are regarded as having only speculative capacity for timely payment.
C:
This rating is assigned to short-term debt obligations with a doubtful capacity for
payment.
D:
Debt rated D is in payment default. The D rating category is used when interest
payments or principal payments are not made on the date due, even if the applicable grace period
has not expired, unless Standard & Poors believes such payments will be made during such grace
period.
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S&P Short-Term Municipal Ratings
An S&P note rating reflect the liquidity factors and market-access risks unique to notes.
Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a note rating. Notes maturing beyond three
years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. The following criteria will be used in
making that assessment: amortization schedule (the larger the final maturity relative to other
maturities, the more likely it will be treated as a note); and source of payment (the more
dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a
note).
Note rating symbols are as follows:
SP-1:
Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very
strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.
SP-2:
Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse
financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.
SP-3:
Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.
Fitch Long-Term Credit Ratings
Fitch Ratings provides an opinion on the ability of an entity or of a securities issue to meet
financial commitments, such as interest, preferred dividends, or repayment of principal, on a
timely basis. These credit ratings apply to a variety of entities and issues, including but not
limited to sovereigns, governments, structured financings, and corporations; debt,
preferred/preference stock, bank loans, and counterparties; as well as the financial strength of
insurance companies and financial guarantors.
Credit ratings are used by investors as indications of the likelihood of getting their money
back in accordance with the terms on which they invested. Thus, the use of credit ratings defines
their function: investment grade ratings (international Long-term AAA BBB categories;
Short-term F1 F3) indicate a relatively low probability of default, while those in the
speculative or non-investment grade categories (international Long-term BB D; Short-term
B D) either signal a higher probability of default or that a default has already occurred.
Ratings imply no specific prediction of default probability. However, for example, it is relevant
to note that over the long term, defaults on AAA rated U.S. corporate bonds have averaged less
than 0.10% per annum, while the equivalent rate for BBB rated bonds was 0.35%, and for B rated
bonds, 3.0%.
Fitch ratings do not reflect any credit enhancement that may be provided by insurance policies
or financial guaranties unless otherwise indicated.
Entities or issues carrying the same rating are of similar but not necessarily identical
credit quality since the rating categories do not fully reflect small differences in the degrees of
credit risk.
Fitch credit and research are not recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security. Ratings
do not comment on the adequacy of market price, the suitability of any security for a particular
investor, or the tax-exempt nature of taxability of payments of any security.
The ratings are based on information obtained from issuers, other obligors, underwriters,
their experts, and other sources Fitch Ratings believes to be reliable. Fitch Ratings does not
audit or verify the truth or accuracy of such information. Ratings may be changed or withdrawn as
a result of changes in, or the unavailability of, information or for other reasons.
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Our program ratings relate only to standard issues made under the program concerned; it should
not be assumed that these ratings apply to every issue made under the program. In particular, in
the case of non-standard issues, i.e., those that are linked to the credit of a third party or
linked to the performance of an index, ratings of these issues may deviate from the applicable
program rating.
Credit ratings do not directly address any risk other than credit risk. In particular, these
ratings do not deal with the risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates and other market
considerations.
AAA:
Bonds considered to be investment grade and of the highest credit quality. The obligor
has an exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, which is unlikely
to be affected by foreseeable events.
AA:
Bonds considered to be investment grade and of very high credit quality. The obligor has
a very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments which is not significantly
vulnerable to foreseeable events.
A:
Bonds considered to be investment grade and of high credit quality. The obligors ability
to pay interest and repay principal is considered to be strong, but may be more vulnerable to
adverse changes in economic conditions and circumstances than bonds with higher ratings.
BBB:
Bonds considered to be investment grade and of good credit quality. The obligors
ability to pay interest and repay principal is considered to be adequate. Adverse changes in
economic conditions and circumstances are more likely to impair this capacity.
Plus (+) Minus (-):
Plus and minus signs are used with a rating symbol to indicate the
relative position of a credit within the rating category. Plus and minus signs, however, are not
used in the AAA category.
NR:
Indicates that Fitch does not rate the specific issue.
Withdrawn:
A rating will be withdrawn when an issue matures or is called or refinanced and at
Fitchs discretion, when Fitch Ratings deems the amount of information available to be inadequate
for ratings purposes.
RatingWatch:
Ratings are placed on RatingWatch to notify investors that there is a reasonable
possibility of a rating change and the likely direction of such change. These are designated as
Positive, indicating a potential upgrade, Negative, for potential downgrade, or Evolving, if
ratings may be raised, lowered or maintained. RatingWatch is typically resolved over a relatively
short period.
Fitch Speculative Grade Bond Ratings
BB:
Bonds are considered speculative. There is a possibility of credit risk developing,
particularly as the result of adverse economic changes over time. However, business and financial
alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B:
Bonds are considered highly speculative. Significant credit risk is present but a limited
margin of safety remains. While bonds in this class are currently meeting financial commitments,
the capacity for continued payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic
environment.
CCC:
Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely
reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments.
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CC:
Default of some kind appears probable.
C:
Bonds are in imminent default in payment of interest or principal.
DDD, DD, and D:
Bonds are in default on interest and/or principal payments. Such bonds are
extremely speculative and are valued on the basis of their prospects for achieving partial or full
recovery value in liquidation or reorganization of the obligor. DDD represents the highest
potential for recovery on these bonds, and D represents the lowest potential for recovery.
Plus (+) Minus (-):
Plus and minus signs are used with a rating symbol to indicate the
relative position of a credit within the rating category. Plus and minus signs, however, are not
used in categories below CCC.
Fitch Short-Term Credit Ratings
The following ratings scale applies to foreign currency and local currency ratings. A
Short-term rating has a time horizon of less than 12 months for most obligations, or up to three
years for U.S. public finance securities, and thus places greater emphasis on the liquidity
necessary to meet financial commitments in a timely manner.
F-1+:
Exceptionally Strong Credit Quality. Issues assigned this rating are regarded as having
the strongest degree of assurance for timely payment.
F-1-:
Very Strong Credit Quality. Issues assigned this rating reflect an assurance of timely
payment only slightly less in degree than issues rated F-1+.
F-2:
Good Credit Quality. Issues assigned this rating have a satisfactory degree of assurance
for timely payment, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.
F-3:
Fair Credit Quality. Issues assigned this rating have characteristics suggesting that
the degree of assurance for timely payment is adequate, however, near-term adverse changes could
result in a reduction to non-investment grade.
B:
Speculative. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus
vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
C:
High default risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial
commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.
D:
Default. Issues assigned this rating are in actual or imminent payment default.
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APPENDIX B
Persons to Whom Invesco Provides
Non-Public Portfolio Holdings on an Ongoing Basis
(as of January 31, 2010)
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Service Provider
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Disclosure Category
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ABN AMRO Financial Services, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Absolute Color
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Financial Printer
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Anglemyer & Co.
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Analyst (for certain AIM Funds)
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BB&T Capital Markets
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Bear Stearns Pricing Direct, Inc.
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Pricing Vendor (for certain AIM Funds)
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BOSC, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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BOWNE & Co.
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Financial Printer
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Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
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Securities Lender (for certain AIM Funds)
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Cabrera Capital Markets
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Charles River Systems, Inc.
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System Provider
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Chas. P. Young Co.
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Financial Printer
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Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Commerce Capital Markets
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Crews & Associates
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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D.A. Davidson & Co.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Dechert LLP
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Legal Counsel
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DEPFA First Albany
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Empirical Research Partners
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Analyst (for certain AIM Funds)
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Finacorp Securities
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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First Miami Securities
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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First Southwest Co.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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First Tryon Securities
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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FT Interactive Data Corporation
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Pricing Vendor
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FTN Financial Group
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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GainsKeeper
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Software Provider (for certain AIM Funds)
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GCom2 Solutions
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Software Provider (for certain AIM Funds)
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George K. Baum & Company
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Glass, Lewis & Co.
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System Provider (for certain AIM Funds)
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Global Trend Alert
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Analyst (for certain AIM Funds)
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Greater Houston Publishers, Inc.
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Financial Printer
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Hattier, Sanford & Reynoir
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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ICRA Online Ltd.
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Rating & Ranking Agency (for certain AIM Funds)
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iMoneyNet, Inc.
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Rating & Ranking Agency (for certain AIM Funds)
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Initram Data, Inc.
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Pricing Vendor
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Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
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Proxy Voting Service (for certain AIM Funds)
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Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.
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Transfer Agent
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Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.
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System Provider (for certain AIM Funds)
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Investortools, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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ITG, Inc.
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Pricing Vendor (for certain AIM Funds)
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J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
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Analyst (for certain AIM Funds)
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.\Citigroup Global Markets Inc.\JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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Lender (for certain AIM Funds)
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Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Service Provider
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Disclosure Category
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John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC
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Sub-advisor (for certain sub-advised accounts)
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Jorden Burt LLP
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Special Insurance Counsel
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KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
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Legal Counsel
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Lipper, Inc.
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Rating & Ranking Agency (for certain AIM Funds)
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Loan Pricing Corporation
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Pricing Service (for certain AIM Funds)
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Loop Capital Markets
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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M.R. Beal
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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MarkIt Group Limited
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Pricing Vendor (for certain AIM Funds)
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Merrill Communications LLC
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Financial Printer
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Mesirow Financial, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Middle Office Solutions
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Software Provider
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Moodys Investors Service
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Rating & Ranking Agency (for certain AIM Funds)
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Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Morrison Foerster LLP
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Legal Counsel
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MS Securities Services, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
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Securities Lender (for certain AIM Funds)
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Muzea Insider Consulting Services, LLC
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Analyst (for certain AIM Funds)
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Ness USA Inc.
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System provider
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Noah Financial, LLC
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Analyst (for certain AIM Funds)
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Omgeo LLC
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Trading System
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Piper Jaffray
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Analyst (for certain AIM Funds)
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Prager, Sealy & Co.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (for all AIM Funds)
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Protective Securities
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Ramirez & Co., Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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RBC Capital Markets
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Analyst (for certain AIM Funds)
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RBC Dain Rauscher Incorporated
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Reuters America LLC
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Pricing Service (for certain AIM Funds)
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Rice Financial Products
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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RR Donnelley Financial
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Financial Printer
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Ryan Beck & Co.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., L.L.C.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Simon Printing Company
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Financial Printer
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Southwest Precision Printers, Inc.
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Financial Printer
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Standard and Poors/Standard and Poors Securities Evaluations, Inc.
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Pricing Service and Rating and Ranking Agency (each, respectively, for certain AIM Funds)
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StarCompliance, Inc.
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System Provider
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State Street Bank and Trust Company
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Custodian, Lender, Securities Lender, and System Provider (each, respectively, for certain AIM Funds)
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Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
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Legal Counsel
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The Bank of New York
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Custodian and Securities Lender (each, respectively, for certain AIM Funds)
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The MacGregor Group, Inc.
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Software Provider
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The Savader Group LLC
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Service Provider
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Disclosure Category
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Thomson Information Services Incorporated
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Software Provider
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UBS Financial Services, Inc.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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VCI Group Inc.
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Financial Printer
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Wachovia National Bank, N.A.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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Western Lithograph
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Financial Printer
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Wiley Bros. Aintree Capital L.L.C.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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William Blair & Co.
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Broker (for certain AIM Funds)
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XSP, LLC\Solutions Plus, Inc.
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Software Provider
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APPENDIX C
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
As of
[date of month end prior to 485(b) filing]
The address of each trustee and officer is 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046-1173.
Each trustee oversees 105 portfolios in the AIM Funds complex. The trustees serve for the life of
the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as
more specifically provided in the Trusts organizational documents. Each officer serves for a one
year term or until their successors are elected and qualified. Column two below includes length of
time served with predecessor entities, if any.
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Other
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Trustee
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Trusteeship(s)/
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Name, Year of Birth and
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and/or
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Directorships(s)
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Position(s) Held with the
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Officer
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Held by
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Trust
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Since
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Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
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Trustee/Director
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Interested Persons
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Martin L. Flanagan
1
1960
Trustee
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Executive Director, Chief Executive
Officer and President, Invesco Ltd.
(ultimate parent of Invesco Aim and a
global investment management firm);
Adviser to the Board, Invesco Advisers,
Inc. (formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The
AIM Family of Funds
®
; Board of Governors,
Investment Company Institute; and Member
of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of
Business
Formerly: Chairman, Invesco Aim Advisors,
Inc. (registered investment adviser);
Director, Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and President, IVZ Inc. (holding
company), INVESCO Group Services, Inc.
(service provider) and Invesco North
American Holdings, Inc. (holding company);
Director, Chief Executive Officer and
President, Invesco Holding Company Limited
(parent of Invesco Aim and a global
investment management firm); Director,
Invesco Ltd.; Chairman and Vice Chairman,
Investment Company Institute
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None
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Philip A. Taylor
2
1954
Trustee, President and Principal
Executive Officer
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|
Head of North American Retail and Senior
Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director,
Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief
Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, inc.
(registered investment adviser) (formerly
known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.),
Inc.); Director, Chief Executive Officer
and President, Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.
and 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding
company); Director, Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and President, Invesco
Aim Management Group, Inc. (financial
services holding company); Director,
Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief
Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco Institutional
(N.A.), Inc.); Director and President,
INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered
investment adviser and registered
transfer
agent) and AIM GP Canada Inc. (general
partner for limited partnerships);
Director, Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.
(registered broker dealer); Director and
Chairman, Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc. (registered
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None
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1
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Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested
person of the Trust because he is an officer of the adviser to the Trust, and
an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the adviser to
the Trust.
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2
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Mr. Taylor is considered an interested
person of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the adviser to,
and a director of the principal underwriter of, the Trust.
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C-1
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Other
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Trustee
|
|
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|
Trusteeship(s)/
|
Name, Year of Birth and
|
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and/or
|
|
|
|
Directorships(s)
|
Position(s) Held with the
|
|
Officer
|
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Held by
|
Trust
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|
Since
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Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
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Trustee/Director
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|
transfer agent) and
INVESCO Distributors, Inc. (registered
broker dealer); Director, President and
Chairman, INVESCO Inc. (holding company)
and Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding
company); Chief Executive Officer, AIM
Trimark Corporate Class Inc. (corporate
mutual fund company) and AIM Trimark
Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund
company); Director and Chief Executive
Officer, Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco
Trimark Ltèe (registered investment
adviser and registered transfer agent) and
Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered
broker dealer); Trustee, President and
Principal Executive Officer, The AIM
Family of Funds
®
(other than AIM
Treasurers Series Trust and Short-Term
Investments Trust); Trustee and Executive
Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds
®
(AIM Treasurers Series Trust and
Short-Term Investments Trust only); and
Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital
Management LLC
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|
Formerly: Manager, Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief
Executive Officer and President, Invesco
Aim Advisors, Inc.; Director, Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and President,
Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.;
President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and
Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe;
Director and President, AIM Trimark
Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark
Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing
Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited;
Trustee and Executive Vice President,
Tax-Free Investments Trust; Director and
Chairman, Fund Management Company (former
registered broker dealer); President and
Principal Executive Officer, The AIM
Family of Funds
®
(AIM Treasurers Series
Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and
Tax-Free Investments Trust only);
President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc.
and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.
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|
Independent Trustees
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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Bruce L. Crockett 1944
Trustee and Chair
|
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|
Chairman, Crockett Technology Associates
(technology consulting company)
|
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ACE Limited
(insurance
company); Captaris,
Inc. (unified
messaging
provider); and
Investment Company
Institute
|
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Bob R. Baker 1936
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Retired
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Frank S. Bayley 1939
|
|
|
|
Retired
|
|
None
|
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Director, Badgley Funds, Inc.
(registered investment company) (2
portfolios)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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James T. Bunch 1942
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Founder, Green, Manning & Bunch Ltd.
(investment banking firm)
|
|
Board of Governors,
Western Golf
Association/Evans
Scholars Foundation
and Executive
Committee, United
States Golf
Association
|
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C-2
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Other
|
|
|
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Trusteeship(s)/
|
Name, Year of Birth and
|
|
and/or
|
|
|
|
Directorships(s)
|
Position(s) Held with the
|
|
Officer
|
|
|
|
Held by
|
Trust
|
|
Since
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
|
Trustee/Director
|
Albert R. Dowden 1941
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Director of a number of public and private
business corporations, including the Boss
Group, Ltd. (private investment and
management); Reich & Tang Funds
(registered investment company); and
Homeowners of America Holding
Corporation/Homeowners of America
Insurance Company (property casualty
company)
|
|
Board of Natures
Sunshine Products,
Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Director, Continental Energy
Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline
service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation
(provider of product and services to the
public security market) and Director,
Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd.
(reinsurance company); Director, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group
North America, Inc.; Senior Vice
President, AB Volvo; Director of various
public and private corporations
|
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|
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|
|
Jack M. Fields 1952
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First
Century Group, Inc. (government affairs
company); and Owner and Chief Executive
Officer, Dos Angelos Ranch, L.P. (cattle,
hunting, corporate entertainment),
Discovery Global Education Fund
(non-profit) and Cross Timbers Quail
Research Ranch (non-profit)
|
|
Administaff
|
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, Texana
Timber LP (sustainable forestry company)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carl Frischling 1937
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Partner, law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis
and Frankel LLP
|
|
Director, Reich &
Tang Funds (16
portfolios)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prema Mathai-Davis 1950
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Retired
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lewis F. Pennock 1942
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Partner, law firm of Pennock & Cooper
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larry Soll 1942
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Retired
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Raymond Stickel, Jr. 1944
|
|
|
|
Retired
|
|
None
|
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series
Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Officers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Russell C. Burk 1958
Senior Vice President and Senior
Officer
|
|
|
|
Senior Vice President and Senior Officer,
The AIM Family of Funds®
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C-3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Trusteeship(s)/
|
Name, Year of Birth and
|
|
and/or
|
|
|
|
Directorships(s)
|
Position(s) Held with the
|
|
Officer
|
|
|
|
Held by
|
Trust
|
|
Since
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
|
Trustee/Director
|
John M. Zerr 1962
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
Officer and Secretary
|
|
|
|
Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel, Invesco Aim
Management Group, Inc., Senior Vice
President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(registered investment adviser) (formerly
known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.),
Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President and
Secretary, Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.;
Director, Vice President and Secretary,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. and
INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Director and
Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.;
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
and Secretary, The AIM Family of Funds
®
;
and Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital
Management LLC
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Director, Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary,
Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.; Director, Vice
President and Secretary, Fund Management
Company; Director, Senior Vice President,
Secretary, General Counsel and Vice
President, Invesco Aim Capital Management,
Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General
Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an
investment adviser); Vice President and
Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment
company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund
(an investment company); Chief Operating
Officer, General Counsel and Secretary,
Old Mutual Investment Partners (a
broker-dealer); General Counsel and
Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an
administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder
Services (a shareholder servicing center);
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc.
(an investment adviser); and Vice
President and Secretary, Old Mutual
Advisors Funds (an investment company)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lisa O. Brinkley 1959
Vice President
|
|
|
|
Global Compliance Director, Invesco Ltd.;
Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc. and Invesco Aim
Investment Services, Inc.; and Vice
President, The AIM Family of Funds
®
Formerly: Senior Vice President, Invesco
Aim Management Group, Inc.; Senior Vice
President and Chief Compliance Officer,
Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc. and The AIM
Family of Funds
®
; Vice President and Chief
Compliance Officer, Invesco Aim Capital
Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc.; Vice President,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc. and
Fund Management Company
|
|
N/A
|
C-4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Trusteeship(s)/
|
Name, Year of Birth and
|
|
and/or
|
|
|
|
Directorships(s)
|
Position(s) Held with the
|
|
Officer
|
|
|
|
Held by
|
Trust
|
|
Since
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
|
Trustee/Director
|
Kevin M. Carome 1956
Vice President
|
|
|
|
General Counsel, Secretary and Senior
Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director,
Invesco Holding Company Limited and
INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and
Executive Vice President, IVZ, Inc.,
Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco
North American Holdings, Inc. and Invesco
Investments (Bermuda) Ltd.; Director and
Secretary, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(registered investment adviser) (formerly
known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.),
Inc.); and Vice President, The AIM Family
of Funds
®
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Senior Managing Director and
Secretary, Invesco North American
Holdings, Inc.; Vice President and
Secretary, IVZ, Inc. and Invesco Group
Services, Inc.; Senior Managing Director
and Secretary, Invesco Holding Company
Limited; Director, Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Aim
Management Group, Inc. and Invesco Aim
Advisors, Inc.; Senior Vice President,
Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.; Director,
General Counsel and Vice President, Fund
Management Company; Vice President,
Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.;
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
and Secretary, The AIM Family of Funds
®
;
Director and Vice President, INVESCO
Distributors, Inc.; and Chief Executive
Officer and President, INVESCO Funds
Group, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sheri Morris 1964
Vice President, Treasurer and
Principal Financial Officer
|
|
|
|
Vice President, Treasurer and Principal
Financial Officer, The AIM Family of
Funds
®
; and Vice President, Invesco
Advisers, Inc. (registered investment
adviser) (formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.)
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Vice President, Invesco Aim
Advisors, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital
Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private
Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice
President and Assistant Treasurer, The AIM
Family of Funds
®
and Assistant Vice
President, Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.,
Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and
Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.
|
|
|
C-5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Trustee
|
|
|
|
Trusteeship(s)/
|
Name, Year of Birth and
|
|
and/or
|
|
|
|
Directorships(s)
|
Position(s) Held with the
|
|
Officer
|
|
|
|
Held by
|
Trust
|
|
Since
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
|
Trustee/Director
|
Karen Dunn Kelley 1960
Vice President
|
|
|
|
Head of Invescos World Wide Fixed Income
and Cash Management Group; Senior Vice
President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(registered investment adviser) (formerly
known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.),
Inc.); Executive Vice President, Invesco
Aim Distributors, Inc.; Senior Vice
President, Invesco Aim Management Group,
Inc.; and Director, Invesco Mortgage
Capital Inc.; Vice President, The AIM
Family of Funds
®
(other than AIM
Treasurers Series Trust and Short-Term
Investments Trust); and President and
Principal Executive Officer, The AIM
Family of Funds
®
(AIM Treasurers Series
Trust and Short-Term Investments Trust
only)
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Vice President, Invesco
Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Director of
Cash Management and Senior Vice President,
Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc. and Invesco Aim
Capital Management, Inc.; President and
Principal Executive Officer, Tax-Free
Investments Trust; Director and President,
Fund Management Company; Chief Cash
Management Officer, Director of Cash
Management, Senior Vice President, and
Managing Director, Invesco Aim Capital
Management, Inc.; Director of Cash
Management, Senior Vice President, and
Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.
and The AIM Family of Funds
®
(AIM
Treasurers Series Trust, Short-Term
Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments
Trust only)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lance A. Rejsek 1967
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
Officer
|
|
|
|
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer,
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered
investment adviser) (formerly known as
Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.);
Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc., Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc., and The AIM
Family of Funds
®
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer, Fund Management
Company, Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.,
Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and
Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Todd L. Spillane 1958
Chief Compliance Officer
|
|
|
|
Senior Vice President, Invesco Aim
Management Group, Inc.; Senior Vice
President and Chief Compliance Officer,
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered
investment adviser) (formerly known as
Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chief
Compliance Officer, The AIM Family of
Funds
®
, INVESCO Private Capital
Investments, Inc. (holding company),
Invesco Private Capital, Inc. (registered
investment adviser) and Invesco Senior
Secured Management, Inc. (registered
investment adviser); Vice President,
Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. and Invesco
Aim Investment Services, Inc.
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
|
Formerly: Senior Vice President and Chief
Compliance Officer, Invesco Aim Advisors,
Inc. and Invesco Aim Capital Management,
Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco
Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc.; Vice
President, Invesco Aim Capital Management,
Inc. and Fund Management Company
|
|
|
C-6
Trustee Ownership of Fund Shares as of December 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate Dollar Range of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity Securities in All
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered Investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Companies Overseen by
|
|
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities
|
|
Trustee in The AIM Family of
|
Name of Trustee
|
|
Per Fund
|
|
Funds
®
|
Martin L. Flanagan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-0-
|
|
Philip A. Taylor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-0-
|
|
Bob R. Baker
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
|
Frank S. Bayley
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
|
James T. Bunch
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
3
|
Bruce L. Crockett
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
3
|
Albert R. Dowden
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
|
Jack M. Fields
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
3
|
Carl Frischling
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
3
|
Prema Mathai-Davis
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
3
|
Lewis F. Pennock
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
|
Larry Soll
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
3
|
Raymond Stickel, Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over $100,000
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
Includes the total amount of compensation
deferred by the trustee at his or her election pursuant to a deferred
compensation plan. Such deferred compensation is placed in a deferral account
and deemed to be invested in one or more of the AIM Funds.
|
C-7
APPENDIX D
TRUSTEES COMPENSATION TABLE
Set forth below is information regarding compensation paid or accrued for each trustee of the
Trust who was not affiliated with Invesco Aim during the year ended December 31, 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retirement
|
|
Estimated
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
Benefits
|
|
Annual Benefits
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Compensation
|
|
Accrued
|
|
Upon
|
|
Compensation
|
|
|
From the
|
|
by All
|
|
Retirement
|
|
From All AIM
|
Trustee
|
|
Trust
(1)
|
|
AIM Funds
(2)
|
|
for AIM Funds
(3)
|
|
Funds
(4)
|
Bob R. Baker
|
|
$
|
8,823
|
|
|
$
|
125,039
|
|
|
$
|
197,868
|
|
|
$
|
259,100
|
|
Frank S. Bayley
|
|
|
9,383
|
|
|
|
115,766
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
275,700
|
|
James T. Bunch
|
|
|
8,098
|
|
|
|
142,058
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
235,000
|
|
Bruce L. Crockett
|
|
|
17,256
|
|
|
|
104,012
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
509,900
|
|
Albert R. Dowden
|
|
|
9,466
|
|
|
|
142,622
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
275,700
|
|
Jack M. Fields
|
|
|
8,098
|
|
|
|
122,608
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
235,000
|
|
Carl Frischling
(5)
|
|
|
9,382
|
|
|
|
124,703
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
269,950
|
|
Prema Mathai-Davis
|
|
|
8,740
|
|
|
|
120,758
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
256,600
|
|
Lewis F. Pennock
|
|
|
7,864
|
|
|
|
107,130
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
235,000
|
|
Larry Soll
|
|
|
8,740
|
|
|
|
161,084
|
|
|
|
176,202
|
|
|
|
256,600
|
|
Raymond Stickel, Jr.
|
|
|
10,191
|
|
|
|
107,154
|
|
|
|
154,500
|
|
|
|
299,800
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Amounts shown are based on the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009. The total amount of
compensation deferred by all trustees of the Trust during the fiscal year ended August 31,
2009, including earnings, was $16,579.
|
|
(2)
|
|
During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, the total amount of expenses allocated to the
Trust in respect of such retirement benefits was $17,127
|
D-1
|
|
|
(3)
|
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These amounts represent the estimated annual benefits payable by the AIM Funds upon the
trustees retirement and assumes each trustee serves until his or her normal retirement date.
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(4)
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All trustees currently serve as trustee of 12 registered investment companies advised by AIM.
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(5)
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During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, the Trust paid $21,785 in legal fees to Kramer
Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP for services rendered by such firm as counsel to the independent
trustees of the Trust. Mr. Frischling is a partner of such firm.
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APPENDIX E
Proxy policy applies to the following:
Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.
Invesco Aim Proxy Voting Guidelines
(Effective as of April 28, 2009)
The following Invesco Aim Proxy Voting Guidelines are applicable to all funds and other accounts
managed by Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc and Invesco Aim Private
Asset Management, Inc. (collectively, Invesco Aim).
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Introduction
Our Belief
The AIM Funds Boards of Trustees and Invesco Aims investment professionals expect a high standard
of corporate governance from the companies in our portfolios so that Invesco Aim may fulfill its
fiduciary obligation to our fund shareholders and other account holders. Well governed companies
are characterized by a primary focus on the interests of shareholders, accountable boards of
directors, ample transparency in financial disclosure, performance-driven cultures and appropriate
consideration of all stakeholders. Invesco Aim believes well governed companies create greater
shareholder wealth over the long term than poorly governed companies, so we endeavor to vote in a
manner that increases the value of our investments and fosters good governance within our portfolio
companies.
In determining how to vote proxy issues, Invesco Aim considers the probable business consequences
of each issue and votes in a manner designed to protect and enhance fund shareholders and other
account holders interests. Our voting decisions are intended to enhance each companys total
shareholder value over Invesco Aims typical investment horizon.
Proxy voting is an integral part of Invesco Aims investment process. We believe that the right to
vote proxies should be managed with the same care as all other elements of the investment process.
The objective of Invesco Aims proxy-voting activity is to promote good governance and advance the
economic interests of our clients. At no time will Invesco Aim exercise its voting power to advance
its own commercial interests, to pursue a social or political cause that is unrelated to our
clients economic interests, or to favor a particular client or business relationship to the
detriment of others.
Proxy Administration
The Invesco Aim Proxy Committee (the Proxy Committee) consists of members representing Invesco
Aims Investments, Legal and Compliance departments. Invesco Aims Proxy Voting Guidelines (the
Guidelines) are revised annually by the Proxy Committee, and are approved by the AIM Funds Boards
of Trustees. The Proxy Committee implements the Guidelines and oversees proxy voting.
The Proxy Committee has retained outside experts to assist with the analysis and voting of proxy
issues. In addition to the advice offered by these experts, Invesco Aim uses information gathered
from our own research, company managements, Invesco Aims portfolio managers and outside
shareholder groups to reach our voting decisions.
Generally speaking, Invesco Aims investment-research process leads us to invest in companies led
by management teams we believe have the ability to conceive and execute strategies to outperform
their competitors. We select companies for investment based in large part on our assessment of
their management teams ability to create shareholder wealth. Therefore, in formulating our
proxy-voting decisions, Invesco Aim gives proper consideration to the recommendations of a
companys Board of Directors.
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Important principles underlying the Invesco Aim Proxy Voting Guidelines
I. Accountability
Management teams of companies are accountable to their boards of directors, and directors of
publicly held companies are accountable to their shareholders. Invesco Aim endeavors to vote the
proxies of its portfolio companies in a manner that will reinforce the notion of a boards
accountability to its shareholders. Consequently, Invesco Aim votes against any actions that would
impair the rights of shareholders or would reduce shareholders influence over the board or over
management.
The following are specific voting issues that illustrate how Invesco Aim applies this principle of
accountability.
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Elections of directors.
In uncontested director elections for companies that do not have
a controlling shareholder, Invesco Aim votes in favor of slates if they are comprised of at
least a majority of independent directors and if the boards key committees are fully
independent. Key committees include the Audit, Compensation and Governance or Nominating
Committees. Invesco Aims standard of independence excludes directors who, in addition to
the directorship, have any material business or family relationships with the companies
they serve.
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Contested director elections are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are decided within
the context of Invesco Aims investment thesis on a company.
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Director performance.
Invesco Aim withholds votes from directors who exhibit a lack of
accountability to shareholders, either through their level of attendance at meetings or by
enacting egregious corporate-governance or other policies. In cases of material financial
restatements, accounting fraud, habitually late filings, adopting shareholder rights plan
(poison pills) without shareholder approval, or other areas of poor performance, Invesco
Aim may withhold votes from some or all of a companys directors. In situations where
directors performance is a concern, Invesco Aim may also support shareholder proposals to
take corrective actions such as so-called clawback provisions.
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Auditors and Audit Committee members.
Invesco Aim believes a companys Audit Committee
has a high degree of responsibility to shareholders in matters of financial disclosure,
integrity of the financial statements and effectiveness of a companys internal controls.
Independence, experience and financial expertise are critical elements of a
well-functioning Audit Committee. When electing directors who are members of a companys
Audit Committee, or when ratifying a companys auditors, Invesco Aim considers the past
performance of the Committee and holds its members accountable for the quality of the
companys financial statements and reports.
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Majority standard in director elections.
The right to elect directors is the single most
important mechanism shareholders have to promote accountability. Invesco Aim supports the
nascent effort to reform the U.S. convention of electing directors, and votes in favor of
proposals to elect directors by a majority vote.
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Classified boards.
Invesco Aim supports proposals to elect directors annually instead of
electing them to staggered multi-year terms because annual elections increase a boards
level of accountability to its shareholders.
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Supermajority voting requirements.
Unless proscribed by law in the state of
incorporation, Invesco Aim votes against actions that would impose any supermajority voting
requirement, and supports actions to dismantle existing supermajority requirements.
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Responsiveness.
Invesco Aim withholds votes from directors who do not adequately respond to
shareholder proposals that were approved by a majority of votes cast the prior year.
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Cumulative voting.
The practice of cumulative voting can enable minority shareholders to
have representation on a companys board. Invesco Aim supports proposals to institute the
practice of cumulative voting at companies whose overall corporate-governance standards
indicate a particular need to protect the interests of minority shareholders.
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Shareholder access.
On business matters with potential financial consequences, Invesco
Aim votes in favor of proposals that would increase shareholders opportunities to express
their views to boards of directors, proposals that would lower barriers to shareholder
action and proposals to promote the adoption of generally accepted best practices in
corporate governance.
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II. Incentives
Invesco Aim believes properly constructed compensation plans that include equity ownership are
effective in creating incentives that induce managements and employees of our portfolio companies
to create greater shareholder wealth. Invesco Aim supports equity compensation plans that promote
the proper alignment of incentives, and votes against plans that are overly dilutive to existing
shareholders, plans that contain objectionable structural features, and plans that appear likely to
reduce the value of an accounts investment.
Following are specific voting issues that illustrate how Invesco Aim evaluates incentive plans.
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Executive compensation.
Invesco Aim evaluates compensation plans for executives within
the context of the companys performance under the executives tenure. Invesco Aim believes
independent compensation committees are best positioned to craft executive-compensation
plans that are suitable for their company-specific circumstances. We view the election of
those independent compensation committee members as the appropriate mechanism for
shareholders to express their approval or disapproval of a companys compensation
practices. Therefore, Invesco Aim generally does not support shareholder proposals to limit
or eliminate certain forms of executive compensation. In the interest of reinforcing the
notion of a compensation committees accountability to shareholders, Invesco Aim supports
proposals requesting that companies subject each years compensation record to an advisory
shareholder vote, or so-called say on pay proposals.
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Equity-based compensation plans.
When voting to approve or reject equity-based
compensation plans, Invesco Aim compares the total estimated cost of the plans, including
stock options and restricted stock, against a carefully selected peer group and uses
multiple performance metrics that help us determine whether the incentive structures in
place are creating genuine shareholder wealth. Regardless of a plans estimated cost
relative to its peer group, Invesco Aim votes against plans that contain structural
features that would impair the alignment of incentives between shareholders and management.
Such features include the ability to reprice or reload options without shareholder
approval, the ability to issue options below the stocks current market price, or the
ability to automatically replenish shares without shareholder approval.
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Employee stock-purchase plans.
Invesco Aim supports employee stock-purchase plans that
are reasonably designed to provide proper incentives to a broad base of employees, provided
that the price at which employees may acquire stock is at most a 15 percent discount from
the market price.
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Severance agreements.
Invesco Aim generally votes in favor of proposals requiring
advisory shareholder ratification of executives severance agreements. However, we oppose
proposals requiring such agreements to be ratified by shareholders in advance of their
adoption.
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Capitalization
Examples of management proposals related to a companys capital structure include authorizing or
issuing additional equity capital, repurchasing outstanding stock, or enacting a stock split or
reverse stock split. On requests for additional capital stock, Invesco Aim analyzes the companys
stated reasons for the request. Except where the request could adversely affect the funds
ownership stake or voting rights, AIM generally supports a boards decisions on its needs for
additional capital stock. Some capitalization proposals require a case-by-case analysis within the
context of Invesco Aims investment thesis on a company. Examples of such proposals include
authorizing common or preferred stock with special voting rights, or issuing additional stock in
connection with an acquisition.
IV. Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Corporate Actions
Issuers occasionally require shareholder approval to engage in certain corporate actions such as
mergers, acquisitions, name changes, dissolutions, reorganizations, divestitures and
reincorporations. Invesco Aim analyzes these proposals within the context of our investment thesis
on the company, and determines its vote on a case-by-case basis.
V. Anti-Takeover Measures
Practices designed to protect a company from unsolicited bids can adversely affect shareholder
value and voting rights, and they create conflicts of interests among directors, management and
shareholders. Except under special issuer-specific circumstances, Invesco Aim votes to reduce or
eliminate such measures. These measures include adopting or renewing poison pills, requiring
supermajority voting on certain corporate actions, classifying the election of directors instead of
electing each director to an annual term, or creating separate classes of common or preferred stock
with special voting rights. Invesco Aim generally votes against management proposals to impose
these types of measures, and generally votes for shareholder proposals designed to reduce such
measures. Invesco Aim supports shareholder proposals directing companies to subject their
anti-takeover provisions to a shareholder vote.
VI. Shareholder Proposals on Corporate Governance
Invesco Aim generally votes for shareholder proposals that are designed to protect shareholder
rights if a companys corporate-governance standards indicate that such additional protections are
warranted.
VII. Shareholder Proposals on Social Responsibility
The potential costs and economic benefits of shareholder proposals seeking to amend a companys
practices for social reasons are difficult to assess. Analyzing the costs and economic benefits of
these proposals is highly subjective and does not fit readily within our framework of voting to
create greater shareholder wealth over Invesco Aims typical investment horizon. Therefore, Invesco
Aim abstains from voting on shareholder proposals deemed to be of a purely social, political or
moral nature.
VIII. Routine Business Matters
Routine business matters rarely have a potentially material effect on the economic prospects of
fund holdings, so we generally support the boards discretion on these items. However, Invesco Aim
votes against proposals where there is insufficient information to make a decision about the nature
of the proposal. Similarly, Invesco Aim votes against proposals to conduct other unidentified
business at shareholder meetings.
Summary
These Guidelines provide an important framework for making proxy-voting decisions, and should give
fund shareholders and other account holders insight into the factors driving Invesco Aims
decisions. The Guidelines cannot address all potential proxy issues, however. Decisions on specific
issues must be made within the context of these Guidelines and within the context of the investment
thesis of the funds and other accounts that own the companys stock. Where a different investment
thesis is held by portfolio managers who may hold stocks in common, Invesco Aim may vote the shares
held on a fund-by-fund or account-by-account basis.
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Exceptions
In certain circumstances, Invesco Aim may refrain from voting where the economic cost of voting a
companys proxy exceeds any anticipated benefits of that proxy proposal.
Share-lending programs
One reason that some portion of Invesco Aims position in a particular security might not be voted
is the securities lending program. When securities are out on loan and earning fees for the lending
fund, they are transferred into the borrowers name. Any proxies during the period of the loan are
voted by the borrower. The lending fund would have to terminate the loan to vote the companys
proxy, an action that is not generally in the best economic interest of fund shareholders. However,
whenever Invesco Aim determines that the benefit to shareholders or other account holders of voting
a particular proxy outweighs the revenue lost by terminating the loan, we recall the securities for
the purpose of voting the funds full position.
Share-blocking
Another example of a situation where Invesco Aim may be unable to vote is in countries where the
exercise of voting rights requires the fund to submit to short-term trading restrictions, a
practice known as share-blocking. Invesco Aim generally refrains from voting proxies in
share-blocking countries unless the portfolio manager determines that the benefit to fund
shareholders and other account holders of voting a specific proxy outweighs the funds or other
accounts temporary inability to sell the security.
International constraints
An additional concern that sometimes precludes our voting non-U.S. proxies is our inability to
receive proxy materials with enough time and enough information to make a voting decision. In the
great majority of instances, however, we are able to vote non-U.S. proxies successfully. It is
important to note that Invesco Aim makes voting decisions for non-U.S. issuers using these
Guidelines as our framework, but also takes into account the corporate-governance standards,
regulatory environment and generally accepted best practices of the local market.
Exceptions to these Guidelines
Invesco Aim retains the flexibility to accommodate company-specific situations where strictly
adhering to the Guidelines would lead to a vote that the Proxy Committee deems not to be in the
best interest of the funds shareholders and other account holders. In these situations, the Proxy
Committee will vote the proxy in the manner deemed to be in the best interest of the funds
shareholders and other account holders, and will promptly inform the funds Boards of Trustees of
such vote and the circumstances surrounding it.
Resolving potential conflicts of interest
A potential conflict of interest arises when Invesco Aim votes a proxy for an issuer with which it
also maintains a material business relationship. Examples could include issuers that are
distributors of Invesco Aims products, or issuers that employ Invesco Aim to manage portions of
their retirement plans or treasury accounts. Invesco Aim reviews each proxy proposal to assess the
extent, if any, to which there may be a material conflict between the interests of the fund
shareholders or other account holders and Invesco Aim.
Invesco Aim takes reasonable measures to determine whether a potential conflict may exist. A
potential conflict is deemed to exist only if one or more of the Proxy Committee members actually
knew or should have known of the potential conflict.
If a material potential conflict is deemed to exist, Invesco Aim may resolve the potential conflict
in one of the following ways: (1) if the proposal that gives rise to the potential conflict is
specifically addressed by the Guidelines, Invesco Aim may vote the proxy in accordance with the
predetermined Guidelines; (2)
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Invesco Aim may engage an independent third party to determine how the proxy should be voted; or
(3) Invesco Aim may establish an ethical wall or other informational barrier between the persons
involved in the potential conflict and the persons making the proxy-voting decision in order to
insulate the potential conflict from the decision makers.
Because the Guidelines are pre-determined and crafted to be in the best economic interest of
shareholders and other account holders, applying the Guidelines to vote client proxies should, in
most instances, adequately resolve any potential conflict of interest. As an additional safeguard
against potential conflicts, persons from Invesco Aims marketing, distribution and other
customer-facing functions are precluded from becoming members of the Proxy Committee.
On a quarterly basis, the AIM Funds Boards of Trustees review a report from Invesco Aims Internal
Compliance Controls Committee. The report contains a list of all known material business
relationships that Invesco Aim maintains with publicly traded issuers. That list is
cross-referenced with the list of proxies voted over the period. If there are any instances where
Invesco Aims voting pattern on the proxies of its material business partners is inconsistent with
its voting pattern on all other issuers, they are brought before the Trustees and explained by the
Chairman of the Proxy Committee.
Personal conflicts of interest.
If any member of the Proxy Committee has a personal conflict of
interest with respect to a company or an issue presented for voting, that Proxy Committee member
will inform the Proxy Committee of such conflict and will abstain from voting on that company or
issue.
Funds of funds
. Some AIM Funds offering diversified asset allocation within one investment vehicle
own shares in other AIM Funds. A potential conflict of interest could arise if an underlying AIM
Fund has a shareholder meeting with any proxy issues to be voted on, because Invesco Aims
asset-allocation funds or target-maturity funds may be large shareholders of the underlying fund.
In order to avoid any potential for a conflict, the asset-allocation funds and target maturity
funds vote their shares in the same proportion as the votes of the external shareholders of the
underlying fund.
Policies and Vote Disclosure
A copy of these Guidelines and the voting record of each AIM Fund are available on our web site,
www.invescoaim.com
. In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, all
funds file a record of all proxy-voting activity for the prior 12 months ending June 30th. That
filing is made on or before August 31st of each year.
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Footnotes
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AIM Funds not managed by Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., are governed by the proxy voting
policies of their respective sub-advisors. Proxy Voting Guidelines applicable to
AIM China Fund
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AIM Core Bond Fund, AIM Floating Rate Fund
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AIM Global Core Equity Fund, AIM Global Equity Fund,
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
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AIM High Yield Fund, AIM Income Fund, AIM International Core Equity
Fund
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AIM International Total Return Fund
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AIM Japan Fund
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AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund
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AIM Limited
Maturity Treasury Fund, AIM Money Market Fund, AIM Municipal Bond Fund, AIM Real Estate Fund
,
AIM
Select Equity Fund
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AIM Select Real Estate Income Fund
,
AIM Short Term Bond Fund, AIM Structured
Core Fund
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AIM Structured Growth Fund
,
AIM Structured Value Fund
,
AIM Trimark Endeavor Fund
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AIM
Trimark Fund
,
AIM Trimark Small Companies Fund
,
AIM U.S. Government Fund
are available at our
website,
http://www.invescoaim.com
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Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH
Invesco Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Proxy Voting Policy
Version: 1.1
Changes to previous Version: Format
Update of Appendix B
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GENERAL POLICY
Invesco has responsibility for making investment decisions that are in the best interests of
its clients. As part of the investment management services it provides to clients, Invesco may be
authorized by clients to vote proxies appurtenant to the shares for which the clients are
beneficial owners.
Invesco believes that it has a duty to manage clients assets in the best economic interests of the
clients and that the ability to vote proxies is a client asset.
Invesco reserves the right to amend its proxy policies and procedures from time to time without
prior notice to its clients.
PROXY VOTING POLICIES
Voting of Proxies
Invesco will on a fund by fund basis, decide whether it will vote proxies and if so, for which
parts of the portfolio it will voted for. If Invesco decides to vote proxies, it will do so in
accordance with the procedures set forth below. If the client retains in writing the right to vote
or if Invesco determines that any benefit the client might gain from voting a proxy would be
outweighed by the costs associated therewith, it will refrain from voting.
Best Economic Interests of Clients
In voting proxies, Invesco will take into consideration those factors that may affect the value of
the security and will vote proxies in a manner in which, in its opinion, is in the best economic
interests of clients. Invesco endeavors to resolve any conflicts of interest exclusively in the
best economic interests of clients.
Certain Proxy Votes May Not Be Cast
In some cases, Invesco may determine that it is not in the best economic interests of clients to
vote proxies. For example, proxy voting in certain countries outside the United States requires
share blocking. Shareholders who wish to vote their proxies must deposit their shares 7 to 21 days
before the date of the meeting with a designated depositary. During the blocked period, shares to
be voted at the meeting cannot be sold until the meeting has taken place and the shares have been
returned to the Custodian/Sub-Custodian bank. In addition, voting certain international securities
may involve unusual costs to clients. In other cases, it may not be possible to vote certain
proxies despite good faith efforts to do so, for instance when inadequate notice of the matter is
provided. In the instance of loan securities, voting of proxies typically requires termination of
the loan, so it is not usually in the best economic interests of clients to vote proxies on loaned
securities. Invesco typically will not, but reserves the right to, vote where share blocking
restrictions, unusual costs or other barriers to efficient voting apply. If Invesco does not vote,
it would have made the determination that the cost of voting exceeds the expected benefit to the
client.
ISS Services
Invesco has contracted with Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), an independent third party
service provider, to vote Invescos clients proxies according to ISSs proxy voting
recommendations. In addition, ISS will provide proxy analyses, vote recommendations, vote
execution and record-keeping services for clients for which Invesco has proxy voting
responsibility. On an annual basis, Invesco will review information obtained from ISS to ascertain
whether ISS (i) has the capacity and competency to adequately analyze proxy issues, and (ii) can
make such recommendations in an impartial manner and in the best economic interest of Invescos
clients. This may include a review of ISS Policies, Procedures and Practices Regarding Potential
Conflicts of Interests and obtaining information about the work ISS does for corporate issuers and
the payments ISS receives from such issuers.
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Custodians forward proxy materials for clients who rely on Invesco to vote proxies to ISS. ISS is
responsible for exercising the voting rights in accordance with the ISS proxy voting guidelines.
If Invesco receives proxy materials in connection with a clients account where the client has, in
writing, communicated to Invesco that the client, plan fiduciary or other third party has reserved
the right to vote proxies, Invesco will forward to the party appointed by client any proxy
materials it receives with respect to the account. In order to avoid voting proxies in
circumstances where Invesco, or any of its affiliates have or may have any conflict of interest,
real or perceived, Invesco has engaged ISS to provide the proxy analyses, vote recommendations and
voting of proxies.
In the event that (i) ISS recuses itself on a proxy voting matter and makes no recommendation or
(ii) Invesco decides to override the ISS vote recommendation, the Proxy Voting Committee (PVC) of
the International Structured Products Group and the Compliance Officer will review the issue and
direct ISS how to vote the proxies as described below.
ISS Recusal
When ISS makes no recommendation on a proxy voting issue or is recused due to a conflict of
interest, the Proxy Voting Committee (PVC) of the International Structured Products Group and the
Compliance Officer will review the issue and, if Invesco does not have a conflict of interest,
direct ISS how to vote the proxies. In such cases where Invesco has a conflict of interest,
Invesco, in its sole discretion, shall either (a) vote the proxies pursuant to ISSs general proxy
voting guidelines, (b) engage an independent third party to provide a vote recommendation, or (c)
contact its client(s) for direction as to how to vote the proxies.
Override of ISS Recommendation
There may be occasions where the Invesco investment personnel or senior officers seek to override
ISSs recommendations if they believe that ISSs recommendations are not in accordance with the
best economic interests of clients. In the event that an individual listed above in this section
disagrees with an ISS recommendation on a particular voting issue, the individual shall document in
writing the reasons that he/she believes that the ISS recommendation is not in accordance with
clients best economic interests and submit such written documentation to the Proxy Voting
Committee (PVC) of the International Structured Products Group. Upon review of the documentation
and consultation with the individual and others as the PVC deems appropriate, the PVC together with
the Compliance Officer may make a determination to override the ISS voting recommendation if they
determine that it is in the best economic interests of clients.
Proxy Voting Records
Clients may obtain information about how Invesco voted proxies on their behalf by contacting their
client services representative. Alternatively, clients may make a written request for proxy voting
information.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Procedures to Address Conflicts of Interest and Improper Influence
In order to avoid voting proxies in circumstances where Invesco or any of its affiliates have or
may have any conflict of interest, real or perceived, Invesco has contracted with ISS to provide
proxy analyses, vote recommendations and voting of proxies. Unless noted otherwise by ISS, each
vote recommendation provided by ISS to Invesco includes a representation from ISS that ISS faces no
conflict of interest with respect to the vote. In instances where ISS has recused itself and makes
no recommendation on a particular matter or if an override submission is requested, the Proxy
Voting Committee (PVC) of the International Structured Products Group together with the Compliance
Officer shall determine how the proxy is to be voted and instruct accordingly in which case the
conflict of interest provisions discussed below shall apply.
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In effecting the policy of voting proxies in the best economic interests of clients, there may be
occasions where the voting of such proxies may present a real or perceived conflict of interest
between Invesco, as the investment manager, and clients.
For each director, officer and employee of Invesco (Invesco person), the interests of Invescos
clients must come first, ahead of the interest of Invesco and any person within the Invesco
organization, which includes Invescos affiliates.
Accordingly, each Invesco person must not put personal benefit, whether tangible or intangible,
before the interests of clients of Invesco or otherwise take advantage of the relationship to
Invescos clients. Personal benefit includes any intended benefit for oneself or any other
individual, company, group or organization of any kind whatsoever, except a benefit for a client of
Invesco, as appropriate. It is imperative that each of Invescos directors, officers and employees
avoid any situation that might compromise, or call into question, the exercise of fully independent
judgment in the interests of Invescos clients.
Occasions may arise where a person or organization involved in the proxy voting process may have a
conflict of interest. A conflict of interest may also exist if Invesco has a business relationship
with (or is actively soliciting business from) either the company soliciting the proxy or a third
party that has a material interest in the outcome of a proxy vote or that is actively lobbying for
a particular outcome of a proxy vote. An Invesco person shall not be considered to have a conflict
of interest if the Invesco person did not know of the conflict of interest and did not attempt to
influence the outcome of a proxy vote. Any individual with actual knowledge of a conflict of
interest relating to a particular referral item shall disclose that conflict to the Compliance
Officer.
The following are examples of situations where a conflict may exist:
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group, manages pension assets or is actively soliciting any such business, or leases
office space from a company;
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other proponents of proxy proposals, participants in proxy contests, corporate
directors, or candidates for directorships; and
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relating to a company (e.g. a spouse or other relative who serves as a director of a
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In the event that Invesco (or an affiliate) manages assets for a company, its pension plan, or
related entity and where clients funds are invested in that companys shares, it will not take
into consideration this relationship and will vote proxies in that company solely in the best
economic interest of its clients.
It is the responsibility of the Invesco person to report any real or potential conflict of interest
of which such individual has actual knowledge to the Compliance Officer, who shall present any such
information to the Head of Continental Europe Compliance. However, once a particular conflict has
been reported to the Compliance Officer, this requirement shall be deemed satisfied with respect to
all individuals with knowledge of such conflict.
In addition, any Invesco person who submits an ISS override recommendation to the Proxy Voting
Committee (PVC) of the International Structured Products Group shall certify as to their compliance
with this policy concurrently with the submission of their override recommendation. A form of such
certification is attached as Appendix A hereto.
In addition, the Proxy Voting Committee (PVC) of the International Structured Products Group must
notify Invescos Compliance Officer with impunity and without fear of retribution or retaliation,
of any direct, indirect or perceived improper influence made by anyone within Invesco or by an
affiliated companys representatives with regard to how Invesco should vote proxies. The
Compliance Officer will investigate
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the allegations and will report his or her findings to the Invesco Risk Management Committee and to
the Head of Continental Europe Compliance. In the event that it is determined that improper
influence was made, the Risk Management Committee will determine the appropriate action to take
which may include, but is not limited to,
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(1) notifying the affiliated companys Chief Executive Officer, its Management Committee or
Board of Directors,
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(2) taking remedial action, if necessary, to correct the result of any improper influence
where clients have been harmed, or
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(3) notifying the appropriate regulatory agencies of the improper influence and to fully
cooperate with these regulatory agencies as required. In all cases, the Proxy Voting
Committee (PVC) of the International Structured Products Group together with the Compliance
Officer shall not take into consideration the improper influence in determining how to vote
proxies and will vote proxies solely in the best economic interest of clients.
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ISS PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES
A copy of ISSs Proxy Voting Guidelines Summary in effect as of the revised date set forth on
the title page of this Proxy Voting Policy is attached hereto as Appendix B.
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INVESCO PERPETUAL
POLICY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
(Updated February 2008)
1.
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Introduction
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Invesco Perpetual (IP), the trading name of Invesco Asset Management Limited, has adopted a
clear and considered policy towards its responsibility as a shareholder. As part of this
policy, IP will take steps to satisfy itself about the extent to which the companies in
which it invests comply with local recommendations and practices, such as the UK Combined
Code issued by the Committee on Corporate Governance and/or the U.S. Department of Labor
Interpretive Bulletins.
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Responsible Voting
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IP has a responsibility to optimise returns to its clients. As a core part of the
investment process, Fund Managers will endeavour to establish a dialogue with management to
promote company decision making that is in the best interests of shareholders, and is in
accordance with good Corporate Governance principles.
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IP considers that shareholder activism is fundamental to good Corporate Governance. Whilst
this does not entail intervening in daily management decisions, it does involve supporting
general standards for corporate activity and, where necessary, taking the initiative to
ensure those standards are met.
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One important means of putting shareholder responsibility into practice is via the
exercising of voting rights. In deciding whether to vote shares, IP will take into account
such factors as the likely impact of voting on management activity, and where expressed, the
preference of clients. As a result of these two factors, IP will tend to vote on all UK
and European shares, but to vote on a more selective basis on other shares. (See Appendix I
Voting on non-UK/European shares)
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IP considers that the voting rights attached to its clients investments should be actively
managed with the same duty of care as that applied to all other aspects of asset
administration. As such, voting rights will be exercised on an informed and independent
basis, and will not simply be passed back to the company concerned for discretionary voting
by the Chairman. In doing this, IP will have in mind three objectives:
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i) To protect the rights of its clients
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ii) To minimise the risk of financial or business impropriety within the companies in which
its clients are invested, and
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iii) To protect the long-term value of its clients investments.
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It is important to note that, when exercising voting rights, a third option of abstention
can also be used as a means of expressing dissatisfaction, or lack of support, to a Board on
a particular issue. Additionally, in the event of a conflict of interest arising between IP
and its clients over a specific issue, IP will either abstain or seek instruction from each
client.
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IP will exercise actively the voting rights represented by the shares it manages on behalf
of its investors.
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Note: Share Blocking
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Generally, IP will not vote where this results in shares being blocked from trading for a
period of more than a few hours. IP considers that it is not in the interest of clients
that their shares are blocked at a potentially sensitive time, such as that around a
shareholder meeting.
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3.
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Voting Procedures
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IP will endeavour to keep under regular review with trustees, depositaries and custodians
the practical arrangements for circulating company resolutions and notices of meetings and
for exercising votes in accordance with standing or special instructions.
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IP will endeavour to review regularly any standing or special instructions on voting and
where possible, discuss with company representatives any significant issues.
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IP will take into account the implications of stock lending arrangements where this is
relevant (that is, when stock is lent to the extent permitted by local regulations, the
voting rights attaching to that stock pass to the borrower). If a stock is on loan and
therefore cannot be voted, it will not necessarily be recalled in instances where we would
vote with management. Individual IP Fund Managers enter securities lending arrangements at
their own discretion and where they believe it is for the potential benefit of their
investors.
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Dialogue with Companies
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IP will endeavour, where practicable in accordance with its investment processes, to enter
into a dialogue with companies based on the mutual understanding of objectives. This
dialogue is likely to include regular meetings with company representatives to explore any
concerns about corporate governance where these may impact on the best interests of clients.
In discussion with Company Boards and senior non-Executive Directors, IP will endeavour to
cover any matters with particular relevance to shareholder value.
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Specifically when considering resolutions put to shareholders, IP will pay attention to the
companies compliance with the relevant local requirements. In addition, when analysing the
companys prospects for future profitability and hence returns to shareholders, IP will take
many variables into account, including but not limited to, the following:
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Nomination and audit committees
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Remuneration committee and directors remuneration
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Board balance and structure
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Financial reporting principles
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Internal control system and annual review of its effectiveness
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Dividend and Capital Management policies
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Non-Routine Resolutions and Other Topics
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These will be considered on a case-by-case basis and where proposals are put to the vote
will require proper explanation and justification by (in most instances) the Board.
Examples of such would be all SRI issues (i.e. those with social, environmental or ethical
connotations), political donations, and any proposal raised by a shareholder or body of
shareholders (typically a pressure group).
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Apart from the three fundamental voting objectives set out under Responsible Voting above,
considerations that IP might apply to non-routine proposals will include:
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The degree to which the companys stated position on the issue could affect its
reputation and/or sales, or leave it vulnerable to boycott or selective purchasing
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ii)
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What other companies have done in response to the issue
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Whether implementation would achieve the objectives sought in the proposal
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Whether the matter is best left to the Boards discretion.
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Evaluation of Companies Corporate Governance Arrangements
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IP will, when evaluating companies governance arrangements, particularly those
relating to board structure and composition, give due weight to all relevant factors drawn
to their attention.
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Disclosure
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On request from clients, IP will in good faith provide records of voting instructions given
to third parties such as trustees, depositaries and custodians provided that:
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(i)
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in IPs discretion, to do so does not conflict with the best interests of other clients
and
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(ii)
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it is understood that IP will not be held accountable for the expression of
views within such voting instructions and
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(iii)
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IP are not giving any assurance nor undertaking any obligation to ensure that
such instructions resulted in any votes actually being cast. Records of voting
instructions within the immediate preceding 3 months will not normally be provided.
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Note:
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The record of votes will reflect the voting instruction of the relevant Fund Manager. This
may not be the same as votes actually cast as IP is entirely reliant on third parties
complying promptly with such instructions to ensure that such votes are cast correctly.
Accordingly, the provision of information relating to an instruction does not mean that a vote
was actually cast, just that an instruction was given in accordance with a particular view
taken.
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Appendix I
Voting on non-UK/European shares
When deciding whether to exercise the voting rights attached to its clients non-UK/European
shares, IP will take into consideration a number of factors. These will include:
the likely impact of voting on management activity, versus the cost to the client
the portfolio management restrictions (e.g. share blocking) that may result from voting
the preferences, where expressed, of clients
Generally, IP will vote on non-UK/European shares by exception only, except where the client or
local regulator expressly requires voting on all shares.
Share Blocking
Generally, IP will not vote where this results in shares being blocked from trading for a period of
more than a few hours. IP considers that it is not in the interest of clients that their shares
are blocked at a potentially sensitive time, such as that around a shareholder meeting.
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Proxy policy applies to the following:
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited
(Quick Translation)
Internal Rules on Proxy Voting Execution
(Purpose)
Article 1
INVESCO Asset Management (Japan) Limited (referred to as INVESCO thereafter) assumes a fiduciary
responsibility to vote proxies in the best interest of its trustors and beneficiaries. In
addition, INVESCO acknowledges its responsibility as a fiduciary to vote proxies prudently and
solely for the purpose of maximizing the economic values of trustors (investors) and beneficiaries.
So that it may fulfill these fiduciary responsibilities to trustors (investors) and beneficiaries,
INVESCO has adopted and implemented these internal rules reasonably designed to ensure that the
business operations of the company to invest are appropriately conducted in the best interest of
shareholders and are always monitored by the shareholders.
(Proxy Voting Policy)
Article 2
INVESCO exercises the voting right in the best interest of its trustors and beneficiaries not in
the interests of the third parties. The interests of trustors and beneficiaries are defined as the
increase of the value of the enterprise or the expansion of the economic value of the shareholders
or to protect these values from the impairment.
(Voting Exercise Structure)
Article 3
Please refer to the Article 2 of Proxy Voting basic Policy as per attached.
(Proxy Voting Guidelines)
Article 4
Please refer to Proxy Voting Guidelines (Attachment 2).
(Proxy Voting Process)
Article 5
1. Domestic Equities
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Notification on the shareholder meeting will be delivered to Operations from
trustee banks which will be in turn forwarded to the person in charge of equities
investment. The instruction shall be handled by Operations.
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(2)
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The person in charge of equities investment scrutinizes the subjects according
to the Screening Standard and forward them to the proxy voting committee
(Committee).
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(3)
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In case of asking for the outside counsel, to forward our proxy voting
guidelines (Guidelines) to them beforehand and obtain their advice
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(4)
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In either case of 2 or 3, the person in charge shall make proposal to the
Committee to ask for their For, Against, Abstention, etc.
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(5)
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The Committee scrutinizes the respective subjects and approves/disapproves with
the quorum of two thirds according to the Guidelines.
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(6)
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In case where as to the subject which the Committee judges as inappropriate
according to the Guidelines and/or the subject which cannot obtain the quorum, the
Committee will be held again to discuss the subject.
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2. Foreign Equities
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As to the voting exercise of the foreign equities, we shall consider the
manners and customs of the foreign countries as well as the costs.
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(2)
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As to the voting process, the above process of the domestic equities shall be
accordingly adjusted and applied.
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(Disclosure of Information)
Article 6
In case of the request from the customers, we can disclose the content.
(Voting Record)
Article 7
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The Committee preserves the record of Attachment 1 for one year.
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The administration office is the Investment Division which shall
preserve all the related documents of this voting process.
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Operations which handle the instruction shall preserve the
instruction documents for 10 years after the termination of the
ITM funds or the termination of the investment advisory
contracts.
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Article 8 and addendum are omitted.
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Proxy Voting Basic Policy
1.
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Basic Thought on Proxy Voting
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INVESCO makes efforts to maximize the entrusted assets in terms of fiduciary
duties in investing the funds entrusted by the trustors (investors) and the
beneficiaries.
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For the purpose of maximizing the invested assets and the value of the equities,
INVESCO always monitors the invested companies to operate appropriately as a
shareholder in the best interests of the shareholders.
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From the above point of view, INVESCO has adopted and implemented this Proxy
Voting Basic Policy and Proxy Voting Policy and Procedure to fulfill the proxy
voting rights properly.
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In exercising the proxy voting rights, INVESCO fulfills the voting rights in the
benefits of the trustors (investors) and the beneficiaries not in the benefits of
the third parties.
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Voting Process and Structure
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INVESCO establishes the Proxy Voting Committee (referred to as Committee
thereafter) which executes the proxy voting rights.
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The Committee is composed of the chairman who is designated by Japanese
Management Committee (referred to as J-Mac thereafter) and the members appointed
by the chairman. Persons in charge of Investment Division and Legal & Compliance
Division shall be mandatory members.
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The Committee has been delegated the judgment power to execute the voting right
from the J-Mac.
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The Committee has worked out the subjects according to the pre-determined
Screening Standard in terms of benefits of the shareholders and executes the
voting rights based on the Proxy Voting Guidelines.
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The Committee is occasionally taken the advice from the outside parties
according to the Proxy Voting Guidelines.
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The Committee is held on a monthly basis and the result of the voting execution
is to be reported to J-Mac on a monthly basis at least.
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3.
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Screening Standard
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For the purpose of efficient voting execution, INVESCO implements the following screening
criteria. The companies fallen under this screening criteria shall be scrutinized according
to Voting Guidelines.
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(1)
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Quantitative Standard
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Low profit margin of operational income and recurrent income for certain periods
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Negative Net Assets/Insolvency
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3)
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Extremely High Dividend Ratios or Low Dividend Ratios
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In breach of the substantial laws or anti-social activities for the past one year
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2)
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Impairment of the interests of the shareholders for the past one year
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1)
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External Auditors Audit Report with the limited auditors opinion
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2)
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Shareholders proposals
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Proxy Voting Guidelines
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1)
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Any violation of laws and anti-social activities?
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2)
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Inappropriate disclosure which impairs the interests of shareholders?
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3)
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Enough Business Improvement Efforts?
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(2)
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Subjects on Financial Statements
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Any reasonable reasons for Interest Appropriation/Loss Disposal?
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(3)
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Amendments to Articles of Incorporations, etc.
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Any possibility of the limitation to the shareholders rights?
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(4)
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Directors/Statutory Auditors
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Appointment of the unqualified person, or inappropriate amount of payment/gifts
to the unqualified person?
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(5)
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Capital Policy/Business Policy
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Unreasonable policy in terms of maximization of the shareholders interests?
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1)
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Shareholders Proposals
Contribution to the increase of the shareholders economic interests?
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2)
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Appointment of Auditor
Any problem of independency?
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Voting Screening Criteria & Decision Making Documents
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(Attachment 1)
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Company Name:
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Year
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Month
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Screening Criteria/Quantitative Criteria (consolidated or (single))
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Yes
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No
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Consecutive unprofitable settlements for the past 3 years
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Consecutive Non dividend payments for the past 3 years
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Operational loss for the most recent fiscal year
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Negative net assets for the most recent fiscal year
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Less than 10%
or
more than 100% of the dividend ratios for
the most recent fiscal year
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Screening Criteria/Qualitative Criteria
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Yes
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No
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Substantial breach of the
laws/anti-social
activities for the past
one year
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If Yes, describe the content of the breach of the law/anti-social activities:
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Others, especially, any
impairment of the value
of the shareholders for
the past one year
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If Yes, describe the content of the impairment of the value of shareholders:
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Others
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Yes
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No
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External Auditors report with the limited auditors opinion
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Shareholders proposal
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Person in charge of equities investment
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Initial
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Signature
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If all Nos → No objection to the agenda of the shareholders meeting
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If one or more Yes ↓ (Person in charge of equities investment shall fill
out the blanks below and forward to the Committee)
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Proposal on Voting Execution
Reason for judgment
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Chairman
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For
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Against
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Initial
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Signature
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Member
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Against
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Initial
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Signature
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Member
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Against
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Initial
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Signature
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Member
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Against
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Initial
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Member
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(Attachment 2)
Proxy Voting Guidelines
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Purport of Guidelines
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Pursuant to Article 2 of Proxy Voting Policy and Procedure, INVESCO has adopted and implemented
the following guidelines and hereby scrutinizes and decides the subjects one by one in light of
the guidelines.
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2.
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Guidelines
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1)
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Any violation of laws and anti-social activities?
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To scrutinize and judge respectively the substantial impact over the companys
business operations by the above subjects or the impairment of the shareholders
economic value.
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2)
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Inappropriate disclosure which impairs the interests of shareholders?
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To scrutinize and judge respectively the potential impairment of the
shareholders economic value.
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3)
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Enough Business Improvement Efforts?
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Although the continuous extremely unprofitable and the extremely bad
performance, the management is in short of business improvement efforts. To
scrutinize and judge respectively the cases.
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(2)
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Subjects on Financial Statements
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1)
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Interest Appropriation Plan
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(1)
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Interest Appropriation Plan (Dividends)
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To basically approve unless the extremely overpayment or minimum payment of
the dividends
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(2)
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Interest Appropriation Plan (Bonus payment to corporate officers
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To basically agree but in case where the extremely unprofitable, for
example, the consecutive unprofitable and no dividend payments or it is apparent of
the impairment of the shareholders value, to request to decrease the amount or no
bonus payment pay the bonus to the corporate officers without prior assessment.
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To scrutinize and judge respectively
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(3)
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Amendments to Articles of Incorporation, etc.
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1)
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Company Name Change/Address Change, etc.
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2)
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Change of Purpose/Method of Public Announcement
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3)
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Change of Business Operations, etc.
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4)
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Change of Stipulations on Shareholders/Shareholders Meeting
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5)
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Change of Stipulations on Directors/Board of Directors/Statutory Auditors
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To basically approve however, in case of the possibility of the limitation to
the shareholders rights, to judge respectively
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Subjects on Corporate Organization
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1)
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Composition of Board of Directors Meeting, etc
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To basically approve the introduction of Committee Installation Company or
Substantial Asset Control Institution
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To basically approve the introduction of the corporate officer institution.
Provided, however, that in case where all directors are concurrent with those committee
members and the institutions, to basically disagree. In case of the above introduction,
to basically disapprove to the decrease of the board members or adjustment of the
remuneration.
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2)
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Appointment of Directors
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To basically disagree in case where the increase of the board members which is
deemed to be overstaffed and no explanatory comments on the increase. In case of 21 or
more board members, to respectively judge.
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To basically disagree the re-appointment of the existing directors in case where
the consecutive unprofitable settlements for the past 3 years and the consecutive 3 year
no dividend payments, or the consecutive decrease in the net profits for the past 5
years.
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To basically disagree the re-appointment of the existing directors in case where
the scandal of the breach of the laws and the anti-social activities occurred and caused
the substantial impact over the business operations during his/her assignment.
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3)
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Appointment of Outside Directors
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To basically agree after the confirmation of its independency based on the
information obtained from the possible data sources.
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To basically disagree the decrease in number.
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To basically disagree the job concurrence of the competitors CEO, COO, CFO
or
concurrence of the outside directors of 4 or more companies.
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To basically disagree in case of no-independence of the company
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To basically disagree the extension of the board of directors term.
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4)
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Appointment of Statutory Auditors
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To basically disagree the appointment of the candidate who is appointed as a
director and a statutory auditor by turns.
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To basically disagree the re-appointment of the existing directors in case where
the scandal of the breach of the laws and the anti-social activities occurred and caused
the substantial impact over the business operations during his/her assignment.
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5)
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Appointment of Outside Statutory Auditors
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To basically disagree in case where the outside statutory auditor is not
actually the outside auditor (the officer or employee of the parent company, etc.)
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To basically disagree in case where the reason of the decrease in the number is
not clearly described.
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To basically agree in case where the introduction of the Statutory Auditor
Appointment Committee which includes plural outside statutory auditors.
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Officer Remuneration/officer Retirement Allowances
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To basically disagree the amendment of the officer remuneration (unless the
decrease in amount or no payment) in case where the consecutive unprofitable settlements
for the past 3 years and the consecutive 3 year no dividend payments, or the consecutive
decrease in the net profits for the past 5 years.
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To basically disagree and scrutinize respectively in case where no sufficient
explanation of the substantial increase (10% or more per head), or no decrease of the
remuneration amount if the number of the officers decrease.
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2)
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Officer Retirement Allowance
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To basically approve
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To basically disapprove in case where the payment of the allowance to the
outside statutory auditors and the outside directors.
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To basically disapprove in case where the officer resigned or retired during
his/her assignment due to the scandal of the breach of the laws and the anti-social
activities.
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To basically disagree in case where the consecutive unprofitable settlements for
the past 3 years and the consecutive 3 year no dividend payments, or the consecutive
decrease in the net profits for the past 5 years.
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2.
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Capital Policy/Business Policy
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1)
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Acquisition of Own shares
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To basically approve
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To basically approve the disposition of the own sharers if the disposition ratio
of less than 10% of the total issued shares and the shareholders equities. In case of
10% or more, to respectively scrutinize.
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To basically disagree in case where the future growth of the business might be
substantially decreased.
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3)
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Increase of the authorized capital
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To basically disagree in case of the substantial increase of the authorized
capital taking into consideration the dilution of the voting right (10% or more) and
incentive.
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Granting of the stock options to Directors, Statutory Auditors and Employees
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To basically approve
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To basically disagree in case where the substantial dilution of the value of the
stocks (the potential dilution ration is to increase 5% of the total issued stock
number) will occur and accordingly decrease of the shareholders interests.
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To basically disagree in case where the exercise price is deviated by 10% or
more from the market value as of the fiscal year-end
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To basically disagree the decrease of the exercise price (re-pricing)
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To basically disagree in case where the exercise term remains less than 1 year.
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To basically disagree in case the scope of the option granted objectives
(transaction counterparties) is not so closely connected with the better performance.
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Mergers and Acquisitions
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To basically disagree in case where the terms and conditions are not
advantageous and there is no assessment base by the thirdparty.
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To basically disagree in case where the content of the mergers and acquisitions
can not be deemed to be reasonable in comparison with the business strategy.
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Business Transfer/Acceptance
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To basically disagree in case where the content of the mergers and acquisitions
can not be deemed to be reasonable and extremely unprofitable in comparison with the
business strategy.
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Capital Increase by the allocation to the thirdparties
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To basically analyze on a case by case basis
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Provided, however, that to basically approve in case where the companies under
the financial difficulties executes as the restructuring of the business.
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Appointment of Accountant
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To basically approve
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To basically disapprove on suspicion of its independency.
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To scrutinize the subjects in case where the decline of the re-appointment due
to the conflict of the audit policy.
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Shareholders proposal
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To basically analyze on a case by case basis
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The basic judgment criterion is the contribution to the increase of the
shareholders value. However, to basically disapprove in case where to maneuver as a
method to resolve the specific social and political problems.
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Proxy policy applies to the following:
Invesco Australia Limited
Proxy Voting Policy
1.
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Purpose of this Policy
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INVESCO recognises its fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests of all clients, be
they superannuation trustees, institutional clients, unit-holders in managed investment
schemes or personal investors. One way INVESCO represents its clients in matters of corporate
governance is through the proxy voting process.
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This document sets out INVESCOs policy in relation to proxy voting. It has been approved by
the INVESCO Australia Limited Board.
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Scope
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This policy applies to all INVESCO portfolios with the following exceptions:
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index or index like funds where, due to the nature of the funds, INVESCO will
generally abstain from voting;
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private client or discrete wholesale mandates, where the voting policy has been agreed
within the mandate;
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where investment management of an international fund has been delegated to an overseas
AMVESCAP or INVESCO company, proxy voting will rest with that delegated manager.
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Policy
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In accordance with industry practices and the IFSA standard on proxy voting, our policy is as
follows:
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INVESCOs overriding principle is that votes will be cast in the best economic
interests of investors.
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INVESCOs intention is to vote on all Australian Company shareholder resolutions
however it recognises that in some circumstances it would be inappropriate to vote, or
its vote may be immaterial. INVESCO will generally abstain from voting on routine
company resolutions (eg approval of financial accounts or housekeeping amendments to
Articles of Association or Constitution) unless its clients portfolios in aggregate
represent a significant proportion of the shareholdings of the company in question (a
significant proportion in this context means 5% or more of the market capitalisation of
the company).
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INVESCO will always vote on the following issues arising in company Annual General
Meetings where it has the authority to do so on behalf of clients.
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contentious issues (eg. issues of perceived national interest, or where
there has been extensive press coverage or public comment);
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employee and executive share and option schemes;
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approval of changes of substantial shareholdings;
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mergers or schemes of arrangement; and
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approval of major asset sales or purchases.
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Management agreements or mandates for individually-managed clients will provide
direction as to who has responsibility for voting.
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In the case of existing management agreements which do not contain a provision
concerning voting authority or are ambiguous on the subject, INVESCO will not vote until
clear instructions have been received from the client.
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In the case of clients who wish to place special conditions on the delegation of proxy
voting powers, INVESCO will endeavour to accommodate those clients requirements as far
as practicable, subject to any administrative obstacles or additional costs that might
arise in implementing the conditions.
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In considering proxy voting issues arising in respect of unit-holders in managed
investment schemes, INVESCO will act solely in accordance with its fiduciary
responsibility to take account of the collective interests of unit-holders in the scheme
as a whole. INVESCO cannot accept instructions from individual unit-holders as to the
exercise of proxy voting authority in a particular instance.
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In order to facilitate its proxy voting process, INVESCO may retain a professional
proxy voting service to assist with in-depth proxy research, vote execution, and the
necessary record keeping.
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Reporting and Disclosure
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A written record will be kept of the voting decision in each case, and of the reasons for each
decision (including abstentions).
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INVESCO will disclose on an annual basis, a summary of its proxy voting statistics on its
website as required by IFSA standard No. 13 Proxy Voting.
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5.
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Conflicts of Interest
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All INVESCO employees are under an obligation to be aware of the potential for conflicts of
interest with respect to voting proxies on behalf of clients.
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INVESCO acknowledges that conflicts of interest do arise and where a conflict of interest is
considered material, INVESCO will not vote until a resolution has been agreed upon and
implemented.
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Proxy policy applies
to the following:
Invesco Hong Kong Limited
Invesco Hong Kong Limited
PROXY VOTING POLICY
8 April 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction
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1. Guiding Principles
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2. Proxy Voting Authority
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3. Key Proxy Voting Issues
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4. Internal Admistration and Decision-Making Process
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5. Client Reporting
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INTRODUCTION
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This policy sets out Invescos approach to proxy voting in the context of our
broader portfolio management and client service responsibilities. It applies to
Asia related equity portfolios managed by Invesco on behalf of
individually-managed clients and pooled fund clients
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Invescos proxy voting policy is expected to evolve over time to cater for
changing circumstances or unforeseen events.
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1.1
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Invesco recognises its fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests of all
clients, be they retirement scheme trustees, institutional clients, unitholders in pooled
investment vehicles or personal investors. The application of due care and skill in
exercising shareholder responsibilities is a key aspect of this fiduciary obligation.
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1.2
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The sole objective of Invescos proxy voting policy is to promote the economic
interests of its clients. At no time will Invesco use the shareholding powers exercised
in respect of its clients investments to advance its own commercial interests, to pursue
a social or political cause that is unrelated to clients economic interests, or to favour
a particular client or other relationship to the detriment of others.
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1.3
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Invesco also recognises the broader chain of accountability that exists in the proper
governance of corporations, and the extent and limitations of the shareholders role in
that process. In particular, it is recognised that company management should ordinarily
be presumed to be best placed to conduct the commercial affairs of the enterprise
concerned, with prime accountability to the enterprises Board of Directors which is in
turn accountable to shareholders and to external regulators and exchanges. The
involvement of Invesco as an institutional shareholder will not extend to interference in
the proper exercise of Board or management responsibilities, or impede the ability of
companies to take the calculated commercial risks which are essential means of adding
value for shareholders.
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1.4
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The primary aim of the policy is to encourage a culture of performance among investee
companies, rather than one of mere conformance with a prescriptive set of rules and
constraints. Rigid adherence to a checklist approach to corporate governance issues is of
itself unlikely to promote the maximum economic performance of companies, or to cater for
circumstances in which non-compliance with a checklist is appropriate or unavoidable.
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1.5
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Invesco considers that proxy voting rights are an asset which should be managed with
the same care as any other asset managed on behalf of its clients.
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2.
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PROXY VOTING AUTHORITY
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2.1
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An important dimension of Invescos approach to corporate governance is the exercise
of proxy voting authority at the Annual General Meetings or other decision-making forums
of companies in which we manage investments on behalf of clients.
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2.2
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An initial issue to consider in framing a proxy voting policy is the question of
where discretion to exercise voting power should rest with Invesco as the investment
manager, or with each individual client? Under the first alternative, Invescos role
would be both to make voting decisions on clients behalf and to implement those
decisions. Under the second alternative, Invesco would either have no role to play, or
its role would be limited solely to implementing voting decisions under instructions from
our clients.
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2.3
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In addressing this issue, it is necessary to distinguish the different legal
structures and fiduciary relationships which exist as between individually-managed
clients, who hold investments directly on their own accounts, and pooled fund clients,
whose investments are held indirectly under a trust structure.
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2.4
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Individually-Managed Clients
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2.4.1
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As a matter of general policy, Invesco believes that unless a clients mandate gives
specific instructions to the contrary, discretion to exercise votes should normally rest
with the investment manager, provided that the discretion is always exercised in the
clients interests alone.
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2.4.2
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The reason for this position is that Invesco believes that, with its dedicated
research resources and ongoing monitoring of companies, an investment manager is usually
better placed to identify issues upon which a vote is necessary or desirable. We believe
it is also more practical that voting discretion rests with the party that has the
authority to buy and sell shares, which is essentially what investment managers have been
engaged to do on behalf of their clients.
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2.4.3
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In cases where voting authority is delegated by an individually-managed client,
Invesco recognises its responsibility to be accountable for the decisions it makes. If a
client requires, an appropriate reporting mechanism will be put in place.
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2.4.4
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While it is envisaged that the above arrangements will be acceptable in the majority
of cases, it is recognised that some individually-managed clients will wish to retain
voting authority for themselves, or to place conditions on the circumstances in which it
can be exercised by investment managers. In practice, it is believed that this option is
generally only likely to arise with relatively large clients such as trustees of major
superannuation funds or statutory corporations which have the resources to develop their
own policies and to supervise their implementation by investment managers and custodians.
In particular, clients who have multiple equity managers and utilise a master custody
arrangement may be more likely to consider retaining voting authority in order to ensure
consistency of approach across their total portfolio.
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2.4.5
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In any event, whatever decision is taken as to where voting authority should lie,
Invesco believes that the matter should be explicitly covered by the terms of the
investment management agreement and clearly understood by the respective parties.
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2.4.6
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Accordingly, Invesco will pursue the following policies with respect to the exercise
of proxy voting authority for individually-managed clients:
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Individually-Managed Clients
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Unless an individually-managed client wishes to retain proxy voting authority, Invesco
will assume proxy voting authority by way of delegation from the client, provided that
the allocation of proxy voting responsibility is clearly set out in the investment
management agreement.
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In the case of clients who wish to place special conditions on the delegation of proxy
voting powers, Invesco will endeavour to accommodate those clients requirements as far
as practicable, subject to any administrative obstacles or additional costs that might
arise in implementing the conditions.
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2.5
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Pooled Fund Clients
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2.5.1
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The legal relationship between an investment manager and its pooled fund clients is
different in a number of important respects from that applying to individually-managed
clients. These differences have a bearing on how proxy voting authority is exercised on
behalf of pooled fund clients.
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2.5.2
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These legal relationships essentially mean that the manager is required to act
solely in the collective interests of unitholders at large rather than as a direct agent
or delegate of each unitholder. On the issue of proxy voting, as with all other aspects
of our client relationships, Invesco will naturally continue to be receptive to any views
and concerns raised by its pooled fund clients. However, the legal relationship that
exists means it is not possible for the manager to accept instructions from a particular
pooled fund client as to how to exercise proxy voting authority in a particular instance.
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2.5.3
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As in the case of individually-managed clients who delegate their proxy voting
authority, Invescos accountability to pooled fund clients in exercising its fiduciary
responsibilities is best addressed as part of the managers broader client relationship
and reporting responsibilities.
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2.5.4
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Accordingly, Invesco will pursue the following policies with respect to the exercise
of proxy voting authority for pooled fund clients:
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PROXY VOTING AUTHORITY
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Pooled Fund Clients
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In considering proxy voting issues arising in respect of pooled fund shareholdings,
Invesco will act solely in accordance with its fiduciary responsibility to take account
of the collective interests of unitholders in the pooled fund as a whole.
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Invesco cannot accept instructions from individual unitholders as to the exercise of
proxy voting authority in a particular instance.
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KEY PROXY VOTING ISSUES
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3.1
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This section outlines Invescos intended approach in cases where proxy voting
authority is being exercised on clients behalf.
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3.2
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Invesco will vote on all material issues at all company meetings where it has the
voting authority and responsibility to do so. We will not announce our voting intentions
and the reasons behind them.
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3.3
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Invesco applies two underlying principles. First, our interpretation of material
voting issues is confined to those issues which affect the value of shares we hold on
behalf of clients and the rights of shareholders to an equal voice in influencing the
affairs of companies in proportion to their shareholdings. We do not consider it
appropriate to use shareholder powers for reasons other than the pursuit of these economic
interests. Second, we believe that a critical factor in the development of an optimal
corporate governance policy is the need to avoid unduly diverting resources from our
primary responsibilities to add value to our clients portfolios through investment
performance and client service.
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3.4
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In order to expand upon these principles, Invesco believes it is necessary to
consider the role of proxy voting policy in the context of broader portfolio management
and administrative issues which apply to our investment management business as a whole.
These are discussed as follows.
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3.5
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Portfolio Management Issues Active Equity Portfolios
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3.5.1
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While recognising in general terms that issues concerning corporate governance
practices can have a significant bearing on the financial performance of companies, the
primary criterion for the selection and retention of a particular stock in active equity
portfolios remains our judgment that the stock will deliver superior investment
performance for our clients, based on our investment themes and market analysis.
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3.5.2
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In view of these dynamics, Invesco does not consider it feasible or desirable to
prescribe in advance comprehensive guidelines as to how it will exercise proxy voting
authority in all circumstances. The primary aim of Invescos approach to corporate
governance is to encourage a culture of performance among the companies in which we manage
investments in order to add value to our clients portfolios, rather than one of mere
conformance with a prescriptive set of rules and constraints.
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3.5.3
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Nevertheless, Invesco has identified a limited range of issues upon which it will
always exercise proxy voting authority either to register disapproval of management
proposals or to demonstrate support for company initiatives through positive use of voting
powers. These issues are outlined as follows:
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KEY VOTING ISSUES
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Major Corporate Proposals
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Invesco will always vote on the following issues arising in company General Meetings
where it has the authority to do so on behalf of clients.
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contentious issues (eg. issues of perceived national interest, or where there has
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been extensive press coverage or public comment);
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approval of changes of substantial shareholdings;
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mergers or schemes of arrangement; and
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approval of major asset sales or purchases.
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As a general rule, Invesco will vote against any actions that will reduce the rights or
options of shareholders, reduce shareholder influence over the board of directors and
management, reduce the alignment of interests between management and shareholders, or
reduce the value of shareholders investments, unless balanced by reasonable increase
in net worth of the shareholding.
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Where appropriate, Invesco will also use voting powers to influence companies to adopt
generally accepted best corporate governance practices in areas such as board
composition, disclosure policies and the other areas of recommended corporate
governance practice.
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Invescos approach to significant proxy voting issues which fall outside these areas
will be addressed on their merits.
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3.6
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Administrative Issues
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3.6.1
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In addition to the portfolio management issues outlined above, Invescos proxy
voting policy also takes account of administrative and cost implications, together with
the size of our holdings as compared to the issue size, involved in the exercise of proxy
voting authority on our clients behalf.
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3.6.2
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There are practical constraints to the implementation of proxy voting decisions.
Proxy voting is a highly seasonal activity, with most company Annual General Meetings
being collapsed into a few months, with short deadlines for the distribution and return of
notice papers, multiple resolutions from multiple companies being considered
simultaneously, and under a legal system which is essentially dependent upon paper-based
communication and record-keeping.
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3.6.3
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In addition, for investment managers such as Invesco who do not invest as
principals and who consequently do not appear directly on the share registers of
companies, all of these communications are channelled through external custodians, among
whom there is in turn a considerable variation in the nature and quality of systems to
deal with the flow of information.
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3.6.4
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While Invesco has the systems in place to efficiently implement proxy voting
decisions when required, it can be seen that administrative and cost considerations by
necessity play an important role in the application of a responsible proxy voting policy.
This is particularly so bearing in mind the extremely limited time period within which
voting decisions must often be made and implemented (which can in practice be as little as
a few days). This factor also explains why Invesco resists any suggestion that there
should be compulsory proxy voting on all issues, as in our view this would only increase
the costs to be borne by our clients with very little practical improvement in corporate
performance in most cases.
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3.6.5
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These administrative constraints are further highlighted by the fact that many
issues on which shareholders are in practice asked to vote are routine matters relating to
the ongoing administration of the company eg. approval of financial accounts or
housekeeping amendments to Articles of Association. Generally in such cases, we will be
in favour of the motion as most companies take seriously their duties and are acting in
the best interests of shareholders. However, the actual casting of a yes vote on all
such resolutions in our view would entail an unreasonable administrative workload and
cost.
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3.6.6
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Accordingly, Invesco believes that an important consideration in the framing of a
proxy voting policy is the need to avoid unduly diverting resources from our primary
responsibilities to add value to our clients investments through portfolio management and
client service. The policies outlined below have been prepared on this basis.
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KEY PROXY VOTING ISSUES
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Administrative Constraints
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In view of the administrative constraints and costs involved in the
exercise of proxy voting powers, Invesco may (depending on circumstances) not
exercise its voting right unless its clients portfolios in aggregate represent a
significant proportion of the shareholdings of the company in question.
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A significant proportion in this context means 5% or more of the market capitalisation
of the company.
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INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION & DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
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4.1
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The following diagram illustrates the procedures adopted by Invesco for the
administration of proxy voting:
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4.2
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As shown by the diagram, a central administrative role is performed by our
Settlement Team, located within the Client Administration section. The initial role of
the Settlement Team is to receive company notice papers via the range of custodians who
hold shares on behalf of our clients, to ascertain which client portfolios hold the
stock, and to initiate the decision-making process by distributing the company notice
papers to the Primary Investment Manager responsible for the company in question.
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4.3
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A voting decision on each company resolution (whether a yes or no vote, or a
recommended abstention) is made by the Primary Investment Manager responsible for the
company in question. Invesco believes that this approach is preferable to the
appointment of a committee with responsibility for handling voting issues across all
companies, as it takes advantage of the expertise of individuals whose professional
lives are occupied by analysing particular companies and sectors, and who are familiar
with the issues facing particular companies through their regular company visits.
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4.4
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Moreover, the Primary Equity Manager has overall responsibility for the relevant
market and this ensures that similar issues which arise in different companies are
handled in a consistent way across the relevant market.
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4.5
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The voting decision is then documented and passed back to the Settlement Team,
who issue the voting instructions to each custodian in advance of the closing date for
receipt of proxies by the company. At the same time, the Settlement Team logs all proxy
voting activities for record keeping or client reporting purposes.
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4.6
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A key task in administering the overall process is the capture and dissemination
of data from companies and custodians within a time frame that makes exercising votes
feasible in practice. This applies particularly during the company Annual General
Meeting season, when there are typically a large number of proxy voting issues under
consideration simultaneously. Invesco has no control over the former dependency and
Invescos ability to influence a custodians service levels are limited in the case of
individually-managed clients, where the custodian is answerable to the client.
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4.7
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The following policy commitments are implicit in these administrative and
decision-making processes:
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INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
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Invesco will consider all resolutions put forward in the Annual General Meetings or
other decision-making forums of all companies in which investments are held on behalf
of clients, where it has the authority to exercise voting powers. This consideration
will occur in the context of our policy on Key Voting Issues outlined in Section 3.
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The voting decision will be made by the Primary Investment Manager responsible for the
market in question.
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A written record will be kept of the voting decision in each case, and in case of an
opposing vote, the reason/comment for the decision.
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Voting instructions will be issued to custodians as far as practicable in advance of
the deadline for receipt of proxies by the company. Invesco will monitor the
efficiency with which custodians implement voting instructions on clients behalf.
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Invescos ability to exercise proxy voting authority is dependent on timely receipt of
notification from the relevant custodians.
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5.1
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Invesco will keep records of its proxy voting activities.
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5.2
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Upon client request, Invesco will regularly report back to the client on proxy
voting activities for investments owned by the client.
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5.2
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The following points summarise Invescos policy commitments on the reporting of
proxy voting activities to clients (other than in cases where specific forms of client
reporting are specified in the clients mandate):
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CLIENT REPORTING
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Where proxy voting authority is being exercised on a clients behalf, a statistical
summary of voting activity will be provided on request as part of the clients regular
quarterly report.
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Invesco will provide more detailed information on particular proxy voting issues in
response to requests from clients wherever possible.
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Proxy policy applies to the following:
Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.
Invesco Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc.
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.
PROXY VOTING POLICIES
AND
PROCEDURES
March, 2009
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GENERAL POLICY
Each of Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc. its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and Invesco
Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc. (collectively, Invesco), has responsibility for making
investment decisions that are in the best interests of its clients. As part of the investment
management services it provides to clients, Invesco may be authorized by clients to vote proxies
appurtenant to the shares for which the clients are beneficial owners.
Invesco believes that it has a duty to manage clients assets in the best economic interests
of its clients and that the ability to vote proxies is a client asset.
Invesco reserves the right to amend its proxy policies and procedures from time to time
without prior notice to its clients.
PROXY VOTING POLICIES
Voting of Proxies
Invesco will vote client proxies relating to equity securities in accordance with the
procedures set forth below unless a non-ERISA client retains in writing the right to vote, the
named fiduciary (e.g., the plan sponsor) of an ERISA client retains in writing the right to direct
the plan trustee or a third party to vote proxies, or Invesco determines that any benefit the
client might gain from voting a proxy would be outweighed by the costs associated therewith. In
addition, due to the distinct nature of proxy voting for interests in fixed income assets and
stable value wrap agreements, the proxies for such fixed income assets and stable value wrap
agreements will be voted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Proxy Voting for Fixed
Income Assets and Stable Value Wrap Agreements section below.
Best Economic Interests of Clients
In voting proxies, Invesco will take into consideration those factors that may affect the
value of the security and will vote proxies in a manner in which, in its opinion, is in the best
economic interests of clients. Invesco endeavors to resolve any conflicts of interest exclusively
in the best economic interests of clients.
RiskMetrics Services
Invesco has contracted with RiskMetrics Group (RiskMetrics, formerly known as ISS), an
independent third party service provider, to vote Invescos clients proxies according to
RiskMetrics proxy voting recommendations determined by RiskMetrics pursuant to its then-current US
Proxy Voting Guidelines, a summary of which can be found at http://www.riskmetrics.com and which
are deemed to be incorporated herein. In addition, RiskMetrics will provide proxy analyses, vote
recommendations, vote execution and record-keeping services for clients for which Invesco has proxy
voting responsibility. On an annual basis, the Proxy Voting Committee will review information
obtained from RiskMetrics to ascertain whether RiskMetrics (i) has the capacity and competency to
adequately analyze proxy issues, and (ii) can make such recommendations in an impartial manner and
in the best economic interests of Invescos clients. This may include a review of RiskMetrics
Policies, Procedures and Practices Regarding Potential Conflicts of Interest and obtaining
information about the work RiskMetrics does for corporate issuers and the payments RiskMetrics
receives from such issuers.
Custodians forward to RiskMetrics proxy materials for clients who rely on Invesco to vote
proxies. RiskMetrics is responsible for exercising the voting rights in accordance with the
RiskMetrics proxy voting guidelines. If Invesco receives proxy materials in connection with a
clients account where the client has, in writing, communicated to Invesco that the client, plan
fiduciary or other third party has reserved the right to vote proxies, Invesco will forward to the
party appointed by client any proxy materials it receives with respect to the account. In order to
avoid voting proxies in circumstances where Invesco, or any of its affiliates have or may have any
conflict of interest, real or perceived, Invesco has engaged RiskMetrics to provide the proxy
analyses, vote recommendations and voting of proxies.
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In the event that (i) RiskMetrics recuses itself on a proxy voting matter and makes no
recommendation or (ii) Invesco decides to override the RiskMetrics vote recommendation, the Proxy
Committee will review the issue and direct RiskMetrics how to vote the proxies as described below.
Proxy Voting for Fixed Income Assets and Stable Value Wrap Agreements
Some of Invescos fixed income clients hold interests in preferred stock of companies and some
of Invescos stable value clients are parties to wrap agreements. From time to time, companies
that have issued preferred stock or that are parties to wrap agreements request that Invescos
clients vote proxies on particular matters. RiskMetrics does not currently provide proxy analysis
or vote recommendations with respect to such proxy votes. Therefore, when a particular matter
arises in this category, the investment team responsible for the particular mandate will review the
matter and make a recommendation to the Proxy Manager as to how to vote the associated proxy. The
Proxy Manager will complete the proxy ballots and send the ballots to the persons or entities
identified in the ballots.
Proxy Committee
The Proxy Committee shall have seven (7) members, which shall include representatives from
portfolio management, operations, and legal/compliance or other functional departments as deemed
appropriate and who are knowledgeable regarding the proxy process. A majority of the members of
the Proxy Committee shall constitute a quorum and the Proxy Committee shall act by a majority vote
of those members in attendance at a meeting called for the purpose of determining how to vote a
particular proxy. The Proxy Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings that shall be kept with
the proxy voting records of Invesco. The Proxy Committee will appoint a Proxy Manager to manage
the proxy voting process, which includes the voting of proxies and the maintenance of appropriate
records.
The Proxy Manager shall call for a meeting of the Proxy Committee (1) when override
submissions are made; and (2) in instances when RiskMetrics has recused itself or has not provided
a vote recommendation with respect to an equity security. At such meeting, the Proxy Committee
shall determine how proxies are to be voted in accordance with the factors set forth in the section
entitled Best Economic Interests of Clients, above.
The Proxy Committee also is responsible for monitoring adherence to these procedures,
evaluating industry trends in proxy voting and engaging in the annual review described in the
section entitled RiskMetrics Services, above.
Recusal by RiskMetrics or Failure of RiskMetrics to Make a Recommendation
When RiskMetrics does not make a recommendation on a proxy voting issue or recuses itself due
to a conflict of interest, the Proxy Committee will review the issue and determine whether Invesco
has a material conflict of interest as determined pursuant to the policies and procedures outlined
in the Conflicts of Interest section below. If Invesco determines it does not have a material
conflict of interest, Invesco will direct RiskMetrics how to vote the proxies. If Invesco
determines it does have a material conflict of interest, the Proxy Committee will follow the
policies and procedures set forth in such section.
Override of RiskMetrics Recommendation
There may be occasions where Invesco investment personnel, senior officers or a member of the
Proxy Committee seek to override a RiskMetrics recommendation if they believe that a RiskMetrics
recommendation is not in accordance with the best economic interests of clients. In the event that
an individual listed above in this section disagrees with a RiskMetrics recommendation on a
particular voting issue, the individual shall document in writing the reasons that he/she believes
that the RiskMetrics recommendation is not in accordance with clients best economic interests and
submit such written documentation to the Proxy Manager for consideration by the Proxy Committee
along with the certification attached as Appendix A hereto. Upon review of the documentation and
consultation with the individual and others as the Proxy Committee deems appropriate, the Proxy
Committee may make a determination to override the RiskMetrics voting recommendation if the
Committee determines that it is in the best economic interests of clients and the Committee has
addressed any conflict of interest.
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Proxy Committee Meetings
When a Proxy Committee Meeting is called, whether because of a RiskMetrics recusal or request
for override of a RiskMetrics recommendation, the Proxy Committee shall request from the Chief
Compliance Officer as to whether any Invesco person has reported a conflict of interest.
The Proxy Committee shall review the report from the Chief Compliance Officer to determine
whether a real or perceived conflict of interest exists, and the minutes of the Proxy Committee
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include confirmation that the recommendation as to how the proxies are to be
voted is in the best economic interests of clients and was made without regard to any
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Based on the above review and determinations, the Proxy Committee will direct RiskMetrics how
to vote the proxies as provided herein.
Certain Proxy Votes May Not Be Cast
In some cases, Invesco may determine that it is not in the best economic interests of clients
to vote proxies. For example, proxy voting in certain countries outside the United States requires
share blocking. Shareholders who wish to vote their proxies must deposit their shares 7 to 21
days before the date of the meeting with a designated depositary. During the blocked period,
shares to be voted at the meeting cannot be sold until the meeting has taken place and the shares
have been returned to the Custodian/Sub-Custodian bank. In addition, voting certain international
securities may involve unusual costs to clients, some of which may be related to requirements of
having a representative in person attend the proxy meeting. In other cases, it may not be possible
to vote certain proxies despite good faith efforts to do so, for instance when inadequate notice of
the matter is provided. In the instance of loan securities, voting of proxies typically requires
termination of the loan, so it is not usually in the best economic interests of clients to vote
proxies on loaned securities. Invesco typically will not, but reserves the right to, vote where
share blocking restrictions, unusual costs or other barriers to efficient voting apply. Invesco
will not vote if it determines that the cost of voting exceeds the expected benefit to the client.
The Proxy Manager shall record the reason for any proxy not being voted, which record shall be kept
with the proxy voting records of Invesco.
Proxy Voting Records
The proxy voting statements and records will be maintained by the Proxy Manager on-site (or
accessible via an electronic storage site of RiskMetrics) for the first two (2) years. Copies of
the proxy voting statements and records will be maintained for an additional five (5) years by
Invesco (or will be accessible via an electronic storage site of RiskMetrics). Clients may obtain
information about how Invesco voted proxies on their behalf by contacting their client services
representative. Alternatively, clients may make a written request for proxy voting information to:
Proxy Manager, 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Procedures to Address Conflicts of Interest and Improper Influence
In order to avoid voting proxies in circumstances where Invesco or any of its affiliates have
or may have any conflict of interest, real or perceived, Invesco has contracted with RiskMetrics to
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analyses, vote recommendations and voting of proxies. Unless noted otherwise by RiskMetrics, each
vote recommendation provided by RiskMetrics to Invesco shall include a representation from
RiskMetrics that RiskMetrics has no conflict of interest with respect to the vote. In instances
where RiskMetrics has recused itself or makes no recommendation on a particular matter, or if an
override submission is requested, the Proxy Committee shall determine how the proxy is to be voted
and instruct the Proxy Manager accordingly, in which case the conflict of interest provisions
discussed below shall apply.
In effecting the policy of voting proxies in the best economic interests of clients, there may
be occasions where the voting of such proxies may present a real or perceived conflict of interest
between Invesco, as the investment manager, and Invescos clients. For each director, officer and
employee of Invesco (Invesco person), the interests of Invescos clients must come first, ahead
of the interest of Invesco and any Invesco person, including Invescos affiliates. Accordingly, no
Invesco person may put personal benefit, whether tangible or intangible, before the interests of
clients of Invesco or otherwise take advantage of the relationship with Invescos clients.
Personal benefit includes any intended benefit for oneself or any other individual, company,
group or organization of any kind whatsoever, except a benefit for a client of Invesco, as
appropriate. It is imperative that each Invesco person avoid any situation that might compromise,
or call into question, the exercise of fully independent judgment that is in the interests of
Invescos clients.
Occasions may arise where a person or organization involved in the proxy voting process may
have a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest may exist if Invesco has a business
relationship with (or is actively soliciting business from) either the company soliciting the proxy
or a third party that has a material interest in the outcome of a proxy vote or that is actively
lobbying for a particular outcome of a proxy vote. Additional examples of situations where a
conflict may exist include:
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group, manages pension assets or is actively soliciting any such business, or leases
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other proponents of proxy proposals, participants in proxy contests, corporate
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relating to a company (e.g. a spouse or other relative who serves as a director of a
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In the event that the Proxy Committee determines that Invesco (or an affiliate) has a material
conflict of interest, the Proxy Committee will not take into consideration the relationship giving
rise to the conflict of interest and shall, in its sole discretion, either (a) decide to vote the
proxies pursuant to RiskMetrics general proxy voting guidelines, (b) engage an independent third
party to provide a vote recommendation, or (c) contact Invescos client(s) for direction as to how
to vote the proxies.
In the event an Invesco person has a conflict of interest and has knowledge of such conflict
of interest, it is the responsibility of such Invesco person to disclose the conflict to the Chief
Compliance Officer. When a Proxy Committee meeting is called, the Chief Compliance Officer will
report to the Proxy Committee all real or potential conflicts of interest for the Proxy Committee
to review and determine whether such conflict is material. If the Proxy Committee determines that
such conflict is material and involves a person involved in the proxy voting process, the Proxy
Committee may require such person to recuse himself or herself from participating in the
discussions regarding the proxy vote item and from casting a vote regarding how Invesco should vote
such proxy. An Invesco person will not be considered to have a material conflict of interest if
the Invesco person did not know of the conflict of interest and did not attempt to influence the
outcome of a proxy vote.
In order to ensure compliance with these procedures, the Proxy Manager and each member of the
Proxy Committee shall certify annually as to their compliance with this policy. In addition, any
Invesco person who submits a RiskMetrics override recommendation to the Proxy Committee shall
certify as to their compliance with this policy concurrently with the submission of their override
recommendation. A form of such certification is attached as Appendix A hereto.
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In addition, members of the Proxy Committee must notify Invescos Chief Compliance Officer,
with impunity and without fear of retribution or retaliation, of any direct, indirect or perceived
improper influence exerted by any Invesco person or by an affiliated companys representatives with
regard to how Invesco should vote proxies. The Chief Compliance Officer will investigate the
allegations and will report his or her findings to the Invesco Risk Management Committee. In the
event that it is determined that improper influence was exerted, the Risk Management Committee will
determine the appropriate action to take, which actions may include, but are not limited to,
(1) notifying the affiliated companys Chief Executive Officer, its Management Committee or Board
of Directors, (2) taking remedial action, if necessary, to correct the result of any improper
influence where clients have been harmed, or (3) notifying the appropriate regulatory agencies of
the improper influence and cooperating fully with these regulatory agencies as required. In all
cases, the Proxy Committee shall not take into consideration the improper influence in determining
how to vote proxies and will vote proxies solely in the best economic interests of clients.
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APPENDIX A
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CERTIFICATION
I acknowledge that I have read the Invesco Proxy Voting Policy (a copy of which has been
supplied to me, which I will retain for future reference) and agree to comply in all respects with
the terms and provisions thereof. I have disclosed or reported all real or potential conflicts of
interest to the Invesco Chief Compliance Officer and will continue to do so as matters arise. I
have complied with all provisions of this Policy.
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Proxy Voting
Policy Number: B-6 Effective Date: May 1, 2001 Revision Date: January 2009
Purpose and Background
In its trusteeship and management of mutual funds, Invesco Trimark acts as fiduciary to the
unitholders and must act in their best interests.
Application
Invesco Trimark will make every effort to exercise all voting rights with respect to securities
held in the mutual funds that it manages in Canada or to which it provides sub-advisory services,
including a Fund registered under and governed by the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the US Funds) (collectively, the Funds). Proxies for the funds distributed by Invesco Trimark
and managed by an affiliate or a third party (a Sub-Advisor) will be voted in accordance with the
Sub-Advisors policy, unless the sub-advisory agreement provides otherwise.
The portfolio managers have responsibility for exercising all proxy votes and in doing so, for
acting in the best interest of the Fund. Portfolio managers must vote proxies in accordance with
the Invesco Trimark Proxy Voting Guidelines (the Guidelines), as amended from time to time, a copy
of which is attached to this policy.
When a proxy is voted against the recommendation of the publicly traded companys Board, the
portfolio manager will provide to the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) or designate the reasons in
writing for any vote in opposition to managements recommendation.
Invesco Trimark may delegate to a third party the responsibility to vote proxies on behalf of all
or certain Funds, in accordance with the Guidelines.
Records Management
The Invesco Trimark Investment Operations department will endeavour to ensure that all proxies and
notices are received from all issuers on a timely basis, and will maintain for all Funds:
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a copy of the reasons for voting against management; and for the US
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to making a decision how to vote proxies on behalf of a U.S. Fund and that
memorializes the basis of that decision.
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Invesco Trimark has a dedicated person ( Administrator) who manages all proxy voting materials.
Proxy voting circulars for all companies are received electronically through an external service
provider. Circulars for North American companies and ADRs are generally also received in paper
format.
Once a circular is received, the Administrator verifies that all shares and Funds affected are
correctly listed. The Administrator then gives a copy of the proxy ballot to each affected
portfolio manager and maintains a tracking list to ensure that all proxies are voted within the
prescribed deadlines.
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Once voting information has been received from the portfolio managers, voting instructions are sent
electronically to the service provider who then forwards the instructions to the appropriate proxy
voting agent or transfer agent. The external service provider retains on behalf of Invesco Trimark
a record of the votes cast and agrees to provide Invesco Trimark with a copy of proxy records
promptly upon request.
The service provider must make all documents available to Invesco Trimark for a period of 7 years.
In the event that Invesco Trimark ceases to use an external service provider, all documents would
be maintained and preserved in an easily accessible place i) for a period of 2 years where Invesco
Trimark carries on business in Canada and ii) for a period of 5 years thereafter at the same
location or at any other location.
Reporting
The CIO will report on proxy voting to the Fund Boards on an annual basis with respect to all funds
managed in Canada or distributed by Invesco Trimark and managed by a Sub-Advisor. The CIO will
report on proxy voting to the Board of Directors of the US Funds as required from time to time.
In accordance with National Instrument 81-106 (NI 81-106), proxy voting records for all Canadian
mutual funds for years ending June 30
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are posted on Invesco Trimarks website no later
than August 31
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of each year.
The Invesco Trimark Compliance department will review the proxy voting records held by Invesco
Trimark on an annual basis to confirm that proxy voting records are posted by the August
31
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deadline under NI 81-106. A summary of the review will be retained onsite for 2
years and thereafter offsite for 5 years with a designated records maintenance firm.
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INVESCO TRIMARK
PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to describe Invesco Trimarks general guidelines for voting proxies
received from companies held in Invesco Trimarks Toronto-based funds. Proxy voting for the funds
managed on behalf of Invesco Trimark on a sub-advised basis (i.e. by other Invesco business units
or on a third party basis) are subject to the proxy voting policies & procedures of those other
entities. As part of its regular due diligence, Invesco Trimark will review the proxy voting
policies & procedures of any new sub-advisors to ensure that they are appropriate in the
circumstances.
Introduction
Invesco Trimark has the fiduciary obligation to ensure that the long-term economic best interest of
unitholders is the key consideration when voting proxies of portfolio companies.
The default is to vote with the recommendation of the publicly traded companys Board.
As a general rule, Invesco Trimark shall vote against any actions that would:
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At the same time, since Invesco Trimarks Toronto-based portfolio managers follow an investment
discipline that includes investing in companies that are believed to have strong management teams,
the portfolio managers will generally support the management of companies in which they invest, and
will accord proper weight to the positions of a companys board of directors. Therefore, in most
circumstances, votes will be cast in accordance with the recommendations of the companys board of
directors.
While Invesco Trimarks proxy voting guidelines are stated below, the portfolio managers will take
into consideration all relevant facts and circumstances (including country specific
considerations), and retain the right to vote proxies as deemed appropriate.
These guidelines may be amended from time to time.
Conflicts of Interest
When voting proxies, Invesco Trimarks portfolio managers assess whether there are material
conflicts of interest between Invesco Trimarks interests and those of unitholders. A potential
conflict of interest situation may include where Invesco Trimark or an affiliate manages assets
for, provides other financial services to, or otherwise has a material business relationship with,
a company whose management is soliciting proxies, and failure to vote in favour of management of
the company may harm Invesco Trimarks relationship with the company. In all situations, the
portfolio managers will not take Invesco Trimarks relationship with the company into account, and
will vote the proxies in the best interest of the unitholders. To the extent that a portfolio
manager has any personal conflict of interest with respect to a company or an issue presented, that
portfolio manager should abstain from voting on that company or issue. Portfolio managers are
required to report to the CIO any such conflicts of interest and/or attempts by outside parties to
improperly influence the voting process. The CIO will report any conflicts of interest to the
Trading Committee and the Independent Review Committee on an annual basis.
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I BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
We believe that a board that has at least a majority of independent directors is integral to good
corporate governance. Unless there are restrictions specific to a companys home jurisdiction, key
board committees, including audit and compensation committees, should be completely independent.
Voting on Director Nominees in Uncontested Elections
Votes in an uncontested election of directors are evaluated on a
case-by-case basis
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Voting on Director Nominees in Contested Elections
Votes in a contested election of directors are evaluated on a
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Majority Threshold Voting for Director Elections
We will generally vote for proposals that require directors to be elected with an affirmative
majority of votes cast unless the relevant portfolio manager believes that the company has adopted
formal corporate governance principles that present a meaningful alternative to the majority voting
standard and provide an adequate and timely response to both new nominees as well as incumbent
nominees who fail to receive a majority of votes cast.
Reimbursement of Proxy Solicitation Expenses
Decisions to provide reimbursement for dissidents waging a proxy contest are made on a
case-by-case
basis
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Separating Chairman and CEO
Shareholder proposals to separate the chairman and CEO positions should be evaluated on a
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While we generally support these proposals, some companies have governance structures in place that
can satisfactorily counterbalance a combined position. Voting decisions will take into account
factors such as:
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Designated lead director, appointed from the ranks of the independent board
members with clearly delineated duties;
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CEO performance is reviewed annually by a committee of outside directors;
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Majority of Independent Directors
While we generally support shareholder proposals asking that a majority of directors be
independent, each proposal should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
We generally vote for shareholder proposals that request that the boards audit, compensation,
and/or nominating committees be composed exclusively of independent directors.
Stock Ownership Requirements
We believe that individual directors should be appropriately compensated and motivated to act in
the best interests of shareholders. Share ownership by directors better aligns their interests
with those of other shareholders. Therefore, we believe that meaningful share ownership by
directors is in the best interest of the company.
We generally vote for proposals that require a certain percentage of a directors compensation to
be in the form of common stock.
Size of Boards of Directors
We believe that the number of directors is important to ensuring the boards effectiveness in
maximizing long-term shareholder value. The board must be large enough to allow it to adequately
discharge its responsibilities, without being so large that it becomes cumbersome.
While we will prefer a board of no fewer than 5 and no more than16 members, each situation will be
considered on a
case-by-case
basis taking into consideration the specific company circumstances.
Classified or Staggered Boards
In a classified or staggered board, directors are typically elected in two or more classes,
serving terms greater than one year.
We prefer the annual election of all directors and will generally
not support
proposals that
provide for staggered terms for board members. We recognize that there may be jurisdictions where
staggered terms for board members is common practice and, in such situations, we will review the
proposals on a
case-by-case
basis.
Director Indemnification and Liability Protection
We recognize that many individuals may be reluctant to serve as corporate directors if they were to
be personally liable for all lawsuits and legal costs. As a result, limitations on directors
liability can benefit the corporation and its shareholders by helping to attract and retain
qualified directors while providing recourse to shareholders on areas of misconduct by directors.
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We generally vote for proposals that limit directors liability and provide indemnification as long
as the arrangements are limited to the director acting honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of the corporation and, in criminal matters, are limited to the director having
reasonable grounds for believing the conduct was lawful.
II AUDITORS
A strong audit process is a requirement for good corporate governance. A significant aspect of the
audit process is a strong relationship with a knowledgeable and independent set of auditors.
Ratification of Auditors
We believe a company should limit its relationship with its auditors to the audit engagement, and
certain closely related activities that do not, in the aggregate, raise an appearance of impaired
independence.
We generally vote for the reappointment of the companys auditors unless:
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There is reason to believe the auditors have rendered an opinion that is
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The auditors have a significant professional or personal relationship with
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Disclosure of Audit vs. Non-Audit Fees
Understanding the fees earned by the auditors is important for assessing auditor independence. Our
support for the re-appointment of the auditors will take into consideration whether the management
information circular contains adequate disclosure about the amount and nature of audit vs.
non-audit fees.
There may be certain jurisdictions that do not currently require disclosure of audit vs. non-audit
fees. In these circumstances, we will generally support proposals that call for this disclosure.
III COMPENSATION PROGRAMS
Appropriately designed equity-based compensation plans, approved by shareholders, can be an
effective way to align the interests of long-term shareholders and the interests of management,
employees and directors. Plans should not substantially dilute shareholders ownership interests
in the company, provide participants with excessive awards or have objectionable structural
features. We will consider each compensation plan in its entirety (including all incentives,
awards and other compensation) to determine if the plan provides the right incentives to managers
and directors and is reasonable on the whole.
While we generally encourage companies to provide more transparent disclosure related to their
compensation programs, the following are specific guidelines dealing with some of the more common
features of these programs (features not specifically itemized below will be considered on a
case-by-case
basis taking into consideration the general principles described above):
Cash Compensation and Severance Packages
We will generally
support
the boards discretion to determine and grant appropriate cash
compensation and severance packages.
Equity Based Plans Dilution
We will generally vote
against
equity-based plans where the total dilution (including all
equity-based plans) is excessive. The CIO will require a written explanation any time a portfolio
manager votes against an equity-based plans.
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Employee Stock Purchase Plans
We will generally vote
for
the use of employee stock purchase plans to increase company stock
ownership by employees, provided that shares purchased under the plan are acquired for no less than
85% of their market value. It is recognized that country specific circumstances may exist (e.g.
tax issues) that require proposals to be reviewed on a
case-by-case
basis.
Loans to Employees
We will vote against the corporation making loans to employees to allow employees to pay for stock
or stock options. It is recognized that country specific circumstances may exist that require
proposals to be reviewed on a
case-by-case
basis.
Stock Option Plans Board Discretion
We will vote
against
stock option plans that give the board broad discretion in setting the terms
and conditions of the programs. Such programs should be submitted with detail and be reasonable in
the circumstances regarding their cost, scope, frequency and schedule for exercising the options.
Stock Option Plans Inappropriate Features
We will generally vote against plans that have any of the following structural features:
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ability to re-price underwater options without shareholder approval,
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ability to issue options with an exercise price below the stocks current
market price,
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ability to issue reload options, or
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automatic share replenishment (evergreen) features.
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Stock Option Plans Director Eligibility
While we prefer stock ownership by directors, we will
support
stock option plans for directors as
long as the terms and conditions of director options are clearly defined
Stock Option Plans Repricing
We will vote
for
proposals to re-price options if there is a value-for-value (rather than a
share-for-share) exchange.
Stock Option Plans Vesting
We will vote
against
stock option plans that are 100% vested when granted.
Stock Option Plans Authorized Allocations
We will generally vote
against
stock option plans that authorize allocation of 25% or more of the
available options to any one individual.
Stock Option Plans Change in Control Provisions
We will vote
against
stock option plans with change in control provisions that allow option holders
to receive more for their options than shareholders would receive for their shares.
IV CORPORATE MATTERS
We will review management proposals relating to changes to capital structure, reincorporation,
restructuring and mergers & acquisitions on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the
impact of the changes on corporate governance and shareholder rights, anticipated financial and
operating benefits, portfolio manager views, level of dilution, and a companys industry and
performance in terms of shareholder returns.
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Common Stock Authorization
We will review proposals to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issue on a
case-by-case
basis.
Dual Class Share Structures
Dual class share structures involve a second class of common stock with either superior or inferior
voting rights to those of another class of stock.
We will generally vote
against
proposals to create or extend dual class share structures where
certain stockholders have superior or inferior voting rights to another class of stock.
Stock Splits
We will vote
for
proposals to increase common share authorization for a stock split, provided that
the increase in authorized shares would not result in excessive dilution given a companys industry
and performance in terms of shareholder returns.
Reverse Stock Splits
We will vote
for
management proposals to implement a reverse stock split, provided that the reverse
split does not result in an increase of authorized but unissued shares of more than 100% after
giving effect to the shares needed for the reverse split.
Share Repurchase Programs
We will vote
against
proposals to institute open-market share repurchase plans if all shareholders
do not participate on an equal basis.
Reincorporation
Reincorporation involves re-establishing the company in a different legal jurisdiction.
We will generally vote
for
proposals to reincorporate the company provided that the board and
management have demonstrated sound financial or business reasons for the move. Proposals to
reincorporate will
not be supported
if solely as part of an anti-takeover defense or as a way to
limit directors liability.
Mergers & Acquisitions
We will vote
for
merger & acquisition proposals that the relevant portfolio managers believe, based
on their review of the materials:
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will result in financial and operating benefits,
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have a fair offer price,
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have favourable prospects for the combined companies, and
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will not have a negative impact on corporate governance or shareholder
rights.
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V SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
We recognize that to effectively manage a corporation, directors and management must consider not
only the interests of shareholders, but the interests of employees, customers, suppliers, and
creditors, among others.
We believe that companies and their boards must give careful consideration to social responsibility
issues in order to enhance long-term shareholder value.
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We
support
efforts by companies to develop policies and practices that consider social
responsibility issues related to their businesses.
VI SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Shareholder proposals can be extremely complex, and the impact on the interests of all stakeholders
can rarely be anticipated with a high degree of confidence. As a result, shareholder proposals
will be reviewed on a
case-by-case
basis with consideration of factors such as:
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the proposals impact on the companys short-term and long-term share value,
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its effect on the companys reputation,
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the economic effect of the proposal,
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industry and regional norms applicable to the company,
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the companys overall corporate governance provisions, and
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the reasonableness of the request.
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We will generally
support
shareholder proposals that require additional disclosure regarding
corporate responsibility issues where the relevant portfolio manager believes:
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the company has failed to adequately address these issues with shareholders,
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there is information to suggest that a company follows procedures that are
not in compliance with applicable regulations, or
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the company fails to provide a level of disclosure that is comparable to
industry peers or generally accepted standards.
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We will generally
not support
shareholder proposals that place arbitrary or artificial constraints
on the board, management or the company.
Ordinary Business Practices
We will generally
support
the boards discretion regarding shareholder proposals that involve
ordinary business practices.
Protection of Shareholder Rights
We will generally vote
for
shareholder proposals that are designed to protect shareholder rights if
the companys corporate governance standards indicate that such additional protections are
warranted.
Barriers to Shareholder Action
We will generally vote
for
proposals to lower barriers to shareholder action.
Shareholder Rights Plans
We will generally vote
for
proposals to subject shareholder rights plans to a shareholder vote.
VII OTHER
We will vote
against
any proposal where the proxy materials lack sufficient information upon which
to base an informed decision.
We will vote
against
any proposals to authorize the company to conduct any other business that is
not described in the proxy statement (including the authority to approve any further amendments to
an otherwise approved resolution).
E-54
APPENDIX F
CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of a Fund is
presumed to control that Fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting
rights of other shareholders. Prior to the date of this SAI, the Funds had not yet commenced
operations and, therefore, the Funds did not have any shareholders
Management Ownership
Because the Funds are new, as of December 31, 2009, the trustees and officers as a group
owned less than 1% of the shares outstanding of each Fund.
APPENDIX G
MANAGEMENT FEES
Because the Funds are new, no management fees have been paid.
APPENDIX H
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Portfolio Manager Fund Holdings and Information on Other Accounts Managed
Invescos portfolio managers develop investment models which are used in connection with the
management of certain AIM Funds as well as other mutual funds for which Invesco or an affiliate
acts as sub-adviser, other pooled investment vehicles that are not registered mutual funds, and
other accounts managed for organizations and individuals. The following chart reflects the
portfolio managers investments in the Funds that they manage. The chart also reflects information
regarding accounts other than the Funds for which each portfolio manager has day-to-day management
responsibilities. Accounts are grouped into three categories: (i) other registered investment
companies, (ii) other pooled investment vehicles, and (iii) other accounts. To the extent that any
of these accounts pay advisory fees that are based on account performance (performance-based fees),
information on those accounts is specifically broken out. In addition, any assets denominated in
foreign currencies have been converted into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates as of the
applicable date.
The following information is as of the date indicated in parentheses adjacent to the Fund name:
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Other Registered
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Other Pooled
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Dollar Range
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Investment Companies
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Investment Vehicles
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Other Accounts
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of
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Managed (assets in
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Managed (assets in
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Managed (assets in
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Investments
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millions)
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millions)
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millions)
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Portfolio
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in Each
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Number of
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Number of
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Number of
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Manager
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Fund
1
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Accounts
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Assets
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Accounts
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Assets
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Accounts
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Assets
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Invesco Balanced Fund (January 31, 2009)
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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None
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13
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$
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19,300
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,100
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Mary Jayne Maly
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None
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13
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$
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19,300
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,100
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James O. Roeder
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None
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13
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$
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19,300
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,100
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Mark J. Laskin
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None
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13
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$
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19,300
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,100
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Sergio Marcheli
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None
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13
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$
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19,300
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,100
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]
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Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund (December 7, 2009)
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[Thomas Byron
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None
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27
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$
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11,000
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
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29
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Robert J. Stryker
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None
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32
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$
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11,900
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
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29
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Robert W. Wimmel
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None
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28
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$
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11,700
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
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29
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Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund (February 28, 2009)
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[Gregory R. Lai
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None
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4
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$
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1,400
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1
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$
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13.6
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933
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$
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410.6
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Steven W. Pelensky
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None
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4
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$
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1,400
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1
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$
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13.6
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933
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$
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410.6
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1
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This column reflects investments in a
Funds shares owned directly by a portfolio manager or beneficially owned
by a portfolio manager (as determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a) (2)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). A portfolio
manager is presumed to be a beneficial owner of securities that are held
by his or her immediate family members sharing the same household.
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Other Registered
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Other Pooled
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Dollar Range
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Investment Companies
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Investment Vehicles
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Other Accounts
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of
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Managed (assets in
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Managed (assets in
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Managed (assets in
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Investments
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millions)
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millions)
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millions)
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Portfolio
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in Each
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Number of
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Number of
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Number of
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Manager
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Fund
1
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Accounts
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Assets
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Accounts
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Assets
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Accounts
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Assets
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Michael A. Petrino
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None
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4
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$
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1,400
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1
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$
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13.6
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933
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$
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410.6
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Jordan Floriani
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None
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4
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$
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1,400
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1
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$
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13.6
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933
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$
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410.6
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Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund (June 30, 2009)
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[Hooman Yaghoobi
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None
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11
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$
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4,500
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0
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$
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0
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1
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$
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64
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Teimur Abasov
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None
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7
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$
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3,400
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0
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$
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0
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0
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$
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0
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]
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Invesco Fundamental Value Fund (September 30, 2009)
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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None
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20
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$
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22,100
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
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13.8
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Mary Jayne Maly
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None
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20
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$
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22,100
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
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13.8
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James O. Roeder
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None
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20
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$
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22,100
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
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13.8
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Mark J. Laskin
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None
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20
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$
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22,100
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
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13.8
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Sergio Marcheli
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None
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20
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$
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22,100
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
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13.8
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Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund (December 31, 2008)
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[Thomas B. Bastian
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None
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13
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$
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21,200
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,300
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Mary Jayne Maly
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None
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13
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$
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21,200
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,300
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James O. Roeder
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None
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13
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$
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21,200
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,300
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Mark J. Laskin
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None
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13
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$
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21,200
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,300
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Sergio Marcheli
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None
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|
13
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$
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21,200
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0
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$
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0
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11
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$
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2,300
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]
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Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
(December 7, 2009)
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[Mark E. Paris
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None
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|
14
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$
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7,700
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0
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$
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0
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2
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$
|
29
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Robert J. Stryker
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None
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|
32
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$
|
11,900
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0
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|
$
|
0
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2
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$
|
29
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Julius Williams
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None
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9
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$
|
1,700
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0
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$
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0
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0
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$
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0
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]
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund (August 31, 2009)
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[Hooman Yaghoobi
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|
None
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|
10
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|
$
|
58.1
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|
0
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|
$
|
0
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0
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$
|
0
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|
Teimur Abasov
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None
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|
10
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|
$
|
58.1
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0
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$
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0
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0
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$
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0
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H-2
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Other Registered
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Other Pooled
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Dollar Range
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Investment Companies
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Investment Vehicles
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Other Accounts
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of
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Managed (assets in
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Managed (assets in
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Managed (assets in
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Investments
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millions)
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millions)
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millions)
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Portfolio
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in Each
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Number of
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Number of
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Number of
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Manager
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Fund
1
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Accounts
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Assets
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Accounts
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Assets
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Accounts
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Assets
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Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund (December 31, 2009)
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Ryan Amerman
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|
None
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6
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$
|
5,838.9
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None
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None
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None
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None
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Robert Lloyd
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None
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|
7
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|
$
|
6,091.1
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|
2
|
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$
|
195.8
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None
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None
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Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund (March 31, 2009)
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[Gregory R. Lai
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None
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4
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$
|
1,500
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0
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$
|
0
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|
869
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2
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|
$
|
417.3
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|
Stephen W. Pelensky
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|
None
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|
4
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
0
|
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|
$
|
0
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|
5
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|
$
|
1
|
|
Michael A. Petrino
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|
None
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
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|
5
|
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|
$
|
1
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|
Jordan Floriani
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|
None
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
]
|
Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund (December 31, 2008)
|
[Thomas B. Bastian
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
21,200
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,300
|
|
Mary Jayne Maly
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
21,200
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,300
|
|
James O. Roeder
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
21,200
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,300
|
|
Mark J. Laskin
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
21,200
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,300
|
|
Sergio Marcheli
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
21,200
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,300
|
]
|
Cynthia Brien
|
|
None
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
1,629.4
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
1,634.6
|
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
Chuck Burge
|
|
None
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
1,629.4
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
3,122.8
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
6.4
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund (August 31, 2009)
|
[Hooman Yaghoobi
|
|
None
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
58.1
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
Teimur Abasov
|
|
None
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
58.1
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
]
|
Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund (November 30, 2008)
|
[Thomas B. Bastian
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
20,800
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,200
|
|
Mary Jayne Maly
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
20,800
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,200
|
|
James O. Roeder
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
20,800
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,200
|
]
|
[Mark J. Laskin
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
20,800
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,200
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Includes separate accounts managed under
certain wrap fee programs.
|
H-3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Registered
|
|
Other Pooled
|
|
|
|
|
Dollar Range
|
|
Investment Companies
|
|
Investment Vehicles
|
|
Other Accounts
|
|
|
of
|
|
Managed (assets in
|
|
Managed (assets in
|
|
Managed (assets in
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
millions)
|
|
millions)
|
|
millions)
|
Portfolio
|
|
in Each
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Manager
|
|
Fund
1
|
|
Accounts
|
|
Assets
|
|
Accounts
|
|
Assets
|
|
Accounts
|
|
Assets
|
Sergio Marcheli
|
|
None
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
20,800
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
2,200
|
]
|
Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
(December 7, 2009)
|
[Mark E. Paris
|
|
None
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
$
|
7,700
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
Julius Williams
|
|
None
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
$
|
1,700
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
Robert W. Wimmel
|
|
None
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
$
|
11,700
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
29
|
]
|
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund (March 31, 2009)
|
[Matthew Hart
|
|
None
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
554.6
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
20.3
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
73.2
|
|
Justin A. Speer
|
|
None
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
554.6
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
20.3
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
73.2
|
]
|
Invesco Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
Potential Conflicts of Interest
Actual or apparent conflicts of interest may arise when a portfolio manager has day-to-day
management responsibilities with respect to more than one Fund or other account. More
specifically, portfolio managers who manage multiple Funds and/or other accounts may be presented
with one or more of the following potential conflicts:
Ø
|
|
The management of multiple Funds and/or other accounts may result
in a portfolio manager devoting unequal time and attention to the
management of each Fund and/or other account. The Adviser and
each Sub-Adviser seek to manage such competing interests for the
time and attention of portfolio managers by having portfolio
managers focus on a particular investment discipline. Most other
accounts managed by a portfolio manager are managed using the same
investment models that are used in connection with the management
of the Funds.
|
|
Ø
|
|
If a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity
which may be suitable for more than one Fund or other account, a
Fund may not be able to take full advantage of that opportunity
due to an allocation of filled purchase or sale orders across all
eligible Funds and other accounts. To deal with these situations,
the Adviser, each Sub-Adviser and the Funds have adopted
procedures for allocating portfolio transactions across multiple
accounts.
|
|
Ø
|
|
The Adviser and each Sub-Adviser determine which broker to use to
execute each order for securities transactions for the Funds,
consistent with its duty to seek best execution of the
transaction. However, for certain other accounts (such as mutual
funds for which Invesco or an affiliate acts as sub-adviser, other
pooled investment vehicles that are not registered mutual funds, and other accounts managed for organizations and individuals), the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser
may be limited by the client with respect to the selection of brokers or may be instructed to
direct trades through a particular broker. In these cases, trades for a Fund in a particular
security may be placed separately from, rather than aggregated with, such other accounts.
Having separate
|
H-4
|
|
transactions with respect to a security may temporarily affect the market price
of the security or the execution of the transaction, or both, to the possible detriment of the
Fund or other account(s) involved.
|
Ø
|
|
Finally, the appearance of a conflict of interest may arise where the Adviser or
Sub-Adviser has an incentive, such as a performance-based fee, which relates to the management
of one Fund or account but not all Funds and accounts for which a portfolio manager has
day-to-day management responsibilities.
|
The Adviser, each Sub-Adviser and the Funds have adopted certain compliance procedures which
are designed to address these types of conflicts. However, there is no guarantee that such
procedures will detect each and every situation in which a conflict arises.
Description of Compensation Structure
For the Adviser and each affiliated Sub-Adviser:
The Adviser and each Sub-Adviser seek to maintain a compensation program that is competitively
positioned to attract and retain high-caliber investment professionals. Portfolio managers receive
a base salary, an incentive bonus opportunity, and an equity compensation opportunity. Portfolio
manager compensation is reviewed and may be modified each year as appropriate to reflect changes in
the market, as well as to adjust the factors used to determine bonuses to promote competitive fund
performance. The Adviser and each Sub-Adviser evaluate competitive market compensation by reviewing
compensation survey results conducted by an independent third party of investment industry
compensation. Each portfolio managers compensation consists of the following three elements:
Base Salary.
Each portfolio manager is paid a base salary. In setting the base salary, the
Adviser and each Sub-Advisers intention is to be competitive in light of the particular portfolio
managers experience and responsibilities.
Annual Bonus.
The portfolio managers are eligible, along with other employees of the Adviser
and each Sub-Adviser, to participate in a discretionary year-end bonus pool. The Compensation
Committee of Invesco Ltd. reviews and approves the amount of the bonus pool available for the
Adviser and each of the Sub-Advisers investment centers. The Compensation Committee considers
investment performance and financial results in its review. In addition, while having no direct
impact on individual bonuses, assets under management are considered when determining the starting
bonus funding levels. Each portfolio manager is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus which is
based on quantitative (i.e., investment performance) and non-quantitative factors (which may
include, but are not limited to, individual performance, risk management and teamwork).
Each portfolio managers compensation is linked to the pre-tax investment performance of the
funds/accounts managed by the portfolio manager as described in Table 1 below.
Table 1
H-5
|
|
|
Sub-Adviser
|
|
Performance time period
3
|
Invesco (except Invesco Real Estate U.S.)
4
Invesco Australia
Invesco Deutschland
|
|
One-, Three- and Five-year performance
against Fund peer group.
|
|
|
|
Invesco Invesco Real Estate U.S.
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
Invesco Senior Secured
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
Invesco Trimark
4
|
|
One-year performance against Fund
peer group. Three- and Five-year
performance against entire universe of
Canadian funds.
|
|
|
|
Invesco Hong Kong
4
Invesco Asset Management
|
|
One- and Three-year performance
against Fund peer group.
|
|
|
|
Invesco Japan
|
|
One-, Three- and Five-year performance
against the appropriate Micropol
benchmark.
|
Invesco- Invesco Real Estate U.S.s bonus is based on net operating profits of Invesco -
Invesco Real Estate U.S.
Invesco Senior Secureds bonus is based on annual measures of equity return and standard tests
of collateralization performance.
High investment performance (against applicable peer group) would deliver compensation
generally associated with top pay in the industry (determined by reference to the third-party
provided compensation survey information) and poor investment performance (versus applicable peer
group) would result in low bonus compared to the applicable peer group or no bonus at all. These
decisions are reviewed and approved collectively by senior leadership which has responsibility for
executing the compensation approach across the organization.
Equity-Based Compensation.
Portfolio managers may be granted an award that allows them to
select receipt of shares of certain AIM Funds with a vesting period as well as common shares and/or
restricted shares of Invesco Ltd. stock from pools determined from time to time by the Compensation
Committee of Invesco Ltd.s Board of Directors. Awards of equity-based compensation typically vest
over time, so as to create incentives to retain key talent.
Portfolio managers also participate in benefit plans and programs available generally to all
employees.
|
|
|
3
|
|
Rolling time periods based on
calendar year-end.
|
|
4
|
|
Portfolio managers may be granted a
short-term award that vests on a pro-rata basis over a four-year period and
final payments are based on the performance of eligible funds selected by the
portfolio manager at the time the award is granted.
|
H-6
APPENDIX I
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FEES
Because the Funds are new, no administrative services fees have been paid.
APPENDIX J
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS
Because the Funds are new, no brokerage commissions have been paid.
APPENDIX K
DIRECTED BROKERAGE (RESEARCH SERVICES)
Because the Funds are new, no research services have been purchased.
PURCHASES OF SECURITIES OF REGULAR BROKERS OR DEALERS
Because the Funds are new, no securities have been purchased.
K-1
APPENDIX L
PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES
Transactions through Financial Intermediaries
If you are investing indirectly in a Fund through a financial intermediary such as a
broker-dealer, a bank (including a bank trust department), an insurance company separate account,
an investment adviser, an administrator or trustee of a retirement plan or a qualified tuition plan
or a sponsor of a fee-based program that maintains a master account (an omnibus account) with the
Fund for trading on behalf of its customers, different guidelines, conditions and restrictions may
apply than if you held your shares of the Fund directly. These differences may include, but are
not limited to: (i) different eligibility standards to purchase and sell shares, different
eligibility standards to invest in funds with limited offering status and different eligibility
standards to exchange shares by telephone; (ii) different minimum and maximum initial and
subsequent purchase amounts; (iii) system inability to provide Letter of Intent privileges; and
(iv) different annual amounts (less than 12%) subject to withdrawal under a Systematic Redemption
Plan without being subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. The financial intermediary
through whom you are investing may also choose to adopt different exchange and/or transfer limit
guidelines and restrictions, including different trading restrictions designed to discourage
excessive or short-term trading. The financial intermediary through whom you are investing may
also choose to impose a redemption fee that has different characteristics, which may be more or
less restrictive, than the redemption fee currently imposed on certain Funds.
If the financial intermediary is managing your account, you may also be charged a transaction
or other fee by such financial intermediary, including service fees for handling redemption
transactions. Consult with your financial intermediary (or, in the case of a retirement plan, your
plan sponsor) to determine what fees, guidelines, conditions and restrictions, including any of the
above, may be applicable to you.
Purchase and Redemption of Shares
Purchases of Class A Shares, Class A2 Shares of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund and
AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund, AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market Fund
Initial Sales Charges
.
Each Fund is grouped into one of four categories to determine the
applicable initial sales charge for its Class A shares. The sales charge is used to compensate
Invesco Aim Distributors and participating dealers for their expenses incurred in connection with
the distribution of the Funds shares. You may also be charged a transaction or other fee by the
financial intermediary managing your account.
Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of AIM Money Market
Fund are sold without an initial sales charge.
Category I Funds
|
|
|
AIM Asia Pacific Growth Fund
|
|
AIM Technology Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund
|
|
AIM Trimark Endeavor Fund
|
AIM Basic Balanced Fund
|
|
AIM Trimark Fund
|
AIM Basic Value Fund
|
|
AIM Trimark Small Companies Fund
|
AIM Capital Development Fund
|
|
AIM Utilities Fund
|
AIM Charter Fund
|
|
Invesco Alternative Opportunities Fund
|
AIM China Fund
|
|
Invesco Balanced Fund
|
AIM Conservative Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco Commodities Alpha Fund
|
AIM Constellation Fund
|
|
Invesco Convertible Securities Fund
|
AIM Developing Markets Fund
|
|
Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
|
AIM Diversified Dividend Fund
|
|
Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
|
AIM Dynamics Fund
|
|
Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
|
L-1
|
|
|
AIM Energy Fund
|
|
Invesco Global Advantage Fund
|
AIM European Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco Global Dividend Growth Securities Fund
|
AIM European Small Company Fund
|
|
|
AIM Financial Services Fund
|
|
Invesco Health Sciences Fund
|
AIM Global Core Equity Fund
|
|
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
|
AIM Global Equity Fund
|
|
Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
|
AIM Global Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco Mid-Cap Value Fund
|
AIM Global Health Care Fund
|
|
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
|
AIM Global Real Estate Fund
|
|
Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
|
AIM Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco Small-Mid Special Value Fund
|
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
|
|
Invesco Technology Sector Fund
|
AIM Growth Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund
|
AIM Income Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund
|
|
Invesco U.S. Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2010 Fund
|
|
Invesco Special Value Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund
|
|
Invesco Value Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund
|
|
Invesco Value II Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
|
AIM Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen American Value Fund
|
AIM International Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation Conservative Fund
|
AIM International Core Equity Fund
|
|
|
AIM International Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation Growth Fund
|
AIM International Small Company Fund
|
|
|
AIM Japan Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation Moderate Fund
|
AIM Large Cap Basic Value Fund
|
|
|
AIM Large Cap Growth Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
|
AIM Leisure Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Comstock Fund
|
AIM Mid Cap Basic Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
|
AIM Mid Cap Core Equity Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
|
AIM Moderate Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
|
AIM Moderate Growth Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
|
AIM Moderately Conservative Allocation Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
|
AIM Multi-Sector Fund
|
|
|
AIM Real Estate Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Global Equity Allocation Fund
|
AIM Select Equity Fund
|
|
|
AIM Select Real Estate Income Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Global Franchise Fund
|
AIM Small Cap Equity Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Global Tactical Asset Allocation Fund
|
AIM Small Cap Growth Fund
|
|
|
AIM Structured Core Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
|
AIM Structured Growth Fund
|
|
Van Harbor Fund
|
AIM Structured Value Fund
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
|
AIM Summit Fund
|
|
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Leaders Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Real Estate Securities
Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Technology Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Utility Fund
|
|
|
Invesco Van Kampen Value Opportunities Fund
|
L-2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dealer
|
|
|
Investors Sales Charge
|
|
Concession
|
|
|
As a
|
|
As a
|
|
As a
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
of the Public
|
|
of the Net
|
|
of the Public
|
Amount of Investment in
|
|
Offering
|
|
Amount
|
|
Offering
|
Single Transaction
|
|
Price
|
|
Invested
|
|
Price
|
Less than $50,000
|
|
|
5.50
|
|
|
|
5.82
|
|
|
|
5.00
|
|
$50,000 but less than $100,000
|
|
|
4.50
|
|
|
|
4.71
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
$100,000 but less than $250,000
|
|
|
3.50
|
|
|
|
3.63
|
|
|
|
3.00
|
|
$250,000 but less than $500,000
|
|
|
2.75
|
|
|
|
2.83
|
|
|
|
2.25
|
|
$500,000 but less than $1,000,000
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
|
2.04
|
|
|
|
1.75
|
|
Category II Funds
AIM Core Bond Fund
AIM Core Plus Bond Fund
AIM High Income Municipal Fund
AIM High Yield Fund
AIM Income Fund
AIM International Total Return Fund
AIM Municipal Bond Fund
AIM U.S. Government Fund
Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
Invesco Municipal Fund
Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
Invesco Tax-Exempt Securities Fund
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Corporate Bond Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Global Bond Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Government Securities Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen U.S. Mortgage Fund
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Dealer
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Investors Sales Charge
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Concession
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As a
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As a
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As a
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Percentage
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Percentage
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Percentage
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of the Public
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of the Net
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of the Public
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Amount of Investment in
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Offering
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Amount
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Offering
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Single Transaction
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Price
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Invested
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Price
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Less than $50,000
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4.75
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%
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4.99
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%
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4.25
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%
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$50,000 but less than $100,000
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4.25
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4.44
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4.00
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$100,000 but less than $250,000
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3.50
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3.63
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3.25
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$250,000 but less than $500,000
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2.50
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2.56
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2.25
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$500,000 but less than $1,000,000
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2.00
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2.04
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1.75
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Category III Funds
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund (Class A2 shares only)
AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (Class A2 shares only)
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Dealer
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Investors Sales Charge
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Concession
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As a
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As a
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As a
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Percentage
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Percentage
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Percentage
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of the Public
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of the Net
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of the Public
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Amount of Investment in
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Offering
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Amount
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Offering
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Single Transaction
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Price
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Invested
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Price
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Less than $100,000
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1.00
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%
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1.01
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%
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0.75
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%
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$100,000 but less than $250,000
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0.75
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0.76
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0.50
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$250,000 but less than $1,000,000
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0.50
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0.50
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0.40
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As of the close of business on October 30, 2002, Class A2 shares of AIM Limited Maturity
Treasury Fund and AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund were closed to new investors. Current investors
must maintain a share balance in order to continue to make incremental purchases.
Category IV Funds
AIM Floating Rate Fund
AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund
AIM Short Term Bond Fund
AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund (Class A shares only)
AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund (Class A shares only)
Invesco FX Alpha Strategy Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Limited Duration Fund
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Dealer
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Investors Sales Charge
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Concession
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As a
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As a
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As a
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Percentage
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Percentage
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Percentage
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of the Public
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of the Net
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of the Public
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Amount of Investment in
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Offering
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Amount
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Offering
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Single Transaction
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Price
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Invested
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Price
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Less than $100,000
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2.50
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%
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2.56
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%
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2.00
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%
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$100,000 but less than $250,000
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1.75
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%
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%
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$250,000 but less than $500,000
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1.25
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%
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%
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$500,000 but less than $1,000,000
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1.00
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%
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%
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Large Purchases of Class A Shares
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Investors who purchase $1,000,000 or more of Class A
shares of Category I, II, III or IV Funds do not pay an initial sales charge. In addition,
investors who currently own Class A shares of Category I, II, III or IV Funds and make additional
purchases that result in account balances of $1,000,000 or more do not pay an initial sales charge
on the additional purchases. The additional purchases, as well as initial purchases of $1,000,000
or more, are referred to as Large Purchases. If an investor makes a Large Purchase of Class A
shares of a Category I, II or IV Funds, each share will generally be subject to a 1.00% contingent
deferred sales charge (CDSC) if the investor redeems those shares within 18 months after
purchase.
Invesco Aim Distributors may pay a dealer concession and/or advance a service fee on Large
Purchases, as set forth below. Exchanges between the Funds may affect total compensation paid.
Purchases of Class A Shares by Non-Retirement Plans
.
Invesco Aim Distributors may make the
following payments to dealers of record for Large Purchases of Class A shares of Category I, II or
IV Funds by investors other than: (i) retirement plans that are maintained pursuant to Sections
401 and 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and (ii) retirement
plans that are maintained pursuant to Section 403 of the Code if the employer or plan sponsor is a
tax-exempt organization operated pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Code:
Percent of Purchases
1% of the first $2 million
plus 0.80% of the next $1 million
plus 0.50% of the next $17 million
plus 0.25% of amounts in excess of $20 million
If (i) the amount of any single purchase order plus (ii) the public offering price of all
other shares owned by the same customer submitting the purchase order on the day on which the
purchase order is received equals or exceeds $1,000,000, the purchase will be considered a jumbo
accumulation purchase. With regard to any individual jumbo accumulation purchase, Invesco Aim
Distributors may make payment to the dealer of record based on the cumulative total of jumbo
accumulation purchases made by the same customer over the life of his or her account(s).
If an investor made a Large Purchase of Class A2 shares of a AIM Limted Maturity Treasury Fund
or AIM Tax-Free Intermediate Fund on and after October 31, 2002, and prior to February 1, 2010, and
exchanges those shares for Class A shares of a Category I, II or IV Fund, Invesco Aim Distributors
will pay 1.00% of such purchase as dealer compensation upon the exchange. The Class A shares of
the Category I, II or IV Fund received in exchange generally will be subject to a 1.00% CDSC if the
investor redeems such shares within 18 months from the date of exchange.
Purchases of Class A Shares by Certain Retirement Plans at NAV.
For purchases of Class A
shares of Category I, II and IV Funds, Invesco Aim Distributors may make the following payments to
investment dealers or other financial service firms for sales of such shares at net asset value
(NAV) to certain retirement plans provided that the applicable dealer of record is able to
establish that the retirement plans purchase of such Class A shares is a new investment (as
defined below):
Percent of Purchases
0.50% of the first $20 million
plus 0.25% of amounts in excess of $20 million
This payment schedule will be applicable to purchases of Class A shares at NAV by the
following types of retirement plans: (i) all plans maintained pursuant to Sections 401 and 457 of
the Code, and
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(ii) plans maintained pursuant to Section 403 of the Code if the employer or plan sponsor is a
tax-exempt organization operated pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Code.
A new investment means a purchase paid for with money that does not represent (i) the
proceeds of one or more redemptions of Fund shares, (ii) an exchange of Fund shares, (iii) the
repayment of one or more retirement plan loans that were funded through the redemption of Fund
shares, or (iv) money returned from another fund family. If Invesco Aim Distributors pays a dealer
concession in connection with a plans purchase of Class A shares at NAV, such shares may be
subject to a CDSC of 1.00% of net assets for 12 months, commencing on the date the plan first
invests in Class A shares of a Fund. If the applicable dealer of record is unable to establish
that a plans purchase of Class A shares at NAV is a new investment, Invesco Aim Distributors will
not pay a dealer concession in connection with such purchase and such shares will not be subject to
a CDSC.
With regard to any individual jumbo accumulation purchase, Invesco Aim Distributors may make
payment to the dealer of record based on the cumulative total of jumbo accumulation purchases made
by the same plan over the life of the plans account(s).
Purchasers Qualifying For Reductions in Initial Sales Charges
.
As shown in the tables above,
purchases of certain amounts of Fund shares may reduce the initial sales charges. These reductions
are available to purchasers that meet the qualifications listed below. We will refer to purchasers
that meet these qualifications as Qualified Purchasers.
Definitions
As used herein, the terms below shall be defined as follows:
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Individual refers to a person, as well as his or her Spouse or Domestic Partner
and his or her Children;
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Spouse is the person to whom one is legally married under state law;
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Domestic Partner is an adult with whom one shares a primary residence for at least
six-months, is in a relationship as a couple where one or each of them provides
personal or financial welfare of the other without a fee, is not related by blood and
is not married;
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Child or Children include a biological, adopted or foster son or daughter, a
Step-child, a legal ward or a Child of a person standing in
loco parentis
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Parent is a persons biological or adoptive mother or father;
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Step-child is the child of ones Spouse by a previous marriage or relationship;
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Step-parent is the Spouse of a Childs Parent; and
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Immediate Family includes an Individual (including, as defined above, a person,
his or her Spouse or Domestic Partner and his or her Children) as well as his or her
Parents, Step-parents and the Parents of Spouse or Domestic Partner.
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an Individual (including his or her Spouse or Domestic Partner, and Children);
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a retirement plan established exclusively for the benefit of an Individual,
specifically including, but not limited to, a Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA,
SIMPLE IRA, Solo 401(k), Keogh plan, or a tax-sheltered 403(b)(7) custodial account;
and
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a qualified tuition plan account, maintained pursuant to Section 529 of the Code, or
a Coverdell Education Savings Account, maintained pursuant to Section 530 of the Code
(in either case, the account must be established by an Individual or have an Individual
named as the beneficiary thereof).
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Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans
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a retirement plan maintained pursuant to Sections 401, 403 (only if the employer or
plan sponsor is a tax-exempt organization operated pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the
Code), 408 (includes SEP, SARSEP and SIMPLE IRA plans) or 457 of the Code, if:
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a.
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the employer or plan sponsor submits all contributions for all
participating employees in a single contribution transmittal (the Funds will not
accept separate contributions submitted with respect to individual participants);
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b.
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each transmittal is accompanied by checks or wire transfers; and
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c.
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if the Funds are expected to carry separate accounts in the names of
each of the plan participants, (i) the employer or plan sponsor notifies Invesco
Aim Distributors in writing that the separate accounts of all plan participants
should be linked, and (ii) all new participant accounts are established by
submitting an appropriate Account Application on behalf of each new participant
with the contribution transmittal.
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How to Qualify For Reductions in Initial Sales Charges
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The following sections discuss
different ways that a Qualified Purchaser can qualify for a reduction in the initial sales charges
for purchases of Class A shares of the Funds.
Letters of Intent
A Qualified Purchaser may pay reduced initial sales charges by (i) indicating on the Account
Application that he, she or it intends to provide a Letter of Intent (LOI); and (ii) subsequently
fulfilling the conditions of that LOI. Employer-sponsored retirement plans, with the exception of
Solo 401(k) plans and SEP plans, are not eligible for a LOI.
The LOI confirms the total investment in shares of the Funds that the Qualified Purchaser
intends to make within the next 13 months. By marking the LOI section on the account application
and by signing the account application, the Qualified Purchaser indicates that he, she or it
understands and agrees to the terms of the LOI and is bound by the provisions described below:
Calculating the Initial Sales Charge
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Each purchase of fund shares normally subject to an initial sales charge made during the
13-month period will be made at the public offering price applicable to a single transaction
of the total dollar amount indicated by the LOI (to determine what the applicable public
offering price is, look at the sales charge table in the section on Initial Sales Charges
above).
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It is the purchasers responsibility at the time of purchase to specify the account numbers
that should be considered in determining the appropriate sales charge.
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The offering price may be further reduced as described below under Rights of Accumulation
if Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., the Funds transfer agent (Transfer Agent) is
advised of all other accounts at the time of the investment.
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Reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions acquired during the 13-month LOI
period will not be applied to the LOI.
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Calculating the Number of Shares to be Purchased
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Purchases made and shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains
distributions prior to the LOI effective date will be applied toward the completion of the LOI
based on the value of the shares calculated at the public offering price on the effective date
of the LOI.
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If a purchaser wishes to revise the LOI investment amount upward, he, she or it may submit
a written and signed request at anytime prior to the completion of the original LOI. This
revision will not change the original expiration date.
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The Transfer Agent will process necessary adjustments upon the expiration or completion
date of the LOI.
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Fulfilling the Intended Investment
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By signing an LOI, a purchaser is not making a binding commitment to purchase additional
shares, but if purchases made within the 13-month period do not total the amount specified,
the purchaser will have to pay the increased amount of sales charge.
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To assure compliance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, the Transfer Agent will
reserve, in escrow or similar arrangement, in the form of shares, an appropriate dollar
amount (computed to the nearest full share) out of the initial purchase (or subsequent
purchases if necessary). All dividends and any capital gain distributions on the
escrowed shares will be credited to the purchaser. All shares purchased, including
those reserved, will be registered in the purchasers name. If the total investment
specified under this LOI is completed within the 13-month period, the reserved shares
will be promptly released.
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If the intended investment is not completed, the purchaser will pay the Transfer
Agent the difference between the sales charge on the specified amount and the sales
charge on the amount actually purchased. If the purchaser does not pay such difference
within 20 days of the expiration date, the Transfer Agent will surrender for redemption
any or all shares, to make up such difference within 60 days of the expiration date.
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Canceling the LOI
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If at any time before completing the LOI Program, the purchaser wishes to cancel the
agreement, he or she must give written notice to Invesco Aim Distributors or its
designee.
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If at any time before completing the LOI Program the purchaser requests the Transfer
Agent to liquidate or transfer beneficial ownership of his total shares, the LOI will
be automatically canceled. If the total amount purchased is less than the amount
specified in the LOI, the Transfer Agent will redeem an appropriate number of reserved
shares equal to the difference between the sales charge actually paid and the sales
charge that would have been paid if the total purchases had been made at a single time.
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Other Persons Eligible for the LOI Privilege
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The LOI privilege is also available to holders of the Connecticut General Guaranteed
Account, established for tax qualified group annuities, for contracts purchased on or
before June 30, 1992.
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The LOI privilege is also available to certain grandfathered investors whose account was
held in other funds that were merged or otherwise reorganized into the Funds at such dates
that letters of intent with the other funds were in effect. The terms of such letters of
intent will be fully honored by Invesco Aim Distributors.
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LOIs and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges
All LOIs to purchase $1,000,000 or more of Class A shares of Category I, II and IV Funds are
subject to an 18-month, 1% CDSC.
Rights of Accumulation
A Qualified Purchaser may also qualify for reduced initial sales charges based upon his, her
or its existing investment in shares of any of the Funds at the time of the proposed purchase. To
determine whether or not a reduced initial sales charge applies to a proposed purchase, Invesco Aim
Distributors takes into account not only the money which is invested upon such proposed purchase,
but also the value of all shares of the Funds owned by such purchaser, calculated at their then
current public offering price.
If a purchaser qualifies for a reduced sales charge, the reduced sales charge applies to the
total amount
of money being invested, even if only a portion of that amount exceeds the breakpoint
for the reduced sales charge. For example, if a purchaser already owns qualifying shares of any
Fund with a value of $20,000 and wishes to invest an additional $20,000 in a Fund with a maximum
initial sales charge of 5.50%, the reduced initial sales charge of 5.25% will apply to the full
$20,000 purchase and not just to the $15,000 in excess of the $25,000 breakpoint.
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To qualify for obtaining the discount applicable to a particular purchase, the purchaser or
his dealer must furnish the Transfer Agent with a list of the account numbers and the names in
which such accounts of the purchaser are registered at the time the purchase is made.
Rights of Accumulation are also available to holders of the Connecticut General Guaranteed
Account, established for tax-qualified group annuities, for contracts purchased on or before
June 30, 1992.
If an investors new purchase of Class A shares of a Category I, II or IV Fund is at net asset
value, the newly purchased shares will be subject to a 1% CDSC if the investor redeems them prior
to the end of the 18 month holding period.
Other Requirements For Reductions in Initial Sales Charges
.
As discussed above, investors or
dealers seeking to qualify orders for a reduced initial sales charge must identify such orders and,
if necessary, support their qualification for the reduced charge. Invesco Aim Distributors
reserves the right to determine whether any purchaser is entitled to the reduced sales charge based
on the definition of a Qualified Purchaser listed above. No person or entity may distribute shares
of the Funds without payment of the applicable sales charge other than to Qualified Purchasers.
Purchases of Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund, and AIM Cash Reserve Shares of
AIM Money Market Fund and Investor Class shares of any Fund will not be taken into account in
determining whether a purchase qualifies for a reduction in initial sales charges.
Purchases of Class A Shares at Net Asset Value
.
Invesco Aim Distributors permits certain
categories of persons to purchase Class A shares of Funds without paying an initial sales charge.
These are typically categories of persons whose transactions involve little expense, such as
persons who have a relationship with the Funds or with Invesco and certain programs for purchase.
It is the purchasers responsibility to notify Invesco Aim Distributors or its designee of any
qualifying relationship at the time of purchase.
Invesco Aim Distributors believes that it is appropriate and in the Funds best interests that
such persons, and certain other persons whose purchases result in relatively low expenses of
distribution, be permitted to purchase shares through Invesco Aim Distributors without payment of a
sales charge.
Accordingly, the following purchasers will not pay initial sales charges on purchases of
Class A shares because there is a reduced sales effort involved in sales to these purchasers:
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Any current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee (or immediate
family member of a current, former or retired trustee, director, officer or employee)
of any Fund or of Invesco Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries. This includes any
foundation, trust or employee benefit plan maintained by any of the persons listed
above;
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Any current or retired officer, director, or employee (and members of their
Immediate Family) of DST Systems, Inc. or Personix, a division of Fiserv Solutions,
Inc.;
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Any registered representative or employee of any intermediary who has an agreement with
Invesco Aim Distributors to sell shares of the Funds (this includes any members of their
Immediate Family);
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Any investor who purchases shares through an approved fee-based program (this may
include any type of account for which there is some alternative arrangement made
between the investor and the intermediary to provide for compensation of the
intermediary for services rendered in connection with the sale of the shares and
maintenance of the customer relationship);
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Any investor who purchases shares with the proceeds of a rollover, transfer or
distribution from a retirement plan or individual retirement account for which Invesco
Aim Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor to another retirement plan or individual
retirement account for which Invesco Aim Distributors acts as the prototype sponsor, to
the extent that such proceeds are attributable to the redemption of shares of a Fund
held through the plan or account;
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Employer-sponsored retirement plans (the Plan or Plans) that are Qualified
Purchasers, as defined above, provided that such Plans:
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a.
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have assets of at least $1 million; or
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b.
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have at least 100 employees eligible to participate in the Plan; or
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c.
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execute multiple plan transactions through a single omnibus account per
Fund;
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Grandfathered shareholders as follows:
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a.
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Shareholders of record of Advisor Class shares of AIM International
Growth Fund or AIM Worldwide Growth Fund on February 12, 1999, who have
continuously owned shares of the Funds;
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b.
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Shareholders of record or discretionary advised clients of any
investment adviser holding shares of AIM Weingarten Fund or AIM Constellation Fund
on September 8, 1986, or of AIM Charter Fund on November 17, 1986, who have
continuously owned shares and who purchase additional shares of AIM Constellation
Fund or AIM Charter Fund, respectively;
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c.
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Unitholders of G/SET series unit investment trusts investing proceeds
from such trusts in shares of AIM Constellation Fund; provided, however, prior to
the termination date of the trusts, a unitholder may invest proceeds from the
redemption or repurchase of his units only when the investment in shares of
AIM Constellation Fund is effected within 30 days of the redemption or repurchase;
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d.
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A shareholder of a fund that merges or consolidates with a Fund or that
sells its assets to a Fund in exchange for shares of a Fund;
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e.
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Shareholders of the former GT Global funds as of April 30, 1987, who
since that date continually have owned shares of one or more of these funds;
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f.
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Certain former AMA Investment Advisers shareholders who became
shareholders of the AIM Global Health Care Fund in October 1989, and who have
continuously held shares in the GT Global funds since that time;
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g.
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Shareholders of record of Advisor Class shares of a Fund on February
11, 2000, who have continuously owned shares of that Fund, and who purchase
additional shares of that Fund; and
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h.
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Additional purchases of Class A shares by shareholders of record of
Class K shares on October 21, 2005, whose Class K shares were converted to Class A
shares.
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Any investor who maintains an account in Investor Class shares of a Fund (this
includes anyone listed in the registration of an account, such as a joint owner,
trustee or custodian, and members of their Immediate Family);
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Qualified Tuition Programs created and maintained in accordance with Section 529 of
the Code;
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Insurance company separate accounts;
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Retirement plan established exclusively for the benefit of an individual
(specifically including, but not limited to, a Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA,
SIMPLE IRA, Solo 401(k), Keogh plan, or a tax-sheltered 403(b)(7) custodial account)
if:
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such plan is funded by a rollover of assets from an Employer-Sponsored
Retirement Plan;
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b.
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the account being funded by such rollover is to be maintained by the
same trustee, custodian or administrator that maintained the plan from which the
rollover distribution funding such rollover originated, or an affiliate thereof;
and
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c.
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the dealer of record with respect to the account being funded by such
rollover is the same as the dealer of record with respect to the plan from which
the rollover distribution funding such rollover originated, or an affiliate
thereof.
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Transfers to IRAs that are attributable to Fund investments held in 403(b)(7)s,
SIMPLEs, SEPs, SARSEPs, Traditional or Roth IRAs; and
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Rollovers from Invesco held 403(b)(7)s, 401(K)s, SEPs, SIMPLEs, SARSEPs, Money
Purchase Plans, and Profit Sharing Plans if the assets are transferred to an Invesco
IRA.
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In addition, an investor may acquire shares of any of the Funds at net asset value in
connection with:
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reinvesting dividends and distributions;
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exchanging shares of one Fund, that were previously assessed a sales charge, for
shares of another Fund; as more fully described in the Prospectus;
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the purchase of shares in connection with the repayment of a retirement plan loan
administered by Invesco Aim Investment Services;
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as a result of a Funds merger, consolidation or acquisition of the assets of
another Fund;
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the purchase of Class A shares with proceeds from the redemption of Class B, Class C
or Class Y shares where the redemption and purchase are effectuated on the same
business day; or
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when buying Class A shares of AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund.
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Unit investments trusts sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors or its affiliates.
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Unitholders of Van Kampen unit investment trusts that enrolled in the reinvestment
program prior to December 3, 2007 to reinvest distributions from such trusts in Class A
shares of the Funds. The Funds reserve the right to modify or terminate this program at
any time.
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Payments to Dealers
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Invesco Aim Distributors may elect to re-allow the entire initial sales
charge to dealers for all sales with respect to which orders are placed with Invesco Aim
Distributors during a particular period. Dealers to whom substantially the entire sales charge is
re-allowed may be deemed to be underwriters as that term is defined under the 1933 Act.
The financial adviser through which you purchase your shares may receive all or a portion of
the sales charges and Rule 12b-1 distribution fees discussed above. In this context, financial
advisers include any broker, dealer, bank (including bank trust departments), insurance company
separate account, transfer agent, registered investment adviser, financial planner, retirement plan
administrator and any other financial intermediary having a selling, administration or similar
agreement with Invesco Aim Distributors or one or more of its corporate affiliates (collectively,
the Invesco Affiliates). In addition to those payments, Invesco Affiliates may make additional
cash payments to financial advisers in connection with the promotion and sale of shares of the
Funds. Invesco Affiliates make these payments from their own resources, from Invesco Aim
Distributors retention of underwriting concessions and from payments to Invesco Aim Distributors
under Rule 12b-1 plans. In the case of sub-accounting payments, discussed below, Invesco
Affiliates will be reimbursed directly by the Funds for such payments. These additional cash
payments are described below. The categories described below are not mutually exclusive. The same
financial adviser, or one or more of its affiliates, may receive payments under more than one or
all categories. Most financial advisers that sell shares of the Funds receive one or more types of
these cash payments. Financial advisers negotiate the cash payments to be paid on an individual
basis. Where services are provided, the costs of providing the services and the overall package of
services provided may vary from one financial adviser to another. Invesco Affiliates do not make
an independent assessment of the cost of providing such services.
Certain financial advisers listed below received one or more types of the following payments
during the prior calendar year. This list is not necessarily current and will change over time.
Certain arrangements are still being negotiated, and there is a possibility that payments will be
made retroactively to financial advisers not listed. Accordingly, please contact your financial
adviser to determine whether it currently may be receiving such payments and to obtain further
information regarding any such payments.
Financial Support Payments.
Invesco Affiliates make financial support payments as incentives
to certain financial advisers to promote and sell shares of the Funds. The benefits Invesco
Affiliates receive when they make these payments include, among other things, placing the Funds on
the financial advisers funds sales system, and access (in some cases on a preferential basis over
other competitors) to individual members of the financial advisers sales force or to the financial
advisers management. Financial support payments are sometimes referred to as shelf space
payments because the payments compensate the financial adviser for including the Funds in its fund
sales system (on its sales shelf).
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Invesco Affiliates compensate financial advisers differently depending typically on the level
and/or type of considerations provided by the financial adviser. In addition, payments typically
apply only to retail sales, and may not apply to other types of sales or assets (such as sales to
retirement plans, qualified tuition programs, or fee based adviser programs some of which may
generate certain other payments described below).
The financial support payments Invesco Affiliates make may be calculated on sales of shares of
the Funds (Sales-Based Payments), in which case the total amount of such payments shall not
exceed 0.25% (for non-Institutional Class shares) or 0.10% (for Institutional Class shares) of the
public offering price of all such shares sold by the financial adviser during the particular
period. Such payments also may be calculated on the average daily net assets of the applicable
Funds attributable to that particular financial adviser (Asset-Based Payments), in which case the
total amount of such cash payments shall not exceed 0.25% per annum of those assets during a
defined period. Sales-Based Payments primarily create incentives to make new sales of shares of
the Funds and Asset-Based Payments primarily create incentives to retain previously sold shares of
the Funds in investor accounts. Invesco Affiliates may pay a financial adviser either or both
Sales-Based Payments and Asset-Based Payments.
Sub-Accounting and Networking Support Payments.
Invesco Aim Investment Services, an Invesco
Affiliate, acts as the transfer agent for the Funds, registering the transfer, issuance and
redemption of Fund shares, and disbursing dividends and other distributions to Funds shareholders.
However, many Fund shares are owned or held by financial advisers, as that term is defined above,
for the benefit of their customers. In those cases, the Funds often do not maintain an account for
the shareholder. Thus, some or all of the transfer agency functions for these accounts are
performed by the financial adviser. In these situations, Invesco Affiliates may make payments to
financial advisers that sell Fund shares for certain transfer agency services, including record
keeping and sub-accounting shareholder accounts. Payments for these services typically do not
exceed 0.25% (for non-Institutional Class shares) or 0.10% (for Institutional Class shares) of
average annual assets of such share classes or $19 per annum per shareholder account (for
non-Institutional Class shares only). Invesco Affiliates also may make payments to certain
financial advisers that sell Fund shares in connection with client account maintenance support,
statement preparation and transaction processing. The types of payments that Invesco Affiliates
may make under this category include, among others, payment of networking fees of up to $12 per
shareholder account maintained on certain mutual fund trading systems.
All fees payable by Invesco Affiliates pursuant to a sub-transfer agency, omnibus account
service or sub-accounting agreement are charged back to the Funds, subject to certain limitations
approved by the Board of the Trust.
Other Cash Payments.
From time to time, Invesco Affiliates, at their expense and out of their
own resources, may provide additional compensation to financial advisers which sell or arrange for
the sale of shares of a Fund. Such compensation provided by Invesco Affiliates may include payment
of ticket charges per purchase or exchange order placed by a financial adviser, one-time payments
for ancillary services such as setting up funds on a financial advisers mutual fund trading
systems, financial assistance to financial advisers that enable Invesco Affiliates to participate
in and/or present at conferences or seminars, sales or training programs for invited registered
representatives and other employees, client entertainment, client and investor events, and other
financial adviser-sponsored events, and travel expenses, including lodging incurred by registered
representatives and other employees in connection with client prospecting, retention and due
diligence trips. Other compensation may be offered to the extent not prohibited by state laws or
any self-regulatory agency, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Invesco
Affiliates make payments for entertainment events it deems appropriate, subject to Invesco
Affiliates guidelines and applicable law. These payments may vary depending upon the nature of the
event or the relationship.
Invesco Affiliates are motivated to make the payments described above because they promote the
sale of Fund shares and the retention of those investments by clients of financial advisers. To
the extent financial advisers sell more shares of the Funds or retain shares of the Funds in their
clients accounts, Invesco Affiliates benefit from the incremental management and other fees paid
to Invesco Affiliates by the Funds with respect to those assets.
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In certain cases these payments could be significant to the financial adviser. Your financial
adviser may charge you additional fees or commissions other than those disclosed in the SAI. You
can ask your financial adviser about any payments it receives from Invesco Affiliates or the Funds,
as well as about fees and/or commissions it charges. You should consult disclosures made by your
financial adviser at the time of purchase.
CERTAIN FINANCIAL ADVISERS THAT RECEIVE ONE OR MORE TYPES OF PAYMENTS
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1st Global Capital Corporation
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Partners, Inc.
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401k Exchange, Inc.
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401k Producer Services
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A G Edwards & Sons, Inc.
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ADP Broker Dealer, Inc.
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AIG Retirement
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Advantage Capital Corporation
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Advest Inc.
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Allianz Life
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Allstate
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American Portfolios Financial Services Inc.
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American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation
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American United Life Insurance Company
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Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
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APS Financial Corporation
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Ascensus
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Associated Securities Corporation
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AXA Advisors, LLC
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The Bank of New York
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Bank of America
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Bank of Oklahoma
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Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
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BOSC, Inc.
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Branch Banking & Trust Company
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Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
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Buck Kwasha Securities LLC
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Cadaret Grant & Company, Inc.
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Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
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Cantella & Co., Inc.
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Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
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Centennial Bank
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Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.
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Chase Citibank, N.A.
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Citigroup
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Citistreet
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Comerica Bank
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Commerce Bank
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Commonwealth Financial Network LPL
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Community National Bank
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Compass Bank
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Compass Brokerage, Inc.
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Contemporary Financial Solutions, Inc.
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CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc.
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Credit Suisse Securities
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CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc.
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CUSO Financial Services, Inc.
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D.A. Davidson & Company
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Daily Access Corporation
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Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
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Dorsey & Company Inc.
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Edward Jones & Co.
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Equity Services, Inc.
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Expertplan
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Fidelity
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Fifth Third Bank
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Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
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Financial Data Services Inc.
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Financial Network Investment Corporation
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Financial Planning Association
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Financial Services Corporation
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First Clearing Corp.
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First Command Financial Planning, Inc.
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First Financial Equity Corp.
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First Southwest Company
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Frost Brokerage Services, Inc.
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Frost National Bank
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FSC Securities Corporation
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Fund Services Advisors, Inc.
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Gardner Michael Capital, Inc.
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GE Capital Life Insurance Company of New York
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GE Life & Annuity Company
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Genworth
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Genworth Financial Securities Corp.
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Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company
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Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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Great West Life
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Guaranty Bank & Trust
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Guardian
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GunnAllen Financial
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GWFS Equities, Inc.
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Hare and Company
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Hartford
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H.D. Vest
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Hewitt Financial Services
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Hightower Securities, LLC
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Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc.
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Huntington Capital
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Huntington National Bank
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The Huntington Investment Company
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ICMA Retirement Corporation ING
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Intersecurities, Inc.
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INVEST Financial Corporation, Inc.
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Investacorp, Inc.
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Investment Centers of America, Inc.
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Jackson National Life
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Jefferson National Life Insurance Company
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Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation
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J.M. Lummis Securities
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JP Morgan
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Kanaly Trust Company
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Kemper
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LaSalle Bank, N.A.
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Lincoln Financial
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Loop Capital Markets, LLC
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LPL Financial Corp.
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M & T Securities, Inc.
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M M L Investors Services, Inc.
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Marshall & Ilsley Trust Co., N.A.
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Mass Mutual
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Matrix
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Mellon Bank N.A.
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Mellon Financial
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Mellon Financial Markets
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Mercer Trust Company
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Merrill Lynch
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Metlife
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Metropolitan Life
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Meyer Financial Group, Inc.
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Money Concepts
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Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
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Morgan Stanley
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MSCS Financial Services, LLC
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Multi-Financial Securities Corporation
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Municipal Capital Markets Group, Inc.
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Mutual Service Corporation
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Mutual Services, Inc.
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N F P Securities, Inc.
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NatCity Investments, Inc.
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National Financial Services Corporation
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National Planning Corporation
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National Planning Holdings
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National Retirement Partners Inc.
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Nationwide
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New York Life
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Next Financial Group, Inc.
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NFP Securities Inc.
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Northeast Securities, Inc.
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Northwestern Mutual Investment Services
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OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc.
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Oppenheimer & Company, Inc.
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Oppenheimer Securities
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Oppenheimer Trust Company
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Pacific Life
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Penn Mutual Life
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Penson Financial Services
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Pershing
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PFS Investments, Inc.
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Phoenix Life Insurance Company
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Piper Jaffray
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Plains Capital Bank
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Planco
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PNC Bank, N.A.
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PNC Capital Markets LLC
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Primevest Financial Services, Inc.
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Princeton Retirement Group, Inc.
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Principal Financial
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Proequities, Inc.
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Prudential
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R B C Dain Rauscher, Inc.
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RBC Wealth Management
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Raymond James
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Ridge Clearing
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Robert W. Baird & Co.
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Ross Sinclair & Associates LLC
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Royal Alliance Associates
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Riversource (Ameriprise)
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RSBCO
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S I I Investments, Inc.
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Salomon Smith Barney
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Sanders Morris Harris
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SCF Securities, Inc.
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Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
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Securities America, Inc.
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Security Distributors, Inc.
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Sentra Securities
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Silverton Capital, Corp.
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Simmons First Investment Group, Inc.
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Smith Barney Inc.
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Smith Hayes Financial Services
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Southwest Securities
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Sovereign Bank
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Spelman & Company
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State Farm
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State Street Bank & Trust Company
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Stifel Nicolaus & Company
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SunAmerica Securities, Inc.
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SunGard
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Sun Life SunTrust
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SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
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SWS Financial Services, Inc.
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Symetra Investment Services Inc.
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TD Ameritrade
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The (Wilson) William Financial Group
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TFS Securities, Inc.
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Transamerica Capital Inc.
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Transamerica Treasury Curve, LLC
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Treasury Strategies
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T Rowe Price
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Trust Management Network, LLC
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U.S. Bancorp
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UBS Financial Services Inc.
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UMB Financial Services, Inc.
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Union Bank
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Union Bank of California, N.A.
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Union Central
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United Planners Financial
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US Bank
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U.S. Bank, N.A.
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UVEST
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Vanguard Marketing Corp.
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V S R Financial Services, Inc.
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VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc.
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vFinance Investments, Inc.
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Vining Sparks IBG, LP
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Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
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Wachovia
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Wadsworth Investment Co., Inc.
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Waterstone Financial Group, Inc.
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Wells Fargo
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Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.
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Zions Bank
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Purchases of Class B Shares
Class B shares shares are sold at net asset value, and are not subject to an initial sales
charge; but investors may pay a CDSC if they redeem their shares within a specified number of years
after purchase. See the Prospectus for additional information regarding contingent deferred sales
charges. Invesco Aim Distributors may pay sales commissions to dealers and institutions who sell
Class B shares of the Funds at the time of such sales. Payments are equal to 4.00% of the purchase
price, which consist of a sales commission equal to 3.75% plus an advance of the first year service
fee of 0.25%.
Purchases of Class C Shares
Class C shares are sold at net asset value, and are not subject to an initial sales charge.
Investors in Class C shares may pay a CDSC if they redeem their shares within the first year after
purchase (no CDSC applies to Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund
unless you exchange shares of another Fund that are subject to a CDSC into AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or
AIM Short Term Bond Fund). See the Prospectus for additional information regarding this CDSC.
Invesco Aim Distributors may pay sales commissions to dealers and institutions who sell Class C
shares of the Funds (except for Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund and AIM Short Term Bond
Fund) at the time of such sales. Payments with respect to Funds other than AIM Floating Rate Fund
will equal 1.00% of the purchase price and will consist of a sales commission of 0.75% plus an
advance of the first year service fee of 0.25%. Payments with respect to AIM Floating Rate Fund
will equal 0.75% of the purchase price and will consist of a sales commission of 0.50% plus an
advance of the first year service fee of 0.25%. These commissions are not paid on sales to
investors exempt from the CDSC, including shareholders of record of AIM Advisor Funds, Inc. on
April 30, 1995, who purchase additional shares in
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any of the Funds on or after May 1, 1995, and in circumstances where Invesco Aim Distributors
grants an exemption on particular transactions.
Payments with Regard to Converted Class K Shares
For Class A shares acquired by a former Class K shareholder (i) as a result of a fund merger;
or (ii) as a result of the conversion of Class K shares into Class A shares on October 21, 2005,
Invesco Aim Distributors will pay financial intermediaries 0.45% on such Class A shares as follows:
(i) 0.25% from the Class A shares Rule 12b-1 plan fees; and (ii) 0.20% from Invesco Aim
Distributors own resources provided that, on an annualized basis for 2005 as of October 21, 2005,
the 0.20% exceeds $2,000 per year.
Purchase and Redemption of Class P Shares
Certain former investors in the AIM Summit Plans I and II may acquire Class P shares at net
asset value. Class P shares are not subject to a CDSC. Please see AIM Summit Funds Prospectus
for details.
Purchases of Class R Shares
Class R shares are sold at net asset value, and are not subject to an initial sales charge or
to a CDSC. For purchases of Class R shares of Category I, II or IV Funds, Invesco Aim Distributors
may make the following payments to dealers of record provided that the applicable dealer of record
is able to establish that the purchase of Class R shares is a new investment or a rollover from a
retirement plan in which a Fund was offered as an investment option:
Percent of Cumulative Purchases
0.75% of the first $5 million
plus 0.50% of amounts in excess of $5 million
With regard to any individual purchase of Class R shares, Invesco Aim Distributors may make
payment to the dealer of record based on the cumulative total of purchases made by the same plan
over the life of the plans account(s).
Purchases of Class S Shares
Class S shares are sold at net asset value, and are not subject to an initial sales charge or
to a CDSC. Class S shares are limited to investors who purchase shares with the proceeds received
from a systematic contractual investment plan redemption within the 12 months prior to purchasing
Class S shares, and who purchase through an approved financial intermediary that has an agreement
with the distributor to sell Class S shares. Class S Shares are not otherwise sold to members of
the general public. An investor purchasing Class S shares will not pay an initial sales charge. The
investor will no longer be eligible to purchase additional Class S shares at that point where the
value of the contributions to the prior systematic contractual investment plan combined with the
subsequent Class S share contributions equals the face amount of what would have been the
investors systematic contractual investment plan under the 30-year investment option. The face
amount of a systematic contractual investment plan is the combined total of all scheduled monthly
investments under that plan. For a plan with a scheduled monthly investment of $100.00, the face
amount would have been $36,000.00 under the 30-year extended investment option. Class S shares
have a 12b-1 fee of 0.15%
Purchases of Class Y Shares
Class Y shares are sold at net asset value, and are not subject to an initial sales charge or
to a CDSC. Please refer to the Prospectus for more information.
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Purchases of Institutional Class Shares
Institutional Class shares are sold at net asset value, and are not subject to an initial
sales charge or to a CDSC. Please refer to the Institutional Class Prospectus for more
information.
Exchanges
Terms and Conditions of Exchanges
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Normally, shares of a Fund to be acquired by exchange are
purchased at their net asset value or applicable offering price, as the case may be, determined on
the date that such request is received, but under unusual market conditions such purchases may be
delayed for up to five business days if it is determined that a fund would be materially
disadvantaged by an immediate transfer of the proceeds of the exchange. If a shareholder is
exchanging into a fund paying daily dividends, and the release of the exchange proceeds is delayed
for the foregoing five-day period, such shareholder will not begin to accrue dividends until the
sixth business day after the exchange.
Redemptions
General
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Shares of the Funds may be redeemed directly through Invesco Aim Distributors or
through any dealer who has entered into an agreement with Invesco Aim Distributors. In addition to
the Funds obligation to redeem shares, Invesco Aim Distributors may also repurchase shares as an
accommodation to shareholders. To effect a repurchase, those dealers who have executed Selected
Dealer Agreements with Invesco Aim Distributors must phone orders to the order desk of the Funds
at (800) 959-4246 and guarantee delivery of all required documents in good order. A repurchase is
effected at the net asset value per share of the applicable Fund next determined after the
repurchase order is received in good order. Such an arrangement is subject to timely receipt by
Invesco Aim Investment Services, the Funds transfer agent, of all required documents in good
order. If such documents are not received within a reasonable time after the order is placed, the
order is subject to cancellation. While there is no charge imposed by a Fund or by Invesco Aim
Distributors (other than any applicable contingent deferred sales charge and any applicable
redemption fee) when shares are redeemed or repurchased, dealers may charge a fair service fee for
handling the transaction.
Suspension of Redemptions
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The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment
postponed when (a) trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is restricted, as determined by
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, (b) the NYSE is closed for other than customary
weekend and holiday closings, (c) the SEC has by order permitted such suspension, or (d) an
emergency as determined by the SEC exists making disposition of portfolio securities or the
valuation of the net assets of a Fund not reasonably practicable.
Systematic Redemption Plan
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A Systematic Redemption Plan permits a shareholder of a Fund to
withdraw on a regular basis at least $50 per withdrawal. At the time the withdrawal plan is
established, the total account value must be $5,000 or more. Under a Systematic Redemption Plan,
all shares are to be held by Invesco Aim Investment Services. To provide funds for payments made
under the Systematic Redemption Plan, Invesco Aim Investment Services redeems sufficient full and
fractional shares at their net asset value in effect at the time of each such redemption.
Payments under a Systematic Redemption Plan constitute taxable events. Because such payments
are funded by the redemption of shares, they may result in a return of capital and in capital gains
or losses, rather than in ordinary income. Also because sales charges are imposed on additional
purchases of Class A shares, it is disadvantageous to effect such purchases while a Systematic
Redemption Plan is in effect.
Each Fund bears its share of the cost of operating the Systematic Redemption Plan.
Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Imposed upon Redemption of Shares
A CDSC may be imposed upon the redemption of Large Purchases of Class A shares of Category I,
II and IV Funds, upon the redemption of Class B shares, and Class C shares (no CDSC applies to
Class C shares of AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund unless you exchange shares of
another Fund that are subject to a CDSC into AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund).
(In addition, no CDSC applies to Class A2 shares.) See the Prospectus for additional information
regarding CDSCs.
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Exceptions for Large Purchases of Class A Shares
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An
investor who has made a Large Purchase of Class A shares of a Category I, II or IV Fund, will not
be subject to a CDSC upon the redemption of those shares in the following situations:
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Redemptions of shares of Category I, II or IV Funds held more than 18 months;
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Redemptions of shares held by retirement plans, maintained pursuant to Sections 403
(only if the employer or plan sponsor is a tax-exempt organization operated pursuant to
Section 501(c)(3) of the Code), 401 or 457 of the Code, in cases where (i) the plan has
remained invested in Class A shares of a Fund for at least 12 months, or (ii) the
redemption is not a complete redemption of shares held by the plan;
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Redemptions of shares by the investor where the investors dealer waives the amounts
otherwise payable to it by the distributor and notifies the distributor prior to the
time of investment;
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Minimum required distributions made in connection with an IRA, Keogh Plan or
custodial account under Section 403(b) of the Code or other retirement plan following
attainment of age 70 1/2;
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Redemptions following the death or post-purchase disability of (i) any registered
shareholders on an account or (ii) a settlor of a living trust, of shares held in the
account at the time of death or initial determination of post-purchase disability,
provided that shares have not been commingled with shares that are subject to CDSC; and
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Amounts from a monthly, quarterly or annual Systematic Redemption Plan of up to an
annual amount of 12% of the account value on a per Fund basis provided the investor
reinvests his dividends. At the time the withdrawal plan is established, the total
account value must be $5,000 or more.
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Exceptions for Class B and C Shares
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CDSCs will not apply to
the following redemptions of Class B or Class C shares, as applicable:
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Additional purchases of Class C shares of AIM International Core Equity Fund and
AIM Real Estate Fund by shareholders of record on April 30, 1995, of AIM International
Value Fund, predecessor to AIM International Core Equity Fund, and AIM Real Estate
Fund, except that shareholders whose broker-dealers maintain a single omnibus account
with Invesco Aim Investment Services on behalf of those shareholders, perform
sub-accounting functions with respect to those shareholders, and are unable to
segregate shareholders of record prior to April 30, 1995, from shareholders whose
accounts were opened after that date will be subject to a CDSC on all purchases made
after March 1, 1996;
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Redemptions following the death or post-purchase disability of (1) any registered
shareholders on an account or (2) a settlor of a living trust, of shares held in the
account at the time of death or initial determination of post-purchase disability,
provided that shares have not been commingled with shares that are subject to CDSC;
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Certain distributions from individual retirement accounts, Section 403(b) retirement
plans, Section 457 deferred compensation plans and Section 401 qualified plans, where
redemptions result from (i) required minimum distributions to plan participants or
beneficiaries who are age 70 1/2 or older, and only with respect to that portion of
such distributions that does not exceed 12% annually of the participants or
beneficiarys account value in a particular Fund; (ii) in kind transfers of assets
where the participant or beneficiary notifies the distributor of the transfer no later
than the time the transfer occurs; (iii) tax-free rollovers or transfers of assets to
another plan of the type described above invested in Class B or Class C shares of one
or more of the Funds; (iv) tax-free returns of excess contributions or returns of
excess deferral amounts; and (v) distributions on the death or disability (as defined
in the Code) of the participant or beneficiary;
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Amounts from a monthly or quarterly Systematic Redemption Plan of up to an annual
amount of 12% of the account value on a per fund basis provided the investor reinvests
his dividends.
At the time the withdrawal plan is established, the total account value must be $5,000
or more;
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Liquidation initiated by the Fund when the account value falls below the minimum
required account size of $500; and
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Investment account(s) of Invesco and its affiliates.
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CDSCs will not apply to the following redemptions of Class C shares:
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A total or partial redemption of shares where the investors dealer of record
notifies the distributor prior to the time of investment that the dealer would waive
the upfront payment otherwise payable to him;
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Redemption of shares held by retirement plans, maintained pursuant to Sections 403
(only if the employer or plan sponsor is a tax-exempt organization operated pursuant to
Section 501(c)(3) of the Code), 401 or 457 of the Code, in cases where (i) the plan has
remained invested in Class C shares of a Fund for at least 12 months, or (ii) the
redemption is not a complete redemption of all Class C shares held by the plan; and
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Redemptions of Class C shares of a Fund other than AIM LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short
Term Bond Fund if you received such Class C shares by exchanging Class C shares of AIM
LIBOR Alpha Fund or AIM Short Term Bond Fund.
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General Information Regarding Purchases, Exchanges and Redemptions
Good Order.
Purchase, exchange and redemption orders must be received in good order in
accordance with Invesco Aim Investment Services policy and procedures and U.S. regulations.
Invesco Aim Investment Services reserves the right to refuse transactions. Transactions not in
good order will not be processed and once brought into good order, will receive the current price.
To be in good order, an investor or financial intermediary must supply Invesco Aim Investment
Services with all required information and documentation, including signature guarantees when
required. In addition, if a purchase of shares is made by check, the check must be received in
good order. This means that the check must be properly completed and signed, and legible to
Invesco Aim Investment Services in its sole discretion. If a check used to purchase shares does
not clear, or if any investment order must be canceled due to nonpayment, the investor will be
responsible for any resulting loss.
Authorized Agents.
Invesco Aim Investment Services and Invesco Aim Distributors may authorize
agents to accept purchase and redemption orders that are in good order on behalf of the Funds. In
certain cases, these authorized agents are authorized to designate other intermediaries to accept
purchase and redemption orders on a Funds behalf. The Fund will be deemed to have received the
purchase or redemption order when the Funds authorized agent or its designee accepts the order.
The order will be priced at the net asset value next determined after the order is accepted by the
Funds authorized agent or its designee.
Signature Guarantees
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In addition to those circumstances listed in the Shareholder
Information section of each Funds prospectus, signature guarantees are required in the following
situations: (1) requests to transfer the registration of shares to another owner; (2) telephone
exchange and telephone redemption authorization forms; (3) changes in previously designated wiring
or electronic funds transfer instructions; (4) written redemptions or exchanges of shares held in
certificate form previously reported to Invesco as lost, whether or not the redemption amount is
under $250,000 or the proceeds are to be sent to the address of record; and (5) requests to redeem
accounts where the proceeds are over $250,000 or the proceeds are to be sent to an address or a
bank other than the address or bank of record. The Funds may waive or modify any signature
guarantee requirements at any time.
Acceptable guarantors include banks, broker-dealers, credit unions, national securities
exchanges, savings associations and any other organization, provided that such institution or
organization qualifies as an eligible guarantor institution as that term is defined in rules
adopted by the SEC, and further provided that such guarantor institution is listed in one of the
reference guides contained in Invesco Aim Investment Services current Signature Guarantee
Standards and Procedures, such as
certain domestic banks, credit unions, securities dealers, or securities exchanges. Notary public
signatures are not an acceptable replacement for a signature guarantee. Invesco Aim Investment
Services will also accept signatures with either: (1) a signature guaranteed with a medallion
stamp of the
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STAMP Program, or (2) a signature guaranteed with a medallion stamp of the NYSE
Medallion Signature Program, provided that in either event, the amount of the total transaction
involved does not exceed the surety coverage amount indicated on the medallion. For information
regarding whether a particular institution or organization qualifies as an eligible guarantor
institution and to determine how to fulfill a signature guarantee requirement, an investor should
contact the Client Services Department of Invesco Aim Investment Services.
Transactions by Telephone
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By signing an account application form, an investor agrees that
Invesco Aim Investment Services may surrender for redemption any and all shares held by Invesco Aim
Investment Services in the designated account(s), or in any other account with any of the Funds,
present or future, which has the identical registration as the designated account(s). Invesco Aim
Investment Services and Invesco Aim Distributors are thereby authorized and directed to accept and
act upon any telephone redemptions of shares held in any of the account(s) listed, from any person
who requests the redemption proceeds to be applied to purchase shares in any one or more of
the Funds, provided that such fund is available for sale and provided that the registration and
mailing address of the shares to be purchased are identical to the registration of the shares being
redeemed. An investor acknowledges by signing the form that he understands and agrees that Invesco
Aim Investment Services and Invesco Aim Distributors may not be liable for any loss, expense or
cost arising out of any telephone exchange requests effected in accordance with the authorization
set forth in these instructions if they reasonably believe such request to be genuine, but may in
certain cases be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent transactions. Procedures for
verification of telephone transactions may include recordings of telephone transactions (maintained
for six months), requests for confirmation of the shareholders Social Security Number and current
address, and mailings of confirmations promptly after the transactions. Invesco Aim Investment
Services reserves the right to modify or terminate the telephone exchange privilege at any time
without notice. An investor may elect not to have this privilege by marking the appropriate box on
the application. Then any exchanges must be effected in writing by the investor.
Internet Transactions
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An investor may effect transactions in his account through the
internet by establishing a Personal Identification Number (PIN). By establishing a PIN the
investor acknowledges and agrees that neither Invesco Aim Investment Services nor Invesco Aim
Distributors will be liable for any loss, expense or cost arising out of any internet transaction
effected by them in accordance with any instructions submitted by a user who transmits the PIN as
authentication of his or her identity. Procedures for verification of internet transactions
include requests for confirmation of the shareholders personal identification number and mailing
of confirmations promptly after the transactions. The investor also acknowledges that the ability
to effect internet transactions may be terminated at any time by the Funds. Policies for
processing transactions via the Internet may differ from policies for transactions via telephone
due to system settings.
Abandoned Property.
It is the responsibility of the investor to ensure that Invesco Aim
Investment Services maintains a correct address for his account(s). An incorrect address may cause
an investors account statements and other mailings to be returned to Invesco Aim Investment
Services. Upon receiving returned mail, Invesco Aim Investment Services will attempt to locate the
investor or rightful owner of the account. If Invesco Aim Investment Services is unable to locate
the investor, then it will determine whether the investors account has legally been abandoned.
Invesco Aim Investment Services is legally obligated to escheat (or transfer) abandoned property to
the appropriate states unclaimed property administrator in accordance with statutory requirements.
The investors last known address of record determines which state has jurisdiction.
Retirement Plans Sponsored by Invesco Aim Distributors.
Invesco Aim Distributors acts as the
prototype sponsor for certain types of retirement plan documents. These plan documents are
generally available to anyone wishing to invest plan assets in the Funds. These documents are
provided subject to terms, conditions and fees that vary by plan type. Contact your financial
adviser or other intermediary for details.
Miscellaneous Fees.
In certain circumstances, the intermediary maintaining the shareholder
account through which your Fund shares are held may assess various fees related to the maintenance
of that account, such as:
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prototype sponsor;
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expedited mailing fees in response to overnight redemption requests; and
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copying and mailing charges in response to requests for duplicate statements.
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Please consult with your intermediary for further details concerning any applicable fees.
Institutional Class Shares
Before the initial purchase of shares, an investor must submit a completed account application
to his financial intermediary, who should forward the application to Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc. at P.O. Box 4739, Houston, Texas 77210-4739. An investor may change information in
his account application by submitting written changes or a new account application to his
intermediary or to Invesco Aim Investment Services.
Purchase and redemption orders must be received in good order. To be in good order, the
financial intermediary must give Invesco Aim Investment Services all required information and
documentation with respect to the investor. If the intermediary fails to deliver the investors
payment on the required settlement date, the intermediary must reimburse the Fund for any overdraft
charges incurred.
A financial intermediary may submit a written request to Invesco Aim Investment Services for
correction of transactions involving Fund shares. If Invesco Aim Investment Services agrees to
correct a transaction, and the correction requires a dividend adjustment, the intermediary must
agree in writing to reimburse the Fund for any resulting loss.
An investor may terminate his relationship with an intermediary and become the shareholder of
record on his account. However, until the investor establishes a relationship with an
intermediary, the investor will not be able to purchase additional shares of the Fund, except
through the reinvestment of distributions.
Generally payment for redeemed shares is made by Federal Reserve wire to the account
designated in the investors account application. By providing written notice to his financial
intermediary or to Invesco Aim Investments Services, an investor may change the account designated
to receive redemption proceeds. Invesco Aim Investment Services may request additional
documentation.
Invesco Aim Investment Services may request that an intermediary maintain separate master
accounts in the Fund for shares held by the intermediary (a) for its own account, for the account
of other institutions and for accounts for which the intermediary acts as a fiduciary; and (b) for
accounts for which the intermediary acts in some other capacity.
Offering Price
The following formula may be used to determine the public offering price per Class A share of
an investors investment:
Net Asset Value / (1 Sales Charge as % of Offering Price) = Offering Price.
For example, at the close of business on a given day, Invesco Mid-Cap Value Fund Class A
shares may have a net asset value per share of $13.20. The offering price, assuming an initial
sales charge of 5.50%, therefore would be $13.97.
Institutional Class shares of the Funds are offered at net asset value.
Calculation of Net Asset Value
Each Fund determines its net asset value per share once daily as of the close of the customary
trading session of the NYSE on each business day of the Fund. In the event the NYSE closes early
on a particular day, each Fund determines its net asset value per share as of the close of the NYSE
on such
day. Futures contracts may be valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which
they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask
prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange
are valued by an
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independent source at the mean between the last bid and ask prices. The Funds
determine net asset value per share by dividing the value of a Funds securities, cash and other
assets (including interest accrued but not collected) attributable to a particular class, less all
its liabilities (including accrued expenses and dividends payable) attributable to that class, by
the total number of shares outstanding of that class. Determination of a Funds net asset value
per share is made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Generally, the
portfolio securities for non-money market funds are recorded in the NAV no later than trade date
plus one, except on fiscal quarter ends, such securities are recorded on trade date. For money
market funds, portfolio securities are recorded in the NAV on trade date. The net asset value for
shareholder transactions may be different than the net asset value reported in the Funds financial
statement due to adjustments required by generally accepted accounting principles made to the net
asset value of the Fund at period end.
A security listed or traded on an exchange (excluding convertible bonds) held by a Fund is
valued at its last sales price or official closing price on the exchange where the security is
principally traded or, lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the
security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Each equity security traded in the
over-the-counter market is valued on the basis of prices furnished by independent pricing services
vendors or market makers. Debt securities (including convertible bonds) and unlisted equities are
fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing vendor. Evaluated quotes
provided by the pricing vendor may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and
may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities,
developments related to special securities, dividend rate, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity,
type of issue, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities for which
market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes
furnished by independent sources and are valued at the last bid price in the case of equity
securities and Corporate Loans and in the case of debt obligations (excluding Corporate Loans), the
mean between the last bid and ask prices. Senior secured floating rate loans and senior secured
floating rate debt securities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent
pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may reflect appropriate factors
such as ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread, individual trading
characteristics, institution-size trading in similar groups of securities and other market data.
Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an
exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value per share.
Short-term investments (including commercial paper) are valued at amortized cost when the
security has 60 days or less to maturity.
Generally, trading in corporate bonds, U.S. Government securities and money market instruments
is substantially completed each day prior to the close of the customary trading session of the
NYSE. The values of such securities used in computing the net asset value of a Funds shares are
determined at such times. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such securities may occur
between the times at which such values are determined and the close of the customary trading
session of the NYSE. If Invesco believes a development/event has actually caused a closing price
to no longer reflect current market value, the closing price may be adjusted to reflect the fair
value of the affected security as of the close of the NYSE as determined in good faith using
procedures approved by the Board.
Foreign securities are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using exchange rates as of the close
of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity
securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for
certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become
unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the
customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that are significant and may make the closing
price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If an issuer specific event has occurred
that Invesco determines, in its judgment, is likely to have affected the closing price of a foreign
security, it will price the security at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the
Board. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening
process from a pricing vendor to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that
the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current
market value as of the close of the NYSE. For foreign securities where Invesco believes, at the
approved degree of certainty, that the price is not reflective of current market value, Invesco
will use the indication of fair value
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from the pricing vendor to determine the fair value of the
security. The pricing vendor, pricing methodology or degree of certainty may change from time to
time. Multiple factors may be considered by the pricing vendor in determining adjustments to
reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, ADRs, domestic and
foreign index futures, and exchange-traded funds.
Fund securities primarily traded in foreign markets may be traded in such markets on days that
are not business days of the Fund. Because the net asset value per share of each Fund is
determined only on business days of the Fund, the value of the portfolio securities of a Fund that
invests in foreign securities may change on days when an investor cannot exchange or redeem shares
of the Fund.
Securities for which market quotations are not available or are unreliable are valued at fair
value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trusts officers in accordance
with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/ask
quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of
making a good faith determination of a securitys fair value.
Redemptions in Kind
Although the Funds generally intend to pay redemption proceeds solely in cash, the Funds
reserve the right to determine, in their sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by
making payment in securities or other property (known as a redemption in kind). For instance, a
Fund may make a redemption in kind if a cash redemption would disrupt its operations or
performance. Securities that will be delivered as payment in redemptions in kind will be valued
using the same methodologies that the Fund typically utilizes in valuing such securities.
Shareholders receiving such securities are likely to incur transaction and brokerage costs on their
subsequent sales of such securities, and the securities may increase or decrease in value until the
shareholder sells them. The Trust, on behalf of the Funds made an election under Rule 18f-1 under
the 1940 Act (a Rule 18f-1 Election) and therefore, the Trust, on behalf of a Fund, is obligated
to redeem for cash all shares presented to such Fund for redemption by any one shareholder in an
amount up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of that Funds net assets in any 90-day period. The Rule
18f-1 Election is irrevocable while Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act is in effect unless the SEC by
order permits withdrawal of such Rule 18f-1 Election.
Backup Withholding
Accounts submitted without a correct, certified taxpayer identification number (TIN) or,
alternatively, a correctly completed and currently effective Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form
W-8 (for non-resident aliens) or Form W-9 (for U.S. persons including resident aliens) accompanying
the registration information will generally be subject to backup withholding.
Each Fund, and other payers, generally must withhold, 28% of reportable dividends (whether
paid in cash or reinvested in additional Fund shares), including exempt-interest dividends, in the
case of any shareholder who fails to provide the Fund with a TIN and a certification that he is not
subject to backup withholding.
An investor is subject to backup withholding if:
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the IRS notifies the Fund that the investor furnished an incorrect TIN;
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the investor or the Fund is notified by the IRS that the investor is subject to
backup withholding because the investor failed to report all of the interest and
dividends on such investors tax return (for reportable interest and dividends only);
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the investor fails to certify to the Fund that the investor is not subject to
backup withholding under (3) above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts
opened after 1983 only); or
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the investor does not certify his TIN. This applies only to non-exempt mutual
fund accounts opened after 1983.
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Interest and dividend payments are subject to backup withholding in all five situations
discussed above. Redemption proceeds are subject to backup withholding only if (1), (2) or (5)
above applies.
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Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding and information reporting.
Invesco or Invesco Aim Investment Services will not provide Form 1099 to those payees.
Investors should contact the IRS if they have any questions concerning withholding.
IRS Penalties
Investors who do not supply the Funds with a correct TIN will be subject to a
$50 penalty imposed by the IRS unless such failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful
neglect. If an investor falsifies information on this form or makes any other false statement
resulting in no backup withholding on an account which should be subject to backup withholding,
such investor may be subject to a $500 penalty imposed by the IRS and to certain criminal penalties
including fines and/or imprisonment.
Nonresident Aliens
Nonresident alien individuals and foreign entities with a valid Form W-8
are not subject to the backup withholding previously discussed. The Form W-8 generally remains in
effect for a period starting on the date the Form is signed and ending on the last day of the third
succeeding calendar year. Such shareholders may, however, be subject to federal income tax
withholding at a 30% rate on ordinary income dividends and other distributions. Under applicable
treaty law, residents of treaty countries may qualify for a reduced rate of withholding or a
withholding exemption. Nonresident alien individuals and some foreign entities failing to provide
a valid Form W-8 may be subject to backup withholding and Form 1099 reporting.
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APPENDIX M
AMOUNTS PAID TO INVESCO AIM DISTRIBUTORS, INC. PURSUANT TO DISTRIBUTION PLANS
Because the Funds are new, no payments have been made to Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.
APPENDIX N
ALLOCATION OF ACTUAL FEES PAID PURSUANT TO DISTRIBUTION PLANS
Because the Funds are new, no fees have been paid pursuant to Distribution Plans.
APPENDIX O
TOTAL SALES CHARGES
Because the Funds are new, no sales charges have been paid.
APPENDIX P
PENDING LITIGATION ALLEGING MARKET TIMING
Pursuant to an Order of the MDL Court, plaintiffs in related lawsuits, including purported
class action and shareholder derivative suits, consolidated their claims for pre-trial purposes
into three amended complaints against, [depending on the lawsuit,] various Invesco Aim- and
IFG-related parties: (i) a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint purportedly brought on
behalf of shareholders of the AIM Funds (the Lepera lawsuit discussed below); (ii) a Consolidated
Amended Fund Derivative Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of the AIM Funds and fund
registrants (the Essenmacher lawsuit discussed below); and (iii) an Amended Class Action Complaint
for Violations ERISA purportedly brought on behalf of participants in Invescos 401(k) plan (the
Calderon lawsuit discussed below).
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RICHARD LEPERA, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated (LEAD
PLAINTIFF: CITY OF CHICAGO DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN), v. INVESCO FUNDS GROUP,
INC., AMVESCAP, PLC, AIM INVESTMENTS, AIM ADVISORS, INC., INVESCO INSTITUTIONAL
(N.A.), INC., INVESCO ASSETS MANAGEMENT LIMITED, INVESCO GLOBAL ASSETS MANAGEMENT
(N.A.), AIM STOCK FUNDS, AIM MUTUAL FUNDS, AIM COMBINATION STOCK & BOND FUNDS, AIM
SECTOR FUNDS, AIM TREASURERS SERIES TRUST, INVESCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC., AIM
DISTRIBUTORS, INC., RAYMOND R. CUNNINGHAM, TIMOTHY J. MILLER, THOMAS A. KOLBE,
MICHAEL D. LEGOSKI, MICHAEL K. BRUGMAN, MARK WILLIAMSON, EDWARD J. STERN, CANARY
CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, CANARY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, CANARY CAPITAL PARTNERS,
LTD., RYAN GOLDBERG, MICHAEL GRADY, CITIGROUP, INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
HOLDINGS, INC., SALOMON SMITH BARNEY, INC., MORGAN STANLEY DW, ANNA BRUGMAN, ANB
CONSULTING, LLC, KAPLAN & CO. SECURITIES INC., SECURITY TRUST COMPANY, N.A., GRANT
D. SEEGER, JB OXFORD HOLDINGS, INC., NATIONAL CLEARING CORPORATION, JAMES G. LEWIS,
KRAIG L. KIBBLE, JAMES Y. LIN, BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, BANC OF AMERICA
SECURITIES LLC, THEODORE C. SIHPOL, III, BEAR STEARNS & CO., INC., BEAR STEARNS
SECURITIES CORP., CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON (USA) INC.,
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC., PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES, INC., CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF
COMMERCE, JP MORGAN CHASE AND CO., AND JOHN DOE DEFENDANTS 1-100,
in the MDL Court
(Case No. 04-MD-15864; No. 04-CV-00814-JFM) (originally in the United States
District Court for the District of Colorado), filed on September 29, 2004. This
lawsuit alleges violations of Sections 11, 12(a) (2), and 15 of the Securities Act
of 1933 (the Securities Act); Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the Exchange Act) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder; Section 20(a) of the
Exchange Act; Sections 34(b), 36(a), 36(b) and 48(a) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940 (the Investment Company Act); breach of fiduciary duty/constructive fraud;
aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty; and unjust enrichment. The plaintiffs
in this lawsuit are seeking: compensatory damages, including interest; and other
costs and expenses, including counsel and expert fees.
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CYNTHIA ESSENMACHER, SILVANA G. DELLA CAMERA, FELICIA BERNSTEIN AS CUSTODIAN FOR
DANIELLE BROOKE BERNSTEIN, EDWARD CASEY, TINA CASEY, SIMON DENENBERG, GEORGE L.
GORSUCH, PAT B. GORSUCH, L. SCOTT KARLIN, HENRY KRAMER, JOHN E. MORRISEY, HARRY
SCHIPPER, BERTY KREISLER, GERSON SMITH, CYNTHIA PULEO, ZACHARY ALAN STARR, JOSHUA
GUTTMAN, AND AMY SUGIN, Derivatively on Behalf of the Mutual Funds, Trusts and
Corporations Comprising the Invesco and AIM Family of Mutual Funds v. AMVESCAP, PLC,
INVESCO FUNDS GROUP, INC., INVESCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC., INVESCO INSTITUTIONAL (N.A.),
INC., INVESCO ASSETS MANAGEMENT LIMITED, INVESCO GLOBAL ASSETS MANAGEMENT (N.A.),
AIM MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC., AIM ADVISORS, INC., AIM INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC., AIM
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DISTRIBUTORS, INC., FUND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, MARK H. WILLIAMSON, RAYMOND R.
CUNNINGHAM, TIMOTHY MILLER, THOMAS KOLBE, MICHAEL LEGOSKI, MICHAEL BRUGMAN, FRED A.
DEERING, VICTOR L. ANDREWS, BOB R. BAKER, LAWRENCE H. BUDNER, JAMES T. BUNCH, GERALD
J. LEWIS, JOHN W. MCINTYRE, LARRY SOLL, RONALD L. GROOMS, WILLIAM J. GALVIN, JR.,
ROBERT H. GRAHAM, FRANK S. BAYLEY, BRUCE L. CROCKETT, ALBERT R. DOWDEN, EDWARD K.
DUNN, JACK M. FIELDS, CARL FRISCHILING, PREMA MATHAI-DAVIS, LEWIS F. PENNOCK, RUTH
H. QUIGLEY, LOUIS S. SKLAR, OWEN DALY II, AURUM SECURITIES CORP., AURUM CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT CORP., GOLDEN GATE FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC, BANK OF AMERICA CORP., BANC OF
AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BEAR STEARNS & CO., INC., CANARY
CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, CANARY CAPITAL PARTNERS, LTD., CANARY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT,
LLC, EDWARD J. STERN, CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, CIRCLE TRUST COMPANY, RYAN
GOLDBERG, MICHAEL GRADY, KAPLAN & CO. SECURITIES, INC., JP MORGAN CHASE & CO.,
OPPENHEIMER & CO., INC., PRITCHARD CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, TIJA MANAGEMENT, TRAUTMAN
WASSERMAN & COMPANY, INC., Defendants, AND THE INVESCO FUNDS AND THE AIM FUNDS AND
ALL TRUSTS AND CORPORATIONS THAT COMPRISE THE INVESCO FUNDS AND AIM FUNDS THAT WERE
MANAGED BY INVESCO AND AIM, Nominal Defendants
, in the MDL Court (Case No.
04-MD-15864-FPS; No. 04-819), filed on September 29, 2004. This lawsuit alleges
violations of Sections 206 and 215 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended (the Advisers Act); Sections 36(a), 36(b) and 47 of the Investment Company
Act; control person liability under Section 48 of the Investment Company Act; breach
of fiduciary duty; aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty; breach of contract;
unjust enrichment; interference with contract; and civil conspiracy. The plaintiffs
in this lawsuit are seeking: removal of director defendants; removal of adviser,
sub-adviser and distributor defendants; rescission of management and other contracts
between the Funds and defendants; rescission of 12b-1 plans; disgorgement of
management fees and other compensation/profits paid to adviser defendants;
compensatory and punitive damages; and fees and expenses, including attorney and
expert fees.
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MIRIAM CALDERON, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, v.
AVZ, INC., AMVESCAP RETIREMENT, INC., AMVESCAP NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, INVESCO FUNDS
GROUP, INC., AMVESCAP, ROBERT F. MCCULLOUGH, GORDON NEBEKER, JEFFREY G. CALLAHAN,
AND RAYMOND R. CUNNINGHAM
, in the MDL Court (Case No. 1:04-MD-15864-FPS), filed on
September 29, 2004. This lawsuit alleges violations of ERISA Sections 404, 405 and
406. The plaintiffs in this lawsuit are seeking: declaratory judgment; restoration
of losses suffered by the plan; disgorgement of profits; imposition of a
constructive trust; injunctive relief; compensatory damages; costs and attorneys
fees; and equitable restitution.
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On January 5, 2008, the parties reached an agreement in principle to settle both the class
action (Lepera) and the derivative (Essenmacher) lawsuits, subject to the MDL Court approval.
Individual class members have the right to object.
On December 15, 2008, the parties reached an agreement in principle to settle the
ERISA (Calderon) lawsuit, subject to the MDL Court approval. Individual class members have the
right to object. No payments are required under the settlement; however, the parties agreed that
certain limited changes to benefit plans and participants accounts would be made.
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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 28.
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Exhibits
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a (1)
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(a) Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant dated
December 6, 2005.
(9)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated January 9, 2006, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust of Registrant.
(11)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated May 24, 2006, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Registrant.
(15)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated July 5, 2006, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Registrant.
(15)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated September 19, 2006, to the Second Amended and Restated
Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant.
(15)
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated April 23, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust of Registrant.
(19)
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(g) Amendment No. 6, dated October 16, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust of Registrant.
(19)
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(h) Amendment No. 7, dated May 1, 2008, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005.
(22)
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(i) Amendment No. 8, dated June 19, 2008, to Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005.
(22)
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(j) Amendment No. 9, dated March 3, 2009, to Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005.
(25)
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(k) Amendment No. 10, dated April 14, 2009, to Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005.
(25)
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(l) Amendment No. 11, dated November 12, 2009, to Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005.
(26)
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(m) Form of Amendment No. 12, dated [February , 2010] to Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005.
(28)
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b (1)
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(a) Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted effective September 14,
2005.
(8)
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(b) Amendment, dated August 1, 2006, to Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Registrant.
(15)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated March 23, 2007, to Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Registrant.
(19)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated January 1, 2008, to Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Registrant.
(21)
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c
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Articles II, VI, VII, VIII and IX of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust, as amended, and Articles IV, V and VI of the Amended and Restated
Bylaws, as amended, of the define rights of holders of shares.
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d (1)
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(a) Master Investment Advisory Agreement dated November 25, 2003 between Registrant and A
I M Advisors, Inc.
(6)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated October 15, 2004, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement
between the Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc.
(7)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated March 31, 2006, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement
between the Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc.
(14)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated April 14, 2006, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement
between the Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc.
(15)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated March 9, 2007, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement
between the Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc.
(19)
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated April 23, 2007, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement
between the Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc.
(19)
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(g) Amendment No. 6, dated July 1, 2007, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement
between the Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc.
(19)
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(h) Amendment No. 7, dated June 2, 2009, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement
between the Registrant and Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., formerly A I M Advisors,
Inc.
(26)
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(i) Amendment No. 8, dated January 1, 2010, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement
between the Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Aim
Advisors, Inc.
(28)
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(j) Form of Amendment No. 9, dated [February , 2010], to the Master Investment Advisory
Agreement between the Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc., successor by merger to
Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.
(28)
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(2)
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(a) Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds, dated May 1, 2008 between
Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc. on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management
Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan)
Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc., Invesco
Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Senior Secured Management,
Inc. and AIM Funds Management Inc. (now known as Invesco Trimark Ltd.)
(22)
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(b) Amendment No. 1 to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds, dated
June 2, 2009, between Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and Invesco
Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset
Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia
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Limited, Invesco Global Asset Management
(N.A.), Inc., Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., Invesco
Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd.
(28)
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(c) Amendment No. 2 to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds, dated
January 1, 2010 between Invesco Advisers, Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Aim
Advisers, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland
GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco
Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and
Invesco Trimark Ltd.
(28)
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(d) Form Amendment No. 3 to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds,
dated [February , 2010] between Invesco Advisers, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and
each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco
Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited,
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd.
(28)
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(3)
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Form of Temporary Sub-Advisory Agreement between Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Morgan
Stanley Investment Management and affiliates.
(28)
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e (1)
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(a) First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B
shares), dated August 18, 2003, as subsequently amended and as restated September 20,
2006, between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc.
(16)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated December 8, 2006, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M
Distributors, Inc.
(18)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated January 31, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M
Distributors, Inc.
(18)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated February 28, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M
Distributors, Inc.
(18)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated March 9, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M
Distributors, Inc.
(19 )
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated April 23, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M
Distributors, Inc.
(19)
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(g) Amendment No. 6, dated September 28, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M
Distributors, Inc.
(19)
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(h) Amendment No. 7 dated December 20, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M
Distributors, Inc.
(21)
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(i) Amendment No. 8, dated April 28, 2008, to the First Restated Master
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Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares).
(22)
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(j) Amendment No. 9, dated April 30, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares).
(22)
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(k) Amendment No. 10, dated May 1, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares).
(22)
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(l) Amendment No. 11, dated July 24, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares).
(22)
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(m) Amendment No. 12, dated October 3, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares).
(23)
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(n) Amendment No. 13, dated May 29, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B shares) and Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.
(25)
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(o) Amendment No. 14, dated June 2, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B shares) and Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.
(26)
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(p) Amendment No. 15, dated July 14 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B shares) and Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.
(26)
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(q) Amendment No. 16, dated September 25, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B shares) and Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.
(26)
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(r) Amendment No. 17, dated October 5, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B shares) and Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.
(26)
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(s) Amendment No. 18, dated February 1, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B shares) and Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.
(28)
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(t) Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B and B5 shares) and Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc.
(28)
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(2)
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(a) First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (Class B shares), dated August 18, 2003,
as subsequently amended and restated September 20, 2006, between Registrant and A I M
Distributors, Inc.
(16)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated January 31, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc.
(18)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc.
(18)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated March 9, 2007, to the First Restated Master
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Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares) between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc.
(19)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated April 23, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares)between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc.
(19)
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated April 30, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares).
(22)
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(g) Amendment No. 6, dated May 1, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares).
(22)
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(h) Amendment No. 7, dated July 24, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares).
(22)
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(i) Amendment No. 8, dated May 29, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares).
(25)
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(j) Amendment No. 9, dated June 2, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B shares).
(26)
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(k) Amendment No. 10, dated October 5, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B
shares).
(26)
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(l) Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated Master Distribution
Agreement (Class B and B5
shares).
(28)
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(3)
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Form of Selected Dealer Agreement between Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. and selected
dealers.
(24)
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(4)
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Form of Bank Selling Group Agreement between Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. and
banks.
(24)
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f (1)
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Form of AIM Funds Retirement Plan for Eligible Directors/Trustees, as amended and
restated January 1, 2008.
(24)
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(2)
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Form of AIM Funds Trustee Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended January 1,
2008.
(24)
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g (1)
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(a) Master Custodian Agreement between Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company
dated May 8, 2001.
(2)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated May 10, 2002, to the Master Custodian Agreement between
Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company.
(2)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated December 8, 2003, to the Master Custodian Agreement between
Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company.
(7)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated April 30, 2004, to the Master Custodian Agreement between
Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company.
(7)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated September 8, 2004, to the Master Custodian Agreement between
Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company.
(7)
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated February 8, 2006, to the Master Custodian Agreement between
Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company.
(12)
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(g) Amendment, dated January 31, 2007, to Master Custodian Agreement between Registrant
and State Street Bank and Trust Company.
(18)
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h (1)
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(a) Third Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated November 30,
2006, between Registrant and AIM Investment Services, Inc.
(15)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated July 1, 2007, to Third Amended and Restated Transfer Agency
and Service Agreement between Registrant and AIM Investment Services, Inc.
(19)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated October 3, 2008, to Third Amended and Restated Transfer Agency
and Service Agreement between Registrant and Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.,
formerly AIM Investment Services, Inc.
(23)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated June 2, 2009, to Third Amended and Restated Transfer Agency
and Service Agreement between Registrant and Invesco Aim Investment Services,
Inc.
(26)
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(2)
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(a) Second Amended and Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement, dated July 1,
2006, between Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc.
(15)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated March 9, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Master
Administrative Services Agreement.
(19)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated April 23, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Master
Administrative Services
Agreement.
(19)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, June 2, 2009, to the Second Amended and Restated Master
Administrative Services
Agreement.
(26)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, January 1, 2010, to the Second Amended and Restated Master
Administrative Services
Agreement.
(28)
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(f) Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the Second Amended and Restated Master
Administrative Services
Agreement.
(28)
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(3)
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Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum of Agreement, regarding securities lending
administrative fee waivers, dated May 29, 2009, between Registrant and Invesco Aim
Advisors, Inc.
(26)
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(4)
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Memorandum of Agreement, regarding expense limits, dated November 4, 2009, between
Registrant and Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.
(26)
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(5)
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Memorandum of Agreement, regarding advisory fee waivers and affiliated money
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market fee
waivers, dated July 1, 2009, between Registrant and Invesco Aim Advisors,
Inc.
(26)
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(6)
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Third Amended and Restated Interfund Loan Agreement, dated December 30, 2005, between
Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc.
(17)
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(7)
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated September 19, 2006 for AIM Select Real Estate
Income Fund.
(19)
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(8)
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated November 8, 2006 for AIM Advantage Health
Sciences Fund.
(19)
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(9)
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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated December 6, 2005, for AIM Floating Rate
Fund.
(19)
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Legal Opinion and Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP.
(28)
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Other Opinions None
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Financial Statements None
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l (1)
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(a) Initial Capitalization Agreement of Registrants AIM Structured Core Fund, AIM
Structured Growth Fund and AIM Structured Value Fund, dated March 29,
2006.
(14)
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(b) Initial Capitalization Agreement of Registrants AIM Select Real Estate Income Fund,
dated March 8, 2007.
(19)
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(c) Initial Capitalization Agreement of Investor Class shares of Registrants AIM
Structured Core Fund, dated December 20, 2007.
(19)
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(d) Initial Capitalization Agreement of AIM Core Plus Bond Fund, dated June 1,
2009.
(26)
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(e) Initial Capitalization Agreement of Class Y shares of Registrants AIM Core Plus Bond
Fund, AIM Floating Rate Fund, AIM Multi-Sector Fund, AIM Select Real Estate Income Fund,
AIM Structured Core Fund, AIM Structured Growth Fund and AIM Structured Value Fund, dated
October 2, 2008.
(26)
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m (1)
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(a) First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) effective as of August 18,
2003, as subsequently
amended.
(15)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated January 31, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class A
shares).
(18)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class A
shares).
(18)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated March 9, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class A
shares).
(19)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated April 23, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class A
shares).
(19)
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C-7
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated April 30, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class A shares).
(22)
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(g) Amendment No. 6, dated May 1, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class A shares).
(22)
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(h) Amendment No. 7, dated July 24, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class A shares).
(22)
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(i) Amendment No. 8, dated May 29, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class A shares).
(25)
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(j) Amendment No. 9, dated June 2, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class A shares).
(26)
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(k) Amendment No. 10, dated July 1, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class A shares).
(26)
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(l) Amendment No. 11, dated November 4, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Plan (Class A shares).
(26)
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(m) Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated Master Distribution
Plan (Class A shares).
(28)
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(2)
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(a) First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares) effective August 18,
2003.
(15)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated January 31, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class B
shares).
(18)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class B
shares).
(18)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated March 9, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class B
shares).
(19)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated April 23, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class B
shares).
(19)
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated April 30, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class B shares).
(22)
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(g) Amendment No. 6, dated May 1, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class B shares).
(22)
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(h) Amendment No. 7, dated July 24, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class B shares).
(22)
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(i) Amendment No. 8, dated May 29, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class B shares).
(25)
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(j) Amendment No. 9, dated June 2, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class B shares).
(26)
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C-8
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(k) Amendment No. 10, dated July 1, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class B shares).
(26)
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(l) Amendment No. 11, dated November 4, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Plan (Class B shares).
(26)
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(m) Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated Master Distribution
Plan (Class B shares).
(28)
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(3)
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(a) First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) effective as of August 18,
2003 and as subsequently amended.
(15)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated January 31, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class C shares).
(18)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class C shares).
(18)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated March 9, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class C shares).
(19)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated April 23, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class C shares).
(19)
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated April 30, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class C shares).
(22)
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(g) Amendment No. 6, dated May 1, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class C shares).
(22)
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(h) Amendment No. 7, dated July 24, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class C shares).
(22)
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(i) Amendment No. 8, dated May 29, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class C shares).
(25)
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(j) Amendment No. 9, dated June 2, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class C shares).
(26)
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(k) Amendment No. 10, dated July 1, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class C shares).
(26)
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(l) Amendment No. 11, dated November 4, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Plan (Class C shares).
(26)
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(m) Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated Master Distribution
Plan (Class C shares).
(28)
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(4)
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(a) First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares) effective as of August 18,
2003 and as subsequently amended.
(15)
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(b) Amendment No. 1, dated January 31, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class R shares).
(18)
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C-9
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Class R shares).
(18)
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(d) Amendment No. 3, dated April 30, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class R shares).
(22)
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(e) Amendment No. 4, dated May 29, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class R shares).
(25)
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(f) Amendment No. 5, dated June 2, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class R shares).
(26)
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(g) Amendment No. 6, dated July 1, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Class R shares).
(26)
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(h) Amendment No. 7, dated November 4, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution
Plan (Class R shares).
(26)
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(5)
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(a) First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Compensation), effective July 1, 2004 as
subsequently amended (Investor Class Shares).
(19)
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(b) Amendment No. 1 dated December 20, 2007, to the Registrants First Restated Master
Distribution Plan (Compensation) effective July 1, 2004 as subsequently amended (Investor
Class Shares).
(21)
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(c) Amendment No. 2, dated April 28, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan
(Compensation) effective July 1, 2004 as subsequently amended (Investor Class
Shares).
(22)
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(6)
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Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class A, Class B, Class C Shares)(Reimbursement).
(28)
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(7)
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Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class R Shares) (Reimbursement).
(28)
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(8)
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Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class A, A5, B, B5, C, C5, R and R5
Shares)(Reimbursement).
(28)
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(9)
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Master Related Agreement to First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A
shares).
(22)
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(10)
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Master Related Agreement to First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C
shares).
(22)
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(11)
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Master Related Agreement to First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R
shares).
(22)
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(12)
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Master Related Agreement to First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Compensation)
(Investor Class Shares).
(22)
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(13)
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Form of Shareholder Services Plan (Class R Shares)(Reimbursement).
(28)
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(14)
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Form of Service Plan (Class A, A5, B, B5, C, C5, R and R5
Shares)(Reimbursement).
(28)
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n (1)
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(a) Sixteenth Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan of The AIM
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C-10
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Family of
Funds
®
effective December 12, 2001, as amended and restated effective February
1, 2010.
(28)
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(b) Form of [ ] Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan of The AIM Family of
Funds
®
effective December 12, 2001, as amended and restated effective [
].
(28)
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o
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Reserved.
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p (1)
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Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc. and AIM Funds Code of Ethics, adopted May 1, 1981, as
last amended effective January 1, 2009, relating to Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.,
and any of its subsidiaries.
(24)
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(2)
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Code of Ethics relating to INVESCO Asset Management (Japan) Limited.
(21)
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(3)
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Invesco Code of Ethics, adopted February 29, 2008, as last amended January 1, 2009,
relating to Invesco Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Institutional (N.A.),
Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.
(24)
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(4)
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Invesco Staff Ethics and Personal Share Dealing, dated September 2008, relating to
Invesco Hong Kong Limited.
(24)
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(5)
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Invesco Ltd. Code of Conduct, revised November 2008, Invesco Trimark Ltd. Addendum to the
Invesco Code of Conduct, revised July 2008, Policy No. D-6 Gifts and Entertainment,
revised March 2008, and Policy No. D-7 AIM Trimark Personal Trading Policy, revised March
2007, together the Code of Ethics relating to Invesco Trimark Ltd.
(24)
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(6)
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Code of Ethics dated March 1, 2008, relating to Invesco Continental Europe (Invesco Asset
Management Deutschland GmbH).
(24)
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(7)
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Code of Ethics, revised 2008, relating to Invesco Asset Management Limited.
(24)
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(8)
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Invesco Ltd. Code of Conduct, revised November 2008, relating to Invesco Australia
Limited.
(24)
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q (1)
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Powers of Attorney for Baker, Bayley, Bunch, Crockett, Dowden, Fields, Flanagan,
Mathai-Davis, Pennock, Soll, Stickel and Taylor.
(27)
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(2)
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Power of Attorney for Mr. Frischling.
(27)
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(1)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 13 to the Registration Statement on August 28, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(2)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 38 to the Registration Statement of INVESCO Sector Funds, Inc. on July 15, 2003 and
incorporated herein by reference (Identical except for the name of the Registrant (AIM Counselor Series Trust) and the date).
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(3)
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Previously filed with the Registration Statement on Form N-14 of AIM Special Opportunities Funds on August 13, 2003 and
incorporated herein by reference.
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(4)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 77 to the Registration Statement of AIM Equity Funds filed on July 7, 2003 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(5)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 15 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on November 25, 2003 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(6)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 16 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on March 1, 2004 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(7)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 17 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on November 30, 2004 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(8)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 18 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on October 19, 2005 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(9)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 19 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on December 7, 2005 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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C-11
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(10)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 20 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on December 20, 2005 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(11)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 21 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on January 13, 2006 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(12)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 22 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on February 17, 2006 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(13)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 23 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on March 24, 2006 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(14)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 24 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on April 13, 2006 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(15)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 25 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on September 22, 2006 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(16)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 26 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on October 13, 2006 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(17)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 28 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on December 28, 2006 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(18)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 29 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on March 12, 2007 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(19)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 30 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on October 18, 2007 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(20)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 31 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on December 20, 2007 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(21)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 32 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on February 15, 2008 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(22)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 33 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on September 23, 2008 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(23)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on December 17, 2008 and incorporated by
reference herein.
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(24)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 35 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on March 11, 2009 and incorporated by
reference herein
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(25)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 36 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on May 28, 2009 and incorporated by
reference herein
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(26)
|
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Previously filed with PEA No. 38 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on December 3, 2009 and incorporated by
reference herein
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(27)
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Previously filed with PEA No. 39 to the Registration Statement of Registrant filed on February 5, 2010 and incorporated by
reference herein
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(28)
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Filed herewith electronically
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Item 29.
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Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control With the Fund
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None
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C-12
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Item 30.
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Indemnification
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Indemnification provisions for officers, trustees and employees of the Registrant are set forth in Article VIII of the
Registrants Second Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Article VIII of its Amended and Restated Bylaws, and are hereby
incorporated by reference. See Item 28(a) and (b) above. Under the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust dated December 6, 2005, as amended (i) Trustees or officers, when acting in such capacity, shall not be personally
liable for any act, omission or obligation of the Registrant or any Trustee or officer except by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office with the
Trust; (ii) every Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted
under the Delaware Statutory Trust act, the Registrants Bylaws and other applicable law; (iii) in case any shareholder or
former shareholder of the Registrant shall be held to be personally liable solely by reason of his being or having been a
shareholder of the Registrant or any portfolio or class and not because of his acts or omissions or for some other reason,
the shareholder or former shareholder (or his heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives, or, in the
case of a corporation or other entity, its corporate or general successor) shall be entitled, out of the assets belonging to
the applicable portfolio (or allocable to the applicable class), to be held harmless from and indemnified against all loss
and expense arising from such liability in accordance with the Bylaws and applicable law. The Registrant, on behalf of the
affected portfolio (or class), shall upon request by the shareholder, assume the defense of any such claim made against the
shareholder for any act or obligation of that portfolio (or class).
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The Registrant and other investment companies and their respective officers and trustees are insured under a joint Mutual
Fund Directors and Officers Liability Policy, issued by ICI Mutual Insurance Company and certain other domestic insurers,
with limits up to $60,000,000 (plus an additional $20,000,000 limit that applies to independent directors/trustees only).
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Section 16 of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers)
provides that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or
duties hereunder on the part of Invesco Advisers or any of its officers, directors or employees, that Invesco Advisers shall
not be subject to liability to the Registrant or to any series of the Registrant, or to any shareholder of any series of the
Registrant for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security. Any liability of Invesco Advisers to any series of the
Registrant shall not automatically impart liability on the part of Invesco Advisers to any other series of the Registrant.
No series of the Registrant shall be liable for the obligations of any other series of the Registrant.
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Section 9 of the Sub-Advisory Contract between Invesco Advisers, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset
Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia
Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd. (each a Sub-Adviser,
collectively the Sub-Advisers) provides that the Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any costs or liabilities arising from
any error of judgment or mistake of law or any loss, suffered by any series of the Registrant or the Registrant in connection
with the matters to which the Sub-Advisory Contract relates except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or
gross negligence on the part of the Sub-Adviser in the performance by the Sub-Adviser of its duties or from reckless
disregard by the Sub-Adviser of its obligations and duties under the Sub-Advisory Contract.
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C-13
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act) may be permitted to trustees,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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Item 31.
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Business and Other Connections of the Investment Advisor
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The only employment of a substantial nature of Invesco Advisers directors and officers is with Invesco Advisers and its
affiliated companies. For information as to the business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature of each
of the officers and directors of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset
Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and
Invesco Trimark Ltd. (each a Sub-Adviser, collectively the Sub-Advisers) reference is made to Form ADV filed under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by each Sub-Adviser herein incorporated by reference. Reference is also made to the caption
Fund Management The Advisers in the Prospectuses which comprises Part A of this Registration Statement, and to the
caption Investment Advisory and Other Services of the Statement of Additional Information which comprises Part B of this
Registration Statement, and to Item 32(b) of this Part C.
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Item 32.
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Principal Underwriters
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(a)
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Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc., the Registrants principal underwriter, also acts as principal underwriter to the following
investment companies:
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AIM Equity Funds
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AIM Funds Group
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AIM Growth Series
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AIM International Mutual Funds
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AIM Investment Funds
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AIM Investment Securities Funds
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AIM Sector Funds
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AIM Tax-Exempt Funds
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AIM Treasurers Series Trust
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AIM Variable Insurance Funds
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PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
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PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
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PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II
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PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
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Short-Term Investments Trust
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(b)
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The following table sets forth information with respect to each director, officer or partner of Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.
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C-14
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Name and Principal
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Position and Offices with
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Positions and Offices
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Business Address*
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Underwriter
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with Registrant
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Philip A. Taylor
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Director
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Trustee, Principal Executive Officer & President
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John S. Cooper
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President
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None
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William Hoppe, Jr.
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Executive Vice President
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None
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Karen Dunn Kelley
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Executive Vice President
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Vice President
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Brian Lee
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Executive Vice President
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None
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Ben Utt
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Executive Vice President
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None
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LuAnn S. Katz
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Senior Vice President
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None
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Ivy B. McLemore
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Senior Vice President
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None
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Lyman Missimer III
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Senior Vice President
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Assistant Vice President
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David J. Nardecchia
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Senior Vice President
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None
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Margaret A. Vinson
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Senior Vice President
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None
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Gary K. Wendler
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Director & Senior Vice President
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None
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John M. Zerr
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Director, Senior Vice President & Secretary
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Senior Vice President, Secretary & Chief Legal Officer
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David A. Hartley
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Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer
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None
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Lisa O. Brinkley
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Chief Compliance Officer
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Vice President
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Lance A. Rejsek
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Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer
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Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer
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11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046-1173
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(c)
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Not applicable.
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Item 33.
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Location of Accounts and Records
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Invesco Advisers, Inc., 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA
30309, maintains physical possession of each such account, book
or other document of the Registrant at the Registrants principal
executive offices, 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas
77046-1173, except for those maintained at the offices of,
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc., 1166 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, New York 10036, and except for those relating
to certain transactions in portfolio securities that are
maintained by the Registrants Custodian, State Street Bank and
Trust Company, 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110
and the Registrants Transfer Agent and Dividend Paying Agent,
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston,
Texas 77210-4739.
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C-15
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Records may also be maintained at the offices of:
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Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH
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An der Welle 5
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1st Floor
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Frankfurt, Germany 60322
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Invesco Asset Management Ltd.
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30 Finsbury Square
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London, United Kingdom
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EC2A 1AG
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Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited
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25
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Floor, Shiroyama Trust Tower
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3-1, Toranoman 4-chome, Minato-Ku
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Tokyo, Japan 105-6025
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Invesco Australia Limited
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333 Collins Street, Level 26
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Melbourne Vic 3000, Australia
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Invesco Hong Kong Limited
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32
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Floor
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Three Pacific Place
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1 Queens Road East
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Hong Kong
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Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.
1166 Avenue of the Americas
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New York, NY 10036
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Invesco Trimark Ltd.
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5140 Yonge Street
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Suite 900
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Toronto, Ontario
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Canada M2N 6X7
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Item 34.
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Management Services
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None
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Item 35.
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Undertakings
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Not applicable.
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C-16
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of
1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused
this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, Texas on the 11th day of February, 2010.
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Registrant: AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST
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By:
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/s/ Philip A. Taylor
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Philip A. Taylor, President
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:
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SIGNATURES
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TITLE
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DATE
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/s/ Philip A. Taylor
(Philip A. Taylor)
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Trustee & President
(Principal Executive Officer)
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Bob R. Baker*
(Bob R. Baker)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Frank S. Bayley*
(Frank S. Bayley)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ James T. Bunch*
(James T. Bunch)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Bruce L. Crockett*
(Bruce L. Crockett)
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Chair & Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Albert R. Dowden*
(Albert R. Dowden)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Martin L. Flanagan*
(Martin L. Flanagan)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Jack M. Fields*
(Jack M. Fields)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Carl Frischling*
(Carl Frischling)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Prema Mathai-Davis*
(Prema Mathai-Davis)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Lewis F. Pennock*
(Lewis F. Pennock)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Larry Soll*
(Larry Soll)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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SIGNATURES
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TITLE
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DATE
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/s/ Raymond Stickel, Jr.*
(Raymond Stickel, Jr.)
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Trustee
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February 11, 2010
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/s/ Sherri Morris
(Sheri Morris)
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Vice President & Treasurer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
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February 11, 2010
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*By
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/s/ Philip A. Taylor
Philip A. Taylor
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Attorney-in-Fact
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*
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Philip A. Taylor, pursuant to powers of attorney filed in Registrants Post-Effective
Amendment No. 39 on February 5, 2010.
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INDEX
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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a(1)m
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Form of Amendment No. 12, dated [February , 2010] to Amended and
Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant,
effective September 14, 2005.
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d(1)(i)
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Amendment No. 8, dated January 1, 2010, to the Master Investment
Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Invesco Advisers,
Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.
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d(1)(j)
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Form of Amendment No. 9, dated [February , 2010], to the Master
Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Invesco
Advisers, Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.
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d(2)(b)
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(b) Amendment No. 1 to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for
Mutual Funds, dated June 2, 2009, between Invesco Aim Advisors,
Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and Invesco Asset Management
Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset
Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco
Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Hong Kong Limited,
Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Senior Secured
Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd.
(28)
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d(2)(c)
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Amendment No. 2 to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for
Mutual Funds, dated January 1, 2010 between Invesco Advisers,
Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., on behalf
of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland
GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management
(Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong
Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco
Trimark Ltd.
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d(2)(d)
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Form Amendment No. 3 to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract
for Mutual Funds, dated [February , 2010] between Invesco
Advisers, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset
Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd.,
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia
Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured
Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd.
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d(3)
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Form of Temporary Sub-Advisory Agreement between Invesco Advisers,
Inc. and Morgan Stanley Investment Management and affiliates.
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e(1)(s)
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Amendment No. 18, dated February 1, 2010, to the First Restated
Master Distribution Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class
B shares) and Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.
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e(1)(t)
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Form of Amendment No.[ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated
Master Distribution Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class
B and B5 shares) and Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.
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e(2)(l)
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Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated
Master Distribution Agreement (Class B and B5 shares).
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h(2)(e)
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Amendment No. 4, January 1, 2010, to the Second Amended and
Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement.
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h(2)(f)
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Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the Second Amended
and Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement.
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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Legal Opinion and Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP.
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m(1)(m)
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Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated
Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares).
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m(2)(m)
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Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated
Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares).
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m(3)(m)
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Form of Amendment No. [ ], dated [ ], to the First Restated
Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares).
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m(6)
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Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class A, Class B, and Class C
Shares)(Reimbursement).
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m(7)
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Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class R Shares)(Reimbursement).
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m(8)
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Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class A, A5, B, B5, C, C5, R and
R5 Shares)(Reimbursement).
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m(13)
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Form of Shareholder Services Plan (Class R Shares)(Reimbursement).
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m(14)
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Form of Service Plan (Class A, A5, B, B5, C, C5, R and R5
Shares)(Reimbursement).
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n(1)(a)
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Sixteenth Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan of The AIM
Family of Funds
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effective December 12, 2001, as
amended and restated effective February 1, 2010.
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n(1)(b)
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Form of [ ] Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan of The AIM
Family of Funds
®
effective December 12, 2001, as
amended and restated effective [ ].
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