REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 62
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 63
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Seba Kurian, Esquire
Invesco Advisers, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500 Houston, Texas 77046-1173 |
E. Carolan Berkley, Esquire
Stradley Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP 2600 One Commerce Square Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 |
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Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
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As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Amendment |
Prospectus | December 16, 2011 |
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Liquid Assets
Portfolio
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STIC Prime Portfolio
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Treasury Portfolio
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Government & Agency
Portfolio
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Government
TaxAdvantage Portfolio
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Tax-Free Cash Reserve
Portfolio
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Liquid Assets Portfolio
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STIC Prime Portfolio
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Treasury Portfolio
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Government & Agency Portfolio
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Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
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Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
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Liquid Assets Portfolio
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STIC Prime Portfolio
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Treasury Portfolio
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Government & Agency Portfolio
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Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
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Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
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The Adviser(s)
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Adviser Compensation
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Dividends and Distributions
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
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Purchasing Shares
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Redeeming Shares
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Pricing of Shares
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Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares
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Taxes
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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 Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012, to waive 0.02% of Rule 12b-1 distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. | |
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Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Cash Management Class shares to 0.22% (after Rule 12b-1 fee waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. |
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
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$ | 23 | $ | 82 | $ | 147 | $ | 338 | ||||||||||
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
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5
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10
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Year | Years | Years | ||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class: Inception (1/17/1996) | 0.11 | % | 2.69 | % | 2.46 | % | ||||||||||
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Initial Investments Per Fund Account* | $1 Million | |||||||
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Additional Investments Per Fund Account | No minimum | |||||||
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An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement. |
1
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Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012, to waive 0.02% of Rule 12b-1 distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. | |
2
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Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012 to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in the SAI) of Cash Management Class shares to 0.22% (after Rule 12b-1 fee waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. |
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
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$ | 23 | $ | 86 | $ | 156 | $ | 361 | ||||||||||
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
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10
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Year | Years | Years | ||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class: Inception (6/30/1994) | 0.07 | % | 2.57 | % | 2.37 | % | ||||||||||
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Initial Investments Per Fund Account* | $1 Million | |||||||
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Additional Investments Per Fund Account | No minimum | |||||||
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An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement. |
1
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Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012, to waive 0.02% of Rule 12b-1 distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. | |
2
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Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012 to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in the SAI) of Cash Management Class shares to 0.22% (after Rule 12b-1 fee waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. |
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
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$ | 23 | $ | 84 | $ | 151 | $ | 350 | ||||||||||
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
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Cash Management Class: Inception (8/18/1993) | 0.02 | % | 2.25 | % | 2.19 | % | ||||||||||
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Initial Investments Per Fund Account* | $1 Million | |||||||
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Additional Investments Per Fund Account | No minimum | |||||||
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An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement. |
1
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Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012, to waive 0.02% of Rule 12b-1 distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. | |
2
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Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012 to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in the SAI) of Cash Management Class shares to 0.22% (after Rule 12b-1 fee waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. |
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
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$ | 22 | $ | 72 | $ | 127 | $ | 291 | ||||||||||
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
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Cash Management Class: Inception (9/1/1998) | 0.02 | % | 2.46 | % | 2.32 | % | ||||||||||
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Initial Investments Per Fund Account* | $1 Million | |||||||
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Additional Investments Per Fund Account | No minimum | |||||||
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An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement. |
1
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Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012, to waive 0.02% of Rule 12b-1 distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. | |
2
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Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012 to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in the SAI) of Cash Management Class shares to 0.22% (after Rule 12b-1 fee waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. |
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
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$ | 23 | $ | 102 | $ | 188 | $ | 442 | ||||||||||
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
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5
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Cash Management Class: Inception (12/30/1999) | 0.02 | % | 2.37 | % | 2.24 | % | ||||||||||
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Initial Investments Per Fund Account* | $1 Million | |||||||
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Additional Investments Per Fund Account | No minimum | |||||||
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An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement. |
1
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Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012, to waive 0.02% of Rule 12b-1 distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. | |
2
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Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012 to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in the SAI) of Cash Management Class shares to 0.33% (after Rule 12b-1 fee waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012. |
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
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$ | 34 | $ | 119 | $ | 213 | $ | 487 | ||||||||||
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Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
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5
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10
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Year | Years | Years | ||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class: Inception (1/4/1999) | 0.02 | % | 1.75 | % | 1.64 | % | ||||||||||
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Initial Investments Per Fund Account* | $1 Million | |||||||
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Additional Investments Per Fund Account | No minimum | |||||||
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An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement. |
F-9
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F-14
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F-16
F-17
F-18
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F-20
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A-1
A-2
A-3
A-4
A-5
A-6
A -7
A-8
A-9
B -1
B -2
B -3
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
C-5
C-6
C-7
C-8
C-9
C -10
C -11
C -12
D -1
D -2
E-1
E-2
E-3
E-4
E-5
E-6
E-7
E-8
E-9
E-10
E-11
E-12
E-13
E-14
E-15
E-16
E-17
E-18
E-19
E-20
E-21
E-22
E-23
E-24
E-25
E-26
E-27
E-28
E-29
E-30
E-31
E-32
E-33
E-34
E-35
E-36
E-37
E-38
E-39
E-40
E-41
E-42
E-43
E-44
E-45
E-46
E-47
E-48
E-49
E-50
E-51
E-52
E-53
E-54
E-55
E-56
E-57
E-58
E-59
E-60
F-1
F-2
F-3
F-4
F-5
F-6
F-7
F-8
G -1
H -1
H -2
I -1
J -1
K -1
K -2
L -1
L -2
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
C-5
C-6
C-7
C-8
C-9
Ratio of
Ratio of
Net gains
expenses
expenses
(losses)
to average
to average net
Ratio of net
Net asset
on securities
Dividends
Distributions
net assets
assets without
investment
value,
Net
(both
Total from
from net
from net
Net asset
Net assets,
with fee waivers
fee waivers
income
beginning
investment
realized and
investment
investment
realized
Total
value, end
Total
end of period
and/or
expenses
and/or
expenses
to average
of period
income
unrealized)
operations
income
gains
Distributions
of period
Return
(a)
(000s omitted)
absorbed
absorbed
net assets
Liquid Assets Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
$
1.00
$
0.00
(b)
$
(0.00
)
$
0.00
$
(0.00
)
$
$
(0.00
)
$
1.00
0.08
%
$
1,567,468
0.21
%
(c)
0.27
%
(c)
0.08
%
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.11
2,627,363
0.22
0.28
0.12
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
1.22
3,194,408
0.24
0.31
1.09
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.04
(b)
0.00
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.00
)
(0.04
)
1.00
3.72
2,998,653
0.20
0.27
3.56
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.29
3,397,869
0.20
0.28
5.17
STIC Prime Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.04
451,634
0.20
(c)
0.29
(c)
0.04
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.07
451,404
0.21
0.29
0.08
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.81
914,099
0.25
0.33
0.85
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.55
1,586,211
0.20
0.28
3.38
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.30
2,146,528
0.20
0.29
5.17
Treasury Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
6,379,706
0.12
(c)
0.28
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
5,279,601
0.15
0.28
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.31
11,498,817
0.22
0.30
0.30
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.00
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.85
7,556,878
0.20
0.28
2.58
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.08
2,833,734
0.20
0.29
4.95
Government & Agency Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
1,674,548
0.14
(c)
0.23
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.04
1,042,886
0.20
0.23
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.65
1,924,916
0.22
0.25
0.52
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.34
1,028,040
0.20
0.24
3.20
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.22
730,316
0.20
0.25
5.10
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
39,369
0.11
(c)
0.36
(c)
0.03
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
9,810
0.14
0.36
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.51
25,731
0.22
0.40
0.44
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.19
29,100
0.20
0.34
3.22
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.12
93,310
0.20
0.40
5.00
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
106,336
0.26
(c)
0.39
(c)
0.03
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
128,256
0.29
0.39
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
(0.00
)
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.83
360,427
0.35
0.41
0.96
Five months ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.69
895,899
0.30
(d)
0.35
(d)
1.68
(d)
Year ended
03/31/08
1.00
0.03
(0.00
)
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.19
789,753
0.30
0.35
3.15
Year ended
03/31/07
1.00
0.03
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.33
721,351
0.30
0.35
3.28
Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
Calculated using average shares outstanding.
Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s) of
$2,214,082, $486,337, $5,419,142, $1,210,302, $19,183 and
$132,403 for Liquid Assets Portfolio, STIC Prime Portfolio,
Treasury Portfolio, Government & Agency Portfolio,
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio, and Tax-Free Cash Reserve
Portfolio, respectively.
Annualized.
n
You invest $10,000 in the Fund and hold it for the entire
10-year
period; and
n
Your investment has a 5% return before expenses each year.
Liquid Assets Portfolio CASH MANAGEMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.22%
0
.27%
0
.27%
0
.27%
0
.27%
0
.27%
0
.27%
0
.27%
0
.27%
0
.27%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.78%
9
.74%
14
.93%
20
.36%
26
.06%
32
.02%
38
.26%
44
.80%
51
.65%
58
.82%
$
10,478
.00
$
10,973
.61
$
11,492
.66
$
12,036
.26
$
12,605
.58
$
13,201
.82
$
13,826
.27
$
14,480
.25
$
15,165
.17
$
15,882
.48
$
22
.53
$
28
.96
$
30
.33
$
31
.76
$
33
.27
$
34
.84
$
36
.49
$
38
.21
$
40
.02
$
41
.91
STIC Prime Portfolio CASH MANAGEMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.22%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.78%
9
.72%
14
.88%
20
.29%
25
.96%
31
.89%
38
.10%
44
.61%
51
.42%
58
.55%
$
10,478
.00
$
10,971
.51
$
11,488
.27
$
12,029
.37
$
12,595
.95
$
13,189
.22
$
13,810
.43
$
14,460
.91
$
15,142
.01
$
15,855
.20
$
22
.53
$
31
.10
$
32
.57
$
34
.10
$
35
.71
$
37
.39
$
39
.15
$
40
.99
$
42
.92
$
44
.95
Treasury Portfolio CASH MANAGEMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.22%
0
.28%
0
.28%
0
.28%
0
.28%
0
.28%
0
.28%
0
.28%
0
.28%
0
.28%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.78%
9
.73%
14
.90%
20
.33%
26
.01%
31
.96%
38
.18%
44
.71%
51
.54%
58
.69%
$
10,478
.00
$
10,972
.56
$
11,490
.47
$
12,032
.82
$
12,600
.77
$
13,195
.52
$
13,818
.35
$
14,470
.58
$
15,153
.59
$
15,868
.84
$
22
.53
$
30
.03
$
31
.45
$
32
.93
$
34
.49
$
36
.11
$
37
.82
$
39
.60
$
41
.47
$
43
.43
Government & Agency Portfolio CASH
MANAGEMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.21%
0
.23%
0
.23%
0
.23%
0
.23%
0
.23%
0
.23%
0
.23%
0
.23%
0
.23%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.79%
9
.79%
15
.03%
20
.51%
26
.26%
32
.28%
38
.59%
45
.20%
52
.13%
59
.39%
$
10,479
.00
$
10,978
.85
$
11,502
.54
$
12,051
.21
$
12,626
.05
$
13,228
.32
$
13,859
.31
$
14,520
.40
$
15,213
.02
$
15,938
.68
$
21
.50
$
24
.68
$
25
.85
$
27
.09
$
28
.38
$
29
.73
$
31
.15
$
32
.64
$
34
.19
$
35
.82
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio CASH MANAGEMENT
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.22%
0
.36%
0
.36%
0
.36%
0
.36%
0
.36%
0
.36%
0
.36%
0
.36%
0
.36%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.78%
9
.64%
14
.73%
20
.05%
25
.62%
31
.45%
37
.55%
43
.93%
50
.61%
57
.60%
$
10,478
.00
$
10,964
.18
$
11,472
.92
$
12,005
.26
$
12,562
.30
$
13,145
.20
$
13,755
.13
$
14,393
.37
$
15,061
.22
$
15,760
.06
$
22
.53
$
38
.60
$
40
.39
$
42
.26
$
44
.22
$
46
.27
$
48
.42
$
50
.67
$
53
.02
$
55
.48
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio CASH MANAGEMENT
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.33%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.67%
9
.50%
14
.54%
19
.82%
25
.35%
31
.13%
37
.17%
43
.49%
50
.11%
57
.03%
$
10,467
.00
$
10,949
.53
$
11,454
.30
$
11,982
.35
$
12,534
.73
$
13,112
.58
$
13,717
.07
$
14,349
.43
$
15,010
.94
$
15,702
.94
$
33
.77
$
41
.76
$
43
.69
$
45
.70
$
47
.81
$
50
.01
$
52
.32
$
54
.73
$
57
.25
$
59
.89
1 Your actual expenses may be higher or lower than those
shown.
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
1 million
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Purchase Options
Opening An Account
Adding To An Account
By Telephone
Open your account as described above.
Call the transfer agent at
(800) 659-1005
and wire payment for your purchase order in accordance with the
wire instructions noted above.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
Open your account as described above.
Complete an Liquidity
LINK
®
Agreement. Mail the application and agreement to the transfer
agent. Once your request for this option has been processed, you
may place your order via Liquidity LINK.
Liquid Assets Portfolio, Treasury Portfolio and Government
& Agency Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
STIC Prime Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
Contact your financial intermediary. Redemption proceeds will be
transmitted electronically to your pre-authorized bank account.
The transfer agent must receive your financial
intermediarys instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
By Telephone
A person who has been authorized to make transactions in the
account application may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time in
order to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If you place your redemption request via Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must generally receive your redemption request
before 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time in order to effect the
redemption at that days closing price. Redemption orders
of shares placed between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
must be transmitted by telephone or a pre-arranged data
transmission.
n
reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase order;
n
modify any terms or conditions of purchase of shares of any
fund; or
n
suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
n
Each Fund is offered to investors as a cash management vehicle.
Investors must perceive an investment in such Fund as an
alternative to cash, and must be able to purchase and redeem
shares regularly and frequently.
n
One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of a Fund will be detrimental to the
continuing operations of the Fund.
n
Each Funds portfolio securities are valued on the basis of
amortized cost, and the Fund seeks to maintain a constant net
asset value. As a result, there are no price arbitrage
opportunities.
n
Because each Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value,
investors expect to receive upon redemption the amount they
originally invested in the Fund. Imposition of redemption fees
would run contrary to investor expectations.
n
A Fund earns income generally in the form of 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.
n
Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. Because a Fund is a money market fund, it
does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
n
None of the dividends paid by a 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.
n
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.
n
Any 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.
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.
n
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.
n
You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by a 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.
n
Fund distributions generally are subject to state and local
income taxes.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
By Mail:
Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219286
Kansas City, MO 64121-9286
By Telephone:
(800) 659-1005
On the Internet:
You can send us a request by e-mail or download prospectuses,
SAIs, annual or semi-annual reports via our Web site:
www.invesco.com/us
Prospectus
December 16, 2011
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Back Cover
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Corporate
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Corporate
Class shares to 0.17%. Unless the Board of Trustees
and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver
agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
17
$
61
$
110
$
252
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
Since
Year
Years
Inception
Corporate Class: Inception (3/29/2005)
0.16
%
2.75
%
2.84
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Corporate
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Corporate
Class shares to 0.17%. Unless the Board of Trustees
and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver
agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
17
$
66
$
119
$
275
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
Since
Year
Years
Inception
Corporate Class: Inception (3/31/2005)
0.12
%
2.62
%
2.73
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Corporate
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Corporate
Class shares to 0.17%. Unless the Board of Trustees
and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver
agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
17
$
64
$
114
$
264
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
Since
Year
Years
Inception
Corporate Class: Inception (8/1/2005)
0.03
%
2.29
%
2.39
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Corporate
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Corporate
Class shares to 0.17%. Unless the Board of Trustees
and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver
agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
16
$
52
$
90
$
205
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
Since
Year
Years
Inception
Corporate Class: Inception (6/30/2005)
0.06
%
2.51
%
2.61
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Corporate
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Corporate
Class shares to 0.17%. Unless the Board of Trustees
and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver
agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
17
$
81
$
151
$
356
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
Since
Year
Inception
Corporate Class: Inception (2/23/2006)
0.02
%
2.35
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Corporate
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Corporate
Class shares to 0.28%. Unless the Board of Trustees
and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver
agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
29
$
99
$
176
$
402
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
Since
Year
Years
Inception
Corporate Class: Inception (9/8/2005)
0.04
%
1.79
%
1.84
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Ratio of
Ratio of
Net gains
expenses
expenses
(losses)
to average
to average net
Ratio of net
Net asset
on securities
Dividends
Distributions
net assets
assets without
investment
value,
Net
(both
Total from
from net
from net
Net asset
Net assets,
with fee waivers
fee waivers
income
beginning
investment
realized and
investment
investment
realized
Total
value, end
Total
end of period
and/or
expenses
and/or
expenses
to average
of period
income
unrealized)
operations
income
gains
Distributions
of period
Return
(a)
(000s omitted)
absorbed
absorbed
net assets
Liquid Assets Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
$
1.00
$
0.00
(b)
$
(0.00
)
$
0.00
$
(0.00
)
$
$
(0.00
)
$
1.00
0.12
%
$
1,858,584
0.17
%
(c)
0.20
%
(c)
0.12
%
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.16
3,675,221
0.17
0.21
0.17
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
1.27
6,080,137
0.19
0.24
1.14
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.04
(b)
0.00
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.00
)
(0.04
)
1.00
3.77
2,491,241
0.15
0.20
3.61
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
(0.00
)
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.34
636,222
0.15
0.21
5.22
STIC Prime Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.08
102,632
0.16
(c)
0.22
(c)
0.08
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.11
271,611
0.17
0.22
0.12
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.86
133,882
0.20
0.26
0.90
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.60
389,172
0.15
0.21
3.43
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.35
616,436
0.15
0.22
5.22
Treasury Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
1,856,324
0.11
(c)
0.21
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
1,553,767
0.15
0.21
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.36
2,039,501
0.18
0.23
0.34
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.00
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.90
859,460
0.15
0.21
2.63
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.14
448,144
0.15
0.22
5.00
Government & Agency Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.04
1,344,281
0.13
(c)
0.16
(c)
0.04
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.08
1,170,076
0.16
0.16
0.08
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.70
1,798,303
0.17
0.18
0.57
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.39
27,199
0.15
0.17
3.25
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.28
317,772
0.15
0.18
5.15
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
50,842
0.10
(c)
0.29
(c)
0.04
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
6,010
0.15
0.29
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.56
15
0.18
0.33
0.48
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.24
14
0.15
0.27
3.27
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.18
14
0.15
0.33
5.05
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.04
27,954
0.24
(c)
0.32
(c)
0.05
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.05
713
0.27
0.32
0.05
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
(0.00
)
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.88
46,528
0.30
0.34
1.01
Five months ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.71
42,829
0.25
(d)
0.28
(d)
1.73
(d)
Year ended
03/31/08
1.00
0.03
(0.00
)
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.24
146,677
0.25
0.28
3.20
Year ended
03/31/07
1.00
0.03
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.38
160,208
0.25
0.28
3.33
Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
Calculated using average shares outstanding.
Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s) of
$2,233,758, $176,359, $2,016,777, $1,058,730, $2,974 and $14,079
for Liquid Assets Portfolio, STIC Prime Portfolio, Treasury
Portfolio, Government & Agency Portfolio, Government
TaxAdvantage Portfolio, and Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio,
respectively.
Annualized.
n
You invest $10,000 in the Fund and hold it for the entire
10-year
period; and
n
Your investment has a 5% return before expenses each year.
Liquid Assets Portfolio CORPORATE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.17%
0
.20%
0
.20%
0
.20%
0
.20%
0
.20%
0
.20%
0
.20%
0
.20%
0
.20%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.83%
9
.86%
15
.14%
20
.66%
26
.45%
32
.52%
38
.88%
45
.55%
52
.54%
59
.86%
$
10,483
.00
$
10,986
.18
$
11,513
.52
$
12,066
.17
$
12,645
.35
$
13,252
.32
$
13,888
.43
$
14,555
.08
$
15,253
.72
$
15,985
.90
$
17
.41
$
21
.47
$
22
.50
$
23
.58
$
24
.71
$
25
.90
$
27
.14
$
28
.44
$
29
.81
$
31
.24
STIC Prime Portfolio CORPORATE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.17%
0
.22%
0
.22%
0
.22%
0
.22%
0
.22%
0
.22%
0
.22%
0
.22%
0
.22%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.83%
9
.84%
15
.09%
20
.59%
26
.36%
32
.40%
38
.73%
45
.36%
52
.30%
59
.58%
$
10,483
.00
$
10,984
.09
$
11,509
.13
$
12,059
.26
$
12,635
.70
$
13,239
.68
$
13,872
.54
$
14,535
.65
$
15,230
.45
$
15,958
.47
$
17
.41
$
23
.61
$
24
.74
$
25
.93
$
27
.16
$
28
.46
$
29
.82
$
31
.25
$
32
.74
$
34
.31
Treasury Portfolio CORPORATE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.17%
0
.21%
0
.21%
0
.21%
0
.21%
0
.21%
0
.21%
0
.21%
0
.21%
0
.21%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.83%
9
.85%
15
.11%
20
.63%
26
.41%
32
.46%
38
.80%
45
.45%
52
.42%
59
.72%
$
10,483
.00
$
10,985
.14
$
11,511
.32
$
12,062
.72
$
12,640
.52
$
13,246
.00
$
13,880
.48
$
14,545
.36
$
15,242
.08
$
15,972
.18
$
17
.41
$
22
.54
$
23
.62
$
24
.75
$
25
.94
$
27
.18
$
28
.48
$
29
.85
$
31
.28
$
32
.77
Government & Agency Portfolio CORPORATE
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.16%
0
.16%
0
.16%
0
.16%
0
.16%
0
.16%
0
.16%
0
.16%
0
.16%
0
.16%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.84%
9
.91%
15
.23%
20
.81%
26
.66%
32
.79%
39
.22%
45
.95%
53
.02%
60
.42%
$
10,484
.00
$
10,991
.43
$
11,523
.41
$
12,081
.14
$
12,665
.87
$
13,278
.90
$
13,921
.60
$
14,595
.40
$
15,301
.82
$
16,042
.43
$
16
.39
$
17
.18
$
18
.01
$
18
.88
$
19
.80
$
20
.76
$
21
.76
$
22
.81
$
23
.92
$
25
.08
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio CORPORATE
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.17%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.83%
9
.77%
14
.94%
20
.35%
26
.02%
31
.96%
38
.17%
44
.68%
51
.49%
58
.63%
$
10,483
.00
$
10,976
.75
$
11,493
.75
$
12,035
.11
$
12,601
.96
$
13,195
.52
$
13,817
.02
$
14,467
.81
$
15,149
.24
$
15,862
.77
$
17
.41
$
31
.12
$
32
.58
$
34
.12
$
35
.72
$
37
.41
$
39
.17
$
41
.01
$
42
.94
$
44
.97
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio CORPORATE
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.28%
0
.32%
0
.32%
0
.32%
0
.32%
0
.32%
0
.32%
0
.32%
0
.32%
0
.32%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.72%
9
.62%
14
.75%
20
.12%
25
.74%
31
.63%
37
.79%
44
.24%
50
.99%
58
.05%
$
10,472
.00
$
10,962
.09
$
11,475
.12
$
12,012
.15
$
12,574
.32
$
13,162
.80
$
13,778
.82
$
14,423
.67
$
15,098
.69
$
15,805
.31
$
28
.66
$
34
.29
$
35
.90
$
37
.58
$
39
.34
$
41
.18
$
43
.11
$
45
.12
$
47
.24
$
49
.45
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
1 million
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Purchase Options
Opening An Account
Adding To An Account
By Telephone
Open your account as described above.
Call the transfer agent at
(800) 659-1005
and wire payment for your purchase order in accordance with the
wire instructions noted above.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
Open your account as described above.
Complete an Liquidity
LINK
®
Agreement. Mail the application and agreement to the transfer
agent. Once your request for this option has been processed, you
may place your order via Liquidity LINK.
Liquid Assets Portfolio, Treasury Portfolio and Government
& Agency Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
STIC Prime Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
Contact your financial intermediary. Redemption proceeds will be
transmitted electronically to your pre-authorized bank account.
The transfer agent must receive your financial
intermediarys instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
By Telephone
A person who has been authorized to make transactions in the
account application may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time in
order to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If you place your redemption request via Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must generally receive your redemption request
before 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time in order to effect the
redemption at that days closing price. Redemption orders
of shares placed between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
must be transmitted by telephone or a pre-arranged data
transmission.
n
reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase order;
n
modify any terms or conditions of purchase of shares of any
fund; or
n
suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
n
Each Fund is offered to investors as a cash management vehicle.
Investors must perceive an investment in such Fund as an
alternative to cash, and must be able to purchase and redeem
shares regularly and frequently.
n
One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of a Fund will be detrimental to the
continuing operations of the Fund.
n
Each Funds portfolio securities are valued on the basis of
amortized cost, and the Fund seeks to maintain a constant net
asset value. As a result, there are no price arbitrage
opportunities.
n
Because each Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value,
investors expect to receive upon redemption the amount they
originally invested in the Fund. Imposition of redemption fees
would run contrary to investor expectations.
n
A Fund earns income generally in the form of 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.
n
Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. Because a Fund is a money market fund, it
does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
n
None of the dividends paid by a 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.
n
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.
n
Any 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.
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.
n
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.
n
You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by a 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.
n
Fund distributions generally are subject to state and local
income taxes.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
By Mail:
Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219286
Kansas City, MO 64121-9286
By Telephone:
(800) 659-1005
On the Internet:
You can send us a request by e-mail or download prospectuses,
SAIs, annual or semi-annual reports via our Web site:
www.invesco.com/us
Prospectus
December 16, 2011
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Back Cover
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of
Institutional Class shares to 0.14%. Unless the Board
of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
14
$
52
$
93
$
214
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Institutional Class: Inception (11/4/1993)
0.19
%
2.78
%
2.55
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of
Institutional Class shares to 0.14%. Unless the Board
of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
14
$
56
$
102
$
238
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Institutional Class: Inception (11/10/1980)
0.15
%
2.65
%
2.46
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of
Institutional Class shares to 0.14%. Unless the Board
of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
14
$
54
$
97
$
226
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Institutional Class: Inception (4/12/1984)
0.05
%
2.31
%
2.26
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of
Institutional Class shares to 0.14%. Unless the Board
of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
13
$
42
$
73
$
166
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Institutional Class: Inception (9/1/1998)
0.09
%
2.54
%
2.40
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of
Institutional Class shares to 0.14%. Unless the Board
of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
14
$
71
$
134
$
319
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Institutional Class: Inception (8/17/1990)
0.05
%
2.44
%
2.31
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of
Institutional Class shares to 0.25%. Unless the Board
of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
26
$
89
$
159
$
364
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Institutional Class: Inception (4/18/1983)
0.07
%
1.82
%
1.72
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Ratio of
Ratio of
Net gains
expenses
expenses
(losses)
to average
to average net
Ratio of net
Net asset
on securities
Dividends
Distributions
net assets
assets without
investment
value,
Net
(both
Total from
from net
from net
Net asset
Net assets,
with fee waivers
fee waivers
income
beginning
investment
realized and
investment
investment
realized
Total
value, end
Total
end of period
and/or
expenses
and/or
expenses
to average
of period
income
unrealized)
operations
income
gains
Distributions
of period
Return
(a)
(000s omitted)
absorbed
absorbed
net assets
Liquid Assets Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
$
1.00
$
0.00
(b)
$
(0.00
)
$
0.00
$
(0.00
)
$
$
(0.00
)
$
1.00
0.15
%
$
15,240,109
0.14
%
(c)
0.17
%
(c)
0.15
%
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.19
16,317,110
0.14
0.18
0.20
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
1.30
20,264,356
0.16
0.21
1.17
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.04
(b)
0.00
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.00
)
(0.04
)
1.00
3.80
24,567,534
0.12
0.17
3.64
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.37
18,081,351
0.12
0.18
5.25
STIC Prime Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.10
1,892,173
0.13
(c)
0.19
(c)
0.10
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.14
1,852,908
0.14
0.19
0.15
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.89
2,573,721
0.17
0.23
0.93
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.63
5,304,800
0.12
0.18
3.46
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.38
3,479,266
0.12
0.19
5.25
Treasury Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.04
5,180,618
0.11
(c)
0.18
(c)
0.03
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.05
4,530,503
0.14
0.18
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.39
4,882,282
0.15
0.20
0.37
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.00
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.93
4,639,164
0.12
0.18
2.66
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.17
3,306,283
0.12
0.19
5.03
Government & Agency Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.05
5,655,734
0.11
(c)
0.13
(c)
0.05
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.11
4,543,024
0.13
0.13
0.11
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.73
9,814,845
0.14
0.15
0.60
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.42
1,971,451
0.12
0.14
3.28
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.31
1,328,964
0.12
0.15
5.18
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.04
376,002
0.10
(c)
0.26
(c)
0.04
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.04
175,670
0.13
0.26
0.05
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.59
535,957
0.15
0.30
0.51
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.28
226,983
0.12
0.24
3.30
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.21
321,456
0.12
0.30
5.08
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.06
502,025
0.23
(c)
0.29
(c)
0.06
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.07
679,088
0.25
0.29
0.07
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
(0.00
)
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.91
829,400
0.27
0.31
1.04
Five months ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.72
1,765,515
0.22
(d)
0.25
(d)
1.76
(d)
Year ended
03/31/08
1.00
0.03
(0.00
)
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.28
3,256,572
0.22
0.25
3.23
Year ended
03/31/07
1.00
0.03
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.41
2,870,218
0.22
0.25
3.36
Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
Calculated using average shares outstanding.
Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s) of
$16,610,265, $1,855,005, $4,736,767, $4,209,625, $376,202 and
$570,856 for Liquid Assets Portfolio, STIC Prime Portfolio,
Treasury Portfolio, Government & Agency Portfolio,
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio, and Tax-Free Cash Reserve
Portfolio, respectively.
Annualized.
n
You invest $10,000 in the Fund and hold it for the entire
10-year
period; and
n
Your investment has a 5% return before expenses each year.
Liquid Assets Portfolio INSTITUTIONAL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.14%
0
.17%
0
.17%
0
.17%
0
.17%
0
.17%
0
.17%
0
.17%
0
.17%
0
.17%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.86%
9
.92%
15
.23%
20
.80%
26
.63%
32
.75%
39
.16%
45
.88%
52
.93%
60
.32%
$
10,486
.00
$
10,992
.47
$
11,523
.41
$
12,079
.99
$
12,663
.45
$
13,275
.10
$
13,916
.29
$
14,588
.44
$
15,293
.07
$
16,031
.72
$
14
.34
$
18
.26
$
19
.14
$
20
.06
$
21
.03
$
22
.05
$
23
.11
$
24
.23
$
25
.40
$
26
.63
STIC Prime Portfolio INSTITUTIONAL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.14%
0
.19%
0
.19%
0
.19%
0
.19%
0
.19%
0
.19%
0
.19%
0
.19%
0
.19%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.86%
9
.90%
15
.19%
20
.73%
26
.54%
32
.62%
39
.00%
45
.69%
52
.70%
60
.04%
$
10,486
.00
$
10,990
.38
$
11,519
.01
$
12,073
.08
$
12,653
.79
$
13,262
.44
$
13,900
.36
$
14,568
.97
$
15,269
.74
$
16,004
.21
$
14
.34
$
20
.40
$
21
.38
$
22
.41
$
23
.49
$
24
.62
$
25
.80
$
27
.05
$
28
.35
$
29
.71
Treasury Portfolio INSTITUTIONAL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.14%
0
.18%
0
.18%
0
.18%
0
.18%
0
.18%
0
.18%
0
.18%
0
.18%
0
.18%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.86%
9
.91%
15
.21%
20
.77%
26
.59%
32
.69%
39
.08%
45
.79%
52
.81%
60
.18%
$
10,486
.00
$
10,991
.43
$
11,521
.21
$
12,076
.53
$
12,658
.62
$
13,268
.77
$
13,908
.32
$
14,578
.70
$
15,281
.40
$
16,017
.96
$
14
.34
$
19
.33
$
20
.26
$
21
.24
$
22
.26
$
23
.33
$
24
.46
$
25
.64
$
26
.87
$
28
.17
Government & Agency Portfolio
INSTITUTIONAL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.13%
0
.13%
0
.13%
0
.13%
0
.13%
0
.13%
0
.13%
0
.13%
0
.13%
0
.13%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.87%
9
.98%
15
.33%
20
.95%
26
.84%
33
.02%
39
.50%
46
.29%
53
.41%
60
.88%
$
10,487
.00
$
10,997
.72
$
11,533
.31
$
12,094
.98
$
12,684
.00
$
13,301
.71
$
13,949
.51
$
14,628
.85
$
15,341
.27
$
16,088
.39
$
13
.32
$
13
.97
$
14
.65
$
15
.36
$
16
.11
$
16
.89
$
17
.71
$
18
.58
$
19
.48
$
20
.43
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
INSTITUTIONAL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.14%
0
.26%
0
.26%
0
.26%
0
.26%
0
.26%
0
.26%
0
.26%
0
.26%
0
.26%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.86%
9
.83%
15
.04%
20
.49%
26
.20%
32
.18%
38
.45%
45
.01%
51
.88%
59
.08%
$
10,486
.00
$
10,983
.04
$
11,503
.63
$
12,048
.90
$
12,620
.02
$
13,218
.21
$
13,844
.75
$
14,501
.00
$
15,188
.34
$
15,908
.27
$
14
.34
$
27
.91
$
29
.23
$
30
.62
$
32
.07
$
33
.59
$
35
.18
$
36
.85
$
38
.60
$
40
.43
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio INSTITUTIONAL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.25%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
0
.29%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.75%
9
.68%
14
.85%
20
.26%
25
.92%
31
.85%
38
.06%
44
.57%
51
.38%
58
.51%
$
10,475
.00
$
10,968
.37
$
11,484
.98
$
12,025
.93
$
12,592
.35
$
13,185
.45
$
13,806
.48
$
14,456
.77
$
15,137
.68
$
15,850
.66
$
25
.59
$
31
.09
$
32
.56
$
34
.09
$
35
.70
$
37
.38
$
39
.14
$
40
.98
$
42
.91
$
44
.93
1 Your actual expenses may be higher or lower than those
shown.
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
10 million
No minimum
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
1 million
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Purchase Options
Opening An Account
Adding To An Account
By Telephone
Open your account as described above.
Call the transfer agent at
(800) 659-1005
and wire payment for your purchase order in accordance with the
wire instructions noted above.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
Open your account as described above.
Complete an Liquidity
LINK
®
Agreement. Mail the application and agreement to the transfer
agent. Once your request for this option has been processed, you
may place your order via Liquidity LINK.
Liquid Assets Portfolio, Treasury Portfolio and Government
& Agency Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
STIC Prime Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
Contact your financial intermediary. Redemption proceeds will be
transmitted electronically to your pre-authorized bank account.
The transfer agent must receive your financial
intermediarys instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
By Telephone
A person who has been authorized to make transactions in the
account application may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time in
order to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If you place your redemption request via Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must generally receive your redemption request
before 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time in order to effect the
redemption at that days closing price. Redemption orders
of shares placed between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
must be transmitted by telephone or a pre-arranged data
transmission.
n
reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase order;
n
modify any terms or conditions of purchase of shares of any
fund; or
n
suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
n
Each Fund is offered to investors as a cash management vehicle.
Investors must perceive an investment in such Fund as an
alternative to cash, and must be able to purchase and redeem
shares regularly and frequently.
n
One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of a Fund will be detrimental to the
continuing operations of the Fund.
n
Each Funds portfolio securities are valued on the basis of
amortized cost, and the Fund seeks to maintain a constant net
asset value. As a result, there are no price arbitrage
opportunities.
n
Because each Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value,
investors expect to receive upon redemption the amount they
originally invested in the Fund. Imposition of redemption fees
would run contrary to investor expectations.
n
A Fund earns income generally in the form of 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.
n
Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. Because a Fund is a money market fund, it
does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
n
None of the dividends paid by a 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.
n
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.
n
Any 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.
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.
n
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.
n
You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by a 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.
n
Fund distributions generally are subject to state and local
income taxes.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
By Mail:
Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219286
Kansas City, MO 64121-9286
By Telephone:
(800) 659-1005
On the Internet:
You can send us a request by e-mail or download prospectuses,
SAIs, annual or semi-annual reports via our Web site:
www.invesco.com/us
Prospectus
December 16, 2011
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Back Cover
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Personal Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Personal
Investment Class shares to 0.69% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
70
$
270
$
487
$
1,110
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Personal Investment Class: Inception (1/4/1999)
0.02
%
2.33
%
2.05
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Personal Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Personal
Investment Class shares to 0.69% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
70
$
275
$
496
$
1,132
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Personal Investment Class: Inception (8/20/1991)
0.02
%
2.25
%
1.98
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Personal Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Personal
Investment Class shares to 0.69% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
70
$
272
$
491
$
1,121
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Personal Investment Class: Inception (8/8/1991)
0.02
%
1.95
%
1.81
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Personal Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Personal
Investment Class shares to 0.69% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
69
$
261
$
468
$
1,066
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Personal Investment Class: Inception (1/31/2000)
0.02
%
2.14
%
1.93
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Personal Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Personal
Investment Class shares to 0.69% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
70
$
290
$
527
$
1,207
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
Since
Year
Years
Inception
Personal Investment Class: Inception (5/31/2001)
0.02
%
2.06
%
1.73
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Personal Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Personal
Investment Class shares to 0.80% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
82
$
307
$
551
$
1,249
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Personal Investment Class: Inception (12/4/2000)
0.02
%
1.43
%
1.25
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Ratio of
Ratio of
Net gains
expenses
expenses
(losses)
to average
to average net
Ratio of net
Net asset
on securities
Dividends
Distributions
net assets
assets without
investment
value,
Net
(both
Total from
from net
from net
Net asset
Net assets,
with fee waivers
fee waivers
income
beginning
investment
realized and
investment
investment
realized
Total
value, end
Total
end of period
and/or
expenses
and/or
expenses
to average
of period
income
unrealized)
operations
income
gains
Distributions
of period
Return
(a)
(000s omitted)
absorbed
absorbed
net assets
Liquid Assets Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
$
1.00
$
0.00
(b)
$
(0.00
)
$
0.00
$
(0.00
)
$
$
(0.00
)
$
1.00
0.02
%
$
107,681
0.27
%
(c)
0.92
%
(c)
0.02
%
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
111,477
0.31
0.93
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.78
145,663
0.66
0.96
0.67
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.00
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.23
118,757
0.67
0.92
3.09
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
4.80
81,408
0.67
0.93
4.70
STIC Prime Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
84,451
0.22
(c)
0.94
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
88,978
0.25
0.94
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.54
181,407
0.56
0.98
0.54
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.06
406,065
0.67
0.93
2.91
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
4.81
409,936
0.67
0.94
4.70
Treasury Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
185,309
0.12
(c)
0.93
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
173,428
0.15
0.93
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.12
211,723
0.45
0.95
0.07
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.02
(b)
0.00
0.02
(0.02
)
(0.00
)
(0.02
)
1.00
2.37
471,083
0.67
0.93
2.11
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
4.59
414,629
0.67
0.94
4.48
Government & Agency Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
14,693
0.15
(c)
0.88
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
13,982
0.21
0.88
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.33
17,752
0.57
0.90
0.17
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.86
29,764
0.67
0.89
2.73
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
4.73
26,598
0.67
0.90
4.63
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
4,801
0.11
(c)
1.01
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
6,594
0.15
1.01
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.25
12,117
0.47
1.05
0.19
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.71
11,245
0.67
0.99
2.75
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
4.63
10,986
0.67
1.05
4.53
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
4,218
0.26
(c)
1.04
(c)
0.03
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
7,514
0.29
1.04
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
(0.00
)
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.55
7,414
0.67
1.06
0.64
Five months ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.49
40,145
0.77
(d)
1.00
(d)
1.21
(d)
Year ended
03/31/08
1.00
0.03
(0.00
)
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.71
34,464
0.77
1.00
2.68
Year ended
03/31/07
1.00
0.03
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.84
33,670
0.77
1.00
2.81
Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
Calculated using average shares outstanding.
Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s) of
$104,235, $94,253, $175,824, $14,624, $6,205 and $4,974 for
Liquid Assets Portfolio, STIC Prime Portfolio, Treasury
Portfolio, Government & Agency Portfolio, Government
TaxAdvantage Portfolio, and Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio,
respectively.
Annualized.
n
You invest $10,000 in the Fund and hold it for the entire
10-year
period; and
n
Your investment has a 5% return before expenses each year.
Liquid Assets Portfolio PERSONAL INVESTMENT
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.69%
0
.92%
0
.92%
0
.92%
0
.92%
0
.92%
0
.92%
0
.92%
0
.92%
0
.92%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.31%
8
.57%
13
.00%
17
.61%
22
.40%
27
.40%
32
.60%
38
.01%
43
.64%
49
.50%
$
10,431
.00
$
10,856
.58
$
11,299
.53
$
11,760
.55
$
12,240
.39
$
12,739
.79
$
13,259
.58
$
13,800
.57
$
14,363
.63
$
14,949
.67
$
70
.49
$
97
.92
$
101
.92
$
106
.08
$
110
.40
$
114
.91
$
119
.60
$
124
.48
$
129
.56
$
134
.84
STIC Prime Portfolio PERSONAL INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.69%
0
.94%
0
.94%
0
.94%
0
.94%
0
.94%
0
.94%
0
.94%
0
.94%
0
.94%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.31%
8
.54%
12
.95%
17
.54%
22
.31%
27
.28%
32
.44%
37
.82%
43
.42%
49
.24%
$
10,431
.00
$
10,854
.50
$
11,295
.19
$
11,753
.78
$
12,230
.98
$
12,727
.56
$
13,244
.30
$
13,782
.01
$
14,341
.56
$
14,923
.83
$
70
.49
$
100
.04
$
104
.10
$
108
.33
$
112
.73
$
117
.31
$
122
.07
$
127
.02
$
132
.18
$
137
.55
Treasury Portfolio PERSONAL INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.69%
0
.93%
0
.93%
0
.93%
0
.93%
0
.93%
0
.93%
0
.93%
0
.93%
0
.93%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.31%
8
.56%
12
.97%
17
.57%
22
.36%
27
.34%
32
.52%
37
.91%
43
.53%
49
.37%
$
10,431
.00
$
10,855
.54
$
11,297
.36
$
11,757
.16
$
12,235
.68
$
12,733
.67
$
13,251
.93
$
13,791
.29
$
14,352
.59
$
14,936
.74
$
70
.49
$
98
.98
$
103
.01
$
107
.20
$
111
.57
$
116
.11
$
120
.83
$
125
.75
$
130
.87
$
136
.20
Government & Agency Portfolio PERSONAL
INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.68%
0
.88%
0
.88%
0
.88%
0
.88%
0
.88%
0
.88%
0
.88%
0
.88%
0
.88%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.32%
8
.62%
13
.09%
17
.75%
22
.60%
27
.66%
32
.91%
38
.39%
44
.09%
50
.03%
$
10,432
.00
$
10,861
.80
$
11,309
.30
$
11,775
.25
$
12,260
.39
$
12,765
.52
$
13,291
.46
$
13,839
.06
$
14,409
.23
$
15,002
.89
$
69
.47
$
93
.69
$
97
.55
$
101
.57
$
105
.76
$
110
.11
$
114
.65
$
119
.37
$
124
.29
$
129
.41
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio PERSONAL
INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.69%
1
.01%
1
.01%
1
.01%
1
.01%
1
.01%
1
.01%
1
.01%
1
.01%
1
.01%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.31%
8
.47%
12
.80%
17
.30%
21
.98%
26
.85%
31
.91%
37
.17%
42
.65%
48
.34%
$
10,431
.00
$
10,847
.20
$
11,280
.00
$
11,730
.07
$
12,198
.10
$
12,684
.81
$
13,190
.93
$
13,717
.25
$
14,264
.57
$
14,833
.72
$
70
.49
$
107
.45
$
111
.74
$
116
.20
$
120
.84
$
125
.66
$
130
.67
$
135
.89
$
141
.31
$
146
.95
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio PERSONAL
INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.80%
1
.04%
1
.04%
1
.04%
1
.04%
1
.04%
1
.04%
1
.04%
1
.04%
1
.04%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.20%
8
.33%
12
.62%
17
.08%
21
.71%
26
.53%
31
.54%
36
.75%
42
.17%
47
.80%
$
10,420
.00
$
10,832
.63
$
11,261
.60
$
11,707
.56
$
12,171
.18
$
12,653
.16
$
13,154
.23
$
13,675
.13
$
14,216
.67
$
14,779
.65
$
81
.68
$
110
.51
$
114
.89
$
119
.44
$
124
.17
$
129
.09
$
134
.20
$
139
.51
$
145
.04
$
150
.78
1 Your actual expenses may be higher or lower than those
shown.
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
10,000
No minimum
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
1,000
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Liquid Assets Portfolio, Treasury Portfolio and Government
& Agency Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
STIC Prime Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
Contact your financial intermediary. Redemption proceeds will be
transmitted electronically to your pre-authorized bank account.
The transfer agent must receive your financial
intermediarys instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
By Telephone
A person who has been authorized to make transactions in the
account application may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time in
order to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If you place your redemption request via Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must generally receive your redemption request
before 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time in order to effect the
redemption at that days closing price. Redemption orders
of shares placed between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
must be transmitted by telephone or a pre-arranged data
transmission.
n
reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase order;
n
modify any terms or conditions of purchase of shares of any
fund; or
n
suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
n
Each Fund is offered to investors as a cash management vehicle.
Investors must perceive an investment in such Fund as an
alternative to cash, and must be able to purchase and redeem
shares regularly and frequently.
n
One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of a Fund will be detrimental to the
continuing operations of the Fund.
n
Each Funds portfolio securities are valued on the basis of
amortized cost, and the Fund seeks to maintain a constant net
asset value. As a result, there are no price arbitrage
opportunities.
n
Because each Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value,
investors expect to receive upon redemption the amount they
originally invested in the Fund. Imposition of redemption fees
would run contrary to investor expectations.
n
A Fund earns income generally in the form of 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.
n
Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. Because a Fund is a money market fund, it
does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
n
None of the dividends paid by a 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.
n
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.
n
Any 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.
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.
n
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.
n
You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by a 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.
n
Fund distributions generally are subject to state and local
income taxes.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
By Mail:
Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219286
Kansas City, MO 64121-9286
By Telephone:
(800) 659-1005
On the Internet:
You can send us a request by e-mail or download prospectuses,
SAIs, annual or semi-annual reports via our Web site:
www.invesco.com/us
Prospectus
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Private Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Private
Investment Class shares to 0.44% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
45
$
191
$
350
$
813
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Private Investment Class: Inception (2/16/1996)
0.02
%
2.51
%
2.26
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$100,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Private Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Private
Investment Class shares to 0.44% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
45
$
196
$
359
$
835
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Private Investment Class: Inception (7/8/1993)
0.02
%
2.40
%
2.18
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$100,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Private Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Private
Investment Class shares to 0.44% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
45
$
193
$
355
$
824
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Private Investment Class: Inception (11/22/1991)
0.02
%
2.10
%
2.01
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$100,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Private Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.20% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Private
Investment Class shares to 0.44% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
44
$
182
$
331
$
767
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Private Investment Class: Inception (9/1/1998)
0.02
%
2.30
%
2.13
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$100,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Private Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.25% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Private
Investment Class shares to 0.39% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
40
$
206
$
386
$
908
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Private Investment Class: Inception (12/21/1994)
0.02
%
2.25
%
2.09
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$100,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Private Investment
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.25% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Private
Investment Class shares to 0.50% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
51
$
223
$
410
$
951
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Private Investment Class: Inception (4/1/1992)
0.02
%
1.63
%
1.50
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$100,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Ratio of
Ratio of
Net gains
expenses
expenses
(losses)
to average
to average net
Ratio of net
Net asset
on securities
Dividends
Distributions
net assets
assets without
investment
value,
Net
(both
Total from
from net
from net
Net asset
Net assets,
with fee waivers
fee waivers
income
beginning
investment
realized and
investment
investment
realized
Total
value, end
Total
end of period
and/or
expenses
and/or
expenses
to average
of period
income
unrealized)
operations
income
gains
Distributions
of period
Return
(a)
(000s omitted)
absorbed
absorbed
net assets
Liquid Assets Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
$
1.00
$
0.00
(b)
$
(0.00
)
$
0.00
$
(0.00
)
$
$
(0.00
)
$
1.00
0.02
%
$
501,630
0.28
%
(c)
0.67
%
(c)
0.01
%
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
709,454
0.31
0.68
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
1.00
748,744
0.46
0.71
0.87
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.00
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.49
875,556
0.42
0.67
3.34
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.06
885,779
0.42
0.68
4.95
STIC Prime Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
267,621
0.22
(c)
0.69
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
306,984
0.25
0.69
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.64
429,979
0.42
0.73
0.68
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.32
700,843
0.42
0.68
3.16
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.07
632,811
0.42
0.69
4.95
Treasury Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
845,022
0.12
(c)
0.68
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
784,322
0.16
0.68
0.02
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.19
2,267,919
0.31
0.70
0.21
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.02
(b)
0.00
0.02
(0.02
)
(0.00
)
(0.02
)
1.00
2.62
1,153,785
0.42
0.68
2.36
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
4.85
1,250,648
0.42
0.69
4.73
Government & Agency Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
549,857
0.15
(c)
0.63
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
558,000
0.21
0.63
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.46
781,264
0.39
0.65
0.35
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.12
504,696
0.42
0.64
2.98
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
4.99
599,041
0.42
0.65
4.88
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
47,638
0.11
(c)
0.76
(c)
0.03
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
28,423
0.14
0.76
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.38
42,922
0.35
0.80
0.31
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.02
40,540
0.37
0.74
3.05
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
4.95
43,318
0.37
0.80
4.83
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
98,842
0.26
(c)
0.79
(c)
0.03
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
118,919
0.29
0.79
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
(0.00
)
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.70
206,398
0.48
0.81
0.83
Five months ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.62
300,898
0.47
(d)
0.75
(d)
1.51
(d)
Year ended
03/31/08
1.00
0.03
(0.00
)
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.02
249,372
0.47
0.75
2.98
Year ended
03/31/07
1.00
0.03
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.15
185,163
0.47
0.75
3.11
Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
Calculated using average shares outstanding.
Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s) of
$521,465, $307,821, $818,828, $502,249, $44,401 and $96,498 for
Liquid Assets Portfolio, STIC Prime Portfolio, Treasury
Portfolio, Government & Agency Portfolio, Government
TaxAdvantage Portfolio, and Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio,
respectively.
Annualized.
n
You invest $10,000 in the Fund and hold it for the entire
10-year
period; and
n
Your investment has a 5% return before expenses each year.
Liquid Assets Portfolio PRIVATE INVESTMENT
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.44%
0
.67%
0
.67%
0
.67%
0
.67%
0
.67%
0
.67%
0
.67%
0
.67%
0
.67%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.56%
9
.09%
13
.81%
18
.74%
23
.88%
29
.24%
34
.84%
40
.68%
46
.77%
53
.13%
$
10,456
.00
$
10,908
.74
$
11,381
.09
$
11,873
.89
$
12,388
.03
$
12,924
.44
$
13,484
.06
$
14,067
.92
$
14,677
.07
$
15,312
.58
$
45
.00
$
71
.57
$
74
.67
$
77
.90
$
81
.28
$
84
.80
$
88
.47
$
92
.30
$
96
.30
$
100
.47
STIC Prime Portfolio PRIVATE INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.44%
0
.69%
0
.69%
0
.69%
0
.69%
0
.69%
0
.69%
0
.69%
0
.69%
0
.69%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.56%
9
.07%
13
.77%
18
.67%
23
.79%
29
.12%
34
.69%
40
.49%
46
.55%
52
.86%
$
10,456
.00
$
10,906
.65
$
11,376
.73
$
11,867
.07
$
12,378
.54
$
12,912
.05
$
13,468
.56
$
14,049
.06
$
14,654
.57
$
15,286
.18
$
45
.00
$
73
.70
$
76
.88
$
80
.19
$
83
.65
$
87
.25
$
91
.01
$
94
.94
$
99
.03
$
103
.30
Treasury Portfolio PRIVATE INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.44%
0
.68%
0
.68%
0
.68%
0
.68%
0
.68%
0
.68%
0
.68%
0
.68%
0
.68%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.56%
9
.08%
13
.79%
18
.70%
23
.83%
29
.18%
34
.76%
40
.58%
46
.66%
52
.99%
$
10,456
.00
$
10,907
.70
$
11,378
.91
$
11,870
.48
$
12,383
.29
$
12,918
.24
$
13,476
.31
$
14,058
.49
$
14,665
.81
$
15,299
.38
$
45
.00
$
72
.64
$
75
.77
$
79
.05
$
82
.46
$
86
.03
$
89
.74
$
93
.62
$
97
.66
$
101
.88
Government & Agency Portfolio PRIVATE
INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.43%
0
.63%
0
.63%
0
.63%
0
.63%
0
.63%
0
.63%
0
.63%
0
.63%
0
.63%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.57%
9
.14%
13
.91%
18
.89%
24
.08%
29
.50%
35
.16%
41
.07%
47
.24%
53
.67%
$
10,457
.00
$
10,913
.97
$
11,390
.91
$
11,888
.69
$
12,408
.23
$
12,950
.47
$
13,516
.41
$
14,107
.07
$
14,723
.55
$
15,366
.97
$
43
.98
$
67
.32
$
70
.26
$
73
.33
$
76
.54
$
79
.88
$
83
.37
$
87
.01
$
90
.82
$
94
.79
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio PRIVATE
INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.39%
0
.76%
0
.76%
0
.76%
0
.76%
0
.76%
0
.76%
0
.76%
0
.76%
0
.76%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.61%
9
.05%
13
.67%
18
.49%
23
.51%
28
.75%
34
.21%
39
.90%
45
.83%
52
.01%
$
10,461
.00
$
10,904
.55
$
11,366
.90
$
11,848
.86
$
12,351
.25
$
12,874
.94
$
13,420
.84
$
13,989
.88
$
14,583
.05
$
15,201
.37
$
39
.90
$
81
.19
$
84
.63
$
88
.22
$
91
.96
$
95
.86
$
99
.92
$
104
.16
$
108
.58
$
113
.18
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio PRIVATE
INVESTMENT CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.50%
0
.79%
0
.79%
0
.79%
0
.79%
0
.79%
0
.79%
0
.79%
0
.79%
0
.79%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.50%
8
.90%
13
.48%
18
.26%
23
.24%
28
.43%
33
.84%
39
.47%
45
.34%
51
.46%
$
10,450
.00
$
10,889
.95
$
11,348
.41
$
11,826
.18
$
12,324
.06
$
12,842
.90
$
13,383
.59
$
13,947
.04
$
14,534
.21
$
15,146
.10
$
51
.13
$
84
.29
$
87
.84
$
91
.54
$
95
.39
$
99
.41
$
103
.59
$
107
.96
$
112
.50
$
117
.24
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
100,000
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Purchase Options
Opening An Account
Adding To An Account
By Telephone
Open your account as described above.
Call the transfer agent at
(800) 659-1005
and wire payment for your purchase order in accordance with the
wire instructions noted above.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
Open your account as described above.
Complete an Liquidity
LINK
®
Agreement. Mail the application and agreement to the transfer
agent. Once your request for this option has been processed, you
may place your order via Liquidity LINK.
Liquid Assets Portfolio, Treasury Portfolio and Government
& Agency Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
STIC Prime Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
Contact your financial intermediary. Redemption proceeds will be
transmitted electronically to your pre-authorized bank account.
The transfer agent must receive your financial
intermediarys instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
By Telephone
A person who has been authorized to make transactions in the
account application may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time in
order to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If you place your redemption request via Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must generally receive your redemption request
before 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time in order to effect the
redemption at that days closing price. Redemption orders
of shares placed between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
must be transmitted by telephone or a pre-arranged data
transmission.
n
reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase order;
n
modify any terms or conditions of purchase of shares of any
fund; or
n
suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
n
Each Fund is offered to investors as a cash management vehicle.
Investors must perceive an investment in such Fund as an
alternative to cash, and must be able to purchase and redeem
shares regularly and frequently.
n
One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of a Fund will be detrimental to the
continuing operations of the Fund.
n
Each Funds portfolio securities are valued on the basis of
amortized cost, and the Fund seeks to maintain a constant net
asset value. As a result, there are no price arbitrage
opportunities.
n
Because each Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value,
investors expect to receive upon redemption the amount they
originally invested in the Fund. Imposition of redemption fees
would run contrary to investor expectations.
n
A Fund earns income generally in the form of 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.
n
Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. Because a Fund is a money market fund, it
does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
n
None of the dividends paid by a 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.
n
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.
n
Any 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.
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.
n
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.
n
You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by a 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.
n
Fund distributions generally are subject to state and local
income taxes.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
By Mail:
Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219286
Kansas City, MO 64121-9286
By Telephone:
(800) 659-1005
On the Internet:
You can send us a request by e-mail or download prospectuses,
SAIs, annual or semi-annual reports via our Web site:
www.invesco.com/us
Prospectus
December 16, 2011
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Back Cover
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Reserve
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.13% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Reserve
Class shares to 1.01% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
103
$
356
$
628
$
1,406
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Reserve Class: Inception (1/14/2000)
0.02
%
2.11
%
1.78
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Reserve
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.13% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Reserve
Class shares to 1.01% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
103
$
360
$
637
$
1,427
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Reserve Class: Inception (1/4/1999)
0.02
%
2.05
%
1.73
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Reserve
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.13% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Reserve
Class shares to 1.01% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
103
$
358
$
633
$
1,417
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Reserve Class: Inception (1/4/1999)
0.02
%
1.78
%
1.57
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Reserve
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.13% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Reserve
Class shares to 1.01% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
102
$
346
$
610
$
1,363
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Reserve Class: Inception (1/26/2000)
0.02
%
1.94
%
1.67
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Reserve
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.13% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Reserve
Class shares to 1.01% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
103
$
375
$
668
$
1,501
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
Since
Year
Years
Inception
Reserve Class: Inception (6/23/2003)
0.02
%
1.87
%
1.59
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Reserve
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.13% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Reserve
Class shares to 1.12% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
114
$
392
$
691
$
1,542
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Reserve Class: Inception (6/1/1999)
0.02
%
1.24
%
1.01
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$10,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1,000
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Ratio of
Ratio of
Net gains
expenses
expenses
(losses)
to average
to average net
Ratio of net
Net asset
on securities
Dividends
Distributions
net assets
assets without
investment
value,
Net
(both
Total from
from net
from net
Net asset
Net assets,
with fee waivers
fee waivers
income
beginning
investment
realized and
investment
investment
realized
Total
value, end
Total
end of period
and/or
expenses
and/or
expenses
to average
of period
income
unrealized)
operations
income
gains
Distributions
of period
Return
(a)
(000s omitted)
absorbed
absorbed
net assets
Liquid Assets Portfolio
Year ended 08/31/11
$
1.00
$
0.00
(b)
$
(0.00
)
$
0.00
$
(0.00
)
$
$
(0.00
)
$
1.00
0.02
%
$
90,227
0.27
%
(c)
1.17
%
(c)
0.02
%
(c)
Year ended 08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
108,972
0.30
1.18
0.04
Year ended 08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.59
73,020
0.86
1.21
0.47
Year ended 08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.00
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.90
69,076
0.99
1.17
2.77
Year ended 08/31/07
1.00
0.04
0.00
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.04
)
1.00
4.46
39,244
0.99
1.18
4.38
STIC Prime Portfolio
Year ended 08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
6,788
0.23
(c)
1.19
(c)
0.01
(c)
Year ended 08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
8,034
0.25
1.19
0.04
Year ended 08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.42
9,341
0.79
1.23
0.31
Year ended 08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.73
65,753
0.99
1.18
2.59
Year ended 08/31/07
1.00
0.04
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.04
)
1.00
4.47
30,950
0.99
1.19
4.38
Treasury Portfolio
Year ended 08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
148,671
0.12
(c)
1.18
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended 08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
51,749
0.15
1.18
0.03
Year ended 08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.09
29,734
0.49
1.20
0.03
Year ended 08/31/08
1.00
0.02
(b)
0.00
0.02
(0.02
)
(0.00
)
(0.02
)
1.00
2.04
36,392
0.99
1.18
1.79
Year ended 08/31/07
1.00
0.04
0.00
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.04
)
1.00
4.26
69,762
0.99
1.19
4.16
Government & Agency Portfolio
Year ended 08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
70,376
0.16
(c)
1.13
(c)
0.01
(c)
Year ended 08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
183,851
0.21
1.13
0.03
Year ended 08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.22
139,399
0.66
1.15
0.08
Year ended 08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.53
135,106
0.99
1.14
2.41
Year ended 08/31/07
1.00
0.04
0.00
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.04
)
1.00
4.40
16,949
0.99
1.15
4.31
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Year ended 08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
874
0.11
(c)
1.26
(c)
0.03
(c)
Year ended 08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
844
0.14
1.26
0.04
Year ended 08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.16
5,747
0.70
1.30
(0.04
)
Year ended 08/31/08
1.00
0.02
(b)
0.00
0.02
(0.02
)
(0.02
)
1.00
2.38
12,521
0.99
1.24
2.43
Year ended 08/31/07
1.00
0.04
0.00
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.04
)
1.00
4.30
11,944
0.99
1.30
4.21
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Year ended 08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
18,284
0.26
(c)
1.29
(c)
0.03
(c)
Year ended 08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
14,742
0.29
1.29
0.03
Year ended 08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.44
14,831
0.82
1.31
0.49
Five months ended 08/31/08
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.36
43,123
1.09
(d)
1.25
(d)
0.89
(d)
Year ended 03/31/08
1.00
0.02
(0.00
)
0.02
(0.02
)
(0.02
)
1.00
2.38
60,789
1.09
1.25
2.36
Year ended 03/31/07
1.00
0.03
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.52
12,733
1.09
1.25
2.49
Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
Calculated using average shares outstanding.
Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s) of
$109,805, $6,890, $94,388, $100,051, $1,404 and $19,096 for
Liquid Assets Portfolio, STIC Prime Portfolio, Treasury
Portfolio, Government & Agency Portfolio, Government
TaxAdvantage Portfolio, and Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio,
respectively.
Annualized.
n
You invest $10,000 in the Fund and hold it for the entire
10-year
period; and
n
Your investment has a 5% return before expenses each year.
Liquid Assets Portfolio RESERVE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
1
.01%
1
.17%
1
.17%
1
.17%
1
.17%
1
.17%
1
.17%
1
.17%
1
.17%
1
.17%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
3
.99%
7
.97%
12
.11%
16
.40%
20
.86%
25
.49%
30
.30%
35
.29%
40
.47%
45
.85%
$
10,399
.00
$
10,797
.28
$
11,210
.82
$
11,640
.19
$
12,086
.01
$
12,548
.91
$
13,029
.53
$
13,528
.56
$
14,046
.70
$
14,584
.69
$
103
.01
$
124
.00
$
128
.75
$
133
.68
$
138
.80
$
144
.11
$
149
.63
$
155
.36
$
161
.32
$
167
.49
STIC Prime Portfolio RESERVE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
1
.01%
1
.19%
1
.19%
1
.19%
1
.19%
1
.19%
1
.19%
1
.19%
1
.19%
1
.19%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
3
.99%
7
.95%
12
.06%
16
.33%
20
.77%
25
.37%
30
.14%
35
.10%
40
.25%
45
.59%
$
10,399
.00
$
10,795
.20
$
11,206
.50
$
11,633
.47
$
12,076
.70
$
12,536
.82
$
13,014
.48
$
13,510
.33
$
14,025
.07
$
14,559
.43
$
103
.01
$
126
.11
$
130
.91
$
135
.90
$
141
.08
$
146
.45
$
152
.03
$
157
.82
$
163
.84
$
170
.08
Treasury Portfolio RESERVE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
1
.01%
1
.18%
1
.18%
1
.18%
1
.18%
1
.18%
1
.18%
1
.18%
1
.18%
1
.18%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
3
.99%
7
.96%
12
.09%
16
.37%
20
.81%
25
.43%
30
.22%
35
.19%
40
.36%
45
.72%
$
10,399
.00
$
10,796
.24
$
11,208
.66
$
11,636
.83
$
12,081
.36
$
12,542
.86
$
13,022
.00
$
13,519
.44
$
14,035
.88
$
14,572
.05
$
103
.01
$
125
.05
$
129
.83
$
134
.79
$
139
.94
$
145
.28
$
150
.83
$
156
.59
$
162
.58
$
168
.79
Government & Agency Portfolio RESERVE
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
1
.00%
1
.13%
1
.13%
1
.13%
1
.13%
1
.13%
1
.13%
1
.13%
1
.13%
1
.13%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.00%
8
.02%
12
.21%
16
.55%
21
.06%
25
.74%
30
.61%
35
.66%
40
.91%
46
.37%
$
10,400
.00
$
10,802
.48
$
11,220
.54
$
11,654
.77
$
12,105
.81
$
12,574
.31
$
13,060
.93
$
13,566
.39
$
14,091
.41
$
14,636
.75
$
102
.00
$
119
.79
$
124
.43
$
129
.25
$
134
.25
$
139
.44
$
144
.84
$
150
.44
$
156
.27
$
162
.31
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio RESERVE
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
1
.01%
1
.26%
1
.26%
1
.26%
1
.26%
1
.26%
1
.26%
1
.26%
1
.26%
1
.26%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
3
.99%
7
.88%
11
.91%
16
.10%
20
.44%
24
.95%
29
.62%
34
.47%
39
.50%
44
.71%
$
10,399
.00
$
10,787
.92
$
11,191
.39
$
11,609
.95
$
12,044
.16
$
12,494
.61
$
12,961
.91
$
13,446
.69
$
13,949
.59
$
14,471
.31
$
103
.01
$
133
.48
$
138
.47
$
143
.65
$
149
.02
$
154
.59
$
160
.38
$
166
.37
$
172
.60
$
179
.05
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio RESERVE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
1
.12%
1
.29%
1
.29%
1
.29%
1
.29%
1
.29%
1
.29%
1
.29%
1
.29%
1
.29%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
3
.88%
7
.73%
11
.73%
15
.88%
20
.18%
24
.63%
29
.26%
34
.05%
39
.03%
44
.18%
$
10,388
.00
$
10,773
.39
$
11,173
.09
$
11,587
.61
$
12,017
.51
$
12,463
.36
$
12,925
.75
$
13,405
.30
$
13,902
.63
$
14,418
.42
$
114
.17
$
136
.49
$
141
.55
$
146
.81
$
152
.25
$
157
.90
$
163
.76
$
169
.84
$
176
.14
$
182
.67
1 Your actual expenses may be higher or lower than those
shown.
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
10,000
No minimum
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
1,000
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Liquid Assets Portfolio, Treasury Portfolio and Government
& Agency Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
STIC Prime Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
Contact your financial intermediary. Redemption proceeds will be
transmitted electronically to your pre-authorized bank account.
The transfer agent must receive your financial
intermediarys instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
By Telephone
A person who has been authorized to make transactions in the
account application may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time in
order to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If you place your redemption request via Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must generally receive your redemption request
before 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time in order to effect the
redemption at that days closing price. Redemption orders
of shares placed between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
must be transmitted by telephone or a pre-arranged data
transmission.
n
reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase order;
n
modify any terms or conditions of purchase of shares of any
fund; or
n
suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
n
Each Fund is offered to investors as a cash management vehicle.
Investors must perceive an investment in such Fund as an
alternative to cash, and must be able to purchase and redeem
shares regularly and frequently.
n
One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of a Fund will be detrimental to the
continuing operations of the Fund.
n
Each Funds portfolio securities are valued on the basis of
amortized cost, and the Fund seeks to maintain a constant net
asset value. As a result, there are no price arbitrage
opportunities.
n
Because each Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value,
investors expect to receive upon redemption the amount they
originally invested in the Fund. Imposition of redemption fees
would run contrary to investor expectations.
n
A Fund earns income generally in the form of 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.
n
Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. Because a Fund is a money market fund, it
does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
n
None of the dividends paid by a 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.
n
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.
n
Any 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.
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.
n
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.
n
You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by a 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.
n
Fund distributions generally are subject to state and local
income taxes.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
By Mail:
Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219286
Kansas City, MO 64121-9286
By Telephone:
(800) 659-1005
On the Internet:
You can send us a request by e-mail or download prospectuses,
SAIs, annual or semi-annual reports via our Web site:
www.invesco.com/us
Prospectus
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Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Resource
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Resource
Class shares to 0.34%. Unless the Board of Trustees
and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver
agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
35
$
116
$
205
$
465
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Resource Class: Inception (9/23/1996)
0.03
%
2.58
%
2.35
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Resource
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.04% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Resource
Class shares to 0.30% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
31
$
116
$
210
$
484
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Resource Class: Inception (1/16/1996)
0.03
%
2.50
%
2.30
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Resource
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.04% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Resource
Class shares to 0.30% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
31
$
114
$
205
$
473
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Resource Class: Inception (3/6/1996)
0.02
%
2.19
%
2.12
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Resource
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.04% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Resource
Class shares to 0.30% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
30
$
102
$
181
$
414
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Resource Class: Inception (9/1/1998)
0.02
%
2.40
%
2.25
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Resource
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.04% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Resource
Class shares to 0.30% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
31
$
131
$
242
$
564
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Resource Class: Inception (12/30/1999)
0.02
%
2.31
%
2.17
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your
investment)
Class:
Resource
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of
original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is
less)
None
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (Invesco Distributors) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2012,
to waive 0.04% of Rule
12b-1
distribution plan payments. Unless the Board of Trustees and
Invesco Advisers, Inc. mutually agree to amend or continue the
fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31,
2012.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) has
contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 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 in the SAI) of Resource
Class shares to 0.41% (after Rule
12b-1
fee
waiver). Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree
to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate
on December 31, 2012.
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$
42
$
149
$
266
$
608
Average Annual Total Returns
(for the periods ended
December 31, 2010)
1
5
10
Year
Years
Years
Resource Class: Inception (4/6/1999)
0.02
%
1.69
%
1.57
%
Initial Investments Per Fund Account*
$1 Million
Additional Investments Per Fund Account
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Ratio of
Ratio of
Net gains
expenses
expenses
(losses)
to average
to average net
Ratio of net
Net asset
on securities
Dividends
Distributions
net assets
assets without
investment
value,
Net
(both
Total from
from net
from net
Net asset
Net assets,
with fee waivers
fee waivers
income
beginning
investment
realized and
investment
investment
realized
Total
value, end
Total
end of period
and/or
expenses
and/or
expenses
to average
of period
income
unrealized)
operations
income
gains
Distributions
of period
Return
(a)
(000s omitted)
absorbed
absorbed
net assets
Liquid Assets Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
$
1.00
$
0.00
(b)
$
(0.00
)
$
0.00
$
(0.00
)
$
$
(0.00
)
$
1.00
0.02
%
$
177,081
0.27
%
(c)
0.37
%
(c)
0.02
%
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.04
261,421
0.30
0.38
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
(0.00
)
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
1.10
800,343
0.36
0.41
0.97
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.04
(b)
0.00
0.04
(0.04
)
(0.00
)
(0.04
)
1.00
3.59
1,209,510
0.32
0.37
3.44
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.16
1,128,499
0.32
0.38
5.05
STIC Prime Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
29,213
0.23
(c)
0.39
(c)
0.01
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
151,109
0.25
0.39
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.74
223,532
0.31
0.43
0.79
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.46
482,644
0.28
0.38
3.30
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.21
570,226
0.28
0.39
5.09
Treasury Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
293,547
0.12
(c)
0.38
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
409,398
0.15
0.38
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.26
365,409
0.28
0.40
0.24
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.00
)
(0.03
)
1.00
2.76
629,203
0.28
0.38
2.50
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.00
375,750
0.28
0.39
4.87
Government & Agency Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
272,176
0.15
(c)
0.33
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
294,164
0.21
0.33
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.57
486,522
0.30
0.35
0.44
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.26
325,692
0.28
0.34
3.12
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.14
297,561
0.28
0.35
5.02
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
17,085
0.11
(c)
0.46
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
11,160
0.14
0.46
0.04
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.45
17,773
0.29
0.50
0.37
Year ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.03
(b)
0.00
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.11
34,121
0.28
0.44
3.14
Year ended
08/31/07
1.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
(0.05
)
(0.05
)
1.00
5.04
53,228
0.28
0.50
4.92
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Year ended
08/31/11
1.00
0.00
(b)
(0.00
)
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.02
24,602
0.27
(c)
0.49
(c)
0.02
(c)
Year ended
08/31/10
1.00
0.00
(b)
0.00
0.00
(0.00
)
(0.00
)
1.00
0.03
43,656
0.29
0.49
0.03
Year ended
08/31/09
1.00
0.01
(b)
(0.00
)
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.77
129,078
0.41
0.51
0.90
Five months ended
08/31/08
1.00
0.01
(b)
0.00
0.01
(0.01
)
(0.01
)
1.00
0.66
261,498
0.38
(d)
0.45
(d)
1.60
(d)
Year ended
03/31/08
1.00
0.03
(0.00
)
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.11
242,372
0.38
0.45
3.07
Year ended
03/31/07
1.00
0.03
0.03
(0.03
)
(0.03
)
1.00
3.24
381,047
0.38
0.45
3.20
Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
Calculated using average shares outstanding.
Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s) of
$220,472, $103,173, $327,159, $268,327, $13,335 and $32,688 for
Liquid Assets Portfolio, STIC Prime Portfolio, Treasury
Portfolio, Government & Agency Portfolio, Government
TaxAdvantage Portfolio, and Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio,
respectively.
Annualized.
n
You invest $10,000 in the Fund and hold it for the entire
10-year
period; and
n
Your investment has a 5% return before expenses each year.
Liquid Assets Portfolio RESOURCE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.34%
0
.37%
0
.37%
0
.37%
0
.37%
0
.37%
0
.37%
0
.37%
0
.37%
0
.37%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.66%
9
.51%
14
.58%
19
.88%
25
.43%
31
.24%
37
.32%
43
.67%
50
.32%
57
.28%
$
10,466
.00
$
10,950
.58
$
11,457
.59
$
11,988
.07
$
12,543
.12
$
13,123
.87
$
13,731
.50
$
14,367
.27
$
15,032
.48
$
15,728
.48
$
34
.79
$
39
.62
$
41
.46
$
43
.37
$
45
.38
$
47
.48
$
49
.68
$
51
.98
$
54
.39
$
56
.91
STIC Prime Portfolio RESOURCE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.30%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
0
.39%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.70%
9
.53%
14
.58%
19
.86%
25
.38%
31
.16%
37
.21%
43
.54%
50
.15%
57
.07%
$
10,470
.00
$
10,952
.67
$
11,457
.58
$
11,985
.78
$
12,538
.32
$
13,116
.34
$
13,721
.00
$
14,353
.54
$
15,015
.24
$
15,707
.44
$
30
.71
$
41
.77
$
43
.70
$
45
.71
$
47
.82
$
50
.03
$
52
.33
$
54
.75
$
57
.27
$
59
.91
Treasury Portfolio RESOURCE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.30%
0
.38%
0
.38%
0
.38%
0
.38%
0
.38%
0
.38%
0
.38%
0
.38%
0
.38%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.70%
9
.54%
14
.60%
19
.89%
25
.43%
31
.23%
37
.29%
43
.63%
50
.27%
57
.21%
$
10,470
.00
$
10,953
.71
$
11,459
.78
$
11,989
.22
$
12,543
.12
$
13,122
.61
$
13,728
.88
$
14,363
.15
$
15,026
.73
$
15,720
.96
$
30
.71
$
40
.71
$
42
.59
$
44
.55
$
46
.61
$
48
.76
$
51
.02
$
53
.37
$
55
.84
$
58
.42
Government & Agency Portfolio RESOURCE
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.29%
0
.33%
0
.33%
0
.33%
0
.33%
0
.33%
0
.33%
0
.33%
0
.33%
0
.33%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.71%
9
.60%
14
.72%
20
.08%
25
.68%
31
.55%
37
.70%
44
.13%
50
.86%
57
.90%
$
10,471
.00
$
10,960
.00
$
11,471
.83
$
12,007
.56
$
12,568
.31
$
13,155
.26
$
13,769
.61
$
14,412
.65
$
15,085
.72
$
15,790
.22
$
29
.68
$
35
.36
$
37
.01
$
38
.74
$
40
.55
$
42
.44
$
44
.43
$
46
.50
$
48
.67
$
50
.95
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio RESOURCE
CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.30%
0
.46%
0
.46%
0
.46%
0
.46%
0
.46%
0
.46%
0
.46%
0
.46%
0
.46%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.70%
9
.45%
14
.42%
19
.62%
25
.05%
30
.73%
36
.66%
42
.86%
49
.35%
56
.13%
$
10,470
.00
$
10,945
.34
$
11,442
.26
$
11,961
.73
$
12,504
.80
$
13,072
.52
$
13,666
.01
$
14,286
.44
$
14,935
.05
$
15,613
.10
$
30
.71
$
49
.26
$
51
.49
$
53
.83
$
56
.27
$
58
.83
$
61
.50
$
64
.29
$
67
.21
$
70
.26
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio RESOURCE CLASS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
0
.41%
0
.49%
0
.49%
0
.49%
0
.49%
0
.49%
0
.49%
0
.49%
0
.49%
0
.49%
5
.00%
10
.25%
15
.76%
21
.55%
27
.63%
34
.01%
40
.71%
47
.75%
55
.13%
62
.89%
4
.59%
9
.31%
14
.24%
19
.39%
24
.77%
30
.40%
36
.28%
42
.43%
48
.85%
55
.56%
$
10,459
.00
$
10,930
.70
$
11,423
.68
$
11,938
.88
$
12,477
.33
$
13,040
.05
$
13,628
.16
$
14,242
.79
$
14,885
.14
$
15,556
.46
$
41
.94
$
52
.40
$
54
.77
$
57
.24
$
59
.82
$
62
.52
$
65
.34
$
68
.28
$
71
.36
$
74
.58
1 Your actual expenses may be higher or lower than those
shown.
Initial
Additional
Class
Investments*
Investments
$
1,000,000
No minimum
An intermediary may aggregate its master accounts and
subaccounts to satisfy the minimum investment requirement.
Purchase Options
Opening An Account
Adding To An Account
By Telephone
Open your account as described above.
Call the transfer agent at
(800) 659-1005
and wire payment for your purchase order in accordance with the
wire instructions noted above.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
Open your account as described above.
Complete an Liquidity
LINK
®
Agreement. Mail the application and agreement to the transfer
agent. Once your request for this option has been processed, you
may place your order via Liquidity LINK.
Liquid Assets Portfolio, Treasury Portfolio and Government
& Agency Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
STIC Prime Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
If placing a redemption request through your financial
intermediary, redemption proceeds will be transmitted
electronically to your pre-authorized bank account. The transfer
agent must receive your financial intermediarys
instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business
day in order to effect the redemption on that day. If the
financial intermediary wishes to place a redemption order
between 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time on a business day it must do so by telephone.
By Telephone
If placing a redemption request by telephone, you or any person
authorized to make account transactions, must call the transfer
agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to
effect the redemption transaction on that day.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If placing a redemption request through Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must receive your redemption request before
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a business day to effect the
transaction on that day.
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
Through a Financial Intermediary
Contact your financial intermediary. Redemption proceeds will be
transmitted electronically to your pre-authorized bank account.
The transfer agent must receive your financial
intermediarys instructions before 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Time in order to effect the redemption at that days
closing price.
By Telephone
A person who has been authorized to make transactions in the
account application may make redemptions by telephone. You must
call the transfer agent before 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time in
order to effect the redemption at that days closing price.
By Liquidity
LINK
®
If you place your redemption request via Liquidity LINK, the
transfer agent must generally receive your redemption request
before 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time in order to effect the
redemption at that days closing price. Redemption orders
of shares placed between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
must be transmitted by telephone or a pre-arranged data
transmission.
n
reject or cancel all or any part of any purchase order;
n
modify any terms or conditions of purchase of shares of any
fund; or
n
suspend, change or withdraw all or any part of the offering made
by this prospectus.
n
Each Fund is offered to investors as a cash management vehicle.
Investors must perceive an investment in such Fund as an
alternative to cash, and must be able to purchase and redeem
shares regularly and frequently.
n
One of the advantages of a money market Fund as compared to
other investment options is liquidity. Any policy that
diminishes the liquidity of a Fund will be detrimental to the
continuing operations of the Fund.
n
Each Funds portfolio securities are valued on the basis of
amortized cost, and the Fund seeks to maintain a constant net
asset value. As a result, there are no price arbitrage
opportunities.
n
Because each Fund seeks to maintain a constant net asset value,
investors expect to receive upon redemption the amount they
originally invested in the Fund. Imposition of redemption fees
would run contrary to investor expectations.
n
A Fund earns income generally in the form of 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.
n
Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you
as ordinary income. Because a Fund is a money market fund, it
does not anticipate realizing any long-term capital gains.
n
None of the dividends paid by a 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.
n
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.
n
Any 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.
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.
n
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.
n
You will not be required to include the portion of dividends
paid by a 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.
n
Fund distributions generally are subject to state and local
income taxes.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
n
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.
By Mail:
Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 219286
Kansas City, MO 64121-9286
By Telephone:
(800) 659-1005
On the Internet:
You can send us a request by e-mail or download prospectuses,
SAIs, annual or semi-annual reports via our Web site:
www.invesco.com/us
Statement of Additional Information
Short-Term Investments Trust
December 16, 2011
Personal
Personal
Cash Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
FUND Class:
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
N/A
LPCXX
LAPXX
N/A
LPVXX
N/A
N/A
N/A
SSCXX
SRIXX
N/A
SPVXX
N/A
N/A
N/A
TYCXX
TRPXX
N/A
TPFXX
N/A
N/A
N/A
AGCXX
AGPXX
N/A
GPVXX
N/A
N/A
N/A
TACXX
TSPXX
N/A
TXPXX
N/A
N/A
N/A
TFOXX
TFPXX
N/A
TRCXX
N/A
N/A
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
P. O. Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201
11.39
%
One Wall Street, 2nd Floor
Stif/Master Note
Attn Frank Notaro
New York, NY 10286
55.37
%
35.27
%
5.61
%
47.08
%
Attn: Frank Nataro
111 Sanders Creek Parkway
E Syracuse, NY 13057
8.42
%
P. O. Box 3198
525 William Penn Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3198
21.90
%
c/o Huntington Trust Co
7 Easton Oval
Columbus, OH 43219-6010
5.29
%
PO Box 5110
Denver, CO 80217
5.98
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Karen Banks
PO Box 2358
San Antonio, TX 78299
15.06
%
Attn: Karen Banks
PO Box 2358
San Antonio, TX 78299
80.44
%
Muir &Co
C/O Frost
PO Box 2479
San Antonio, TX 78298
6.76
%
Attn: Jimmy Angelaras
1 Metrotech Center North
Brooklyn, NY 11021
7.26
%
Attn: Money Market Funds
200 North College Street
3rd Floor NCI-004-03-06
Charlotte, NC 28255
5.13
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Mutual Funds Dept
10
th
Floor
1000 Plaza 5 Harborside
Jersey City, NJ 07311
8.55
%
Attn: Daniel Quinn
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399
33.90
%
12.99
%
PO Box 672
777 E. Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
8.94
%
Cash Sweep Support Group
Josiah Quincy Building 5N
200 Newport Avenue
North Quincy, MA 02171
21.11
%
215 Main St
Brattleboro, VT 05301
45.65
%
777 E Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
19.80
%
1555 N. Rivercenter Dr Ste 302
Milwaukee, WI 53212
55.84
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
One Wall Street
2
nd
Floor
Stif/Master Note
Attn: Frank Notaro
New York, NY 10286
62.29
%
32.99
%
27.97
%
Attn: Carrie Jacobson
P. O. Box 2300
Tulsa, OK 74192
5.87
%
Attn: Kristen Hayes
40 Water St.
Boston, MA 02109
7.64
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Frank Notaro
111 Sanders Creek Parkway
E Syracuse, NY 13057
6.67
%
Attn: Lisa Sanders
500 S. Morgan
Granbury, TX 76048
5.29
%
Attn: Bobby Kolev
280 Park Ave
New York, NY 10017
5.02
%
1601 Bryan St
Dallas, TX 75201
12.95
%
Austin, TX 78711-3207
6.48
%
Muir & Co
c/o Frost
P.O. Box 2479
San Antonio, TX 78298-2479
6.00
%
Attn: Karen Banks
P.O. Box 2358
San Antonio, TX 78299
10.34
%
Attn: Rene Godin
71 South Wacker Dr.
Ste. 500
Chicago, IL 60606
6.36
%
240 Water Street
Henderson, NV 89015
8.39
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
150 Fourth Ave North Ste 1500
Attn: Mary K Byrd
Nashville, TN 37219
23.84
%
Attn: Bill Cairney
1 Pierrepont Plaza,
7
th
Fl
Brooklyn, NY 11201
24.77
%
P.O. Box 2180
Tulsa, OK 74101
13.79
%
NSCC
125 Broad St 16
th
Fl
New York, NY 10004-2400
5.52
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
1 North Wacker Dr.
Suite 2500
Chicago, IL 60606
9.01
%
Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette
Attn: Alex Komorowski
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 073990002
9.14
%
Treasury Operations
2702 Love Field Dr
Dallas, TX 75235-1908
19.08
%
Attn: Brenda Stroh
3400 West Wabash
Springfield, IL 62707
94.12
%
Cash Sweep Support Group
Josiah Quincy Bldg 5N
200 Newport Avenue
North Quincy, MA 02171
11.36
%
215 Main St
Brattleboro, VT 05301
92.04
%
530 B Street, Ste. 242
San Diego, CA 92101
19.76
%
1555 N. Rivercenter Dr.
Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI 53212
18.81
%
Attn: Money Funds
Mail Cod NC 0675 Bldg. 1B1
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 282620675
10.07
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
1100 North Market St.
Wilmington, DE 19890
33.83
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
One Wall Street
2
nd
Floor
Stif/Master Note
Attn: Frank Notaro
New York, NY 10286
31.05
%
5103 Deloache Ave
Dallas, TX 75220
7.40
%
Muir & Co.
C/O Frost
P.O. Box 2479
San Antonio, TX 78298
8.10
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Mutual Funds
One Freedom Valley Dr
Oaks, PA 19456
26.77
%
7111 North Prince St.
Clovis, NM 88101
35.41
%
777 E. Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
98.34
%
Attn: Barb Tenpenny
Mailcode H0006-09V
1 N Jefferson Ave
St Louis, MO 631032205
5.29
%
Attn: Money Funds
Mail Cod NC 0675 Bldg. 1B1
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 282620675
71.86
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
411 North Ackard Street
Dallas, TX 75201-3307
6.00
%
503 Kaliste Saloom Rd
Lafayette, LA 70508
55.02
%
Muir & Co.
c/o Frost
P. O. Box 2479
San Antonio, TX 78298-2479
30.25
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Karen Banks
P.O. Box 2358
San Antonio, TX 78299
28.27
%
Attn: Fund Manager
777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3200
Los Angeles, CA 90017
97.45
%
5555 San Felipe St., Ste 200
Houston, TX 77056
10.63
%
Attn: Glenn Francis
600 Jefferson St., Ste 350
Houston, TX 77002-7326
23.20
%
Attn: Bill Cairney
1 Pierrepont Plaza, 7
th
Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
22.09
%
7.89
%
9.71
%
P.O. box 2180
Tulsa, OK 74101
59.97
%
Attn: Mutual Funds Dept
10
th
Floor
1000 Plaza 5 Harborside
Jersey City, NJ 07311
32.13
%
Attn: Daniel Quinn
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399
12.84
%
P.O. Box 672
777 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
22.53
%
Cash Sweep Support
Group
Josiah Quincy Building 5N
200 Newport Avenue
Quincy, MA 02171
13.97
%
Attn: Kevin Crawford
2626 Howell Street,
Suite 880
Dallas, TX 75204
12.62
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Newport Center III
499 Washington Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07310
24.80
%
530 B Street, Suite 203
San Diego, CA 92101
37.93
%
Attn: Barb Tenpenny
Mailcode H0006-09V
1 N Jefferson Ave
St Louis, MO 631032205
30.00
%
31.31
%
26.15
%
Attn: Meg Kelly
222 West Adams St
Chicago, IL 60606
7.35
%
222 West Adams St
Chicago, IL 60606
6.28
%
3101 West Davis
Conroe, TX 77304
36.51
%
Statement of Additional Information
Short-Term Investments Trust
December 16,2011
P.O. Box 219286
Kansas City, MO 64121-9286
or by calling (800) 659-1005
or on the Internet: www.invesco.com/us
Fund
December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
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Bond Anticipation Notes usually are general obligations of state and local
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.
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 of the issuer.
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.
Tax-Exempt Commercial Paper (Municipal Paper) is similar to taxable commercial
paper, except that tax-exempt commercial paper is issued by states, municipalities
and their agencies.
1
To locate the Funds portfolio holdings
information go to
http://www.invesco.com
/us, click on the Products
tab, then click on the Cash Management link, and log on to the Cash
Management site. Once logged on, click on the Product Overview Quick Link
on the lower left-hand side and select the applicable Fund. Links to the
Funds holdings are located in the upper right side of this website page.
Approximate
Date of Website
Information Remains
Next business day
Until posting of the
following business
days information
5 days after
month-end or any
other period,
determined by the
Advisor
Holdings will be
posted for a period
of not less than six
months.
60-70 days after
fiscal quarter-end
For one year
Attorneys and accountants;
Securities lending agents;
Lenders to the Invesco Funds;
Rating and rankings agencies;
Persons assisting in the voting of proxies;
Invesco Funds custodians;
The Invesco Funds transfer agent(s) (in the event of a redemption in kind);
Pricing services, market makers, or other persons who provide systems or software
support in connection with Invesco Funds operations (to determine the price of
securities held by an Invesco Fund);
Financial printers;
Brokers identified by an Invesco Funds portfolio management team who provide
execution and research services to the team; and
Analysts hired to perform research and analysis to the Invesco Funds portfolio
management team.
Fund
Adviser
Invesco Institutional a division of Invesco
Invesco Institutional a division of Invesco
Invesco Institutional a division of Invesco
Invesco Institutional a division of Invesco
Invesco Institutional a division of Invesco
Invesco Institutional a division of Invesco
Fund Name
Net Assets
Annual Rate
All Assets
0.15
%
All Assets
0.15
%
All Assets
0.15
%
All Assets
0.10
%
First $250 million
0.20
%
Over $250 million to $500 million
0.15
%
Amount over $500 million
0.10
%
First $500 million
0.25
%
Amount over $500 million
0.20
%
Fund
Expense Limitation
0.22
%
1
0.17
%
0.14
%
0.69
%
1
0.44
%
1
1.01
%
1
0.30
%
1
0.22
%
1
0.17
%
0.14
%
0.69
%
1
0.39
%
1
1.01
%
1
0.30
%
1
0.22
%
1
0.17
%
0.14
%
0.69
%
1
0.44
%
1
1.01
%
1
0.34
%
1
1
The expense limit shown is the expense
limit after 12b-1 fee waivers.
Fund
Expense Limitation
0.22
%
1
0.17
%
0.14
%
0.69
%
1
0.44
%
1
1.01
%
1
0.30
%
1
0.33
%
1
0.28
%
0.25
%
0.80
%
1
0.50
%
1
1.12
%
1
0.41
%
1
0.22
%
1
0.17
%
0.14
%
0.69
%
1
0.44
%
1
1.01
%
1
0.30
%
1
1
The expense limit shown is the expense limit after 12b-1 fee waivers.
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 Canada Ltd. (Invesco Canada); (each a Sub-Adviser and collectively, the Sub-Advisers).
proprietary research created by the Broker executing the trade, and
other products created by third parties that are supplied to Invesco or the
Sub-Advisers through the Broker executing the trade.
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).
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.
Economic Data/Forecasting Tools various macro economic forecasting tools, such
as economic data or currency and political forecasts for various countries or regions.
Quantitative/Technical Analysis software tools that assist in quantitative and
technical analysis of investment data.
Fundamental/Industry Analysis industry specific fundamental investment research.
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.
Distribution Requirement 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 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).
Income Requirement 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).
Asset Diversification Test 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.
(i)
any net capital loss, net long-term capital loss, or net short-term capital
loss incurred after October 31 of the current taxable year (post-October losses), and
(ii)
the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of (a) specified losses incurred after
October 31 of the current taxable year, and (b) other ordinary losses incurred after
December 31 of the current taxable year, over (2) the sum of (a) specified gains
incurred after October 31 of the current taxable year, and (b) other ordinary gains
incurred after December 31 of the current taxable year.
provide your correct Social Security or taxpayer identification number,
certify that this number is correct,
certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, and
certify that you are a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).
exempt-interest dividends paid by the Fund from its net interest income earned
on municipal securities;
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
with respect to taxable years of the Fund beginning before January 1, 2012
(unless such sunset date is extended 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. Only Treasury Portfolio and Government &
Agency Portfolio intend to report to shareholders interest-related dividends and
short-term capital gains dividends that qualify for this exemption.
Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk.
Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.
Obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.
Obligations rated Baa are subject to moderate credit risk. They are considered medium-grade and as such may possess
certain speculative characteristics.
Obligations rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements and are subject to substantial credit risk.
Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.
Obligations rated Caa are judged to be of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.
Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of
principal and interest.
Obligations rated C are the lowest rated class of bonds and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of
principal or interest.
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;
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.
obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse
business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligors capacity or
willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
Ratings of B-1, B-2, and B-3 may be assigned to indicate finer distinctions within the B
category. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the
obligation; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligors inadequate capacity to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation.
Amortization schedule the larger 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.
a.
the issuer has entered into a grace or cure period following non-payment of a material financial obligation;
b.
the issuer has entered into a temporary negotiated waiver or standstill agreement following a payment default on a
material financial obligation; or
c.
Fitch Ratings otherwise believes a condition of RD or D to be imminent or inevitable,including through the formal announcement of a coercive
debt exchange.
a.
the selective payment default on a specific class or currency of debt;
b.
the uncured expiry of any applicable grace period, cure period or default forbearance
period following a payment default on a bank loan, capital markets security or other material
financial obligation;
c.
the extension of multiple waivers or forbearance periods upon a payment default on one or
more material financial obligations, either in series or in parallel; or
d.
execution of a coercive debt exchange on one or more material financial obligations.
categories. Such suffixes are not added to the AAA Long-Term IDR category, or to Long-Term IDR
categories below B.
Non-Public Portfolio Holdings on an Ongoing Basis
(as of October 24, 2011)
Service Provider
Disclosure Category
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Financial Printer
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Special Insurance Counsel
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Pricing Vendor (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Financial Printer
Securities Lender (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
System Provider
Financial Printer
Trading System
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
(Europe) Ltd.
Service Provider
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Legal Counsel
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Pricing Vendor
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Software Provider (for certain Invesco Funds)
Software Provider (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
System Provider (for certain Invesco Funds)
Software Provider
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Financial Printer
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Rating & Ranking Agency (for certain Invesco Funds)
Service Provider
Disclosure Category
Rating & Ranking Agency (for certain Invesco Funds)
Pricing Vendor
Proxy Voting Service (for certain Invesco Funds)
Transfer Agent
System Provider (for certain Invesco Funds)
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Pricing Vendor (for certain Invesco Funds)
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Lender (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Sub-advisor (for certain sub-advised accounts)
Special Insurance Counsel
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Legal Counsel
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Rating & Ranking Agency (for certain Invesco Funds)
Pricing Service (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Pricing Vendor (for certain Invesco Funds)
Financial Printer
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Software Provider
Rating & Ranking Agency (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Legal Counsel
Securities Lender (for certain Invesco Funds)
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
System provider
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Trading System
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
(for all Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Analyst (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Pricing Service (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Financial Printer
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Service Provider
Disclosure Category
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Financial Printer
Financial Printer
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Evaluations, Inc.
Pricing Service and Rating and Ranking Agency
(each, respectively, for certain Invesco Funds)
System Provider
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Legal Counsel
Software Provider
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Software Provider
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Financial Printer
Broker (for Certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Financial Printer
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Broker (for certain Invesco Funds)
Software Provider
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
Trustee
2007
Executive Director, Chief Executive
Officer and President, Invesco Ltd.
(ultimate parent of Invesco and a
global investment management firm);
Advisor to the Board, Invesco
Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as
Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.);
Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice
Chair, Investment Company Institute;
and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox
School of Business
Formerly: Chairman, Invesco Advisers,
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 and a global
investment management firm); Director,
Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment
Company Institute and President,
Co-Chief Executive Officer,
Co-President, Chief Operating Officer
and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin
Resources, Inc. (global investment
management organization)
141
None
Trustee, Executive
Vice President
2006
Head of North American Retail and
Senior Managing Director, Invesco
Ltd.; Director, Co-Chairman,
Co-President and Co-Chief Executive
Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.)
(registered investment
adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief
141
None
1
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.
2
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.
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
Executive Officer and President,
Invesco Management Group, Inc.
(formerly Invesco Aim Management
Group, Inc.) (financial services
holding company); Director and
President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.
(registered investment adviser and
registered transfer agent); Director
and Chairman, Invesco Investment
Services, Inc. (formerly known as
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.)
(registered transfer agent) and IVZ
Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as
INVESCO Distributors, Inc.)
(registered broker dealer); Director,
President and Chairman, Invesco Inc.
(holding company) and Invesco Canada
Holdings Inc. (holding company); Chief
Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate
Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund
company) and Invesco Canada Fund Inc.
(corporate mutual fund company);
Director, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly
known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco
Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment
adviser and registered transfer
agent); Trustee, President and
Principal Executive Officer, The
Invesco Funds (other than AIM
Treasurers Series Trust (Invesco
Treasurers Series Trust) and
Short-Term Investments Trust); Trustee
and Executive Vice President, The
Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurers Series
Trust (Invesco Treasurers Series
Trust) and Short-Term Investments
Trust only); Director, Invesco
Investment Advisers LLC (formerly
known as Van Kampen Asset Management);
and Director, Chief Executive Officer
and President, Van Kampen Exchange
Corp.
Formerly: Director and Chairman, Van
Kampen Investor Services Inc.:
Director, Chief Executive Officer and
President, 1371 Preferred Inc.
(holding company); and Van Kampen
Investments Inc.; Director and
President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general
partner for limited partnerships); and
Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director
and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco
Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker
dealer); Director, Invesco
Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as
Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.)
(registered broker dealer); Manager,
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management
LLC;
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
Director, Chief Executive Officer
and President, Invesco Advisers, 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
Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurers Series
Trust (Invesco 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.
Trustee
2010
Of Counsel, and prior to 2010, partner
in the law firm of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, legal
counsel to funds in the Fund Complex
159
Director of the
Abraham Lincoln
Presidential
Library Foundation.
Trustee and Chair
1993
Chairman, Crockett Technology
Associates (technology consulting
company)
Formerly: Director, Captaris (unified
messaging provider); Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer
COMSAT Corporation; and Chairman,
Board of Governors of INTELSAT
(international communications company)
141
ACE Limited
(insurance
company); and
Investment Company
Institute
3
Mr. Whalen has been deemed to be an
interested person of the Trust because of his prior service as counsel to the
predecessor funds of certain Invesco open-end funds and his affiliation with
the law firm that served as counsel to such predecessor funds and continues to
serve as counsel to the Invesco Van Kampen closed-end funds.
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
Trustee
2010
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Blistex Inc., a consumer health
care products manufacturer.
159
Member of the
Heartland Alliance
Advisory Board, a
nonprofit
organization
serving human needs
based in Chicago.
Board member of the
Illinois
Manufacturers
Association. Member
of the Board of
Visitors, Institute
for the Humanities,
University of
Michigan
2003
Retired
141
None
Formerly: President and Chief
Executive Officer, AMC Cancer Research
Center; and Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, First Columbia
Financial Corporation
2001
Retired
141
Director and
Formerly: Director, Badgley Funds,
Inc. (registered investment company)
(2 portfolios) and Partner, law firm
of Baker & McKenzie
Chairman, C.D.
Stimson Company (a
real estate
investment company)
Trustee
2003
Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group
LLC (family office private equity
management)
Formerly: Founder, Green, Manning &
Bunch Ltd. (investment banking
firm)(1988-2010); Executive Committee,
United States Golf Association; and
Director, Policy Studies, Inc. and Van
Gilder Insurance Corporation
141
Vice Chairman,
Board of Governors,
Western Golf
Association/Evans
Scholars Foundation
and Director,
Denver Film Society
Trustee
2010
President of CAC, LLC, a private
company offering capital investment
and management advisory services.
Formerly: Prior to January 2004,
Director of TeleTech Holdings Inc.;
Prior to 2002, Director of Arris
Group, Inc.; Prior to 2001, Managing
Partner at Equity Group Corporate
Investments. Prior to 1995, Vice
Chairman of Anixter International.
Prior to
159
Director of Quidel
Corporation and
Stericycle, Inc.
Prior to May 2008,
Trustee of The
Scripps Research
Institute. Prior to
February 2008,
Director of
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
1985, experience includes
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Household
International, Inc, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
of Northwest Industries, Inc. and
Partner of Arthur Andersen & Co.
Ventana
Medical Systems,
Inc. Prior to April
2007, Director of
GATX Corporation.
Prior to April
2004, Director of
TheraSense, Inc.
Trustee
2000
Director of a number of public and
private business corporations,
including the Boss Group, Ltd.
(private investment and management);
Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios)
(registered investment company); and
Homeowners of America Holding
Corporation/ Homeowners of America
Insurance Company (property casualty
company)
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; Chairman, DHJ Media,
Inc.; Director Magellan Insurance
Company; and Director, The Hertz
Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat
manufacturer), National Media
Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary
Power International (designer,
manufacturer, and seller of rotary
power engines); and Chairman, Cortland
Trust, Inc. (registered investment
company)
141
Board of Natures
Sunshine Products,
Inc.
Trustee
1997
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)
Formerly: Chief Executive Officer,
Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry
company) and member of the U.S. House
of Representatives
141
Administaff
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
Trustee
1980
Partner, law firm of Kramer Levin
Naftalis and Frankel LLP
141
Director, Reich &
Tang Funds (6 portfolios)
1998
Retired
141
None
Formerly: Chief Executive Officer,
YWCA of the U.S.A.
2003
Retired
141
None
Formerly, Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and President, Synergen Corp.
(a biotechnology company)
Trustee
2010
President Emeritus and Honorary
Trustee of the University of Chicago
and the Adam Smith Distinguished
Service Professor in the Department of
Economics at the University of
Chicago. Prior to July 2000,
President of the University of Chicago.
159
Trustee of the
University of
Rochester and a
member of its
investment
committee. Member
of the National
Academy of
Sciences, the
American
Philosophical
Society and a
fellow of the
American Academy of
Arts and Sciences
2005
Retired
141
None
Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP
Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios) and
Partner, Deloitte & Touche
President and Principal
Executive Officer
1989
Head of Invescos World Wide Fixed
Income and Cash Management Group;
Senior Vice President, Invesco
Management Group, Inc. (formerly known
as Invesco Aim Management Group,
Inc.), and Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.)
(registered investment adviser)
Executive Vice President, Invesco
Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as
Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.);
Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital
Inc.; Vice President, The Invesco
Funds (other than AIM Treasurers
Series Trust (Invesco Treasurers
Series Trust) and Short-Term
Investments Trust);
N/A
N/A
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
and President and
Principal Executive Officer, The
Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurers Series
Trust (Invesco Treasurers Series
Trust) and Short-Term Investments
Trust only).
Formerly: Senior Vice President, Van
Kampen Investments Inc.; Vice
President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Director
of Cash Management and Senior Vice
President, Invesco Advisers, 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 Advisers, Inc.
and The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurers
Series Trust (Invesco Treasurers
Series Trust), Short-Term Investments
Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust
only)
Senior Vice President and Senior Officer
2005
Senior Vice President and Senior
Officer, The Invesco Funds
N/A
N/A
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
Officer and Secretary
2006
Director, Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco
Management Group, Inc. (formerly known
as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.)
and Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Senior
Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.)
(registered investment adviser);
Senior Vice President and Secretary,
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly
known as Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.); Director, Vice President and
Secretary, Invesco Investment
Services, Inc. (formerly known as
Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.)
and IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly
known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.);
Director and Vice President, INVESCO
Funds Group, Inc.; Senior Vice
President, Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Manager,
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management
LLC; Director, Secretary and General
Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers
LLC (formerly known
N/A
N/A
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
as Van Kampen
Asset Management); Secretary and
General Counsel, Van Kampen Funds Inc.
and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded
Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively
Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
Formerly: Director and Secretary, Van
Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director Vice
President, Secretary and General
Counsel Van Kampen Investor Services
Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors,
Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; and
Van Kampen Investments 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)
Vice President
2004
Global Compliance Director, Invesco
Ltd.; Chief Compliance Officer,
Invesco Investment Services,
Inc.(formerly known as Invesco Aim
Investment Services, Inc.); and Vice
President, The Invesco Funds
Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer,
Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly
known as Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.) and Van Kampen Investor Services
Inc.; Senior Vice President, Invesco
Management Group, Inc.; Senior Vice
President and Chief Compliance
Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
N/A
N/A
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
and
The Invesco Funds; Vice President and
Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Aim
Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco
Distributors, Inc.; Vice President,
Invesco Investment Services, Inc. and
Fund Management Company
Vice President,
Treasurer and
Principal Financial
Officer
1999
Vice President, Treasurer and
Principal Financial Officer, The
Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco
Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as
Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.)
(registered investment adviser).
Formerly: Treasurer, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded
Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively
Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,
Vice President, Invesco Advisers,
Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management,
Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset
Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice
President and Assistant Treasurer, The
Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice
President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.,
Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.
and Invesco Aim Private Asset
Management, Inc.
N/A
N/A
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
Anti-Money
Laundering
Compliance Officer
2005
Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer,
Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(formerly known as
Invesco Institutional
(N.A.), Inc.)
(registered investment
adviser); Invesco
Distributors, Inc.
(formerly known as
Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc.),
Invesco Investment
Services, Inc.
(formerly known as
Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc.), The
Invesco Funds,
PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund
Trust, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund
Trust II, PowerShares
India Exchange-Traded
Fund Trust,
PowerShares Actively
Managed
Exchange-Traded Fund
Trust, Invesco
Investment Advisers
LLC (formerly known as
Van Kampen Asset
Management) and Van
Kampen Funds Inc.
N/A
N/A
Formerly: Anti-Money
Laundering Compliance
Officer, Van Kampen
Investor Services Inc.
and Fund Management
Company, Invesco
Advisers, Inc.,
Invesco Aim Capital
Management, Inc. and
Invesco Aim Private
Asset Management, Inc.
Chief Compliance
Officer
2006
Senior Vice President,
Invesco Management
Group, Inc. (formerly
known as Invesco Aim
Management Group,
Inc.) Van Kampen
Exchange Corp.; 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 Invesco Funds,
PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund
Trust, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund
Trust II, PowerShares
India Exchange-Traded
Fund Trust,
PowerShares Actively
Managed
Exchange-Traded Fund
Trust, INVESCO Private
Capital Investments,
Inc. (holding company)
and Invesco Private
Capital, Inc.
(registered investment
adviser); Vice
President, Invesco
Distributors, Inc.
(formerly known as
Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc.)
and Invesco Investment
Services, Inc.
(formerly known as
Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc.)
N/A
N/A
Formerly: Chief
Compliance Officer,
Invesco Van Kampen
Closed-End Funds;
Senior Vice President,
Van Kampen Investments
Inc.; Senior Vice
President and Chief
Compliance Officer,
Invesco
Other
Trustee
Number of Funds
Trusteeship(s)/
Name, Year of Birth
and/or
in Fund Complex
Directorships(s)
and Position(s) Held
Officer
Principal Occupation(s)
Overseen by
Held by
with the Trust
Since
During Past 5 Years
Trustee
Trustee/Director
Advisers, Inc.
and Invesco Aim
Capital Management,
Inc.; Chief Compliance
Officer, Invesco
Global Asset
Management (N.A.),
Inc., Invesco Senior
Secured Management,
Inc. (registered
investment adviser)
and Van Kampen
Investor Services
Inc.; Vice President,
Invesco Aim Capital
Management, Inc. and
Fund Management
Company
Aggregate Dollar Range of
Equity Securities in All
Registered Investment
Dollar Range of Equity Securities
Companies Overseen by
Name of Trustee
Per Fund
Trustee in Invesco Funds
None
$50,001 $100,000
None
None
None
Over $100,000
None
$50,001 $100,000
None
Over $100,000
None
Over $100,000
None
Over $100,000
4
None
Over $100,000
4
None
Over $100,000
None
Over $100,000
None
Over $100,000
4
None
Over $100,000
4
None
Over $100,000
4
None
Over $100,000
None
Over $100,000
4
None
Over $100,000
None
Over $100,000
4
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 Invesco Funds.
5
Retired effective March 31, 2011
Retirement
Estimated
Total
Benefits
Annual
Compensation
Aggregate
Accrued By
Benefits Upon
from
Compensation
All Invesco
Retirement for
All Invesco
Trustee
from the Trust
(1)
Funds
(2)
Invesco Funds
(3)
Funds
(4)
$
42,819
$
327,499
44,356
320,944
45,534
$
108,746
$
244,051
295,850
55,448
105,795
192,000
350,950
50,788
145,546
192,000
310,550
94,661
100,134
192,000
606,800
44,014
335,749
53,797
143,542
192,000
340,200
42,819
142,508
192,000
268,250
50,244
108,746
192,000
312,700
46,324
138,797
192,000
295,850
21,643
101,519
192,000
268,250
51,780
163,515
213,723
318,150
43,610
310,166
54,699
114,085
192,000
341,300
99,403
N/A
N/A
704,450
(1)
Amounts shown are based on the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011. The total
amount of compensation deferred by all trustees of the Trust during the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2011, including earnings, was $56,689.16.
(2)
During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011, the total amount of expenses
allocated to the Trust in respect of such retirement benefits was $490,500.66.
(3)
These amounts represent the estimated annual benefits payable by the Invesco
Funds upon the trustees retirement and assumes each trustee serves until his or her normal
retirement date.
(4)
All trustees except Arch, Dammeyer, Sonnenschein and Whalen currently serve
as trustees of 29 registered investment companies advised by Invesco. Messrs, Arch, Dammeyer,
Sonnenschein and Whalen currently serve as trustee of 47 registered investment companies
advised by Invesco.
(5)
Messrs, Arch, Dammeyer, Sonnenschein and Whalen were elected trustees of the
Trust effective June 15, 2010.
(6)
During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011, the Trust paid $101,496 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 in such firm.
(7)
Mr. Pennock retired effective March 31, 2011.
Retail Accounts
breach of fiduciary duty to client under
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by placing
Invesco personal interests ahead of client
best economic interests in voting proxies
Investment Advisers Act of 1940
Advisory Compliance
Fund Board
January 1, 2010
Elections of directors.
In uncontested director elections for companies that do not have
a controlling shareholder, Invesco 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. Invescos standard of independence excludes directors who, in addition to
the directorship, have any material business or family relationships with the companies they
serve.
Contested director elections are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are decided within
the context of Invescos investment thesis on a company.
Director performance.
Invesco 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
may withhold votes from some or all of a companys directors. In situations where
directors performance is a concern, Invesco may also support shareholder proposals to take
corrective actions such as so-called clawback provisions.
Auditors and Audit Committee members.
Invesco 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 considers the past
performance of the Committee and holds its members accountable for the quality of the
companys financial statements and reports.
Majority standard in director elections.
The right to elect directors is the single most
important mechanism shareholders have to promote accountability. Invesco 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.
Classified boards.
Invesco 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.
Supermajority voting requirements.
Unless proscribed by law in the state of
incorporation, Invesco votes against actions that would impose any supermajority voting
requirement, and supports actions to dismantle existing supermajority requirements.
Responsiveness.
Invesco withholds votes from directors who do not adequately respond to
shareholder proposals that were approved by a majority of votes cast the prior year.
Cumulative voting.
The practice of cumulative voting can enable minority shareholders to
have representation on a companys board. Invesco 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.
Shareholder access.
On business matters with potential financial consequences, Invesco
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.
Executive compensation.
Invesco evaluates compensation plans for executives within the
context of the companys performance under the executives tenure. Invesco 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 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 supports
proposals requesting that companies subject each years compensation record to an advisory
shareholder vote, or so-called say on pay proposals.
Equity-based compensation plans.
When voting to approve or reject equity-based
compensation plans, Invesco 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 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.
Employee stock-purchase plans.
Invesco 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.
Severance agreements.
Invesco 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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Business Relationships where Invesco manages money for a company or an
employee group, manages pension assets or is actively soliciting any such business, or
leases office space from a company;
§
Personal Relationships where a Invesco person has a personal
relationship with other proponents of proxy proposals, participants in proxy contests,
corporate directors, or candidates for directorships; and
§
Familial Relationships where an Invesco person has a known familial
relationship relating to a company (e.g. a spouse or other relative who serves as a
director of a public company or is employed by the company).
Policy on Corporate Governance and Stewardship
Contents
Introduction
Scope
Responsible voting
Voting procedures
Dialogue with companies
Non-routine resolutions and other topics
Evaluation of companies environmental, social and governance arrangements (ESG)
Disclosure and reporting
UK Stewardship Code
Appendix 1 Voting on non-UK/European and blocked shares
Policy on Corporate Governance and Stewardship
1.
Introduction
Invesco Perpetual (IP), a business name of Invesco Asset Management Limited, has adopted a
clear and considered policy towards its responsibility as a shareholder on behalf of all
investors in portfolios managed by them. As part of this policy, IP will take steps to
satisfy itself about the extent to which the companies in which it invests look after
shareholders value in their companies and comply with local recommendations and practices,
such as the UK Corporate Governance Code issued by the Financial Reporting Council and the
U.S. Department of Labor Interpretive Bulletins.
IP has a responsibility to optimise returns to its investors. As a core part of the
investment process, IPs 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.
Being a major shareholder in a company is more than simply expecting to benefit in its
future earnings streams. In IPs view, it is about helping to provide the capital it needs
to grow, it is about being actively involved in its strategy and it is about helping to
ensure that shareholder interests are always at the forefront of managements thoughts.
IP considers that shareholder activism is fundamental to good Corporate Governance. Although
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, with a view to protecting and enhancing value for our
investors in our portfolios.
Engagement will also be proportionate and will reflect the size of holdings, length of
holding period and liquidity of the underlying company shares. This is because in most of
IPs investment jurisdictions, the only effective remedy of last resort available to
shareholders, other than liquidating their share ownership, is the removal of directors.
2.
Scope
The scope of this policy covers all portfolios that are managed by the IP investment teams
located in Henley on Thames, United Kingdom and specifically excludes portfolios that are
managed by other investment teams within the wider Invesco group that have their own voting,
corporate governance and stewardship policies. As an example, within IPs ICVC range the
following funds are excluded: IP UK Enhanced Index, IP US Equity Benchmark Plus, IP Hong
Kong & China, IP Japanese Smaller Companies, IP Global Balanced Index Fund, IP Global ex-UK
Core Equity and the IP Global ex-UK Enhanced Index.
3.
Responsible voting
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).
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.
Policy on Corporate Governance and Stewardship
In voting for or against a proposal, IP will have in mind three objectives, as follows:
To protect the rights of its investors
To minimise the risk of financial or business impropriety within the companies in
which its clients are invested, and
To protect the long-term value of its clients investments.
It is important to note that, when exercising voting rights, the third option of abstention
can also be used as a means of expressing dissatisfaction, or lack of support, to a board on
any 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.
IP will actively exercise the voting rights represented by the shares it manages on behalf
of its investors where it is granted the discretion to do so. In certain circumstances the
discretion is retained by the client, where they wish to be responsible for applying their
own right to vote.
Note: 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 the time around a
shareholder meeting
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4.
Voting procedures
IP will endeavour to keep under regular review with trustees, depositaries, custodians and
third party proxy voting services the practical arrangements for circulating company
resolutions and notices of meetings and for exercising votes in accordance with standing or
special instructions. Although IPs proxy voting service will provide research and
recommendations for each resolution, each fund manager will cast their vote independently
considering their own research and dialogue with company management.
Proxy voting research and services are currently provided by Institutional Shareholder
Services (ISS), part of the RiskMetrics Group.
IP will endeavour to review regularly any standing or special instructions on voting and
where possible, discuss with company representatives any significant issues.
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). However, IP does not currently
enter into any stock lending arrangements as it believes the facility does not support
active shareholder engagement.
5.
Dialogue with companies
IP will endeavour, where practicable in accordance with its investment approach, 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 of particular relevance to shareholder value.
Policy on Corporate Governance and Stewardship
Those people on the inside of a company, most obviously its executives, know their
businesses much more intimately. Therefore, it is usually appropriate to leave strategic
matters in their hands. However, if that strategy is not working, or alternatives need
exploring, IP will seek to influence the direction of that company where practicable. In
IPs view, this is part of its responsibility to investors, where possible, in shaping
strategy. Ultimately the business performance will have an impact on the returns generated
by IPs portfolios, whether it is in terms of share price performance or dividends, and IP
wants to seek to ensure that the capital IP has invested on behalf of its clients is being
used as effectively as possible. In the majority of cases IP is broadly in agreement with
the direction of a company that it has invested in, as its initial decision to invest will
have taken these factors into account. But these issues demand regular re-evaluation, which
can only be achieved through company meetings.
The building of this relationship facilitates frank and open discussion, and ongoing
interaction is an integral part of the fund managers role. The fact that IP has been a
major shareholder in a number of companies for a long time, in particular within its
domestic UK portfolios, reflects both the fact that IPs original investment was based on a
joint understanding of where the business was going and the ability of the management to
execute that plan. Inevitably there are times when IPs views diverge from those of the
companys executives but, where possible, it attempts to work with the company towards a
practical solution. However, IP believes that its status as part-owner of a company means
that it has both the right and the responsibility to make its views known. The option of
selling out of that business is always open, but normally IP prefers to push for change,
even if this can be a slow process.
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:
Nomination and audit committees
Remuneration committee and directors remuneration
Board balance and structure
Financial reporting principles
Internal control system and annual review of its effectiveness
Dividend and Capital Management policies
Socially Responsible Investing policies
6.
Non-routine resolutions and other topics
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 proposals would be all political donations and any proposal made by a shareholder or
body of shareholders (typically a pressure group).
Apart from the three fundamental voting objectives set out under Responsible Voting above,
considerations that IP might apply to non-routine proposals will include:
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
Peer group response to the issue in question
Whether implementation would achieve the objectives sought in the proposal
Whether the matter is best left to the Boards discretion.
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7.
Evaluation of companies environmental, social and governance arrangements
At IP, each fund manager is individually responsible for environmental, social and
governance (ESG) matters, rather than utilising ESG professionals or an internal / external
discrete team independent from the fund management process. ESG issues are deemed as an
essential component of the fund managers overall investment responsibilities. Additionally,
fund managers may call on the support of the IP Operations team on any ESG matter.
As mentioned in Section 5, company meetings are an integral part of IPs investment research
approach and discussions at these meetings include all matters that might affect the share
price, including ESG issues.
IPs research is structured to give it a detailed understanding of a companys key
historical and future, long-term business drivers, such as demand for its products, pricing
power, market share trends, cash flow and management strategy. This enables IPs investment
teams to form a holistic opinion of management strategy, the quality of the management, an
opinion on a companys competitive position, its strategic advantages/ disadvantages, and
corporate governance arrangements, thus incorporating any inherent ESG issues.
IP will, when evaluating companies governance arrangements, particularly those
relating to board structure and composition, give due weight to all relevant factors brought
to its attention.
8.
Disclosure and reporting
Although IP acknowledges initiatives of transparency, it is also very aware of its fiduciary
duty and the interests of all investors in portfolios managed by them. As such, IP is very
cognisant that disclosure of any meeting specific information may have a detrimental affect
in its ability to manage its portfolios and ultimately would not be in the best interests of
all shareholders. Primarily, this is for investor protection and to allow IPs fund managers
to manage their portfolios in the interests of all its clients.
Although IP does not report specific findings of company meetings for external use, regular
illustrations will be provided to demonstrate that active engagement is at the heart of its
investment process.
For clients with individual mandates, (i.e. not invested in a fund), IP may discuss specific
issues where it can share details of a clients portfolio with that specific client.
Occasionally, where IP has expressed strong views to management over matters of governance,
those views have gained media attention, but IP will never seek to encourage such debates in
the media.
On request from investors, IP will in good faith provide records of voting instructions
given to third parties such as trustees, depositaries and custodians provided that:
In IPs view, it does not conflict with the best interests of other investors and
It is understood that IP will not be held accountable for the expression of views
within such voting instructions and
IP is not giving any assurance nor undertaking nor has any obligation to ensure
that such instructions resulted in any votes actually being cast. Records of voting
instructions within the immediate preceding three months will not normally be
provided for activities within the funds managed by IP.
Note:
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
Policy on Corporate Governance and Stewardship
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.
9.
The UK Stewardship Code
The UK Stewardship Code (the Code)issued by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) aims to
enhance the quality of engagement between institutional investors and companies to help
improve long-term returns to shareholders and the efficient exercise of governance
responsibilities. The Code sets out seven principles, which support good practice on
engagement with UK investee companies and to which the FRC believes institutional investors
should aspire. The Code is applied on a comply or explain approach. IP sets out below how
it complies with each principle or details why it chooses not to.
Principle 1
Institutional investors should publicly disclose their policy on how they will discharge
their stewardship responsibilities
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IP complies with Principle 1 and publishes the Invesco Perpetual Policy on Corporate
Governance and Stewardship on its website
http://investor.invescoperpetual.co.uk/portal/site/ipinvestor/aboutus/ukstewardshipcode/
Principle 2
Institutional investors should have a robust policy on managing conflicts of interest in
relation to stewardship and this policy should be publicly disclosed.
IP complies with Principle 2 by meeting its regulatory requirement of having an effective
Conflicts of Interest Policy. Any conflicts of interest arising through its stewardship of
investee companies will be handled in accordance with that policy.
In respect of stewardship, IP anticipates the opportunity for conflicts arising would be
limited, e.g. where it invests in a company that is also a broker (i.e. dealing) of, or
client of IP.
Principle 3
Institutional investors should monitor their investee companies.
As an active shareholder, IP complies with Principle 3. Through its investment process, fund
managers endeavour to establish on a proportionate basis ongoing dialogue with company
management and this is likely to include regular meetings. In discussions with company
boards and senior non-Executive Directors, IP will explore any concerns about corporate
governance where these may impact on the best interests of clients, together with any other
matters of particular value to shareholders.
Meeting company boards of investee companies is a core part of IPs investment process and
IP is committed to keeping records of all future key engagement activities.
When casting votes on behalf of investors, IP keeps detailed records of all instructions
given in good faith to third parties such as trustees, depositories and custodians. Although
the rationale for voting in a particular manner is not automatically captured through the
voting process, the individually responsible fund manager would be expected to be able to
clearly articulate their decision whenever required.
Policy on Corporate Governance and Stewardship
Principle 4
Institutional investors should establish clear guidelines on when and how they will escalate
their activities as a method of protecting and enhancing shareholder value.
IP complies with Principle 4 with its fund managers managing corporate governance matters
independently being a key part of their investment process to protect and add value on
behalf investors. Initially any issues / concerns would be raised by its fund managers
through IPs process of ongoing dialogue and company meetings. On occasions that a fund
manager believes an issue is significant enough to be escalated, this will be done through
IPs Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and the IP Operations team who will ensure the relevant
internal resources are made available to support the fund manager in securing the most
appropriate outcome for IPs clients.
Principle 5
Institutional investors should be willing to act collectively with other investors where
appropriate.
IP is supportive of collective engagement in cases where objectives between parties are
mutually agreeable and, as they pertain to the UK market, are not in breach of concert
party rules. Other shareholders can engage directly with the relevant fund manager or
through an investment adviser. Alternatively, enquiries can be directed to the members of
the IP Operations team detailed below:
Charles Henderson Head of IP Operations and Dealing
Dan Baker IP Operations Manager
Principle 6
Institutional investors should have a clear policy on voting and disclosure of voting
activity.
As detailed in Section 3, IP is committed to voting on all the UK stocks it holds for its
underlying investors and where it has the full discretion to do so. Whilst comprehensive
records of IPs voting instructions are maintained, IP does not report specifically on its
voting activity. Whilst being mindful of its fiduciary duty and the interest of all
investors, IP believes that automatic public disclosure of its voting records may have a
detrimental affect on its ability to manage its portfolios and ultimately would not be in
the best interest of all shareholders.
On specific requests from clients, IP will in good faith provide records of voting
instructions given to third parties such as trustees, depositaries and custodians subject to
limitations detailed in Section 8.
Principle 7
Institutional investors should report periodically on their stewardship and voting
activities.
IP complies with Principle 7 through a commitment to provide regular illustrations of
its engagement activities and to respond to voting record requests from investors in its
portfolios on an individual basis.
Although IP does not report specific findings of company meetings for external use, regular
illustrations will be provided to demonstrate that active engagement is at the heart of its
investment process. On request from investors, IP will in good faith provide records of
voting instructions given to third parties such as trustees, depositaries and custodians
subject to certain limitations outlined in Section 8. Although the rationale for its voting
decision is not captured through the voting process, individual fund managers would be
expected to articulate their decision whenever required.
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Likely impact of voting on management activity, versus the cost to the client
Portfolio management restrictions (e.g. share blocking) that may result from voting
Preferences, where expressed, of clients
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1.
Proxy Voting Policy
1.1
Introduction
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.
This policy sets out Invesco Australias approach to proxy voting in the context of
portfolio management, client service responsibilities and corporate governance
principles.
This policy applies to;
all Australian based and managed funds and mandates, in accordance with
IFSA Standard No. 13.00 October 2004, clause 9.1 and footnote #3.
This policy does not apply;
where investment management of an international fund has been delegated to
an overseas Invesco company, proxy voting will rest with that delegated
manager.
In order to facilitate its proxy voting process and to avoid conflicts of interest
where these may arise, Invesco may retain a professional proxy voting service to
assist with in-depth proxy research, vote recommendations, vote execution, and the
necessary record keeping.
1.2
Guiding Principles
1.2.1
The 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.
1.2.2
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.
1.2.3
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.
1.2.4
Invesco considers that proxy voting rights are an important power, which if
exercised diligently can enhance client returns, and should be managed with the same
care as any other asset managed on behalf of its clients.
1.2.5
Invesco may choose not to vote on a particular issue if this results in shares
being blocked from trading for a period of more than 4
hours; it may not be in the interest of clients if the liquidity of investment
holdings is diminished at a potentially sensitive time, such as that around a
shareholder meeting.
1.3
Proxy Voting Authority
1.3.1
Authority Overview
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.
Proxy voting policy follows two streams, each defining where discretion to
exercise voting power should rest with Invesco as the investment manager
(including its ability to outsource the function), or with individual mandate
clients.
Under the first alternative, Invescos role would be both to make voting
decisions, for pooled funds and on individual mandate clients behalf, and to
implement those decisions.
Under the second alternative, where IM clients retain voting control, Invesco has no
role to play other than administering voting decisions under instructions from our
clients on a cost recovery basis.
1.3.2
Individually-Managed Clients
IM clients may elect to retain voting authority or delegate this authority to Invesco.
If delegated, Invesco will employ either ISS or ASCI guidelines (selected at
inception by the client) but at all times Invesco Investment Managers will retain the
ability to override any decisions in the interests of the client. Alternate overlays
and ad hoc intervention will not be allowed without Board approval.
In cases where voting authority is delegated by an individually-managed client,
Invesco recognises its responsibility to be accountable for the decisions it makes.
Some individually-managed clients may wish to retain voting authority for themselves,
or to place conditions on the circumstances in which it can be exercised by investment
managers
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The choice of this directive will occur at inception or at major review events only.
Individually managed clients will not be allowed to move on an ad hoc basis between
delegating control to the funds manager and full direct control.
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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 that 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. Such arrangements will be costed into
administration services at inception.
1.3.3
Pooled Fund Clients
The funds manager is required to act solely in the collective
interests of unit holders at large rather than as a direct agent or delegate
of each unit holder. 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.
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.
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 unit
holders in the pooled fund as a whole.
All proxy voting decisions may be delegated to an outsourced
provider, but Invesco investment managers will retain the ability to override
these decisions in the interests of fund unit holders.
1.4
Key Proxy Voting Issues
1.4.1
Issues Overview
Invesco will consider voting requirements on all issues at all company meetings
directly or via an outsourced provider. We will generally not announce our voting
intentions and the reasons behind them.
1.4.2
Portfolio Management Issues
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 invest in
order to add value to our clients portfolios, rather than one of mere conformance
with a prescriptive set of rules and constraints.
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.
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.
Administrative constraints are 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,
Invesco will be in favour of the motion as most companies take seriously their
duties and are acting in the best interests of shareholders. However, reasonable
consideration of issues and the actual casting of a vote on all such resolutions
would entail an unreasonable administrative workload and cost. For this reason,
Invesco may outsource all or part of the proxy voting function at the expense of
individual funds. 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.
1.5
Internal Proxy Voting Procedure
In situations where an override decision is required to be made or where the
outsourced provider has recused itself from a vote recommendation, the
responsible Investment Manager will have the final say as to how a vote will be
cast.
In the event that a voting decision is considered not to be in the best
interests of a particular client or where a vote is not able to be cast, a
meeting may be convened at any time to determine voting intentions. The meeting
will be made up of at least three of the following:
Chief Executive Officer;
Head of Operations & Finance;
Head of either Legal or Compliance; and
Relevant Investment Manager(s).
1.6
Client Reporting
Upon client election, Invesco will report quarterly or annually to the client on proxy
voting activities for investments owned by the client.
A record will be kept of the voting decision in each case by Invesco or its outsourced
provider. 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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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
Invescos proxy voting policy is expected to evolve over time to cater for changing
circumstances or unforeseen events.
1.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1.1
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.
1.2
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.
1.3
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.
1.4
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.
1.5
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.
2.
PROXY VOTING AUTHORITY
2.1
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.
2.2
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.
2.3
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.
2.4
Individually-Managed Clients
2.4.1
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.
2.4.2
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.
2.4.3
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.
2.4.4
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.
2.4.5
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.
2.4.6
Accordingly, Invesco will pursue the following policies with respect to the exercise
of proxy voting authority for individually-managed clients:
PROXY VOTING AUTHORITY
Individually-Managed Clients
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.
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.
2.5
Pooled Fund Clients
2.5.1
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.
2.5.2
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.
2.5.3
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.
2.5.4
Accordingly, Invesco will pursue the following policies with respect to the exercise
of proxy voting authority for pooled fund clients:
PROXY VOTING AUTHORITY
Pooled Fund Clients
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.
Invesco cannot accept instructions from individual unitholders as to the exercise of
proxy voting authority in a particular instance.
3.
KEY PROXY VOTING ISSUES
3.1
This section outlines Invescos intended approach in cases where proxy voting
authority is being exercised on clients behalf.
3.2
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.
3.3
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.
3.4
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.
3.5
Portfolio Management Issues Active Equity Portfolios
3.5.1
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.
3.5.2
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.
3.5.3
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:
KEY VOTING ISSUES
Major Corporate Proposals
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.
ä
contentious issues (eg. issues of perceived national
interest, or where there has been extensive press coverage or public comment);
ä
approval of changes of substantial shareholdings;
ä
mergers or schemes of arrangement; and
ä
approval of major asset sales or purchases.
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.
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.
Invescos approach to significant proxy voting issues which fall outside these areas
will be addressed on their merits.
3.6
Administrative Issues
3.6.1
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.
3.6.2
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.
3.6.3
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.
3.6.4
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.
3.6.5
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.
3.6.6
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.
KEY PROXY VOTING ISSUES
Administrative Constraints
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.
A significant proportion in this context means 5% or more of the market
capitalisation of the company.
4.
INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION & DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
4.1
The following diagram illustrates the procedures adopted by Invesco for the
administration of proxy voting:
4.2
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.
4.3
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.
4.4
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.
4.5
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.
4.6
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.
4.7
The following policy commitments are implicit in these administrative and
decision-making processes:
INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
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.
The voting decision will be made by the Primary Investment Manager responsible for the
market in question.
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.
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.
Invescos ability to exercise proxy voting authority is dependent on timely receipt of
notification from the relevant custodians.
5.
CLIENT REPORTING
5.1
Invesco will keep records of its proxy voting activities.
5.2
Upon client request, Invesco will regularly report back to the client on proxy
voting activities for investments owned by the client.
5.2
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):
CLIENT REPORTING
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.
Invesco will provide more detailed information on particular proxy voting issues in
response to requests from clients wherever possible.
Institutional Accounts
breach of fiduciary duty to client under
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by placing
Invesco personal interests ahead of client
best economic interests in voting proxies
Investment Advisers Act of 1940
Advisory Compliance, Proxy Committee
Invesco Risk Management Committee
January 1, 2010
(1)
describe any real or perceived conflict of interest,
(2)
determine whether such real or perceived conflict of interest is material,
(3)
discuss any procedure used to address such conflict of interest,
(4)
report any contacts from outside parties (other than routine communications
from proxy solicitors), and
(5)
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
conflict of interest.
§
Business Relationships where Invesco manages money for a company or an
employee group, manages pension assets or is actively soliciting any such business, or
leases office space from a company;
§
Personal Relationships where an Invesco person has a personal
relationship with other proponents of proxy proposals, participants in proxy contests,
corporate directors, or candidates for directorships; and
§
Familial Relationships where an Invesco person has a known familial
relationship relating to a company (e.g. a spouse or other relative who serves as a
director of a public company or is employed by the company).
Signature
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.
Long-term company performance relative to a market index,
Composition of the board and key board committees,
Nominees attendance at board meetings,
Nominees time commitments as a result of serving on other company boards,
Nominees investments in the company,
Whether the chairman is also serving as CEO, and
Whether a retired CEO sits on the board.
Long-term financial performance of the target company relative to its industry,
Managements track record,
Background to the proxy contest,
Qualifications of director nominees (both slates),
Evaluation of what each side is offering shareholders as well as the likelihood
that the proposed objectives and goals can be met, and
Stock ownership positions.
Designated lead director, appointed from the ranks of the independent board members
with clearly delineated duties;
Majority of independent directors;
All-independent key committees;
Committee chairpersons nominated by the independent directors;
CEO performance is reviewed annually by a committee of outside directors; and
Established governance guidelines.
It is not clear that the auditors will be able to fulfill their function;
There is reason to believe the auditors have rendered an opinion that is neither
accurate nor indicative of the companys financial position; or
The auditors have a significant professional or personal relationship with the
issuer that compromises their independence.
ability to re-price underwater options without shareholder approval,
ability to issue options with an exercise price below the stocks current market
price,
ability to issue reload options, or
automatic share replenishment (evergreen) features.
will result in financial and operating benefits,
have a fair offer price,
have favourable prospects for the combined companies, and
will not have a negative impact on corporate governance or shareholder rights.
the proposals impact on the companys short-term and long-term share value,
its effect on the companys reputation,
the economic effect of the proposal,
industry and regional norms applicable to the company,
the companys overall corporate governance provisions, and
the reasonableness of the request.
the company has failed to adequately address these issues with shareholders,
there is information to suggest that a company follows procedures that are not in
compliance with applicable regulations, or
the company fails to provide a level of disclosure that is comparable to industry
peers or generally accepted standards.
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
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Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
of Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
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One Wall Street
2
nd
Floor
Stif/Master Note
Attn: Frank Notaro
New York, NY 10286
19.49
%
14.79
%
20.33
%
5001 Kingsley Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45263
5.19
%
Fund Brokerage
50 Avenue
J. F.
Kennedy L2951
20.17
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
of Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Frank Notaro
111 Sanders Creek
Parkway
E Syracuse, NY 13057
16.83
%
1 Heritage Dr.
North Quincy, MA
02171-2105
8.86
%
PO Box 5110
Denver, CO 80217
5.62
%
58.96
%
40.31
%
48.36
%
Markets Direct
Attn: Eileen Bell, VP
100 W. Houston St.
San Antonio, TX 78205
29.01
%
Muir & Co.
P. O. Box 2479
San Antonio, TX
78298-2479
12.86
%
Attn: Rene Godin
71 South Wacker Dr.
Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60606
16.24
%
18.50
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
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of Principal Holder
Record
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Record
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(NSCC)
Attn: UIT Operations
P.O. Box 2999
Hartford, CT
06104-2999
25.33
%
Funds 1
Attn: Brian Smith
Money Market
Portfolio Admin.
11 Greenway Plaza,
Ste 2500
Houston, TX 77046
6.19
%
Funds 3
Attn: Brian Smith
Money Market
Portfolio Admin.
11 Greenway Plaza,
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77046
17.74
%
Attn: Jimmy
Angelaras
1 Metrotech Center
North
Brooklyn, NY 11021
6.97
%
Attn: Andrea Smith
144 Glen Curtiss
Blvd.
Uniondale, NY
11556-3801
26.53
%
One Microsoft Way
Attn: Treasury
Operations, Bldg 8
Redmond, WA 98052
9.17
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
of Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Bill Cairney
1 Pierrepont Plaza
7
th
Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
11.11
%
17.93
%
Attn: Mutual Funds
Dept
10
th
Floor
1000 Plaza 5
Harborside
Jersey City, NJ 07311
49.30
%
Attn: Daniel Quinn
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399
6.21
%
Cash Sweep Support
Group
Josiah Quincy Bldg 5N
200 Newport Ave
N. Quincy, MA 02171
5.98
%
Texas Capital Bank
Building
Wealth Management
and Trust
2000 McKinney Avenue
Suite700
Dallas, TX 75201
6.20
%
Attn: Barb Tenpenny
Mailcode H0006-09V
1 N Jefferson Ave
St Louis, MO
63103-2205
5.54
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
of Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Money Funds
Mail Code NC 0675
Bldg 1B1
1525 West W.T.
Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC
28262-0675
15.17
%
Attn: Toni Snyder
1100 North Market St
Wilmington, DE 19890
18.73
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
of Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
P. O. Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201
24.48
%
One Wall Street
2nd Floor
Stif/Master Note
Attn Frank Notaro
New York, NY 10286
8.65
%
11.38
%
Inst Inv
Attn: Carrie Jacobson
P. O. Box 2300
Tulsa, OK 74192
8.60
%
Attn: Frank Notaro
111 Sanders Creek Parkway
E Syracuse, NY 13057
16.39
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
of Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Trust Department -
Barb R. Gross
3033 E. First Ave
Denver, CO 80206
5.53
%
Attn: Sheila Esteve
P. O. Box 80579
Baton Rouge, LA 70898
26.06
%
Attn: Karen Banks
P.O. Box 2358
San Antonio, TX 78299
6.61
%
26.06
%
Attn: Karen Banks
P.O. Box 2358
San Antonio, TX 78299
24.80
%
92.83
%
Muir & Co
C/O Frost
PO Box 2479
San Antonio, TX 78298
18.28
%
19.73
%
Attn: Fund Manger
777 S. Figueroa St
Suite 3200
Los Angeles, CA 90017
9.85
%
41 S High St., Ninth
Floor
Columbus, OH 43287
7.16
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
of Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Attn: Andrea Smith
144 Glen Curtiss Blvd
Uniondale, NY 11556
10.99
%
P.O. Box 2180
Tulsa, OK 74101
16.73
%
9.80
%
Attn: Daniel Quinn
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399
9.59
%
Attn: James Hickman
830 Bergen Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
58.54
%
Attn: Celeste Hopkins
880 Carillon Pkwy
St. Petersburg, FL
337161100
10.81
%
Cash Sweep Support Group
Josiah Quincy Building 5N
200 Newport Avenue
North Quincy, MA 02171
9.57
%
Cash
Personal
Private
Management
Corporate
Institutional
Investment
Investment
Reserve
Resource
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Class
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Name and Address
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
Owned of
of Principal Holder
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
Record
530 B Street, Suite 203
San Diego, CA 92101
18.82
%
Attn: LaVonna Bowden
P. O. Box 85484
San Diego, CA 92186
91.25
%
c/o Bank of New York
Attn: Michael Jamison,
VP
101 Barclay St
7
th
Floor West
New York, NY 10286
5.76
%
Attn: Money Funds
Mail Cod NC 0675
Bldg 1B1
1525 West W. T. Harris
Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262
8.75
%
72.80
%
1100 N. Market St.
Wilmington, DE 19890
5.76
%
Portfolio Name
Management Fee Payable
Management Fee Waivers
Net Management Fee Paid
2011
2010
2009
2011
2010
2009
2011
2010
2009
$
33,021,124
$
36,091,731
$
37,035,041
$
7,626,959
$
8,370,751
$
13,047,959
$
25,394,165
$
27,720,980
$
23,987,082
4,544,757
5,252,924
9,571,678
1,667,632
1,815,465
4,018,038
2,877,125
3,437,459
5,553,640
20,383,326
24,014,629
34,591,158
10,094,545
6,987,245
12,248,387
10,288,781
17,027,384
22,342,771
7,363,909
10,309,125
11,784,895
1,191,728
732,865
6,172,181
10,309,125
11,052,030
820,555
889,848
728,250
751,191
655,738
619,691
69,364
234,110
108,559
1,991,187
2,520,567
5,159,907
550,904
453,475
985,566
1,440,283
2,067,092
4,174,341
1
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Partners, Inc.
401k Exchange, Inc.
401k Producer Services
A G Edwards & Sons, Inc.
ADP Broker Dealer, Inc.AIG Retirement
Advantage Capital Corporation
Advest Inc.
Allianz Life
Allstate
American Portfolios Financial Services Inc.
American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation
American United Life Insurance Company
Ameriprise APS Financial Corporation
Ascensus
Associated Securities Corporation
AXA Advisors, LLC
The Bank of New York
Bank of America
Bank of Oklahoma
BCG Securities
Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
Benefit Plans, Inc.
BOSC, Inc.
Branch Banking & Trust Company
Brinker Capital
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Buck Kwasha Securities LLC
Cadaret Grant & Company, Inc.
Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
Cantella & Co., Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Centennial Bank
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.
Chase Insurance Life Annuity
Chase Citibank, N.A.
Citigroup
Citistreet
Comerica Bank
Commerce Bank
Commonwealth Financial Network LPL
Community National Bank
Compass Bank
Compass Brokerage, Inc.
Contemporary Financial Solutions, Inc.
CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc.
Credit Suisse Securities
CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc.
CUSO Financial Services, Inc.
D.A. Davidson & Company
Daily Access Corporation
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Diversified Investment Advisors
Dorsey & Company Inc.
Edward Jones & Co.
Equity Services, Inc.
Expertplan
Fidelity
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
Financial Data Services Inc.
Financial Network Investment Corporation
Financial Planning Association
Financial Services Corporation
First Clearing Corp.
First Command Financial Planning, Inc.
First Financial Equity Corp.
First Southwest Company
Frost Brokerage Services, Inc.
Frost National Bank
FSC Securities Corporation
Fund Services Advisors, Inc.
Gardner Michael Capital, Inc.
GE Capital Life Insurance Company of New York
GE Life & Annuity Company
Genworth
Genworth Financial Securities Corp.
Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Great West Life
Guaranty Bank & Trust
Guardian
GunnAllen Financial
GWFS Equities, Inc.
Hare and Company
Hartford
H.D. Vest
Hewitt Financial Services
Hightower Securities, LLC
Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc.
Huntington Capital
Huntington National Bank
The Huntington Investment Company
ICMA Retirement Corporation
ING
Intersecurities, Inc.
INVEST Financial Corporation, Inc.
Investacorp, Inc.
Investment Centers of America, Inc.
Jackson National Life
Jefferson National Life Insurance Company
Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation
J.M. Lummis Securities
JP Morgan
Kanaly Trust Company
Kemper
LaSalle Bank, N.A.
Lincoln Financial
Lincoln Investment Planning
Loop Capital Markets, LLC
LPL Financial Corp.
M & T Securities, Inc.
M M L Investors Services, Inc.
Marshall & Ilsley Trust Co., N.A.
Mass Mutual
Matrix
Mellon Bank N.A.
Mellon Financial
Mellon Financial Markets
Mercer Trust Company
Merrill Lynch
Metlife
Metropolitan Life
Meyer Financial Group, Inc.
Minnesota Life Insurance Co.
Money Concepts
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Morgan Stanley
MSCS Financial Services, LLC
Multi-Financial Securities Corporation
Municipal Capital Markets Group, Inc.
Mutual Service Corporation
Mutual Services, Inc.
N F P Securities, Inc.
NatCity Investments, Inc.
National Planning Corporation
National Planning Holdings
National Retirement Partners Inc.
Nationwide
New York Life
Next Financial Group, Inc.
NFP Securities Inc.
NRP Financial
Northeast Securities, Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Investment Services
OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc.
Oppenheimer & Company, Inc.
Oppenheimer Securities
Oppenheimer Trust Company
Pacific Life
Penn Mutual Life
Penson Financial Services
Pershing LLC
PFS Investments, Inc.
Phoenix Life Insurance Company
Piper Jaffray
PJ Robb
Plains Capital Bank
Plan Administrators
Planco
PNC Bank, N.A.
PNC Capital Markets LLC
PNC Investments, LLC
Primevest Financial Services, Inc.
Princeton Retirement Group, Inc.
Principal Financial
Proequities, Inc.
Prudential
R B C Dain Rauscher, Inc.
Raymond James
Ridge Clearing
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Ross Sinclair & Associates LLC
Royal Alliance Associates
Riversource (Ameriprise)
RSBCO
S I I Investments, Inc.
SagePoint Financial, Inc.
Salomon Smith Barney
Sanders Morris Harris
SCF Securities, Inc.
Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
Securities America, Inc.
Securian Financial Services, Inc.
Security Distributors, Inc.
Sentra Securities
Signator Investors, Inc.
Silverton Capital, Corp.
Simmons First Investment Group, Inc.
Smith Barney Inc.
Smith Hayes Financial Services
Southwest Securities
Sovereign Bank
Spelman & Company
State Farm
State Street Bank & Trust Company
Sterne Agee Financial Services, Inc.
Stifel Nicolaus & Company
Summit Brokerage Servcies, Inc.
Summit Equities, Inc.
SunAmerica Securities, Inc.
SunGard
Sun Life
SunTrust
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
SWS Financial Services, Inc.
Symetra Investment Services Inc.
TD Ameritrade
The (Wilson) William Financial Group
TFS Securities, Inc.
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.
Transamerica Life
Transamerica Capital Inc.
Transamerica Treasury Curve, LLC
Treasury Strategies
T Rowe Price
Trust Management Network, LLC
U.S. Bancorp
UBS Financial Services Inc.
UMB Financial Services, Inc.
Union Bank
Union Bank of California, N.A.
Union Central
United Planners Financial
USB Financial Services, Inc.
US Bank
U.S. Bank, N.A.
UVEST
USI Securities, Inc.
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
V S R Financial Services, Inc.
VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc.
Vining Sparks IBG, LP
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
Wachovia
Waddell & Reed, Inc.
Wadsworth Investment Co., Inc.
Wall Street Financial Group, Inc.
Waterstone Financial Group, Inc.
Wells Fargo
Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.
Zions Bank
Fund Name
2011
2010
2009
$
1,170,423
$
1,231,835
$
1,250,701
600,895
615,058
701,433
917,667
990,293
1,201,823
730,917
819,274
863,547
166,652
178,415
152,498
260,237
321,115
529,144
Class
Amount
$
1,672,411
670,128
137,968
729,075
150,127
297,409
Class
Amount
$
293,188
48,197
78,446
249,160
6,204
93,758
Class
Amount
$
638,217
175,004
26,269
112,668
9,138
53,439
Class
Amount
$
355,669
182,246
5,368
184,371
43,701
90,632
Class
Amount
$
1,739
30
978
4,625
151
1,799
Class
Amount
$
48,157
1,279
1,863
34,503
5,212
12,688
Tax-Free
Govt &
Govt Tax
Liquid
STIC
Cash
Cash Management
Agency
Advantage
Assets
Prime
Treasury
Reserve
$
0
$
0
$
391
$
43
$
413
$
3
0
0
8
1
13
0
0
0
78
5
79
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
355,669
1,738
1,671,501
293,095
637,218
48,149
0
0
433
44
494
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
355,669
1,738
1,672,411
293,188
638,217
48,158
Tax-Free
Govt &
Govt Tax
Liquid
STIC
Cash
Corporate
Agency
Advantage
Assets
Prime
Treasury
Reserve
$
118
$
0
$
3,550
$
4
$
50
$
0
3
0
75
0
1
0
30
0
829
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
180,067
30
661,426
48,184
174,886
1,279
1,901
0
4,247
9
58
0
128
0
0
0
0
0
182,247
30
670,127
48,197
175,004
1,279
Tax-Free
Govt &
Govt Tax
Liquid
STIC
Cash
Personal
Agency
Advantage
Assets
Prime
Treasury
Reserve
$
0
$
10
$
2,305
$
3
$
5
$
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5,367
966
131,050
78,439
26,252
1,863
1
0
4,613
4
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5,368
978
137,968
78,446
26,269
1,863
Tax-Free
Govt &
Govt Tax
Liquid
STIC
Cash
Private
Agency
Advantage
Assets
Prime
Treasury
Reserve
$
11
$
0
$
4,533
$
37
$
39
$
8
0
0
189
0
1
0
1
0
525
9
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
184,349
4,624
718,582
249,068
112,566
34,488
10
0
5,246
46
51
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
184,371
4,624
729,075
249,160
112,667
34,503
Tax-Free
Govt &
Govt Tax
Liquid
STIC
Cash
Reserve
Agency
Advantage
Assets
Prime
Treasury
Reserve
$
975
$
0
$
260
$
626
$
0
$
0
0
0
0
137
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17,356
151
149,379
5,441
9,138
5,212
24,394
0
519
0
0
0
976
0
0
0
0
0
43,701
151
150,158
6,204
9,138
5,212
Tax-Free
Govt &
Govt Tax
Liquid
STIC
Cash
Resource
Agency
Advantage
Assets
Prime
Treasury
Reserve
$
15
$
0
$
35
$
3
$
13
$
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
11
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
90,596
1,799
297,317
93,752
53,410
12,688
16
0
46
3
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
90,631
1,799
297,409
93,758
53,440
12,688
OTHER INFORMATION
(1
)
(a) Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant dated September 14,
2005.
(21)
(b) Amendment No. 1, dated May 24, 2006, to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
(19)
(c) Amendment No. 2, dated July 5, 2006, to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
(19)
(d) Amendment No. 3, dated October 30, 2007, to the Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
(21)
(e) Amendment No. 4, dated December 13, 2007, to the Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
(21)
(f) Amendment No. 5, dated April 30, 2008, to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration
of Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
(23)
(g) Amendment No. 6, dated May 1, 2008, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
(23)
(h) Amendment No. 7, dated June 15, 2010, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
(26)
(i) Amendment No. 8, dated April 1, 2011, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
(28)
(1
)
(a) Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted effective September 14,
2005.
(17)
(b) Amendment, adopted August 1, 2006, to Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Registrant.
(19)
(c) Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted effective March 23,
2007.
(21)
(d) Amendment No. 3, adopted effective January 1, 2008, to Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Registrant, adopted effective September 14, 2005.
(22)
Articles II, VI, VII, VIII and IX of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust, as amended, and Articles IV, V and VI of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended,
define rights of holders of shares.
(1
)
(a) Master Investment Advisory Agreement, dated June 1, 2000, between A I M Advisors, Inc. and
Registrant.
(8)
(b) Amendment No. 1, dated January 1, 2002, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement, dated
June 1, 2000, between A I M Advisors, Inc. and
Registrant.
(12)
(c) Amendment No. 2, dated November 24, 2003, to the Master Investment
Advisory Agreement, dated
June 1, 2000, between A I M Advisors, Inc. and Registrant.
(15)
(d) Amendment No. 3, dated October 30, 2007, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement, dated
June 1, 2000, between A I M Advisors, Inc. and Registrant.
(21)
(e) Amendment No. 4, dated April 30, 2008, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement, dated
June 1, 2000, between Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., formerly A I M Advisors, Inc., and
Registrant.
(23)
(f) Amendment No. 5, dated January 1, 2010, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement, dated
June 1, 2000, between Invesco Advisers, Inc., formerly Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., and
Registrant.
(26)
(2
)
(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 Limited, 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.
(23)
(b) Amendment No. 1, dated January 1, 2010, 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 Trimark Ltd., Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management
Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Global
Asset Management (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.,
and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.
(26)
(1
)
(a) Master Distribution Agreement, dated December 7, 2007, between A I M Distributors, Inc. and
Registrant.
(21)
(b) Amendment No. 1, dated December 13, 2007, to the Master Distribution Agreement, dated
December 7, 2007, between A I M Distributors, Inc. and Registrant.
(21)
(c) Amendment No. 2, dated April 30, 2008, to the Master Distribution Agreement, dated December
7, 2007, between Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc., formerly A I M Distributors, Inc., and
Registrant.
(23)
(1
)
Form of AIM Funds Retirement Plan for Eligible Directors/Trustees, as approved by the Board of
Directors/Trustees on December 31, 2010.
(28)
(2
)
Form of AIM Funds Trustee Deferred Compensation Agreement, as approved by the Board of
Directors/Trustees on December 31, 2010.
(28)
(1
)
(a) Custodian Agreement, dated October 15, 1993, between The Bank of New York and
Registrant.
(1)
(b) Amendment, dated July 30, 1996, to the Custodian Agreement, dated October 15, 1993, between
The Bank of New York and Registrant.
(2)
(1
)
(a) Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, dated December 29, 1997, between AIM Investment
Services, Inc. (formerly known as A I M Fund Services, Inc.) and Registrant.
(3)
(1)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 27, filed electronically on November 14, 1994.
(2)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 29, filed electronically on December 18, 1996.
(3)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 30, filed electronically on December 17, 1997.
(4)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 32, filed electronically on November 25, 1998.
(5)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 33, filed electronically on November 8, 1999.
(6)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 34, filed electronically on March 31, 2000.
(7)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 35, filed electronically on May 24, 2000.
(8)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA Nos. 36, 37 and 38, filed electronically on December 29, 2000.
(9)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 40, filed electronically on February 16, 2001.
(10)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 41, filed electronically on October 1, 2001.
(11)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 42, filed electronically on October 30, 2001.
(12)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 44, filed electronically on December 18, 2002.
(13)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 45, filed electronically on August 28, 2003.
(14)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 47, filed electronically on November 21, 2003.
(15)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 48, filed electronically on December 2, 2004.
(16)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 49, filed electronically on February 25, 2005.
(17)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 50, filed electronically on October 20, 2005.
(18)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 51, filed electronically on December 19, 2006.
(19)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 52, filed electronically on October 13, 2006.
(20)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 53, filed electronically on December 14, 2006
(21)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 54, filed electronically on December 18, 2007.
(22)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 55, filed electronically on February 20, 2008.
(23)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 56, filed electronically on July 23, 2008.
(24)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 57, filed electronically on December 17, 2008.
(25)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 58, filed electronically on December 4, 2009.
(26)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 59, filed electronically on October 15, 2010.
(27)
Incorporated herein by reference to PEA 61, filed electronically on December 21, 2010.
(28)
Filed herewith electronically.
(a)
Invesco Distributors, Inc., the Registrants principal underwriter, also acts as a principal underwriter to the following investment companies:
AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds)
AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group)
AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)
AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds)
AIM Investment Funds (Invesco Investment Funds)
AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds)
AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds)
AIM Tax-Exempt Funds (Invesco Tax-Exempt Funds)
AIM Treasurers Series Trust (Invesco Treasurers Series Trust)
AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds)
Invesco Prime Income Trust
Invesco Van Kampen Senior Loan Fund
PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
PowerShares Exchange -Traded Fund Trust
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II
PowerShares India Exchange Traded Fund Trust
b)
The following table sets forth information with respect to each director, officer or partner of Invesco Distributors, Inc.
Name and Principal
Position and Offices with
Positions and Offices
Business Address*
Underwriter
with Registrant
Director
None
Director & President
Assistant Vice President
Executive Vice President
None
Executive Vice President
Principal Executive Officer & President
Executive Vice President
None
Executive Vice President
None
Senior Vice President
None
Senior Vice President
None
Senior Vice President
Assistant Vice President
Senior Vice President
None
Senior Vice President
None
Senior Vice President
Assistant Vice President
Senior Vice President
None
Senior Vice President
None
Senior Vice President & Secretary
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer &
Secretary
Chief Financial Officer &
Treasurer
None
Chief Compliance Officer
None
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
Officer
Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer
*
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046-1173
(c)
None.
An der welle 5
1st Floor
Frankfurt, Germany 60322
30 Finsbury Square
London, United Kingdom
EC2A 1AG
25
th
Floor, Shiroyama Trust Tower
3-1, Toranoman 4-chome, Minato-Ku
Tokyo, Japan 105-6025
333 Collins Street, Level 26
Melbourne Vic 3000, Australia
41/F, Citibank Tower
3 Garden Road, Central
Hong Kong
1166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
5140 Yonge Street
Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M2N 6X7
Registrant:
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS TRUST
By:
/s/ Karen Dunn Kelley
Karen Dunn Kelley, President
SIGNATURES
TITLE
DATE
President
December 14, 2011
(Principal Executive Officer)
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Chair & Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
SIGNATURES
TITLE
DATE
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Trustee
December 14, 2011
Vice President & Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
December 14, 2011
/s/ Philip A. Taylor
Attorney-in-Fact
*
Philip A. Taylor, pursuant to powers of attorney filed in Registrants Post-Effective
Amendment No. 61 on December 21, 2010.
Exhibit
Number
Description
Amendment No. 8, dated April 1, 2011, to Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of Registrant dated September 14, 2005.
Form of AIM Funds Retirement Plan for Eligible Directors/Trustees, as ^ approved by the
Board of Directors/Trustees on December 31, 2010.
Form of AIM Funds Trustee Deferred Compensation Agreement, as^ approved by the Board of
Directors/Trustees on December 31, 2010.
Memorandum of Agreement related to expense limitations, dated December 13, 2011 between
Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Memorandum of Agreement related to 12b-1 fee waivers, dated December 13, 2011, between
Registrant and Invesco Distributors, Inc.
Memorandum of Agreement related to advisory fee waiver, dated December 13, 2011, between
Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc., formerly Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc.
Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum of Agreement regarding securities lending waiver,
dated November 29, 2010, between Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc., formerly Invesco
Aim Advisors, Inc.
Fourth Amended and Restated Interfund Loan Agreement, dated April 30, 2011, between
Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Invesco Advisers, Inc. Code of Ethics, adopted January 1, 2011, relating to Invesco
Advisers, Inc. and any of its subsidiaries.
InvescoAsset Management Limited Code of Ethics dated 2010, relating to Invesco UK.
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited Code of Ethics on behalf of Invesco Japan fund.
Invesco Staff Ethics and Personal Share Dealing, dated May 2010, relating to Invesco Hong
Kong Limited.
Invesco Ltd. Code of Conduct, revised October 2010, relating toInvesco Trimark Ltd.,
Invesco Trimark Ltd., Policy No. D-6 Gifts and Entertainment, revised December 2009, and
Policy No. D-7 AIM Trimark Personal Trading Policy, revised November 2010, together the
Code of Ethics relating to Invesco Trimark Ltd.
Invesco Asset Management Deutschland (GmbH) Code of Ethics relating to Invesco Continental.
Invesco Ltd Code of Conduct, revised October 2010, relating to Invesco Australia Limited.
Invesco Senior Secured Management Code of Ethics.
By: | /s/ John M. Zerr | |||
Name: | John M. Zerr | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
RETIREMENT PLAN FOR ELIGIBLE
|
i | |||
ARTICLE I DEFINITION OF TERMS AND CONSTRUCTION
|
1 | |||
1.1 Definitions
|
1 | |||
1.2 Plurals and Gender
|
3 | |||
1.3 Directors/Trustees
|
3 | |||
1.4 Headings
|
3 | |||
1.5 Severability
|
3 | |||
ARTICLE II PARTICIPATION
|
3 | |||
2.1 Commencement of Participation
|
3 | |||
2.2 Termination of Participation
|
3 | |||
ARTICLE III RETIREMENT BENEFITS
|
3 | |||
3.1 Amount and Terms
|
3 | |||
3.2 Forfeiture
|
4 | |||
3.3 Payment After Participants Death
|
4 | |||
3.4 Payment While Serving as Director
|
4 | |||
3.5 Benefits Calculated in the Aggregate for all of the AIM Funds
|
4 | |||
ARTICLE IV SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS
|
4 | |||
4.1 No Suspension of Benefits Upon Resumption of Service
|
4 | |||
ARTICLE V ADMINISTRATOR
|
4 | |||
5.1 Appointment of Administrator
|
4 | |||
5.2 Powers and Duties of Administrator
|
5 | |||
5.3 Action by Administrator
|
5 | |||
5.4 Participation by Administrator
|
6 | |||
5.5 Payment of Benefits
|
6 | |||
5.6 Agents and Expenses
|
6 | |||
5.7 Allocation of Duties
|
6 | |||
5.8 Delegation of Duties
|
6 | |||
5.9 Administrators Action Conclusive
|
6 | |||
5.10 Records and Reports
|
7 | |||
5.11 Information from the AIM Funds
|
7 | |||
5.12 Reservation of Rights by Boards of Directors
|
7 | |||
5.13 Liability and Indemnification
|
7 | |||
ARTICLE VI AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION
|
8 | |||
6.1 Amendments
|
8 | |||
6.2 Termination
|
8 | |||
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS
|
8 | |||
7.1 Rights of Creditors
|
8 | |||
7.2 Liability Limited
|
8 | |||
7.3 Incapacity
|
8 | |||
7.4 Cooperation of Parties
|
9 | |||
7.5 Governing Law
|
9 | |||
7.6 No Guarantee of Director Status
|
9 | |||
7.7 Counsel
|
9 | |||
7.8 Spendthrift Provision
|
10 | |||
7.9 Forfeiture for Cause
|
10 |
ARTICLE VIII CLAIMS PROCEDURE
|
10 | |||
8.1 Notice of Denial
|
10 | |||
8.2 Right to Reconsideration
|
10 | |||
8.3 Review of Documents
|
10 | |||
8.4 Decision by Administrator
|
11 | |||
8.5 Notice by Administrator
|
11 | |||
Appendix A AIM Funds
|
12 | |||
Appendix B Amount of Benefit Post December 31, 2005
|
13 | |||
Appendix C Amount of Benefit Pre January 1, 2006
|
16 |
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Age | % | |||
65
|
71 | % | ||
66
|
75 | % | ||
67
|
78 | % | ||
68
|
82 | % | ||
69
|
86 | % | ||
70
|
91 | % | ||
71
|
95 | % | ||
72
|
100 | % |
13
14
15
16
I hereby elect that if I leave the board before age 72, I want my benefits to commence at my attainment of age ___ [specify an age from 65 to 72] 1 |
if I should die before I have received the entire amount of the Retirement Benefit, I elect to have any Retirement Benefit still payable at the time of my death paid to my beneficiary in a lump sum (discounted to the net present value of total benefits calculated with reference to the current yield of 10-year bonds on the Bloomberg Municipal AAA-rated Tax Exempt General Obligation 10-year Bond Index (the Index) as reported on the 10th business day following my death) 60 days following my death. If the Index is not available as of the date of calculation, the Plan Administrator may select a suitable and appropriate substitute. |
Dated: December
, 2008
|
Name of Director: |
1 | Note: payments will not commence until the Trustee retires from the board. |
Name & Address
|
Relationship 3 | Percentage Share | ||
|
Name & Address
|
Relationship 3 | Percentage Share | ||
|
2 | A Trustee may designate any person or a Trust as a Beneficiary. | |
3 | For aid in identification only. |
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1. | I may revoke or amend the above designations at any time without the consent of any beneficiary; | ||
2. | If I am not survived by a Primary or Contingent Beneficiary, I will be deemed to have designated my estate as my primary beneficiary. |
Dated:
, 20__
|
Name of Director: |
AIM Funds
|
By:
|
||||
Title:
|
|
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|
|
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1 | DEFINITION OF TERMS AND CONSTRUCTION |
(a) | 409A shall mean section 409A of the Code, and any regulations adopted thereunder. | ||
(b) | Invesco Funds Complex means any two or more registered investment companies that (i) hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services and (ii) have a common investment adviser or principal underwriter, or have as investment advisers or principal underwriters companies that are affiliated with each other, and includes all funds comprising the AIM Funds Complex as of April 29, 2010. | ||
(c) | Beneficiary shall mean such person or persons designated pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof to receive benefits after the death of the Director. | ||
(d) | Boards of Trustees shall mean the respective Boards of Trustees of the Funds. | ||
(e) | Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute. |
(f) | Compensation shall mean the amount of trustees fees paid by each of the Funds to the Trustee during a Deferral Year prior to reduction for Compensation Deferrals made under this Agreement. | ||
(g) | Compensation Deferral shall mean the amount or amounts of the Trustees Compensation deferred under the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement. | ||
(h) | Deferral Accounts shall mean the bookkeeping accounts maintained to reflect the Trustees Compensation Deferrals made pursuant to Section 2 hereof (or pursuant to any prior agreement) and any other credits or debits thereto. | ||
(i) | Deferral Election Form shall mean the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A, as modified from time to time. | ||
(j) | Deferral Year shall mean each calendar year (or portion thereof) during which the Trustee makes, or is entitled to make, Compensation Deferrals under Section 2 hereof. | ||
(k) | Disability shall mean a condition under which a Trustee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as determined pursuant to 409A. | ||
(l) | Fund shall mean each series portfolio of any Trust for which the Trustee serves as Trustee that is part of the Invesco Funds Complex. | ||
(m) | Hardship shall mean any unforeseeable emergency resulting in a several financial hardship to the Trustee within the meaning of 409A, as determined by the Plan Administrator or its delegatee in accordance with written Hardship Procedures adopted by the Boards of Trustees. | ||
(n) | Modification Form shall mean the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B, as modified from time to time. | ||
(o) | Payment Date shall mean the specified day on which payment of the Trustees Deferral Account is to be made or commence. Payment actually made within the grace period permitted under 409A shall be deemed to be made on the applicable Payment Date. | ||
(p) | Payment Form shall mean the manner of payment as specified in Section 2.5. | ||
(q) | Plan Administrator shall mean the Governance Committee of the Boards of Trustees, and any person designated by the Boards of Trustees of the Funds to administer the Funds deferred compensation arrangements as |
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contemplated in this Agreement. The Governance Committee initially delegates the performance of obligations of the Plan Administrator under this Agreement to Invesco Advisers, Inc., subject to oversight of the Governance Committee. | |||
(r) | Retirement shall mean the date the Trustee ceases service as a Trustee of the Funds, interpreted in accordance with Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(h). | ||
(s) | Retirement Plan shall mean the AIM Funds Retirement Plan for Eligible Directors/Trustees. | ||
(t) | Valuation Date shall mean the last business day of each calendar year and any other day upon which the Funds makes valuations of the Deferral Accounts. |
2 | PERIOD DURING WHICH COMPENSATION DEFERRALS ARE PERMITTED |
(a) | Before the first day of any Deferral Year, the Trustee may elect, on the Deferral Election Form attached as Exhibit A, to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the Trustees Compensation for services performed during such Deferral Year; provided, however , that a Trustee newly appointed as Trustee to the Funds may make a deferral election with respect to Compensation payable for services to be performed after the election if |
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such new Trustee submits a Deferral Election Form to the Plan Administrator within 30 days of commencing service as a Trustee. | |||
(b) | Any Deferral Election Form must set forth in writing the following information: |
(i) | the percentage amount of the Trustees desired Compensation Deferral; | ||
(ii) | the Payment Date for the Trustees Deferral Account, from among the options provided in Section 2.4; and | ||
(iii) | the Payment Form for the Trustees Deferral Account, from among the options provided in Section 2.5. |
(c) | Compensation Deferrals shall continue in effect for all subsequent Deferral Years, unless modified (including to zero) as provided below. | ||
(d) | Compensation Deferrals shall be withheld from each payment of Compensation by the Funds to the Trustee based upon the percentage amount elected by the Trustee under this Section 2.3. | ||
(e) | The Trustee may modify the amount of his Compensation Deferrals on a prospective basis by submitting to the Plan Administrator a Modification Form, which will apply, with respect to the percentage amount of the deferral, as of the first day of the next Deferral Year that begins after the date the Modification Form revision is received by the Plan Administrator. | ||
(f) | When the deadline for making a Deferral Election expires, elections made with respect to such Deferral Year shall be irrevocable. |
(a) | A Trustees Payment Date shall be the first day of the calendar quarter after one of the following (at the Trustees election): |
(i) | a specified date; | ||
(ii) | the Trustees termination of service as a Trustee; | ||
(iii) | the earlier of (a) or (b); or | ||
(iv) | the later of (a) or (b). |
(b) | If a Trustee fails to elect a Payment Date, the Trustee shall be deemed to have selected the Trustees termination of service as a Trustee (Section 2.4(a)(i) above). |
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(a) | lump sum; or | ||
(b) | quarterly payments over a period of five or ten years. |
(a) | A Trustee may change the Payment Date or Payment Form for payment of the Trustees Compensation Deferrals by submitting a Modification Form to the Plan Administrator. Changes to Payment Date or Payment Form will be applied so long as: |
(i) | With respect to such changes: |
(1) | the Modification Form provides for a new Payment Date that is at least five years later than the original Payment Date (determined in accordance with 409A); | ||
(2) | the Modification Form is submitted to the Plan Administrator at least twelve months prior to the original Payment Date; and | ||
(3) | the Modification Form has been in place for at least twelve months before payment would have been due under the prior Deferral Election Form; and |
(ii) | payment in accordance with the changes would not violate 409A. |
(b) | If the provisions of this Section 2.7 are not satisfied, then the Plan Administrator shall make payments in accordance with the previously effective Deferral Election Form or previously effective Modification Form, if any. |
3 | MAINTENANCE OF DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS; VALUATION |
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(a) | Investment Designations. |
(i) | The Trustee may designate, from various options made available by the Funds, the investment media in which all or part of his Deferral Accounts shall be deemed to be invested. All investment media shall be open-ended registered investment companies that are not exchange-traded funds. | ||
(ii) | All Deferral Accounts of the Trustee shall be subject to the same investment designations and such investment designations shall apply to all compensation deferred with respect to any deferral year. | ||
(iii) | The Trustee shall make one or more deemed investment designations on the Investment Designation Form provided by the Plan Administrator (a copy of which is attached as Exhibit C) which shall remain effective until another valid direction has been made by the Trustee as herein provided. The Trustee may amend his deemed investment designations by giving written direction to the Plan Administrator in such manner and at such time as the Funds may permit, but no more frequently than quarterly on thirty (30) days notice prior to the end of a calendar quarter. A timely change to a Trustees deemed investment designations shall become effective as soon as practicable following receipt by the Plan Administrator. | ||
(iv) | The investment media deemed to be made available to the Trustee, and any limitations on the maximum or minimum percentages of the Trustees Deferral Accounts that may be invested any particular medium, shall be the same as from time-to-time communicated to the Trustee by the Plan Administrator. |
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4 | DISTRIBUTIONS FROM DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS |
(a) | If a Trustee suffers a Disability, then the balance of the Trustees Deferral Account shall be distributed to the Trustee in a single payment within 90 days after the Trustees Disability is determined to have occurred (in accordance with 409A). | ||
(b) | Upon the death of a Trustee , payment of the balance of the Trustees Deferral Account shall be made |
(i) | in accordance with the Payment Date and Payment Form designations submitted by the Trustee pursuant to Sections 2.4 and 2.5; or | ||
(ii) | if the Trustee has so elected at the same time as the Trustee initially elects their Payment Date and Form in accordance with Section 2.3, in a lump sum within 90 days after the Trustees death. |
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5 | AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION |
(a) | The Funds and the Trustee may, by a written instrument signed by, or on behalf of, such parties, amend this Agreement at any time and in any manner that complies with applicable law including 409A. | ||
(b) | The Funds reserve the right to amend, in whole or in part, and in any manner, any or all of the provisions of this Agreement by action of their Boards of Trustees for the purposes of complying with any provision of the Code or any other technical or legal requirements, provided that: |
(i) | No such amendment shall make it possible for any part of the Trustees Deferral Account to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Trustee or the Trustees |
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Beneficiaries, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement; and | |||
(ii) | No such amendment may reduce the amount of the Trustees Deferral Account as of the effective date of such amendment. |
6 | MISCELLANEOUS . |
(a) | This Agreement is unfunded. Neither the Trustee nor any other persons shall have any interest in any specific asset or assets of any Fund or any Fund in the Invesco Funds Complex by reason of any Deferral Accounts hereunder, nor any rights to receive distribution of any Deferral Accounts except and as to the extent expressly provided hereunder. The Funds shall not be required to purchase, hold or dispose of any investments pursuant to this Agreement; however, if in order to cover their obligations hereunder the Funds elect to purchase any investments the same shall continue for all purposes to be a part of the general assets and property of the respective series of the Funds, subject to the claims of their general creditors and no person other than the Funds and their respective series shall by virtue of the provisions of this Agreement have any interest in such assets other than an interest as a general creditor. | ||
(b) | This Agreement is made by and between the Trustee and each Fund, individually and not jointly. The rights of the Trustee and the Beneficiaries to the amounts held in the Deferral Accounts are separate unsecured general obligations of each of the Funds obligated to pay deferred compensation to the Trustee and shall be subject to the creditors of the respective Fund. The Plan Administrator shall maintain records that separately identify the obligation of each Fund under this Agreement. | ||
(c) | This Agreement is executed on behalf of the Funds by an officer, or other representative, of the Funds as such and not individually. Any obligation of the Funds hereunder shall be an unsecured obligation of the Funds and not of any other person. |
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IV. | Death Benefit Payment Date and Form |
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I. | Modification of Deferral Percentage |
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3 | If you select rebalancing , the entire amount standing credited to your account will be re-allocated in accordance with your new designations the following calendar quarter following receipt of the designation form. Any newly deferred amounts will be deemed invested with these new designations from the date of the first payment to be deferred in the calendar quarter following receipt of the designation form. |
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Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 0.85 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.35 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.35 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.60 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
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Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 0.75 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.50 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.50 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 1.00 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.50 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 0.50 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
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Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 0.75 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Floating Rate Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 1.50 | % | April 14, 2006 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | April 14, 2006 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | April 14, 2006 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.25 | % | October 3, 2008 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.25 | % | April 14, 2006 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
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Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 0.65 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.40 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.40 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.40 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Global Real Estate Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Structured Core Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 1.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 1.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 0.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
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Invesco Van Kampen American
Franchise Fund
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Contractual | 1.05 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class A Shares
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Contractual | 1.22 | % 8 | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.80 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.30 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 0.80 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.80 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 0.82 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 0.95 | % 8 | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.57 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 1.07 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.57 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 0.57 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
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Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 0.88 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.63 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.63 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 1.13 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.63 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 0.63 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Van Kampen
Pennsylvania Tax Free Income
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 1.13 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.88 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.88 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.88 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
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Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 1.38 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 2.13 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.13 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.13 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Capital Development Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Charter Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class S Shares
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Contractual | 1.90 | % | September 25, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Constellation Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
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Invesco Disciplined Equity Fund
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Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 14, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 0.95 | % | July 18, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.70 | % | July 18, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 1.70 | % | July 18, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 1.20 | % | July 18, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 0.70 | % | July 18, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
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Contractual | 0.95 | % | July 18, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 0.70 | % | July 18, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Summit Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class P Shares
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Contractual | 1.85 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class S Shares
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Contractual | 1.90 | % | September 25, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco European Small Company Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Global Core Equity Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 1.25 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 1.52 | % 8 | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 1.50 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.00 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.00 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco International Small Company Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund
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Class A Shares
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Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
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Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
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Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
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Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 |
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Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020
Fund
2
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class A5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C5 Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement
2030 Fund
3
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class A5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C5 Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement
2040 Fund
4
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class A5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C5 Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement
2050 Fund
5
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class A5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C5 Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement
Now Fund
6
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class A5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C5 Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R5 Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | November 4, 2009 | April 30, 2013 |
6
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Convertible Securities
Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.11 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.86 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.86 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.86 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.86 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Global Equity Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.50 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Growth Allocation Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.37 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.12 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.12 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.62 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class S Shares
|
Contractual | 0.27 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.12 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.12 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Income Allocation Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | May 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | May 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | May 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | May 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | May 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.00 | % | May 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco International Allocation
Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.43 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.18 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.18 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.68 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.18 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.18 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity
Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.37 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.12 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.12 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.62 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class S Shares
|
Contractual | 0.27 | % | September 25, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.12 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.12 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Moderately Conservative
Allocation Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.39 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.64 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class S Shares
|
Contractual | 0.29 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
See page 14 for footnotes to Exhibit A.
|
7
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | April 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Van Kampen Leaders
Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Van Kampen U.S.
Mortgage Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.96 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.71 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.71 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.71 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.71 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco European Growth Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.50 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Global Growth Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.32 | % | December 19, 2011 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.07 | % | December 19, 2011 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.07 | % | December 19, 2011 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.07 | % | December 19, 2011 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.07 | % | December 19, 2011 | December 31, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco International Core Equity Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.50 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
|
||||||||||
See page 14 for footnotes to Exhibit A.
|
8
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco International Growth Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.40 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.15 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.15 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.65 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.15 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.15 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation
Fund
7
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.04 | % | November 4, 2009 | February 28, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.79 | % | November 4, 2009 | February 28, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.79 | % | November 4, 2009 | February 28, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.29 | % | November 4, 2009 | February 28, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.79 | % | November 4, 2009 | February 28, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.79 | % | November 4, 2009 | February 28, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity
Strategy Fund
10
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.22 | % | November 29, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.97 | % | November 29, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.97 | % | November 29, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.47 | % | November 29, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.97 | % | November 29, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.97 | % | November 29, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco China Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 3.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Commodities Strategy
Fund
11
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.50 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Developing Markets Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.10 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.85 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.85 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.85 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.85 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Emerging Markets Equity Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.85 | % | May 11, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.60 | % | May 11, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.10 | % | May 11, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.60 | % | May 11, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.60 | % | May 11, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Emerging Market Local
Currency Debt Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.24 | % | June 14, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.99 | % | June 14, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.99 | % | June 14, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.49 | % | June 14, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.99 | % | June 14, 2010 | February 28, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.99 | % | June 14, 2010 | February 28, 2013 |
9
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||
Invesco Endeavor Fund
|
||||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Invesco Global Advantage Fund
|
||||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.41 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Invesco Global Health Care Fund
|
||||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.65 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.40 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.40 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.40 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.65 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Invesco International Total Return
Fund
|
||||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.10 | % | March 31, 2006 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.85 | % | March 31, 2006 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.85 | % | March 31, 2006 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.85 | % | October 3, 2008 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.85 | % | March 31, 2006 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
|
||||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.88 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.63 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.63 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.13 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.63 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.63 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||
Invesco Premium Income Fund
|
||||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.89 | % | December 13, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.64 | % | December 13, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.14 | % | December 13, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.64 | % | December 13, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.64 | % | December 13, 2011 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Invesco Small Companies Fund
|
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Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 | |||||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | February 28, 2013 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Dynamics Fund
|
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Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 |
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Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Global Real Estate Fund
|
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Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
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Invesco High Yield Fund
|
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Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.89 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.64 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.64 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.64 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.89 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.64 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
|
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Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
|
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Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.13 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.63 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.73 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.88 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Municipal Bond Fund
|
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Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | July 1, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | July 1, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | July 1, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.45 | % | July 1, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | July 1, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
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Invesco Real Estate Fund
|
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Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.55 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.30 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.30 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.80 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.55 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
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Invesco Short Term Bond Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.56 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 0.91 | % 8 | March 4, 2009 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 0.91 | % | March 4, 2009 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.41 | % | March 4, 2009 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.41 | % | March 4, 2009 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco U.S. Government Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.03 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.78 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.78 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.28 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.78 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.03 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.78 | % | June 6, 3011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Van Kampen Corporate Bond Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.95 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.29 | % 8 | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.65 | % 8 | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.20 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
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Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Energy Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Gold & Precious Metals Fund
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
||||||||||
Invesco Leisure Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 2.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | July 1, 2009 | August 31, 2012 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Technology Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.76 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.51 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.51 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.51 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.76 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.51 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Technology Sector Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.75 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.27 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.02 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.02 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.02 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Utilities Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.32 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.07 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.07 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.07 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Investor Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.32 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.07 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Invesco Value Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.25 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Invesco Van Kampen American Value Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.41 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.65 | % 8 | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.66 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
12
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Van Kampen Comstock Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.89 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.64 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.64 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.14 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.64 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 0.64 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Van Kampen Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.40 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.15 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.15 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.65 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.15 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.15 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value
Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.03 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.40 | % 8 | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.78 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.78 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Van Kampen Value Opportunities Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 1.41 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 2.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 2.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class R Shares
|
Contractual | 1.66 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 1.16 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Contractual | 1.16 | % | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco High Income Municipal Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Voluntary | 0.85 | % | July 1, 2011 | N/A 9 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Voluntary | 1.60 | % | July 1, 2011 | N/A 9 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Voluntary | 1.60 | % | July 1, 2011 | N/A 9 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Voluntary | 0.60 | % | July 1, 2011 | N/A 9 | |||||
Institutional Class Shares
|
Voluntary | 0.60 | % | July 1, 2011 | N/A 9 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield
Municipal Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.87 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.62 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.62 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.62 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Van Kampen Intermediate Term
Municipal Income Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.75 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.50 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.50 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 |
13
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Income
Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.83 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.58 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.58 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.58 | % | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||
|
||||||||||
Invesco Van Kampen New York Tax Free
Income Fund
|
||||||||||
Class A Shares
|
Contractual | 0.78 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 1.53 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 1.53 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||
Class Y Shares
|
Contractual | 0.53 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
1 | The total operating expenses of any class of shares established after the date of this Memorandum of Agreement will be limited to the amount established for Class A Shares plus the difference between the new class 12b-1 rate and the Class A 12b-1 rate. | |
2 | Following the reorganization with Van Kampen 2020 Retirement Strategy and Van Kampen 2025 Retirement Strategy, the Funds contractual limit through at least June 30, 2012 (excluding only items included in notwithstanding sentence discussed above) will be 0.41%, 1.16%, 0.66% and 0.16% for Class A5, C5, R5 and Y, respectively. | |
3 | Following the reorganization with Van Kampen 30 Retirement Strategy and Van Kampen 2035 Retirement Strategy, the Funds contractual limit through at least June 30, 2012 (excluding only items included in notwithstanding sentence discussed above) will be 0.29%, 1.04%, 0.54% and 0.04% for Class A5, C5, R5 and Y, respectively. | |
4 | Following the reorganization with Van Kampen 2040 Retirement Strategy and Van Kampen 2045 Retirement Strategy, the Funds contractual limit through at least June 30, 2012 (excluding only items included in notwithstanding sentence discussed above) will be 0.28%, 1.03%, 0.53% and 0.03% for Class A5, C5, R5 and Y, respectively. | |
5 | Following the reorganization with Van Kampen 50 Retirement Strategy, the Funds contractual limit through at least June 30, 2012 (excluding only items included in notwithstanding sentence discussed above) will be 0.26%, 1.01%, 0.51% and 0.01% for Class A5, C5, R5 and Y, respectively. | |
6 | Following the reorganization with Van Kampen In Retirement, the Funds contractual limit through at least June 30, 2012 (excluding only items included in notwithstanding sentence discussed above) will be 0.47%, 1.22%, 0.72% and 0.22% for Class A5, C5, R5 and Y, respectively. | |
7 | Includes waived fees or reimbursed expenses that Invesco receives from Invesco Cayman Commodity Fund I, Ltd. | |
8 | The expense limit shown is the expense limit after Rule 12b-1 fee waivers by Invesco Distributors, Inc. | |
9 | Invesco may establish, amend or terminate voluntary waivers at any time in its sole discretion after consultation with the Trust. | |
10 | Includes waived fees or reimbursed expenses that Invesco receives from Invesco Cayman Commodity Fund III, Ltd. | |
11 | Includes waived fees or reimbursed expenses that Invesco receives from Invesco Cayman Commodity Fund II, Ltd. |
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Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Government & Agency Portfolio
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.22 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Corporate Class
|
Contractual | 0.17 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Institutional Class
|
Contractual | 0.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.69 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.44 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 1.01 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.30 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Government TaxAdvantage
Portfolio
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.22 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Corporate Class
|
Contractual | 0.17 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Institutional Class
|
Contractual | 0.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.69 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.39 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 1.01 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.30 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Liquid Assets Portfolio
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.22 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Corporate Class
|
Contractual | 0.17 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Institutional Class
|
Contractual | 0.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.69 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.44 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 1.01 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.34 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
STIC Prime Portfolio
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.22 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Corporate Class
|
Contractual | 0.17 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Institutional Class
|
Contractual | 0.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.69 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.44 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 1.01 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.30 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
3
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.33 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Corporate Class
|
Contractual | 0.28 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Institutional Class
|
Contractual | 0.25 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.80 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.50 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 1.12 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.41 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Treasury Portfolio
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.22 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Corporate Class
|
Contractual | 0.17 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Institutional Class
|
Contractual | 0.14 | % | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.69 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.44 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 1.01 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.30 | % 2 | July 1, 2009 | December 31, 2012 |
1 | The expense rate excluding 12b-1 fees of any class of shares established after the date of this Memorandum of Agreement will be the same as existing classes. | |
2 | The expense limit shown is the expense limit after Rule 12b-1 fee waivers by Invesco Distributors, Inc. | |
3 | The expense limitation also excludes Trustees fees and federal registration expenses. |
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Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco V.I. Balanced-Risk
Allocation Fund
1
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.69 | % | January 1, 2012 | June 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 0.94 | % | January 1, 2012 | June 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Invesco V.I. Basic Value Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | January 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | January 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation
Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | January 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | January 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Invesco V.I. Capital Development
Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | January 1, 2005 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | January 1, 2005 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
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Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | January 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | January 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Invesco V.I. Diversified Income
Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.75 | % | July 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | July 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Invesco V.I. Dividend Growth Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.77 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.02 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Invesco V.I. Global Health Care
Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | April 30, 2004 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | April 30, 2004 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
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Invesco V.I. Global Real Estate
Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | April 30, 2004 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | April 30, 2004 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. Government
Securities Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 0.95 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 |
1 | Includes waived fees or reimbursed expenses that Invesco receives from Invesco Cayman Commodity Fund IV, Ltd. |
16
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco V.I. High Yield Fund
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 0.80 | % | May 2, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.05 | % | May 2, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. High Yield
Securities Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.75 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 2.00 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. International Growth
Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.11 | % | May 2, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.36 | % | May 2, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. Leisure Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.01 | % | April 30, 2004 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.26 | % | April 30, 2004 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. Mid Cap Core Equity
Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | September 10, 2001 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | September 10, 2001 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. Money Market Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | January 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | January 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Index Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.28 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 0.53 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. Select Dimensions
Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.37 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 0.62 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. Small Cap Equity Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.15 | % | July 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.40 | % | July 1, 2005 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Invesco V.I. Technology Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.30 | % | April 30, 2004 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.45 | % | April 30, 2004 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco V.I. Utilities Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.93 | % | September 23, 2005 | April 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.18 | % | September 23, 2005 | April 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Capital
Growth Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.94 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 |
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Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.19 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
Invesco Van Kampen V.I.
Comstock Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.72 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 0.97 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Equity
and Income Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 0.75 | % 2 | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Global
Value Equity Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.94 | % | May 2, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.19 | % | May 2, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Growth
and Income Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 0.72 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 0.97 | % | July 1, 2012 | April 30, 2013 | |||||||||||
|
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Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap
Growth Fund
|
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Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.01 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
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Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.26 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Mid Cap
Value Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Series I Shares
|
Contractual | 1.18 | % | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | |||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Series II Shares
|
Contractual | 1.28 | % 2 | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
2 | The expense limit shown is the expense limit after Rule 12b-1 fee waivers by Invesco Distributors, Inc. |
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Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco California Insured
Municipal Income Trust
|
Contractual | 0.67 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco California Quality
Municipal Securities
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco High Yield Investment
Funds, Inc.
|
Contractual | 0.98 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Insured California
Municipal Securities
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Insured Municipal Bond
Trust
|
Contractual | 1.00 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Insured Municipal Income
Trust
|
Contractual | 0.64 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||
Invesco Insured Municipal
Securities
|
Contractual | 0.54 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
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Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Insured Municipal Trust
|
Contractual | 0.66 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Municipal Income
Opportunities Trust
|
Contractual | 0.73 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Municipal Income
Opportunities Trust II
|
Contractual | 0.73 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Municipal Income
Opportunities Trust III
|
Contractual | 0.84 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Municipal Premium Income Trust
|
Contractual | 1.03 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco New York Quality
Municipal Securities
|
Contractual | 0.80 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Prime Income Trust
|
Contractual | 1.32 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
20
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Quality Municipal Income
Trust
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Quality Municipal Investment Trust
|
Contractual | 0.70 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
Contractual/ | Expense | Effective Date of | Expiration | |||||||||||||
Fund | Voluntary | Limitation | Current Limit | Date | ||||||||||||
Invesco Quality Municipal
Securities
|
Contractual | 0.66 | % | June 1, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
1 | The total operating expenses of any class of shares established after the date of this Memorandum of Agreement will be limited to the amount established for Class A Shares plus the difference between the new class 12b-1 rate and the Class A 12b-1 rate. |
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|
By: | /s/ John M. Zerr | ||||
|
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|
Title: | Senior Vice President | ||||
|
|
|
By: | /s/ John M. Zerr | ||||
|
|
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|
Title: | Senior Vice President | ||||
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CONTRACTUAL/ | EFFECTIVE | EXPIRATION | ||||||
FUND
|
VOLUNTARY | LIMIT/WAIVER | DATE | DATE | ||||
Invesco Van Kampen
American Franchise Fund |
||||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 0.42% limit | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 | ||||
|
||||||||
Invesco Van
Kampen Equity and
Income Fund
|
||||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 0.38% limit | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 |
CONTRACTUAL/ | EFFECTIVE | EXPIRATION | ||||||
FUND
|
VOLUNTARY | LIMIT/WAIVER | DATE | DATE | ||||
Invesco Global
Core Equity Fund
|
||||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 0.52% limit | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2013 |
CONTRACTUAL/ | EFFECTIVE | EXPIRATION | ||||||
FUND
|
VOLUNTARY | LIMIT/WAIVER | DATE | DATE | ||||
Invesco Short
Term Bond Fund
|
||||||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 0.50% limit | February 1, 2006 | June 30, 2013 | ||||
Invesco Van
Kampen Corporate
Bond Fund
|
||||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 0.59% limit | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | ||||
Class C Shares
|
Contractual | 0.95% limit | June 6, 2011 | June 30, 2012 |
CONTRACTUAL/ | EFFECTIVE | EXPIRATION | ||||||
FUND
|
VOLUNTARY | LIMIT/WAIVER | DATE | DATE | ||||
Invesco Van
Kampen American
Value Fund
|
||||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 0.49% limit | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | ||||
Invesco Van
Kampen Small Cap
Value Fund
|
||||||||
Class B Shares
|
Contractual | 0.62% limit | May 23, 2011 | June 30, 2012 |
CONTRACTUAL/ | EFFECTIVE | EXPIRATION | ||||||
FUND
|
VOLUNTARY | LIMIT/WAIVER | DATE | DATE | ||||
Invesco Van
Kampen V.I.
Equity and Income Fund |
||||||||
Series II
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||||
Invesco Van
Kampen V.I.
Mid Cap Value Fund |
||||||||
Series II
|
Contractual | 0.15% waiver | February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
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CONTRACTUAL/ | EFFECTIVE | |||||||
FUND | VOLUNTARY | LIMIT/WAIVER | DATE | EXPIRATION DATE | ||||
Government & Agency Portfolio
|
||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.02% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 0.13% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.04% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
|
||||||||
Government TaxAdvantage Portfolio
|
||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.02% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.25% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 0.13% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.04% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
|
||||||||
Liquid Assets Portfolio
|
||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.02% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 0.13% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
|
||||||||
STIC Prime Portfolio
|
||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.02% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 0.13% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.04% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
|
||||||||
Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio
|
||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.02% waiver | April 30, 2008 1 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | April 30, 2008 1 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.25% waiver | April 30, 2008 1 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 0.13% waiver | April 30, 2008 1 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.04% waiver | April 30, 2008 + | December 31, 2012 | ||||
|
||||||||
Treasury Portfolio
|
||||||||
Cash Management Class
|
Contractual | 0.02% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Personal Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Private Investment Class
|
Contractual | 0.20% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Reserve Class
|
Contractual | 0.13% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 | ||||
Resource Class
|
Contractual | 0.04% waiver | June 30, 2005 | December 31, 2012 |
1 | Effective April 30, 2008, Tax-Free Cash Reserve Portfolio was reorganized as a portfolio of Tax-Free Investments Trust (TFIT) to Short-Term Investments Trust following shareholder approval at a meeting held on February 29, 2008. As a portfolio of TFIT, this limitation has been in effect since June 30, 2005. |
4
1. | Each Trust, for itself and its Funds, and Invesco agree that until the expiration date, if any, of the commitment set forth on the attached Exhibit B occurs, as such Exhibit B is amended from time to time, Invesco will waive advisory fees payable by an Investing Trust in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fee Invesco receives on the Uninvested Cash (defined below) from the Affiliated Money Market Fund (defined below) in which the Investing Trust invests (the Waiver). |
i. | Invescos Fund Accounting Group will calculate, and apply, the Waiver monthly, based upon the average investment of Uninvested Cash made by the Investing Trust during the previous month in an Affiliated Money Market Fund. | ||
ii. | The Waiver will not apply to those investing Trusts that do not charge an advisory fee, either due to the terms of their advisory agreement, or as a result of contractual or voluntary fee waivers. | ||
iii. | The Waiver will not apply to cash collateral for securities lending. |
2. | Neither a Trust nor Invesco may remove or amend the Waiver to a Trusts detriment prior to requesting and receiving the approval of the Board of Trustee of the applicable Funds Trust to remove or amend such Waiver. Invesco will not have any right to reimbursement of any amount so waived. |
|
By: |
/s/ John M. Zerr
|
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|
Title: | Senior Vice President |
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By: |
/s/ John M. Zerr
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|
Title: | Senior Vice President |
AIM Equity Funds
(Invesco Equity
Expiration
Funds)
Waiver Description
Effective Date
Date
Invesco will waive advisory fees to the
extent necessary so that advisory fees
Invesco receives do not exceed the
annualized rates listed below.
3/27/2006
12/31/2012
0.695% of the first $250M
0.615% of the next $4B
0.595% of the next $750M
0.57% of the next $2.5B
0.545% of the next $2.5B
0.52% of the excess over $10B
AIM Tax-Exempt
Funds (Invesco Tax-
Expiration
Exempt Funds)
Waiver Description
Effective Date
Date
Municipal Income Fund
Invesco will waive
advisory fees in
the amount of 0.10%
of the Funds
average daily net
assets
2/12/2010
6/30/2012
Income Fund
Invesco will waive
advisory fees in
the amount of 0.25%
of the Funds
average daily net
assets
2/12/2010
6/30/2012
AIM Treasurers
Series Trust
(Invesco Treasurers
Expiration
Series Trust)
Waiver Description
Effective Date
Date
Invesco will waive
advisory fees in
the amount of 0.07%
of the Funds
average daily net
assets
2/1/2011
12/31/2012
Invesco will waive
advisory fees in
the amount of 0.07%
of the Funds
average daily net
assets
2/1/2011
12/31/2012
PORTFOLIO | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund
|
June 2, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Floating Rate Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Select Real Estate Income Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Structured Core Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
PORTFOLIO | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco Capital Development Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Charter Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Constellation Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Disciplined Equity Fund
|
July 14, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Summit Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco European Small Company Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Global Core Equity Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco International Small Company Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco Convertible Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Global Equity Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Leaders Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen U.S. Mortgage Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco European Growth Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Global Growth Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco International Growth Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco International Core Equity Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund
*
|
May 29, 2009 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund
**
|
November 29, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco China Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Commodities Strategy Fund
***
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Developing Markets Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Emerging Markets Equity Fund
|
May 11, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Emerging Market Local Currency Debt Fund
|
June 14, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Endeavor Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Global Advantage Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Global Health Care Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco International Total Return Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Premium Income Fund
|
December 13, 2011 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Small Companies Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco Dynamics Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Global Real Estate Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco High Yield Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Money Market Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Municipal Bond Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Real Estate Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Short Term Bond Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco U.S. Government Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Corporate Bond Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
* | Advisory fees to be waived by Invesco for Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund also include advisory fees that Invesco receives on the Uninvested Cash from the Affiliated Money Market Fund in which Invesco Cayman Commodity Fund I, Ltd. invests. | |
** | Advisory fees to be waived by Invesco for Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund also include advisory fees that Invesco receives on the Uninvested Cash from the Affiliated Money Market Fund in which Invesco Cayman Commodity Fund III, Ltd. invests. | |
*** | Advisory fees to be waived by Invesco for Invesco Commodities Strategy Fund also include advisory fees that Invesco receives on the Uninvested Cash from the Affiliated Money Market Fund in which Invesco Cayman Commodity Fund II, Ltd. Invests. |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco Energy Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Gold & Precious Metals Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Leisure Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Technology Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Technology Sector Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Utilities Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen American Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Comstock Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Value Opportunities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco High Income Municipal Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Tax-Exempt Cash Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL | ||
Invesco V.I. Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund
****
|
December 22, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Basic Value Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Capital Development Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Diversified Income Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Dividend Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Global Health Care Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Global Real Estate Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Government Securities Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. High Yield Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. High Yield Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. International Growth Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Leisure Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Mid Cap Core Equity Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Money Market Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Index Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Select Dimensions
Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Small Cap Equity Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Technology Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco V.I. Utilities Fund
|
July 1, 2007 | June 30, 2012 | ||
Invesco Van Kampen V.I. Capital Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | June 30, 2012 |
**** | Advisory fees to be waived by Invesco for Invesco V.I. Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund also include an amount equal to advisory fees that Invesco receives from any money market fund or similarly pooled cash equivalent investment vehicle advised by Invesco and/or Invescos affiliates in which Invesco Cayman Commodity Fund IV, Ltd. invests. |
February 12, 2010
June 30, 2012
February 12, 2010
June 30, 2012
February 12, 2010
June 30, 2012
February 12, 2010
June 30, 2012
February 12, 2010
June 30, 2012
February 12, 2010
June 30, 2012
FUND
EFFECTIVE DATE
COMMITTED UNTIL
July 1, 2007
June 30, 2012
July 1, 2007
June 30, 2012
July 1, 2007
June 30, 2012
FUND
EFFECTIVE DATE
COMMITTED UNTIL
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
June 1, 2010
June 30, 2012
1. | Each Fund, for itself and its Portfolios, and Invesco agree that until the expiration date, if any, of the commitment set forth on the attached Exhibit A occurs, as such Exhibit A is amended from time to time, Invesco has agreed that it will not charge any administrative fee under each Portfolios advisory agreement in connection with securities lending activities without prior approval from the Portfolios Board (such agreement is referred to as the Waiver). | ||
2. | Neither a Fund nor Invesco may remove or amend the Waiver to a Funds detriment prior to requesting and receiving the approval of the Portfolios Board to remove or amend the Waiver. Invesco will not have any right to reimbursement of any amount so waived. |
By: | /s/ John M. Zerr | |||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||||
INVESCO ADVISERS, INC.
|
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By: | /s/ John M. Zerr | |||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||||
2
PORTFOLIO | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Invesco Balanced Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund
|
June 2, 2009 | |||
Invesco Dividend Growth Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Floating Rate Fund
|
April 14, 2006 | |||
Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Multi-Sector Fund
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Invesco New York Tax-Free Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco S&P 500 Index Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Select Real Estate Income Fund
|
March 9, 2007 | |||
Invesco Structured Core Fund
|
March 31, 2006 | |||
Invesco Structured Growth Fund
|
March 31, 2006 | |||
Invesco Structured Value Fund
|
March 31, 2006 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Core Equity Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Money Market Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Tax-Free Money Fund
|
February 12, 2010 |
PORTFOLIO | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Invesco Capital Development Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco Charter Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco Constellation Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco Disciplined Equity Fund
|
July 14, 2009 | |||
Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund
|
December 28, 2001 | |||
Invesco Large Cap Basic Value Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco Summit Fund
|
July 24, 2000 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Invesco Basic Balanced Fund
|
September 28, 2001 | |||
Invesco European Small Company Fund
|
August 30, 2000 | |||
Invesco Global Core Equity Fund
|
December 27, 2000 | |||
Invesco International Small Company Fund
|
August 30, 2000 | |||
Invesco Mid Cap Basic Value Fund
|
December 27, 2001 | |||
Invesco Select Equity Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund
|
August 30, 2000 |
* | Committed until the Fund or Invesco requests and receives the approval of the Funds Board to remove or amend such fee waiver. Such commitments are evergreen until amended and apply to each Portfolio of a Fund. |
A-1
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
||||
Invesco Basic Value Fund
|
June 5, 2000 | |||
Invesco Convertible Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Global Equity Fund
|
September 1, 2001 | |||
Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund
|
September 1, 2001 | |||
Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund
|
September 11, 2000 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation Conservative Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Asset Allocation Moderate Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Harbor Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Leaders Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Real Estate Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen U.S. Mortgage Fund
|
February 12, 2010 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
||||
Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco European Growth Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco Global Growth Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco International Growth Fund
|
June 21, 2000 | |||
Invesco International Core Equity Fund
|
November 25, 2003 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Invesco Alternative Opportunities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund
|
May 29, 2009 | |||
Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodities Strategy Fund
|
November 29, 2010 | |||
Invesco China Fund
|
March 31, 2006 | |||
Invesco Commodities Strategy Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Developing Markets Fund
|
September 1, 2001 | |||
Invesco Emerging Market Local Currency Debt Fund
|
June 14, 2010 | |||
Invesco Endeavor Fund
|
November 4, 2003 | |||
Invesco FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco FX Alpha Strategy Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Global Advantage Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Global Dividend Growth Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Global Fund
|
November 4, 2003 | |||
Invesco Global Health Care Fund
|
September 1, 2001 | |||
Invesco Health Sciences Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco International Growth Equity Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco International Total Return Fund
|
March 31, 2006 | |||
Invesco Japan Fund
|
March 31, 2006 | |||
Invesco LIBOR Alpha Fund
|
March 31, 2006 | |||
Invesco Pacific Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Small Companies Fund
|
November 4, 2003 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Emerging Markets Fund
|
February 12, 2010 |
* | Committed until the Fund or Invesco requests and receives the approval of the Funds Board to remove or amend such fee waiver. Such commitments are evergreen until amended and apply to each Portfolio of a Fund. |
A-2
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
||||
Invesco Van Kampen Global Bond Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Global Equity Allocation Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Global Franchise Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Global Tactical Asset Allocation Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen International Advantage Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen International Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Invesco Core Bond Fund
|
December 28, 2001 | |||
Invesco Dynamics Fund
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Invesco Global Real Estate Fund
|
April 29, 2005 | |||
Invesco High Yield Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco High Yield Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Income Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Limited Maturity Treasury Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Money Market Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Municipal Bond Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Real Estate Fund
|
September 11, 2000 | |||
Invesco Short Term Bond Fund
|
August 29, 2002 | |||
Invesco U.S. Government Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Corporate Bond Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Government Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Limited Duration Fund
|
February 12, 2010 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Invesco Energy Fund
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Invesco Financial Services Fund
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Invesco Gold & Precious Metals Fund
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Invesco Leisure Fund
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Invesco Mid-Cap Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Small-Mid Special Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Special Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Technology Fund
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Invesco Technology Sector Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco U.S. Mid Cap Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco U.S. Small/Mid Cap Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Utilities Fund
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Invesco Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Value II Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen American Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Comstock Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Small Cap Value Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Technology Sector Fund
|
February 12, 2010 |
* | Committed until the Fund or Invesco requests and receives the approval of the Funds Board to remove or amend such fee waiver. Such commitments are evergreen until amended and apply to each Portfolio of a Fund. |
A-3
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
||||
Invesco Van Kampen Utility Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Value Opportunities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Invesco High Income Municipal Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Municipal Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Tax-Exempt Cash Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Tax-Exempt Securities Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Tax-Free Intermediate Fund
|
June 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income
Fund |
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income Fund
|
February 12, 2010 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Premier Portfolio
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Premier Tax-Exempt Portfolio
|
November 25, 2003 | |||
Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio
|
November 25, 2003 |
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
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Invesco V.I. Basic Balanced Fund
|
May 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco V.I. Basic Value Fund
|
September 10, 2001 | |||
Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund
|
May 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco V.I. Capital Development Fund
|
May 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund
|
May 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco V.I. Diversified Income Fund
|
May 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco V.I. Dividend Growth Fund
|
February 9, 2010 | |||
Invesco V.I. Dynamics Fund
|
April 30, 2004 | |||
Invesco V.I. Financial Services Fund
|
April 30, 2004 | |||
Invesco V.I. Global Dividend Growth Fund
|
February 9, 2010 | |||
Invesco V.I. Global Health Care Fund
|
April 30, 2004 | |||
Invesco V.I. Global Real Estate Fund
|
April 30, 2004 | |||
Invesco V.I. Government Securities Fund
|
May 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco V.I. High Yield Fund
|
May 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco V.I. High Yield Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco V.I. Income Builder Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco V.I. International Growth Fund
|
May 1, 2000 | |||
Invesco V.I. Large Cap Growth Fund
|
September 1, 2003 | |||
Invesco V.I. Leisure Fund
|
April 30, 2004 | |||
Invesco V.I. Mid Cap Core Equity Fund
|
September 10, 2001 | |||
Invesco V.I. Money Market Fund
|
May 1, 2000 |
* | Committed until the Fund or Invesco requests and receives the approval of the Funds Board to remove or amend such fee waiver. Such commitments are evergreen until amended and apply to each Portfolio of a Fund. |
A-4
FUND | EFFECTIVE DATE | COMMITTED UNTIL * | ||
|
||||
Invesco V.I. PowerShares ETF Allocation Fund
|
October 22, 2008 | |||
Invesco V.I. S&P 500 Index Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco V.I. Select Dimensions Balanced Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco V.I. Select Dimensions Dividend Growth Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco V.I. Select Dimensions Equally-Weighted
S&P 500 Fund
|
February 12, 2010 | |||
Invesco V.I. Small Cap Equity Fund
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September 1, 2003 | |||
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Code of Ethics | 2 |
I. | Introduction |
| any director, officer, full or part time Employee of Invesco Advisers, Inc. or any full or part time Employee of any Invesco Advisers, Inc.s affiliates that, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in , or obtains any information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities or who is involved in making or obtains information concerning investment recommendations with respect to such purchase or sales of Covered Securities; or who has access to non-public information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities, access to non-public securities recommendations or access to non-public information concerning portfolio holdings of any portfolio advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. | ||
| all Employees of Invesco Ltd. located in the United States who are not covered by the Code of Ethics of a registered investment advisory affiliate of Invesco Ltd. | ||
| any other persons falling within such definitions under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 , as amended (the Investment Company Act)or Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act) and such other persons that may be so deemed by Compliance. |
II. | Statement of Fiduciary Principles |
| the interests of Clients and shareholders of investment company Clients must be placed first at all times and Covered Persons must not take inappropriate advantage of their positions; and | ||
| all personal securities transactions must be conducted consistent with this Code and in a manner to avoid any abuse of an individuals position of trust and responsibility. This Code is our effort to address conflicts of interest that may arise in the ordinary course of our business. |
Code of Ethics | 3 |
III. | Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations; Reporting of Violations |
IV. | Limits on Personal Investing |
A. | Personal Investing | ||
1. Pre-clearance of Personal Security Transactions . All Covered Persons must pre-clear with the Compliance Department using the automated review system all personal security transactions involving Covered Securities for which they have Beneficial Ownership. A Covered Person may have Beneficial Ownership in securities held by members of his or her immediate family sharing the same household (i.e., a spouse and children) or by certain partnerships, trusts, corporations, or other arrangements. | |||
Additionally, all Covered Persons must pre-clear personal securities transactions involving securities over which they have discretion. For example, if a Covered Person is directing the transactions for a friend or family member (regardless of whether they share the same household) all transactions in Covered Securities must be pre-cleared. Covered Securities include but are not limited to all investments that can be traded by an Invesco Advisers, Inc. entity for its Clients, including stocks, bonds, municipal bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and any of their derivatives such as options. Although Affiliated Mutual Funds are considered Covered Securities, those that are held by Employees at the Affiliated Mutual Funds transfer agent or in the Invesco Ltd. 401(k) or Money Purchase plans (excluding the Personal Choice Retirement Account (PCRA)) do not need to be pre-cleared through the automated review system because compliance monitoring for these plans is done through a separate process. |
Code of Ethics | 4 |
| Any approval granted to a Covered Person to execute a personal security transaction is valid for that business day only, except that if approval is granted after the close of trading day such approval is good through the next trading day. |
| Non-Investment Personnel. |
| may not buy or sell a Covered Security within two trading days before or after a Client trades in that security. | ||
| may not buy or sell a Covered Security if there is a Client order on that security currently with the trading desk. |
| Investment Personnel . |
| may not buy or sell a Covered Security within three trading days before or after a Client trades in that security. | ||
| may not buy or sell a Covered Security if there is a Client order on that security currently with the trading desk. |
Code of Ethics | 5 |
| Equity de minimis exemptions . |
| If a Covered Person does not have knowledge of trading activity in a particular equity security, he or she may execute up to 500 shares of such security in a rolling 30-day period provided the issuer of such security is included in the Russell 1000 Index. | ||
| If a Covered Person does not have knowledge of trading activity in a particular equity security, he or she may execute up to 500 shares of such security in a rolling 30 day period provided that there is no conflicting client activity in that security during the blackout period or on the trading desk that exceeds 500 shares per trading day. |
| Fixed income de minimis exemption . If a Covered Person does not have knowledge of trading activity in a particular fixed income security he or she may execute up to $100,000 of par value of such security in a rolling 30-day period. |
| A Letter of Education will be provided to any Covered Person whose failure to pre-clear is considered immaterial or inadvertent. | ||
| Repeat violations may result in in-person training, probation, withdrawal of personal trading privileges or employment termination, depending on the nature and severity of the violations. |
Code of Ethics | 6 |
| full service broker-dealers. | ||
| discount broker-dealers. discount brokerage are accounts in which all trading is completed online. These accounts must be held with firms that provide electronic feeds of confirmations directly to the Compliance Department, | ||
| Invesco Advisers, Incs. -affiliated Broker-dealer (Invesco Distributors, Inc.) |
Code of Ethics | 7 |
| A list of all security holdings, including the name, number of shares (for equities) and the principal amount (for debt securities) in which the person has direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership. A Covered Person may have Beneficial Ownership in securities held by members of their immediate family sharing the same household (i.e., a spouse and children) or by certain partnerships, trusts, corporations, or other arrangements. | ||
| The name of any broker-dealer or bank with which the person maintains an account in which any securities are held for the direct or indirect benefit of the person; and | ||
| The date that the report is submitted by the Covered Person |
| The nature of the transaction (buy, sell, etc.); | ||
| The price of the Covered Security at which the transaction was executed; | ||
| The name of the broker-dealer or bank executing the transaction; and | ||
| The date that the report is submitted to the Compliance Department. |
Code of Ethics | 8 |
| The date the account was established; | ||
| The name of the broker-dealer or bank; and | ||
| The date that the report is submitted to the Compliance Department. |
| The security and the number of shares (for equities) or the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable) and principal amount (for debt securities) for each Covered Security in which the Covered Person has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership; | ||
| The name of the broker-dealer or bank with or through which the security is held; and | ||
| The date that the report is submitted by the Covered Person to the Compliance Department. |
Code of Ethics | 9 |
B. | Invesco Ltd. Securities |
Code of Ethics | 10 |
C. | Limitations on Other Personal Activities |
| Entertainment . Employees must report Entertainment with the Compliance Department within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt or giving by submitting a Gift Report within the automated review system. The requirement to report Entertainment includes dinners or any other event with a Business Partner of Invesco Advisers, Inc. in attendance. | ||
Employees may not reimburse Business Partners for the cost of tickets that would be considered excessive or for travel related expenses without approval of the Compliance Department. | |||
Examples of Entertainment that may be considered excessive in value include Super Bowls, All-Star games, Kentucky Derby, hunting trips, ski trips, etc. An occasional sporting event, golf outing or concert when accompanied by the Business Partner may not be excessive. | |||
Gifts . Employees are prohibited from accepting or giving the following: single Gifts valued in excess of $100 in any calendar year; or Gifts from one person or firm valued in excess of $100 during a calendar year period. | |||
Reporting Requirements for Gifts and Entertainment: |
Code of Ethics | 11 |
| Reporting of Gifts and Entertainment given to an Invesco Employee by a Client or Business Partner. All Gifts and Entertainment received by an Employee must be reported through the automated pre-clearance system within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of the Gift or the attendance of the Entertainment event. | ||
| Reporting of Gifts and Entertainment given by an Invesco Employee to a Client or Business Partner. All Gifts and Entertainment given by an Employee must be reported through the reporting requirements of the Employees business unit. An Employee should contact their manager or Compliance if they are not sure how to report gifts they intend to give or have given to a Client or Business Partner. |
D. | Parallel Investing Permitted | ||
Subject to the provisions of this Code, Employees may invest in or own the same securities as those acquired or sold by Invesco Advisers, Inc. for its Clients. |
V. | Reporting of Potential Compliance Issues |
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VI. | Administration of the Code of Ethics |
| describes significant issues arising under the Code since the last report to the ICCC, including information about material violations of the Code and sanctions imposed in response to material violations; and | ||
| certifies that Invesco Advisers, Inc. has adopted procedures reasonably designed to prevent Covered Persons from violating the Code. |
VII. | Sanctions |
Code of Ethics | 13 |
VIII. | Exceptions to the Code |
IX. | Definitions |
| Affiliated Mutual Funds generally includes all mutual funds advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc All Invesco funds and Invesco Van Kampen funds are Affiliated Mutual Funds. | ||
| Automatic Investment Plan means a program in which regular purchases or sales are made automatically in or from investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation, including dividend reinvestment plans. | ||
| Beneficial Ownership has the same meaning as Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 34 Act). To have a beneficial interest, Covered Persons must have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest, which is the opportunity to profit directly or indirectly from a transaction in securities. Thus a Covered Person may have Beneficial Ownership in securities held by members of his or her immediate family sharing the same household (i.e. a spouse and children) or by certain partnerships, trusts, corporations, or other arrangements. | ||
| Client means any account for which Invesco Advisers, Inc. is either the adviser or sub-adviser including Affiliated Mutual Funds. | ||
| Control has the same meaning as under Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act. | ||
| Covered Person means and includes: |
| any director, officer, full or part time Employee of Invesco Advisers, Inc. or any full or part time Employee of any Invesco Advisers, Inc.s affiliates that, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in , or obtains any information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities or who is involved in making or obtains information concerning investment recommendations with respect to such purchase or sales of Covered Securities ; or who has access to non-public information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities, access to non-public securities recommendations or access to non-public information concerning portfolio holdings of any portfolio advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. | ||
| all Employees of Invesco Ltd. located in the United States who are not covered by the Code of Ethics of a registered investment advisory affiliate of Invesco Ltd. | ||
| any other persons falling within such definitions under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 , as amended (the Investment Company Act)or Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act) and such other persons that may be so deemed by Compliance. |
Code of Ethics | 14 |
| Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act except that it does not include the following (Please note : exchange traded funds (ETFs) are considered a Covered Security). |
| Direct obligations of the Government of the United States or its agencies; | ||
| Bankers acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements; | ||
| Any open-end mutual fund not advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (All Affiliated Mutual Funds shall be considered Covered Securities regardless of whether they are advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. | ||
| Any unit investment trust, including unit investment trusts advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc.; | ||
| Invesco Ltd. stock because it is subject to the provisions of Invesco Ltd.s Code of Conduct. Notwithstanding this exception, transactions in Invesco Ltd. securities are subject to all the pre-clearance and reporting requirements outlined in other provisions of this Code and any other corporate guidelines issued by Invesco Ltd. |
| Employee means and includes: |
| Any full or part time Employee of Invesco Advisers, Inc. or any full or part time Employee of any Invesco Advisers, Inc.s affiliates that, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes or participates in, or obtains any information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securties or who is involved in making or obtains information concerning investment recommendations with respect to such purchase or sales of Covered Securities; or who has access to non-public information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities, access to non-public securities recommendations or access to non-public information concerning portfolio holdings of any portfolio advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. | ||
| All Employees of Invesco Ltd. located in the United States who are not covered by the Code of Ethics of a registered investment advisory affiliate of Invesco Ltd. | ||
| Any other persons falling within such definitions under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act or Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act and such other persons that may be so deemed by Compliance. |
| Gifts, Entertainment and Business Partner have the same meaning as provided in the Invesco Ltd. Gifts and Entertainment Policy. | ||
| Initial Public Offering means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the 34 Act. | ||
| Invesco Advisers, Inc.s -affiliated Broker-dealer means Invesco Distributors, Inc. or its successors. |
Code of Ethics | 15 |
| Private Securities Transaction means any securities transaction relating to new offerings of securities which are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided however that transactions subject to the notification requirements of Rule 3050 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authoritys (FINRA) Conduct Rules, transactions among immediate family members (as defined in the interpretation of the FINRA Board of Governors on free-riding and withholding) for which no associated person receives any selling compensation, and personal securities transactions in investment company and variable annuity securities shall be excluded. | ||
| Restricted List Securities means the list of securities that are provided to Compliance Department by Invesco Ltd. or investment departments, which include those securities that are restricted from purchase or sale by Client or Employee accounts for various reasons (e.g., large concentrated ownership positions that may trigger reporting or other securities regulatory issues, or possession of material, non-public information, or existence of corporate transaction in the issuer involving an Invesco Ltd. unit). |
X. | Invesco Ltd. Policies and Procedures |
XI. | Code Of Ethics Contacts |
| Telephone Hotline: 1-877-331-CODE [2633] | ||
| E-Mail: CodeofEthics(North America)@invesco.com |
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| Prohibitions related to material, non-public information; | |
| Personal securities investing; and | |
| Service as a director and other business opportunities. |
| Gifts, Benefits and Entertainment (Inducements) Policy; | |
| Conflicts of Interest Policy; | |
| Treating Customers Fairly Policy; and | |
| Whilstleblowing Policy |
1 | STATEMENT OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES |
1.1 | As a fiduciary, Invesco owes an undivided duty of loyalty to its clients. It is Invescos policy that all employees conduct themselves so as to avoid not only actual conflicts of interest with Invesco clients, but also that they refrain from conduct which could give rise to the appearance of a conflict of interest that may compromise the trust our clients have placed in us. | ||
1.2 | The Code is designed to ensure, among other things, that the personal securities transactions of all employees are conducted in accordance with the following general principles: |
1.2.1 | A duty at all times to place the interests of Invescos clients first and foremost; | ||
1.2.2 | The requirement that all personal securities transactions be conducted in a manner consistent with this Code and in such a manner as to avoid any actual, potential or appearance of a conflict of interest or any abuse of an employees position of trust and responsibility; and | ||
1.2.3 | The requirement that employees should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions. |
1.3 | Invescos policy is to avoid actual or apparent conflicts of interest but, where they unavoidably occur, to record, manage, and disclose them to prevent abuse and protect our clients, employees and other counterparties. | ||
1.4 | Invesco does not make political contributions with corporate funds. No employees may, under any circumstances, use company funds to make political contributions, nor may you represent your personal political views as being those of the company. | ||
1.5 | Invesco seeks to do business with clients and suppliers on a fair and equitable basis. Employees may not accept or provide gifts, entertainment or other non-monetary benefits of an unreasonable value which could create a conflict with the duty owed to clients. Any limits imposed by our business units policies, local laws, or |
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regulations with respect to the acceptance or provision of gifts, entertainment and non-monetary benefits must be complied with. | |||
1.6 | Legislation exists to protect employees who blow the whistle about wrongdoing within the Firm. This legislation encourages employees to raise concerns internally in the first instance. Invesco employees should feel able to raise any such concerns internally, confident that it will be dealt with properly and that all reasonable steps will be taken to prevent victimisation. If employees wish to report concerns anonymously they can call the Invesco Compliance Reporting Line. The telephone number is 1-704-943-1136 | ||
1.7 | It is Invesco UK policy, in the context of being an Asset Manager, to treat its customers fairly. | ||
1.8 | No employee should have ownership in or other interest in or employment by any outside concern which does business with Invesco Ltd. This does not apply to stock or other investments in a publicly held company, provided that the stock and other investments do not, in the aggregate, exceed 5% of the outstanding ownership interests of such company. Invesco Ltd may, following a review of the relevant facts, permit ownership interests which exceed these amounts if management or the Board of Directors, as appropriate, concludes that such ownership interests will not adversely affect Invescos business interests or the judgment of the affected staff. | ||
1.9 | Employees are prohibited from using personal hedging strategies or remuneration or liability related contracts of insurance to undermine any risk alignment effects embedded in their remuneration arrangements. This includes, for instance, entering into an arrangement with a third party under which that third party will make payments directly, or indirectly, to the employee that are linked to, or commensurate with, the amounts by which the employees remuneration is subject to reductions arising from the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD3) and the FSAs Remuneration Code. |
2 | MATERIAL, NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION |
2.1 | Restriction on Trading or Recommending Trading Each employee is reminded that it constitutes a violation of law and/or Market Abuse regulations for any person to trade in or recommend trading in the securities of a company while in possession of material, non-public information concerning that company, or to disclose such information to any person not entitled to receive it if there is reason to believe that such information will be used in connection with a trade in the securities of that company. Violations of law and regulations may give rise to civil as well as criminal liability, including the imposition of monetary penalties or prison sentences upon the individuals involved. Tippees (i.e, persons who receive material, non-public information) also may be held liable if they trade or if they do not trade but pass along such information to others. | ||
2.2 | What is material, non-public information? Material information is any information about a company which, if disclosed, is likely to affect the market price of the companys securities or to be considered important by an average investor in deciding whether to purchase or sell those securities. Examples of information which should be presumed to be material are matters such as dividend increases or decreases, earnings estimates by the company, changes in the companys previously released earnings estimates, significant new products or discoveries, major litigation by or against the company, liquidity or solvency problems, extraordinary management developments, significant merger or acquisition proposals, or similar major events which would be viewed as having materially altered the total mix of information available regarding the company or the market for any of its securities. Further examples can be found in the FSA Market Abuse Handbook. |
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2.3 | Non-public information, often referred to as inside information, is information that has not yet been publicly disclosed. Information about a company is considered to be non-public information if it is received under circumstances which indicate that it is not yet in general circulation and that such information may be attributable, directly or indirectly, to the company or its insiders, or that the recipient knows to have been furnished by someone in breach of a fiduciary obligation. Courts have held that fiduciary relationships exist between a company and another party in a broad variety of situations involving a relationship between a company and its lawyers, investment bankers, financial printers, employees, technical advisors and others. | ||
2.4 | Information should not be considered to have been publicly disclosed until a reasonable time after it has been made public (for example, by a press release). Someone with access to inside information may not beat the market by trading simultaneously with, or immediately after, the official release of material information. | ||
2.5 | The responsibility of ensuring that the proposed transaction does not constitute insider dealing or a conflict with the interests of a client remains with the relevant employee and obtaining pre-clearance to enter into a transaction under Section 3.3 below does not absolve that responsibility. | ||
2.6 | Invesco is in a unique position, being privy to market research and rumours and being privy also to information about its clients which may be public companies. Invesco employees must be aware and vigilant to ensure that they cannot be accused of being a party of any insider dealing or market abuse situations. | ||
2.7 | In particular, the following investment activities must not be entered into without carefully ensuring that there are no implications of insider trading: |
2.7.1 | Trading in shares for a client in any other client of Invesco which is quoted on a recognised stock exchange. | ||
2.7.2 | Trading in shares for a client in a quoted company where Invesco: |
i) | obtains information in any official capacity which may be price sensitive and has not been made available to the general public. | ||
ii) | obtains any other information which can be substantiated in connection with a quoted company which is also both price sensitive and has not been made available to the general public. |
2.7.3 | Manipulation of the market through the release of information to regular market users which is false or misleading about a company. | ||
2.7.4 | Release of information about a company that would have the effect of distorting the market in such a way to be considered market abuse. |
2.8 | Reporting Requirement. Whenever an employee believes that he or she may have come into possession of material, non-public information about a public company, he or she personally must immediately notify the Compliance Department and should not discuss such information with anyone else including Invesco employees and should not engage in transactions for himself or others, including Invesco clients. | ||
2.9 | Upon receipt of such information the Compliance Department will include the company name on the IVZ Restricted list in respect of which no transactions may be entered into. This list will be advised to the Equity dealing desk and no discussion will be entered into. Whenever an employee is aware of the reason why a company has been included on the IVZ Restricted list but nevertheless wishes to deal in a fund which contains the stock of that company, this must be |
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notified to the European Director of Compliance to decide whether the deal will be permitted, | |||
2.10 | Confidentiality. No information regarding the affairs of any client of Invesco may be passed to anyone outside Invesco unless specifically requested by law, regulation or court order. In any event, the Compliance and Legal Department must be consulted prior to furnishing such information. | ||
2.11 | Employees should maintain the confidentiality of information entrusted to them by the Company and their fellow employees. External publication or distribution of internal company information, policies or procedures is prohibited except when disclosure is properly authorised by the functional owner of the information or legally mandated. Employees should make all reasonable efforts to safeguard such information that is in their possession against inadvertent disclosure and shall comply with any non-disclosure obligations imposed on Invesco in its agreements with third parties | ||
2.12 | Sanctions. Any employee who knowingly trades or recommends trading while in possession of material, non-public information may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, as well as to immediate suspension and/or dismissal from Invesco. |
3 | PERSONAL INVESTING ACTIVITIES, PRE-CLEARANCE AND PRE-NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS |
3.1 | Transactions covered by this Code All transactions in investments made for Covered Accounts are subject to the pre-clearance procedures, trading restrictions, pre-notification and reporting requirements described below, unless otherwise indicated. For a list of the types of employee and other accounts which are Covered Accounts, please see the definition in Appendix A. | ||
3.2 | Transactions in the following investments (Exempt Investments) are not subject to the trading restrictions or other requirements of this Code and need not be pre-cleared, pre-notified or reported: |
3.2.1 | Registered unaffiliated (e.g. Schroders) open ended Collective Investment Schemes [CIS] including; mutual funds, open-ended investment companies/ICVCs or unit trusts but not closed-end funds, e.g. Investment Trusts; and | ||
3.2.2 | Securities which are direct obligations of an OECD country (e.g. US Treasurys). |
3.3.1 | Prior to entering an order for a Securities Transaction in a Covered Account, the employee must complete a Trade Authorisation Form set forth in Appendix C (also found on the Compliance Europe intranet site) and submit the completed form electronically to the UK Equity Dealers by e-mail to *UK- Invest. Dealers. | ||
The Trade Authorisation Form requires employees to provide certain information and to make certain representations in connection with the specific securities transaction(s). |
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3.3.2 | After receiving the completed Trade Authorisation Form, UK Equity Dealers will review the information set forth in the form and, as soon as practicable, will determine whether to clear the proposed Securities Transaction, subject to local requirements. | ||
3.3.3 | Once UK Equity Dealers have authorised the transaction, it is passed electronically to Compliance to complete the authorisation process again this is conducted electronically by e-mail. UK Equity Dealers will forward the authorised Form to *UK- Compliance Personal Share Dealing , who will then check the proposed transaction against the significant holdings/block list to ascertain whether or not the security in question has been blocked. | ||
3.3.4 | If satisfactory, then the Form will be authorised by Compliance and confirmation returned by e-mail to the individual, who will then be at liberty to deal through his or her broker within the designated timescales. | ||
3.3.5 | No order for a Securities Transaction for which pre-clearance authorisation is sought may be placed prior to the receipt of authorisation of the transaction by both the UK Equity Dealers and Compliance. The authorisation and date and time of the authorisation must be reflected on the Trade Authorisation Form (see Appendix C). The original of the completed form will be kept as part of Invescos books and records, and matched to the copy contract note (or equivalent) that the member of staff must ensure is sent by their broker to Invesco. | ||
3.3.6 | If an employee receives permission to trade a security or instrument, the trade must be executed by the close of business on the next business day, unless the local European Director of Compliances authorisation to extend this period has been obtained. | ||
3.3.7 | Where an employee receives permission to buy or sell Invesco Limited ordinary shares on the basis of a limit or stop loss order, the pre-clearance remains valid for up to two weeks or until the trade takes place if this is sooner; if the trade does not take place within two weeks, employees must notify Compliance again and seek further pre-clearance to trade. If, during this period, employees gain non-public price sensitive information, they must notify compliance immediately and cancel the trade. For those employees who are members of the Blackout Group, normal Blackout restrictions continue to apply; therefore, any such limit or stop loss order which remains outstanding when a closed period starts must be cancelled by the employee. Where trades involving limit or stop loss orders are approved, further pre-clearance is required before these orders can be changed. | ||
3.3.8 | For any transaction to buy or sell Invesco Limited ordinary shares pre clearance needs only to be sought from Compliance. The trade authorisation form which should be completed in the way detailed above and sent to *UK- Compliance Personal Share Dealing . |
3.4 | Pre-Notification |
3.4.1 | Transactions to buy or sell Venture Capital Trust ordinary securities or to buy, sell, switch or transfer holdings in UK ICVCs, GPR Funds or other affiliated schemes are subject to pre-notification directly to the Compliance Department regardless of whether the order is placed directly or through a broker/adviser. The employee must complete the relevant sections of the Trade Authorisation Form which can be found in Appendix C (and on the Compliance Europe intranet site) and send it by e-mail to *UK- Compliance Personal Share Dealing . Transactions are subject to the 60 day holding period requirements. |
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3.4.2 | It will be necessary to send copies of contract notes (or equivalent) to the Compliance Department. This must be done within 14 days of the transaction. |
3.5 | Transactions that do not need to be pre-cleared but must be reported . The pre-clearance requirements (and the trading restrictions on personal investing described below) do not apply to the following transactions: |
3.5.1 | Discretionary Accounts. Transactions effected in any Covered Account over which the employee has no direct or indirect influence or control (a Discretionary Account). An employee shall be deemed to have no direct or indirect influence or control over an account only if all of the following conditions are met: |
i) | investment discretion for such account has been delegated in writing to an independent fiduciary and such investment discretion is not shared with the employee, or decisions for the account are made by a family member or significant other and not by, or in connection with, the employee; | ||
ii) | the employee (and, where applicable, the family member or significant other) certifies in writing that he or she has not and will not discuss any potential investment decisions with such independent fiduciary or household member; and | ||
iii) | the Compliance Department has determined that the account satisfies the foregoing requirements. |
3.5.2 | Governmental Issues Investments in the debt obligations of Federal agencies or of state and municipal governments or agencies, (e.g. Essex Council Electricity Bond). | ||
3.5.3 | Non-Volitional Trades Transactions which are non-volitional on the part of the employee (such as the receipt of securities pursuant to a stock dividend or merger). | ||
3.5.4 | Automatic Transactions Purchases of the stock of a company pursuant to an automatic dividend reinvestment plan or an employee stock purchase plan sponsored by such company. | ||
3.5.5 | Rights Offerings Receipt or exercise of rights issued by a company on a pro rata basis to all holders of a class of security. Employees must, however, pre-clear transactions for the acquisition of such rights from a third party or the disposition of such rights. | ||
3.5.6 | Interests in Securities comprising part of a broad-based, publicly traded market basket or index of stocks , e.g. S & P 500 Index, FTSE 100, DAX. | ||
3.5.7 | Non-Executive Directors transactions Transactions in securities, except for Invesco Ltd shares and/or UK Investment Trusts and GPR Funds managed by Invesco, by non-executive Directors. | ||
3.5.8 | Note that all of the transactions described in paragraphs 3.5.1. to 3.5.7 while not subject to pre-clearance are nevertheless subject to all of the reporting requirements set forth below in paragraph 7.3. |
4 | TRADE RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONAL INVESTING |
4.1 | All transactions in Covered Accounts which are subject to the preclearance requirements specified in this Code are also subject to the following trading restrictions: |
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4.1.1 | Blackout Restrictions Transactions in Covered Accounts generally will not be permitted during a specific period before and after a client account trades in the same security or instrument. | ||
4.1.2 | Blackout Periods An employee may not buy or sell, or permit any Covered Account to buy or sell, a security or any instrument: |
i) | within three business days before or after the day on which any client account trades in the same security or instrument or in a security convertible into or exchangeable for such security or instrument (including options) on transactions other than those covered under the paragraph below, or | ||
ii) | within two business days before or after the day on which a pro rata strip trade, which includes such security, is made for the purpose of rebalancing client accounts. |
4.1.3 | Blackout periods will no longer apply to equity and corporate bond transactions in main index constituents, i.e. FTSE 100, Dow Jones, etc, subject to a cost and proceeds limit of £25,000 per transaction for equities and £50,000 nominal per transaction for corporate bonds. Normal blackout conditions will apply to transactions outside of these criteria. If in any doubt please consult the European Director of Compliance. On a case by case basis and at the discretion of the European Director of Compliance in consultation with the Chief Investment Officer, this limit may be relaxed. | ||
4.1.4 | Trades effected by Invesco for the account of an index fund it manages in the ordinary course of such funds investment activity will not trigger the blackout period. However, the addition or removal of a security from an index, thereby triggering an index fund trade, would cause employee trades in such security to be blacked-out for the seven prior and subsequent calendar days, as described above. | ||
4.1.5 | In the event there is a trade in a client account in the same security or instrument within a blackout period, the employee may be required to close out the position and to disgorge any profit to a charitable organisation chosen by the local Board of Directors; provided, however, that if an employee has obtained preclearance for a transaction and a subsequent client trade occurs within the blackout period, the Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the European Director of Compliance, upon a demonstration of hardship or extraordinary circumstances, may determine to review the application of the disgorgement policy to such transaction and may select to impose alternative restrictions on the employees position. The disgorgement of profits will only apply if the total profit exceeds £100 within the blackout period. | ||
4.1.6 | Invesco Ltd Shares Pre-clearance is required to buy or sell Invesco Ltd Shares. For staff who have been advised that they are part of the Blackout Group, permission will not be given during a closed period. | ||
Persons within the Blackout Group are determined on a quarterly basis and will be notified that they have been added to or removed from the list. | |||
In line with the Invesco Insider Trading Policy, the closed periods for each quarter commence on 15 March, 15 June, 15 September and 15 December respectively and end on the second business day following the Companys issue of the relevant earnings release. | |||
Full details of the Invesco stock transaction Pre-Clearance Guide and restrictions for all employees of Invesco can be found in Appendix F. |
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4.1.7 | Invesco Investment Trusts Staff dealing in Invesco Investment Trusts will also be subject to closed periods as dictated by each of the Trusts. | ||
4.1.8 | UK ICVCs and other affiliated schemes will be subject to the Short Term Trading restrictions (60 day rule see 4.1.9). The preferential rate of sales charge allowed to staff will be withdrawn in circumstances where it is apparent that the employee has traded on a short term basis in those shares i.e. where previous transactions by that person have resulted in the short term holding of those investments. Shares of UK ICVCs and affiliated schemes will not be accepted for redemption if the funds themselves are closed for redemption due to the effects of subsequent market or currency movements. | ||
4.1.9 | Short Term Trading Profits It is Invescos policy to restrict the ability of employees to benefit from short-term trading in securities and instruments. Employees must disgorge profits made on the sale by an employee of any security or instrument held less than 60 days and will not be permitted to purchase any security or instrument that has been sold by such employee within the prior 60 days. Employees are required to disgorge profits made on the sale in a Covered Account within the 60 days period. Exceptions may be granted by the Compliance Department on a case by case basis. This policy applies to trading in all types of securities and instruments, except where in a particular case the European Director of Compliance in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer has made a specific finding of hardship and it can be demonstrated that no potential abuse or conflict is presented (for example, when an employees request to sell a security purchased within 60 days prior to the request is prompted by a major corporate or market event, such as a tender offer, and the security was not held in client accounts). This section (4.1.9) will not apply to Financial Spread Betting transactions which have been approved under the Exceptions section (4.1.16) of this Policy. | ||
4.1.10 | Initial Public Offerings No employee may purchase or permit any Covered Account to purchase a security offered pursuant to an initial public offering, except in a Venture Capital Trust, wherever such offering is made. However where the public offering is made by a Government of where the employee is resident and different amounts of the offering are specified for different investor types e.g. private and institutional, the European Director of Compliance may allow such purchases after consultation with the local Chief Executive Officer or his designee. | ||
4.1.11 | Privately-Issued Securities Employees may not purchase or permit a Covered Account to purchase or acquire any privately-issued securities, other than in exceptional cases specifically approved by the local Chief Executive Officer (e.g. where such investment is part of a family-owned and operated business venture that would not be expected to involve an investment opportunity of interest to any Invesco client). Requests for exceptions should be made in the first instance to the European Director of Compliance. | ||
4.1.12 | Employees, however, may invest in interests in private investment funds (i.e. hedge funds) that are established to invest predominantly in public securities and instruments, subject to the pre-clearance procedures, trading restrictions and reporting requirements contained in this Code. Employees may also invest in residential co-operatives and private recreational clubs (such as sports clubs, country clubs, luncheon clubs and the like) for their personal use; such investments are not subject to the pre-clearance procedures, trading restrictions |
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and reporting requirements unless the employees investing is part of a business conducted by the employee. Such ownership should be reported to the European Director of Compliance. |
4.1.13 | Short Sales An employee may not sell short a security unless this is specifically related to personal taxation issues. Requests for exceptions should be made to the European Director of Compliance. | ||
4.1.14 | Financial Spread Betting Employees may not enter into Financial Spread betting arrangements unless they have applied in writing to do so under the Exceptions section of this Policy (4.1.16) and have received written confirmation that this is permitted. Exceptions will not be granted for Financial Spread Betting on single stocks but, depending on the circumstances, spread betting on Exchange Rates, Main Indices and Government Bonds may be allowed on an exceptions basis. | ||
4.1.15 | Futures Employees may not write, sell or buy exchange-traded futures, synthetic futures, swaps and similar non-exchange traded instruments. | ||
4.1.16 | Exceptions The Chief Executive Officer or his designee in consultation with the European Director of Compliance may, on a case by case basis, grant exceptions from these trading restrictions upon written request. Any exceptions granted will be reported to the local Board of Directors at least annually. |
5 | ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, CONFIDENTIALITY AND OUTSIDE DIRECTORSHIPS |
5.1 | In order to reduce potential conflicts of interest arising from the participation of employees on the boards of directors of public, private, non-profit and other enterprises, all employees are subject to the following restrictions and guidelines: |
5.1.1 | An employee may not serve as a director of a public company without the approval of the European Director of Compliance. | ||
5.1.2 | An employee may serve on the board of directors or participate as an adviser or otherwise, or advisers of a private company only if: |
(i) | client assets have been invested in such company and having a seat on the board would be considered beneficial to our clients interest; and | ||
(ii) | service on such board has been approved in writing by the European Director of Compliance. The employee must resign from such board of directors as soon as the company contemplates going public, except where the European Director of Compliance has determined that an employee may remain on a board. In any event, an employee shall not accept any compensation for serving as a director (or in a similar capacity) of such company; any compensation offered shall either be refused or, if unable to be refused, distributed pro rata to the relevant client accounts. |
5.1.3 | An employee must receive prior written permission from the European Director of Compliance or his designee before serving as a director, trustee or member of an advisory board of either: |
(i) | any non-profit or charitable institution; or |
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(ii) | a private family-owned and operated business. |
5.1.4 | An employee may serve as an officer or director of a residential co-operative, but must receive prior written permission from the European Director of Compliance before serving as a director if, in the course of such service, he or she gives advice with respect to the management of the co-operatives funds. | ||
5.1.5 | If an employee serving on the board of directors or advisers of any entity comes into possession of material, non-public information through such service, he or she must immediately notify the European Director of Compliance. | ||
5.1.6 | An Invesco employee shall not take personal advantage of any economic opportunity properly belonging to an Invesco Client or to Invesco itself. Such opportunities could arise, for example, from confidential information belonging to a client or the offer of a directorship. Employees must not disclose information relating to a clients intentions, activities or portfolios except: |
i) | to fellow employees, or other agents of the client, who need to know it to discharge their duties; or | ||
ii) | to the client itself. |
5.1.7 | Employees may not cause or attempt to cause any Client to purchase, sell or hold any Security in a manner calculated to create any personal benefit to the employee or Invesco. | ||
5.1.8 | If an employee or immediate family member stands to materially benefit from an investment decision for an Advisory Client that the employee is recommending or participating in, the employee must disclose that interest to persons with authority to make investment decisions and to the European Director of Compliance. Based on the information given, a decision will be made on whether or not to restrict the employees participation in causing a client to purchase or sell a Security in which the employee has an interest. | ||
5.1.9 | An employee must disclose to those persons with authority to make investment decisions for a Client (or to the European Director of Compliance if the employee in question is a person with authority to make investment decisions for the Client), any Beneficial Interest that the employee (or immediate family) has in that Security or an Equivalent Security, or in the issuer thereof, where the decision could create a material benefit to the employee (or immediate family) or the appearance of impropriety. The person to whom the employee reports the interest, in consultation with the European Director of Compliance, must determine whether or not the employee will be restricted in making investment decisions. |
6 | CLIENT INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES OWNED BY INVESCO EMPLOYEES |
6.1 | General principles In addition to the specific prohibitions on certain personal securities transactions as set forth herein, all employees are prohibited from: |
6.1.1 | Employing any device, scheme or artifice to defraud any prospect or client; | ||
6.1.2 | Making any untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state to a client or a prospective client, a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; |
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6.1.3 | Engaging in any act, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any prospect or client; | ||
6.1.4 | Engaging in any manipulative practice with respect to any prospect or client; or | ||
6.1.5 | Revealing to any other person (except in the normal course of his or her duties on behalf of a client) any information regarding securities transactions by any client or by Invesco, | ||
6.1.6 | Revealing to any other person (except in the normal course of his or her duties on behalf of a client) the consideration of any securities transactions by any client or by Invesco. |
7 | REPORTS |
7.1 | In order to implement the general principles, restrictions and prohibitions contained in this Code, each Employee is required to provide the following: | ||
7.2 | Initial Certification and Schedules . This Code forms part of an employees contract of employment and any breach may be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including summary dismissal. |
7.2.1 | On commencing employment at Invesco, each new employee shall receive a copy of the Code via electronic means and will be expected to confirm that they understand and accept this Code within their first month of employment.(See Appendix D). | ||
7.2.2 | New employees are also required on commencement of employment to provide the following to the Compliance Department: |
(i) | a list of all Covered Accounts; and | ||
(ii) | details of any directorships (or similar positions) of for-profit, non-profit and other enterprises. |
7.3 | Confirmations Each employee shall cause to be provided to the Compliance Department, where an outside broker undertakes the transaction, duplicate copies of confirmations of all transactions in each Covered Account. | ||
7.4 | Annual Certification All employees are required to confirm their understanding of and adherence to the Code of Ethics on an annual basis. (See Appendix E). |
7.4.1 | Annual acceptance of the Code is normally submitted electronically and requires the employee to provide an up-to-date list of: |
i) | all Covered Accounts/securities; | ||
ii) | directorships (or similar positions) of for-profit, non-profit and other enterprises; | ||
iii) | trades undertaken for which contract notes/confirmations have not been provided to the Compliance Department; | ||
iv) | potential conflicts of interest identified which have not yet been reported to the Compliance Department; and | ||
v) | potential Treating Customers Fairly issues identified which have not yet been reported to the Compliance Department. |
7.4.2 | With respect to Discretionary Accounts, if any, certifications that such employee does not discuss any investment decisions with the person making investment decisions; and |
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7.4.3 | With respect to any non-public security owned by such employee, a statement indicating whether the issuer has changed its name or publicly issued securities during such calendar year. |
7.5 | Exempt Investments Confirmations and periodic reports need not be provided with respect to Exempt Investments, (see 3.2). | ||
7.6 | Disclaimer of Beneficial Ownership Any report required under this Code may contain a statement that such report is not to be construed as an admission by the person making the report that he or she has any direct and indirect beneficial ownership of the security to which the report relates. | ||
7.7 | Annual Review The European Director of Compliance will review the Code as necessary, in light of legal and business developments and experience in implementing the Code, and will prepare a report to the relevant Executive Committee that: |
7.7.1 | summarizes existing procedures concerning personal investing and any changes in the procedures made during the past year, | ||
7.7.2 | identifies any violations requiring significant remedial action during the past year, and | ||
7.7.3 | identifies any recommended changes in existing restrictions or procedures based on the experience under the Code, evolving industry practices, or developments in applicable laws or regulations |
8 | MISCELLANEOUS |
8.1 | Interpretation The provisions of this Code will be interpreted by the European Director of Compliance. Questions of interpretation should be directed in the first instance to the European Director of Compliance or his/her designee or, if necessary, with the Compliance Officer of another Invesco entity. The interpretation of the European Director of Compliance is final. | ||
8.2 | Sanctions If advised of a violation of this Code by an employee, the local Chief Executive Officer (or, in the case of the local Chief Executive Officer, the local Board of Directors) may impose such sanctions as are deemed appropriate. Any violations of this Code and sanctions therefore will be reported to the local Board of Directors at least annually. | ||
8.3 | Effective Date This revised Code shall become effective as of 1 March 2011. |
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1. | Advisory Client means any client (including both investment companies and managed accounts) for which Invesco serves as an investment adviser, renders investment advice, or makes investment decisions. | |
2 | Beneficial Interest means the opportunity to share, directly or indirectly, in any profit or loss on a transaction in Securities, including but not limited to all joint accounts, partnerships and trusts. | |
3 | Covered Accounts means: |
3.1 | any account/securities held by you, or your family, while an employee; | ||
3.2 | accounts/securities held by you for the benefit of your spouse, significant other, or any children or relatives who share your home; | ||
3.3 | accounts/securities for which you have or share, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise: |
(i) | voting power (which includes power to vote, or to direct the voting of, a security), or | ||
(ii) | investment power (which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition) of a security; or |
3.4 | accounts/securities held by any other person to whose support you materially contribute or in which, by reason of any agreement or arrangement, you have or share benefits substantially equivalent to ownership, including, for example: |
(i) | arrangements (which may be informal) under which you have agreed to share the profits from an investment, and | ||
(ii) | accounts maintained or administered by you for a relative (such as children or parents) who do not share your home. |
3.5 | Families include husbands and wives, significant other, sons and daughters and other immediate family only where any of those persons take part in discussion or passing on of investment information. |
4. | Employee means a person who has a contract of employment with, or employed by, Invesco UK or any associated Invesco Company within Europe; including consultants, contractors or temporary employees. | |
5. | Equivalent Security means any Security issued by the same entity as the issuer of a security, including options, rights, warrants, preferred stock, restricted stock, bonds and other obligations of that company. | |
6. | Fund means an investment company for which Invesco serves as an adviser or subadviser. | |
7. | High quality short-term debt instruments means any instrument having a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and which is treated in one of the highest two rating categories by a Nationally Recognised Statistical Rating Organisation, or which is unrated but is of comparable quality. |
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8. | Independent Fund Director means an independent director of an investment company advised by Invesco. | |
9. | Initial Public Offering means any security which is being offered for the first time on a Recognised Stock Exchange. | |
10. | Open-Ended Collective Investment Scheme means any Open-ended Investment Company, US Mutual Fund, UK ICVC or Irish Unit Trust, Luxembourg SICAV, French SICAV or Bermuda Fund. | |
11. | Securities Transaction means a purchase of or sale of Securities. | |
12. | Security includes stock, notes, bonds, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness (including loan participations and assignments), limited partnership interests, investment contracts, and all derivative instruments, such as options and warrants. | |
13. | UK ICVC and affiliate schemes defined as all UK domiciled retail Invesco ICVCs, all Invesco Continental European domestic ranges and all Invesco Ireland and Luxembourg SICAVs and Unit Trusts. | |
14. | Main Index defined as a member of the FTSE 100 or equivalent. The equivalency will be determined by the European Director of Compliance on a case by case basis. |
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1 | The procedures to deal are as follows: |
A: | Obtain the UK Pre-Clearance Trade Authorisation Form from the Compliance Europe Intranet site homepage. | ||
B: | Complete Trade Authorisation Form noting: |
i) | permission sought to either buy or sell; | ||
ii) | the amount in shares or currency; | ||
iii) | is the transaction an Invesco ICVC/ISA/GPR or affiliated scheme yes or no if yes, then you will have to submit your pre-clearance form to *UK- Compliance Personal Share Dealing e-mail group if no, then pre-clearance is not required; | ||
iv) | type of security; | ||
v) | name of company or other; | ||
vi) | date of request to deal; | ||
vii) | name of beneficial owner; and | ||
viii) | address of beneficial owner. |
Then complete each of the questions in connection with the transaction you require completed yes or no answers will be required. |
C: | For Venture Capital Trust ordinary securities or for Invesco ICVC/ISA/GPR Trades, you should now only complete section Two. Once you have answered both questions, the pre-clearance form must be submitted to the e-mail *UK-Compliance Personal Share Dealing Compliance will review the prospective transaction and revert to you by e-mail. Once you have received this confirmation e-mail you are free to deal. However, the trade must be completed by the end of the next business day from the date of confirmation. | ||
If you wish to sell/buy Invesco shares you should complete Section two as noted above. | |||
D: | For Equity, Bond or Warrant deals, obtain pre-clearance to deal from the UK Investment Dealers by submitting the completed pre-clearance form by e-mail to *UK- Invest. Dealers . | ||
E: | Once the UK Investment Dealers have authorised the pre-clearance form, they will send the form on by e-mail to *UK- Compliance Personal Share Dealing for additional authorisation. | ||
Once Compliance have completed their checks, they will authorise the pre-clearance form and send back to the originator. The originator then has until close of business the day after pre-clearance is granted to deal. If dealing is not completed in this time frame, then additional pre-clearance MUST be sought via the same process. |
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F: | Once authority has been granted from the UK Investment Dealers and Compliance, the originator must also send a copy of the completed form to Elaine Coleman in Henley Compliance, who will enter the authority in the Personal Share Dealing Register. | ||
G: | A copy of the contract note (or equivalent) must also be sent to Compliance. | ||
NB | Permission to deal will not be granted retrospectively. Deals undertaken without permission will be brought to the European Director of Compliances attention, by a review of the personal share dealing register, for discussion with the person concerned. |
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1. | In accordance with Section 7 of the Code of Ethics, I will fully disclose the Securities holdings in Covered Accounts* | |
2. | In accordance with Section 3 of the Code of Ethics, I will obtain prior authorisation for all Securities Transactions in each of my Covered Accounts except for transactions exempt from pre-clearance under Section 3 of the Code of Ethics* | |
3. | In accordance with section 7 of the Code of Ethics, I will report all Securities Transactions in each of my Covered Accounts except for transactions exempt from reporting under Section 3 of the Code of Ethics. | |
4. | I will comply with the Code of Ethics in all other respects. |
Signature | ||||
Print Name | ||||
Date: |
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a) | Sections A & B contain a complete list of Covered Account(s) as well as a complete list of my directorships, advisory board memberships and similar positions; | |
b) | Section C contains a complete list of trades, other than Exempt Investments, in my Covered Account(s) during the Calendar Year for which contract notes/confirmations have not been forwarded; | |
c) | Sections D & E contain details of any potential Conflicts of Interest and Treating Customers Fairly issues identified during the year but not yet reported. |
a) | For any of my Covered Accounts which have been approved by the Compliance Department as a Discretionary Account(s) (which have been identified on Section A with an E prefix), that I have not exercised investment discretion or influenced any investment decisions and that I will not exercise investment discretion or influence any potential investment decisions with such Discretionary Account(s); | |
b) | As appropriate, I have identified on Section A hereto those Covered Accounts which contain open-ended Collective Investment Schemes/Investment Companies shares only but for which account statements and confirms are not and have not been provided and hereby confirm that all securities transactions in these accounts are and will be limited exclusively to transactions in shares of open-ended Collective Investment Schemes; | |
c) | For any privately-issued security held by me or my Covered Account(s), I will inform the Compliance Department upon learning that any issuer has either changed its name or has issued or proposed to issue any class of security to the public; | |
d) | I have complied with the requirements of the Conflicts of Interest Policy, the Gifts, Benefits and Entertainment (Inducements) Policy; and the Treating Customers Fairly Policy; | |
e) | I have not used personal hedging strategies or remuneration or liability related insurance contracts to undermine any risk alignment effects embedded in my remuneration arrangements; and | |
f) | I have received a copy of and understand the Code in its entirety and acknowledge that I am subject to its provisions. I also certify that I have complied and will comply with its requirements; |
Signature | ||||
Print Name | ||||
Date: |
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Type of Transaction in IVZ | Clearance | Basis for Approval | of Transactions | Holdings | ||||
Open market purchases & sales
Transactions in 401(k) plan |
Yes | Not permitted in blackout periods. | Yes | Yes | ||||
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European Director of Compliance | European Director of Compliance | European Director of Compliance | |||||
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Exercise of Employee Stock Options when same
day sale
Recd when merged w/ Invesco Options for Stock Grants Options for Global Stock Plans Options for Restricted StkAwards |
Yes
IVZ Company Secretarial |
Not permitted in
closed periods for
those in the
Blackout Group.
Option holding period must be satisfied. |
Yes
European Director of Compliance |
n/a | ||||
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Sale of Stocks Exercised and held until later date.
Options Exercised will have been received as
follows:
Recd when merged w/ Invesco Options for Stock Grants Options for Global Stock Plans Options for Restricted StkAwards |
Yes
European Director of Compliance |
Not permitted in
closed periods for
those in the
Blackout Group.
Stock holding period must be satisfied. |
Yes
European Director of Compliance |
Yes
European Director of Compliance |
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Sale of Stock Purchased through Sharesave
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Yes
European Director of Compliance |
Not permitted in closed periods for those in the Blackout Group. |
Yes
European Director of Compliance |
Yes
European Director of Compliance |
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Sale of Stock Purchased through UK SIP
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Yes
European Director of Compliance |
Not permitted in closed periods for those in the Blackout Group. |
Yes
European Director of Compliance |
Yes
European Director of Compliance |
1) Open market purchases/sales Pre-clearance to deal is required from Compliance, no dealing is permitted during close periods for those in the Blackout Group. Details of closed periods are posted to the intranet site by Company Secretarial. | ||
2) Employee Stock Options (a) exercise/same day sale authorisation of the Option is granted by Company Secretarial Department and signed by Trustees of the Scheme. | ||
3) Employee Stock Options (b) exercise/take possession/subsequent day sale same as above, except that individual would pay for the shares and pay tax. The stock would then be lodged in the employee share service arrangement then if subsequent disposal was sought the normal pre-clearance process would apply (pre-clearance from Compliance no dealing during closed periods for Blackout Group members). | ||
4) Stock Grants (Global Stock Plans) Awards made yearly, stock would be purchased through Company Secretarial and held for three years. After three years elect to keep the shares or distribute stock would be transferred to employee share service arrangement with normal pre-clearance/closed period requirements. | ||
5) Employees who receive IVZ stock when their company is purchased by IVZ stock distribution as part of the transaction to buy the Company concerned. Stock would be issued to the individual concerned and, depending on the terms of the deal, may be required to be held for a period. Stock would be transferred into the employee share service, and subject to terms of the Company deal would then follow normal pre-clearance/close period guidelines. | ||
6) Restricted Stock Awards similar to stock grants as above except tax not paid initially pre-clearance from Compliance and closed period restrictions apply. | ||
7) Transactions in IVZ stock via 401(k) plan Transaction no different to open market purchases pre-clearance required, dealing in closed periods no allowed. | ||
8) Sharesave If share save is exercised then stock would be placed into employee share service arrangement. Then if individual sells they go through normal pre-clearance and closed period process. Special rules may be brought in at share save anniversary dates. These will be communicated as appropriate. | ||
9) UK SIP A UK SIP is open to UK employees which is a tax efficient way of purchasing shares on a monthly basis. The shares must be held for 5 years from initial purchase date sell before and then tax would be paid. If you sell after the five year period, then normal pre-clearance and closed period restrictions would apply. |
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1) | Meal | ||
2) | Sporting Games (Golf Club) | ||
3) | Travel (except the situation of Business Trip) | ||
4) | Mid-Year and Year End Gift | ||
5) | Souvenir | ||
6) | Farewell Gift | ||
7) | Gratuity / Funeral | ||
8) | Services compensation, Receipt of Real Estate, Goods Credit Loan, Loan Offer | ||
9) | Non-Market Price Offer for any security, stocks and other assets | ||
10) | Any Ticket offer |
1. | Invesco staffs are expected to have good ethical standards and sense in receiving or entertaining and in being received or entertained by a Business Associate, particularly in the frequency, amount, venue and content. | ||
2. | If the situation occurs in overseas, Invesco staff should are expected to use their professional judgment to deal with this matter. |
1) | Invesco staff must not give or receive any gift and entertainment in the following cases as specified below: |
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2) | Any gifts and entertainments are prohibited according to the laws and regulations which regulate the counterparty. | ||
3) | In the case where such gifts and/or entertainments will destroy the Invescos social trust and image. | ||
4) | Although the gifts/entertainments are to be made in accordance with the business operations, the related objectives are deemed to be personal conducts. | ||
5) | The contents and amount of gifts/entertainments exceed the socially accepted limits in terms of the purpose of the gifts/entertainments and the social status of the recipients of the gifts/entertainments. | ||
6) | The gifts/entertainments are not to be made according to the pre-determined procedure stipulated by this Policy and other related internal rules. | ||
7) | Cash and/or cash equivalents (Except for the gift certificates, and reasonable cash due to the general custom such as the marriage and/or funeral matters) |
1. | In case where any director/employee grants the gift/entertainment of the value of JPY 20,000 or more per case, the prior approval of the direct reporting head and the head of Legal and Compliance is required. | |
2. | In case where any director/employee receives the gift/entertainment of the value of JPY 10,000 or more per case, the prior approval of the direct reporting head and the head of Legal and Compliance is also required. | |
3. | The preceding approval shall be required according to the pre-determined application format (Appendix I). | |
4. | In other cases than the preceding Section 1 and 3, the prior approval shall not be required. Provided, however, that in either case where the total aggregate amount of the granted gifts/entertainments for one year is JPY 200,00 or over, or the total aggregate amount of the gifts/entertainments received for one year is JPY 100,00 or over, any director/employee shall make the post report to Legal and Compliance Department. |
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5. | Legal & Compliance Department will instruct and advise the directors and employees in case of need and will report to the Risk Management Committee if any serious matters occur. |
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1) | This rule is not applied to the cases of gifts/entertainments between-directors/employees or gifts/entertainments related to private matters which have nothing to do with business. | ||
2) | Every employee should conduct the appropriate behavior according to the preceding Article 2 in case of the conducts as specified in the preceding Article 3. |
1. | Staff as stipulated herein shall refer to members of Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. (excluding part-time staff)(referred to as Invesco thereafter). | |
2. | Family of staff as stipulated herein shall refer to relatives of staff who live with the staff. | |
3. | Securities as stipulated herein shall refer to securities (including the trading of securities in securities cumulative investment plans), convertible bonds, warrant, bond attached with warrant, bonds (excluding government bonds, municipal bonds, and government-guaranteed bonds), or any funds managed by the Invesco group. | |
4. | Transactions as stipulated herein shall refer to the transaction in securities or any similar acts (including assignment and inheritance). |
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1. | No one may under any circumstance engage in a trade for the purpose of speculative gain. Trades are limited to those whose purpose is investment. Trades whose purpose is investment refer to the trading of securities with the intention of holding the securities for no less than six months under a normal market environment. This holding period shall be shortened for 60 days for any staff other than directors and the staff who are registered with FSA as key person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the basis for the trade of securities in securities cumulative investment plans whose purpose is deemed as investment shall be the first purchase date after subscription (if the securities were acquired after the assessment is increased due to a change in the contract, the first purchase date after the contract is changed; if the securities were acquired after the contract is suspended then resumed, the first purchase date after resumption). In addition, to make clear that the purpose of the trade is investment, the staff must agree to |
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deposit the purchased securities under the securities certificate storage program or to transfer the securities. |
2. | No one may under any condition buy back a security that they sold or any security of the same issuer within sixty days. |
1. | No one may handle securities if they are aware of any non-public information on said securities that, if made public, may affect the market price of said securities (refer to the Regulations for the Prevention of Insider Trading). | |
2. | No one may trade the same securities as that traded on behalf of Invesco clients within seven days before or after the said trade. Therefore, the Trader who receives an application for a personal trade shall check seven days prior to the said trade to see if the same securities had been traded. If upon the report from Trader the Compliance Officer verifies that the same securities had been traded, they shall reject the trade application. Likewise, the Compliance Officer shall check seven days after the trade in the trade application to determine if the same securities had been traded. When a transaction in the same security has been confirmed, the Chief Investment Officer and Compliance Officer will examine the probability of a conflict of interest with customers, and if necessary may order a surrender of the profits arising out of the relevant transaction. Such examination shall be documented. | |
3. | The above seven-day rule does not apply to a trade where (i) the issuers market capitalization is greater than or equal to JPY 100,000,000,000; (ii) the volume of the trade does not exceed 20 times the minimum number of tradable shares, and (iii) the value of the trade does not exceed JPY 2,000,000; provided that a trade under this exception will not be permitted more than once a month with respect to any particular security. | |
4. | Underwriting of new issues (including secondary issues) by staff is not permitted. Furthermore, if staff finds out that securities in their possession will be listed on an exchange, they shall prepare a report on said securities and submit the report to the Compliance Officer. | |
5. | No one may do trading of securities on the Invesco restricted list (which will be distributed to all staff by the Compliance Officer), margin trading, futures trading, and commodity trading (including options). |
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6. | No one may trade securities under the name of another party or a fictitious name. |
1. | No one may, whether directly or indirectly, receive any gifts or be entertained from any of the following units of individuals: Invesco Group, its customers, Groups affiliated companies, and their customers. In addition, whether directly or indirectly, no staff may trade securities or other assets at prices different from market prices with security companies with whom Invesco has business or with employees and accounting managers of companies engaged in transactions with Invesco. | |
2. | It is not permitted to give or receive, directly or indirectly, cash or money to or from the Invesco Group, its customers, its affiliates, or persons connected with any of the foregoing. | |
3. | The rules on gifts and entertainment are set forth separately in the companys internal regulations. |
1. | Staffs (excluding part-time staff) are hired to work full-time. Therefore, anyone who is hired for an employment outside Invesco or who wishes to engage in another occupation (excluding funds managed by Invesco) shall, to prevent their other job or occupation from interfering with their job at Invesco, report the nature of said occupation or job in writing in advance, and receive the approval of the President and the Compliance Officer. | |
2. | A staff who said additional employment is approved shall carefully handle any information obtained on said additional employment to prevent the violation of Invesco and/or regulatory agencies rules regarding insider information. |
1. | Staff shall submit every quarter a personal transaction check sheet (Form D) for said quarter within ten days after the end of said quarter. | |
2. | Staff shall report on the ownership of securities as of December 31 by January 31 the following year using Form E. In addition staff shall report on any securities acquired by stock dividend, stock split, dividend reinvestment plan, etc. |
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3. | The Compliance Officer, after receiving the quarterly report and annual report as stipulated above, shall evaluate the contents. Any violations or irregularities will be reported by the Compliance Officer to the President. | |
4. | Each director and employee shall within 10 days of the end of each quarter file a Form F report of any gifts in the preceding quarter, and shall submit it to the department head. The department head shall verify the contents of the report and submit it to the Compliance Officer. | |
5. | These regulations shall be distributed to staff once a year along with the Regulations for the Prevention of Insider Trading. After receiving the documents, staff shall carefully review their contents and submit to the Compliance Officer a form that confirms all stipulated reports have been submitted (Form E) and acknowledges understanding of the regulations. |
1. | Report on the account with securities company (Form A) | |
2. | Report on the ownership of securities as of joining date |
1. | Applications and reports submitted according to stipulations herein shall be held in storage by the company for no less than six years from when they were issued. | |
2. | The Compliance Officer shall have principal authority over these regulations and report documents. |
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1. | Legal and Regulatory Compliance |
(1) | Invesco shall comply with the Law Concerning Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations, the Law Concerning the Regulation, Etc., of the Investment Advisory Business in Connection With Securities, and the Securities and Exchange Law, and shall endeavor to prevent insider trading. | ||
(2) | Invesco shall endeavor to have its customers and other persons fully informed of the significance and content of the insider trading regulations on occasions such as collecting information in the investment trust management business and the investment advisory business, as well as at the time of executing agreements. |
2. | Management of Important Corporate Information |
(1) | In these regulations the following shall be Important Corporate Information out of the undisclosed events of which officers and employees are aware in the course of conducting their business: |
A. | Decisions |
(A) | Listed Companies, Etc. | ||
If the organ that decides on the execution of business of a listed company, etc. (as defined in Article 163(1) of the Securities and Exchange Law. The same shall apply hereinafter) has made a decision to implement the following or if in connection with said decision (limited to those that have been disclosed to the public) the organ has made a decision not to implement the following (see Article 166(2)(i) for reference), excluding those that are covered by the standards set forth in Cabinet Office Order (Article 1-2 of the Cabinet Office Order Concerning Regulation of Transactions in Specified Securities, Etc., of Company Related Persons, Etc.) as being of minimum impact on the investment decisions of investors: |
1. | The issuing of shares of stock (including preferred equity investments under the Preferred Equity Investments Laws. The same shall apply in 6. below), warrant, bond attached with warrant, and convertible bond; | ||
2. | Reduction in capitalization; | ||
3. | Reduction in capital reserves or profit reserves; |
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4. | Acquisition of treasury shares pursuant to Commercial Code Article 210 or Article 211-3 or an equivalent law or regulation of a foreign country (limited to cases in which the listed company, etc., is a foreign company. The same shall apply hereinafter in this Article); | ||
5. | Disposition of treasury shares pursuant to Commercial Code Article 211 or an equivalent law or regulation of a foreign country; | ||
6. | Stock split; | ||
7. | Dividend of profit or surplus or cash distributions within the fiscal year as set forth in Commercial Code Article 293-5 (limited to those for which the amount per share or method differs from the most recent dividend of profit or surplus or cash dividend); | ||
8. | Exchange of shares; | ||
9. | Transfer of shares; | ||
10. | Merger; | ||
11. | Company split; | ||
12. | Assignment or acquisition or all or a part of business or business unit; | ||
13. | Dissolution (excluding dissolution as a result of a merger); | ||
14. | Commercialization of a new product or new technology; or | ||
15. | Business alliance or other event prescribed by Cabinet Order (Article 28 of the Securities and Exchange Law Enforcement Order) as being equivalent to 1 through 14 above. |
(B) | Subsidiaries of Listed Companies, Etc. | ||
If the organ that decides on the execution of business of a subsidiary of a listed company, etc. (meaning a subsidiary as prescribed in Article 166(5) of the Securities and Exchange Law. The same shall apply hereinafter) has made a decision to implement or made a decision not to implement any of the following (see Article 166(2)(v) of the Securities and Exchange Law), excluding those that are covered by the standards set forth in Cabinet Office Order (Article 1 of the Cabinet Office Order Concerning Regulation of Transactions in Specified Securities, Etc., of Company Related Persons, Etc.) as being of minimum impact on the investment decisions of investors: |
1. | Exchange of shares; |
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2. | Transfer of shares; | ||
3. | Merger; | ||
4. | Company split; | ||
5. | Assignment or acquisition of all or a part of business or business unit; | ||
6. | Dissolution (excluding dissolution as a result of a merger); | ||
7. | Commercialization of a new product or new technology; or | ||
8. | Business alliance or other event prescribed by Cabinet Order (Article 29 of the Securities and Exchange Law Enforcement Order) as being equivalent to 1 through 7 above. |
B. | Events |
(A) | Listed Companies, Etc. | ||
If an event as set forth below occurs in connection with a listed company (See Article166 (2) (ii) of the Securities and Exchange Law), excluding those that are covered by the standards set forth in Cabinet Order (Article 2 of the Cabinet Office Order Concerning Regulation of Transactions in Specified Securities, Etc., of Company Related Persons, Etc.) as being of minimum impact on the investment decisions of investors: |
1. | Damage resulting from a disaster or damage occurring in the course of execution of business; | ||
2. | Change in major shareholders; | ||
3. | An event that constitutes the cause for delisting or cancellation of the registration of specified securities or options in connection with specified securities; or | ||
4. | An event is set forth in Cabinet Order (Article 28-2 of the Securities Exchange Law Enforcement Order) as being equivalent to 1 through 3 above. |
(B) | Subsidiary of Listed Company, Etc. | ||
If an event as set forth below occurs in connection with a subsidiary of a listed company, etc. (Article 166(2) (vi) of the Securities and Exchange Law), excluding those that are covered by the standards set forth in Cabinet Order (Article 1-2 of the Cabinet Office Order Concerning Regulation of Transactions in Specified Securities, Etc., of Company Related Persons, Etc.) as being of minimum impact on the investment decisions of investors: |
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1. | Damage resulting from a disaster or damage occurring in the course of execution of business; or | ||
2. | An event as prescribed by Cabinet Order as being an event equivalent to that set forth in 1 above (Securities and Exchange Law Enforcement Order Article 29-2). |
C. | Settlement Information |
(A) | Listed Company, Etc. | ||
If a difference has occurred between the most recent projected value (or if there is no projected value, the public results for the preceding fiscal year) published in connection with the sales, ordinary profits, net profits (hereinafter sales, etc.) or dividends or distributions as set forth in A(A)7. of a listed company or sales, etc., of the corporate group to which the listed company, etc., belongs, and a new projected value calculated by the listed company, etc., or in the settlement of said fiscal year (see Securities and Exchange Law Article 166(2)(iii) for reference); provided, however, that this shall be limited to cases covered by the standards set forth by Cabinet Office Order (Article 3 of the Cabinet Office Order Concerning Regulation of Transactions in Specified Securities, Etc., of Company Related Persons, Etc.) as being of significant impact on the investment decisions of investors. | |||
(B) | Subsidiary of a Listed Company, Etc. | ||
If a difference has occurred between the most recent projected value (or if there is no projected value, the public results for the preceding fiscal year) published in connection with the sales, etc., of a subsidiary of a listed company, etc. (limited to an issuer of securities set forth in Securities and Exchange Law Article 2(1)(iv), (v-ii) or (vi) that are listed on an exchange and other persons as prescribed by Cabinet Office Order) and a new projected value calculated by the subsidiary or in the settlement of said fiscal year (see Securities and Exchange Law Article 166(2)(vii) for reference); provided, however, that this shall be limited to cases covered by the standards set forth by Cabinet Office Order (Article 4-4 of the Cabinet Office Order Concerning Regulation of Transactions in Specified Securities, Etc., of Company Related Persons, Etc.) as being of significant impact on the investment decisions of investors. |
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D. | Other Important Facts: |
(A) | Listed Companies, Etc. | ||
A material event in connection with the operation, business or assets of a listed company, etc., that will have a significant impact on the investment decisions of investors, except an event as set forth in A. through C. above in connection with the listed company, etc. (see Securities and Exchange Law Article 166(2)(iv) for reference); | |||
(B) | Subsidiary of Listed Company, Etc. | ||
A material event in connection with the operation, business or assets of a subsidiary of a listed company that will have a significant impact on the investment decisions of investors, except an event as set forth in A. through C. above in connection with subsidiaries of a listed company, etc. (see Securities and Exchange Law Article 166(2)(viii)). |
E. | Information in Connection With Public Tender Offerings, Etc. | ||
An event in connection with implementing or halting a public tender offering, etc., as prescribed in Securities and Exchange Law Article 167(1) and (2)), excluding those that are covered by the standards set forth in Cabinet Office Order (Article 7-3 of the Cabinet Office Order Concerning Regulation of Transactions in Specified Securities, Etc., of Company Related Persons, Etc.) as being of minimum impact on the investment decisions of investors |
(2) | In these regulations officers and employees shall mean officers and employees, contract works and temp staff of Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited | ||
(3) | The Company must designate an information control manager from among the officers and employees (which in principle shall be a director or a person with an equivalent position). | ||
(4) | If an officer or employee receives Important Corporate Information or information that is likely to constitute the same, the officer or employee shall immediately report said information to the information control manager. |
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(5) | If the information control manager receives a report from an officer or employee in connection with the preceding item, the information control manager shall inspect whether said report constitutes Important Corporate Information and if so shall give the necessary instructions concerning management, etc., of the Important Corporate Information. | ||
(6) | If an officer or employee has received Important Corporate Information or information that is likely to constitute the same, or a report of the same, the officer or employee must not communicate the Important Corporate Information to any other person, whether inside or outside the Company, unless approved by the information control manager. |
3. | Approach to Business | |
The Company shall not commit any act based on Important Corporate Information in connection with the implementation of the investment trust management business, investment advisory business, or discretionary investment business. | ||
4. | Approach to Proprietary Trading | |
The Company and its officers and employees shall not engage in proprietary trading of share certificates, etc., pursuant to Important Corporate Information. | ||
5. | Amendment or Abolition | |
Amendment or abolition of these regulations shall be by resolution of the executive committee. |
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10.1 | Fiduciary Duty | |
10.1.1 | As a fiduciary, Invesco owes an undivided duty of loyalty to its clients. It is Invescos policy that all employees conduct themselves so as to avoid not only actual conflicts of interest with Invesco clients, but also that they refrain from conduct which could give rise to the appearance of a conflict of interest that may compromise the trust that clients have placed in Invesco. | |
10.1.2 | The personal securities transactions of all employees must be conducted in accordance with the following general principles: |
(a) | There is duty at all times to place the interests of Invesco clients first and foremost; | ||
(b) | All personal securities transactions be conducted in a manner consistent with these rules and in such a manner as to avoid any actual, potential or appearance of a conflict of interest or any abuse of an employees position of trust and responsibility; and | ||
(c) | Employees should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions. |
10.1.3 | Invescos policy is to avoid conflicts and, where they unavoidably occur, to resolve them in a manner that clearly places our clients interests first. | |
10.1.4 | A copy of the INVESCO LTD. Conflicts of Interest Policy and Insider Dealing Policy is attached as Appendix 10.1 and Appendix 10.8 respectively. | |
10.1.5 | The policy on personal securities transactions is set out under the following headings: |
(i) | Definitions | ||
(ii) | Prohibited Personal Transactions | ||
(iii) | Transactions Exempt from Personal Share Dealing Rules | ||
(iv) | Transactions Exempt from Authorisation | ||
(v) | Permitted Transactions Requiring Authorisation and Reporting | ||
(vi) | Procedures for Authorisation and Placing Orders | ||
(vii) | Procedures for Reporting | ||
(viii) | Restrictions on Investing | ||
(ix) | Dealing in Invesco Ltd | ||
(x) | Dealing in Invesco Funds/non Invesco Funds |
10.2 | Definitions | |
10.2.1 | Business Associate shall mean any person or organisation that provides services to Invesco, that may do business or is being solicited to do business with Invesco or that is associated with an organisation that does or seeks to do business with Invesco. |
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10.2.2 | High Quality Short-Term Debt Instrument means, but is not limited to, bankers acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and repurchase agreements; and means any instrument having a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days.. | |
10.2.3 | Security includes stock, notes, bonds, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness (including loan participations and assignments), limited partnership interests, investment contracts, and all derivative instruments, such as options and warrants. | |
10.2.4 | Related Accounts means: |
(a) | accounts held by (or for the benefit of) an employees spouse, significant other, or any minor children; | ||
(b) | accounts for which the employee has or shares, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise; |
(i) | voting power (which includes power to vote, or to direct the voting of, a security), or | ||
(ii) | investment power (which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition) of a security; or |
(c) | accounts held by any other person to whose support the employee materially contributes or in which, by reason of any agreement or arrangement, the employee has or shares benefits substantially equivalent to ownership, including, for example: |
(i) | arrangements (which may be informal) under which the employee has agreed to share the profits from an investment, and | ||
(ii) | accounts maintained or administered by the employee for a relative (such as children or parents) who do not share his/her home. |
(d) | accounts in which the employees hold beneficial interest | ||
(e) | Families include husbands and wives, significant other, sons and daughters and other immediate family only where those persons take part in discussion or passing on of investment information. | ||
(f) | All Invesco employees or members of his family only insofar as the Invesco employee controls or influences the investment decision are subject to the Invesco Code |
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10.2.5 | Non-Discretionary Account shall mean an account where an employee is deemed to have no direct or indirect influence or control over an account i.e.: |
(a) | investment discretion for such account has been delegated in writing to an independent fiduciary and such investment discretion is not shared with the employee, or decisions for the account are made by a family member or significant other and not by, or in connection with, the employee; | ||
(b) | the employee (and, where applicable, the family member or significant other) certifies in writing that he or she has not and will not discuss any potential investment decisions with such independent fiduciary or household member; and | ||
(c) | the Compliance Department has determined that the account satisfies the foregoing requirements. |
10.2.6 | Pre-Clearance Officer is the Head of Compliance or his deputy. |
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10.3 | Prohibited Personal Transactions | |
10.3.1 | Privately Issued Securities |
(a) | Employees may not purchase or permit a Related Account to purchase or acquire any privately-issued securities, other than in exceptional cases where such investment is part of a family-owned and operated business venture that would not be expected to involve an investment opportunity of interest to any Invesco client. |
10.3.2 | Short Selling . An employee may not, sell short a security unless this is specifically related to personal taxation issues. Requests for exceptions should be made to the local Head of Compliance. | |
10.3.3 | Futures . Employees may not write, sell or buy exchange-traded futures, synthetic futures, swaps and similar non-exchange traded instruments. | |
10.3.4 | Deminimus transactions . An employee may request permission to buy or sell a security which would otherwise be the subject of the Blackout restrictions (10.10.1) if that security is so liquid that the transaction would not affect the price per share so that there is no disadvantage to any Invesco client transaction. Transaction unit size or cost should be considered by the local Head of Dealing and Chief Investment Officer. | |
10.3.5 | The local Head of Compliance may in rare instances grant exceptions from these trading restrictions upon written request. Employees must demonstrate hardship or extraordinary circumstances. . | |
10.4 | Transactions Exempt From Personal Dealing Rules | |
The following types of share dealing transactions do not need to be approved or reported. | ||
Non Invesco Funds |
(a) | authorised non-Invesco managed investment schemes excluding REITs & ETFs. |
Direct Government Obligations |
(b) | Securities which are direct obligations of the country in which the employee is a resident (e.g., US treasuries for US residents/UK treasuries for UK residents); |
Short Term Debt |
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(c) | High quality short-term debt instruments; |
Retirement Fund |
(d) | member choice pension scheme; |
Invesco Regular Investment Plan |
(e) | authorized Invesco managed open-end investment schemes (including, mutual funds, open-ended investment companies or unit trusts but not closed-end funds) by regular saving plan. Regarding the rules for dealing Invesco Funds, please refer to Section 10.12. |
10.5 | Transactions Exempt From Authorisation & Short Term Trading Rules | |
10.5.1 | The following types of personal share dealing transactions are exempt from approval & Short Term Trading Rules as stated in S. 10.10.4 |
(a) | Investments in the debt obligations of Federal agencies or of state and municipal governments or agencies. | ||
(b) | Transactions which are non-intentional on the part of the employee (e.g., receipt of securities pursuant to a stock dividend or merger bonus issues). | ||
(c) | Purchases of the stock of a company pursuant to an automatic dividend reinvestment plan or an employee stock purchase plan sponsored by such company. | ||
(d) | Receipt or exercise of rights issued by a company on a pro rata basis to all holders of a class of security. Employees must, however, pre-clear transactions for the acquisition of such rights from a third party or the disposition of such rights. | ||
(e) | Exchange Traded Funds and/or similar products which are publicly traded. |
10.6 | Permitted Transactions Requiring Authorisation and Reporting | |
10.6.1 | Transactions in any other Security not dealt with above for either an employee a Related Account are subject to the authorisation and reporting rules set out below. | |
10.6.2 | IPOs . Where there are different amounts of an IPO specified for different investor types (e.g. private and institutional) investment is permitted with the |
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consent of the local Head of Compliance after consultation with the local Chief Investment Officer or his designee. |
10.6.3 | Clubs . Employees may also invest in residential co-operatives and private recreational clubs (such as sports clubs, country clubs, luncheon clubs and the like) for their personal use; such investments are not subject to the pre-clearance procedures, trading restrictions and reporting requirements unless the employees investing is part of a business conducted by the employee. | |
10.7 | Procedures for Authorisations | |
10.7.1 | Prior to entering an order for a securities transaction either for the employee or in a Related Account, the employee must complete a Pre-Clearance of Personal Trade Authorisation Form (attached as Appendix 10.2) have it signed by the Head of Investment-Asia Pacific or local Chief Investment Officer or his deputy in his absence and submit the completed form to the local Head of Compliance or his deputy in his absence (see Appendix 10.2). |
10.7.2 | (a) | The employee must ensure that he answers all the questions on the Pre-Clearance of Personal Trade Authorisation Form honestly; | |
(b) | In particular, he must check with the relevant dealing desk as to whether there are any client trades ongoing or outstanding in the same stock; | ||
(c) | If there are no such client orders he should note the time he checked this with the dealing desk and who reported back to him in writing on the form; | ||
(d) | If there are client orders in place or if the transaction would fall in one of the blackout periods specified in Section 10.10.1, he should not submit the form until the blackout period has ended as the authorisation may expire in accordance with Section 10.7.9. |
10.7.3 | After receiving the completed Pre-Clearance of Personal Trade Authorisation Form, the local Head of Compliance or his deputy in his absence will review the information in the form and, as soon as practicable, will decide whether to clear the proposed Personal Transaction, subject to local requirements. | |
10.7.4 | No order for a Personal Transaction for which pre-clearance authorisation is sought may be placed prior to the receipt of approval of the transaction by the Head of Compliance or his deputy in his absence. | |
10.7.5 | The authorisation and date and time of the authorisation must be stated on the Pre-Clearance of Personal Trade Authorisation Form. |
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10.7.6 | The original of the completed form will be kept as part of Invescos books and records. |
10.7.7 | (a) | If an employee receives permission to trade a security or instrument, the trade must be executed by the close of business on the next business day after the day on which authorisation is given. | |
(b) | The Head of Compliance has the discretion to extend this period. |
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10.8 | Placing Personal Share Dealing Orders | |
10.8.1 | Once a Pre-Clearance of Personal Trade Authorisation Form has been duly signed the original form will be maintained by the local Head of Compliance. | |
10.8.2 | The employee may then place his order to deal with an outside broker. | |
10.8.3 | The employee must ensure that a copy of or duplicate contract note is provided to the Head of Compliance either directly from the broker or by the employee if the broker fail to provide such. | |
10.9 | Procedures for Reporting | |
10.9.1 | Initial certification and Schedules . Within 10 days of commencing employment at Invesco, each employee shall submit to the Compliance Department: |
(a) | a signed Initial Certification of Compliance with the Invesco Code (attached as Appendix 10.3); and | ||
(b) | a signed Initial Declaration of Personal Holding (attached as Appendix 10.4) listing |
(i) | all Related Accounts; | ||
(ii) | all public and private securities and instruments directly or indirectly held by any Related Account of such employee (other than exempt investments as set out in Section 10.4), with nonpublic securities plainly indicated; and | ||
(iii) | directorships (or similar positions) of for-profit, non-profit and other enterprises. |
The Compliance Department will give these documents to each employee during the compliance briefing when commencing employment. |
10.9.2 | (a) | Disclosure of Outside Brokerage Account . All employees must receive approval from the Head of Compliance prior to setting up personal share dealing accounts with brokers. | |
(b) | New employees must disclose existing broker accounts on joining Invesco in Appendix 10.4. |
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(c) | Disciplinary action may be taken against employees who deal through a non-disclosed broker account. |
10.9.3 | Confirmation . Each employee must provide to the Compliance Department: |
(a) | Duplicate copies of contract notes or confirmations of all transactions for his own and each Related Account; |
10.9.4 | Annual Certification . Each employee shall provide to the Compliance Department, not later than 10 days after the end of each calendar year, a signed Annual Certification of Compliance with the Invesco Code of Ethics (Note: any material changes to the Compliance Manual will be summarized under the Annual Certification)(attached as Appendix 10.5) containing: |
(i) | all Related Accounts; | ||
(ii) | directorships/advisory board memberships or similar positions of profit-making, non-profit and other enterprises. | ||
(iii) | if the employee is responsible for making investment decisions or obtaining the information/making any recommendations prior to buying or selling investments on behalf of the clients, the employee should disclose all public and private securities and instruments directly or indirectly held by him or any Related Account of such employee (other than exempt investment as set out in Section 10.4); |
10.10 | Restrictions on Personal Investing | |
10.10.1 | Blackout Periods . An employee may not buy or sell for himself or permit any Related Account to buy or sell, a security or any instrument: |
(a) | on the same day as any client is trading in the stock; | ||
(b) | where he knows that the sale or purchase of the securities are being considered for a client account; | ||
(c) | if the employee is a portfolio manager, within 7 calendar days before or after the day on which any client account trades in the same security or instrument or in a security convertible into or exchangeable for such security or instrument (including options) on transactions |
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10.10.2 | (a) | In the event there is a trade in a personal and a client account in the same security or instrument within a blackout period, the employee may be required to close out his personal position and to disgorge any profit to a charitable organisation; |
10.10.3 | Trades effected by Invesco for the account of an index fund it manages in the ordinary course of such funds investment activity will not trigger the blackout period restrictions except where client activity occurs on the same day as the personal transaction pre-clearance request. However, the addition or removal of a security from an index, thereby triggering an index fund trade, would cause employee trades in such security to be blacked-out for the seven prior and subsequent calendar days, as described above. |
10.10.4 | Short Term Trading Profits . |
(a) | It is Invescos policy to restrict the ability of employees to benefit from short-term trading in securities and instruments. | ||
(b) | Employees must disgorge profits made on the sale by an employee of any security or instrument held less than 60 days. | ||
(c) | Employees will not be permitted to purchase any security or instrument that has been sold by such employee within the prior 60 days. | ||
(d) | Employees may be required to disgorge profits made on the sale for his own account or in a Related Account within the 60 days period. | ||
(d) | This policy applies to trading in all types of securities and instruments, except where in a particular case the Head of Compliance has made a specific finding of hardship and it can be demonstrated that no potential abuse or conflict is present (for example, when an employees request to sell a security purchased within 60 days prior to the request is prompted by a major corporate or market event, such as a tender offer, and the security was not held in client accounts). |
10.11 | Dealing in Invesco Ltd | |
10.11.1 | The Groups Insider Trading Policy states that no employees who is aware of the material nonpublic information regarding Invesco may buy or sell securities of Invesco or engage in any other action to take personal advantage of that information. The Policy also governs certain transactions under Company-sponsored plans, including: |
| Stock Option Exercises . The Policys trading restrictions generally do not apply to the exercise of a stock option. The restrictions do apply, however, to any sale of the underlying stock or to a cashless exercise |
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of the option through a broker, as this entails selling a portion of the underlying stock to cover the costs of exercise and/or taxes. |
| Invesco Stock Plans . this Policys trading restrictions apply to any elections you may make to transfer funds out of Company shares or borrow money against your Invesco stock plan if the loan will result in a liquidation of some or all of your Company stock fund balance. | ||
| Dividend Reinvestment Plan . This Policys trading restrictions do not apply to purchases of Company shares resulting from your reinvestment of dividends paid on Company securities under any Company dividend reinvestment plan. The trading restrictions do apply, however, to voluntary purchases of Company shares resulting from additional contributions you choose to make to any such plan, and to your election to participate in the plan or increase your level of participation in the plan. This Policy also applies to your sale of any Company shares purchased pursuant to the reinvestment plan. |
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10.11.5 | Prohibited Transactions in relations to Invescos securities. According to the Insider Trading Policy, all staffs trading in Invescos securities is subject to the following additional restrictions: |
| Short Sales. You may not engage in short sales of the Invescos securities (sales of securities that are not then owned), including a sale against the box (a sale with delayed delivery). | ||
| Publicly Traded Options. You may not engage in transactions in publicly traded options, such as puts, calls and other derivative securities relating to the Invescos securities, whether on an exchange or in any other organized market. | ||
| Standing Orders. Standing orders (other than pursuant to a pre-approved trading plan that complies with SEC Rule 10b5-1) should be used only for a very brief period of time (not longer than one business day). A standing order placed with a broker to sell or purchase stock at a specified price leaves you with no control over the timing of the transaction. A standing order transaction executed by the broker when you are aware of material nonpublic information may result in unlawful insider trading. | ||
| Margin Accounts and Pledges. Securities held in a margin account or pledged as collateral for a loan may be sold without your consent by the broker if you fail to meet a margin call or by the lender in foreclosure if you default on the loan. Because a margin or foreclosure sale may occur at a time when you are aware of material nonpublic information or otherwise are not permitted to trade in Invesco securities, you are prohibited from holding Invesco securities in a margin account or pledging Invesco securities as collateral for a loan. An exception to this prohibition may be granted where you wish to pledge Invesco securities as collateral for a loan (not including margin debt) and clearly demonstrate the financial capacity to repay the loan without resort to the pledged securities. If you wish to pledge Invesco securities as collateral for a loan, you must submit a request for approval to the Legal and Compliance Department at least two weeks prior to the proposed execution of documents evidencing the proposed pledge. | ||
| Hedging Transactions. Hedging or monetization transactions, such as zero-cost collars and forward sale contracts, involve the establishment of a short position in the Invescos securities and limit or eliminate your ability to profit from an increase in the value of the Invescos securities. Therefore, you are prohibited from engaging in any hedging or monetization transactions involving Invesco securities. |
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10.12 | Dealing in Invesco Funds | |
10.12.1 | Employees are not required to seek permission to deal in units/shares of Hong Kong authorized open-ended funds managed by Invesco. | |
10.12.2 | Employees are not required to report deals in Invesco managed Hong Kong authorized open-ended funds. The Head of Compliance will monitor such dealing on a post-deal basis by reviewing dealing records obtained from the unitholder/shareholder registry. |
10.12.3 | (a) | Staff will be exempt from paying front end load, so long as the units/shares are held for a minimum period of 60 days; | |
(b) | Employees are not prevented from redeeming within the 60 day period; however at the discretion of the local Head of Compliance, front end load(FEL) may be charged on the subscription and redemption orders if there is a redemption within this period; | ||
(c) | Full subcription payment must be made on application; no credit will be given in any circumstances; and | ||
(d) | Staff should follow the relevant procedures for dealing in Invesco Funds (including the placement of deals between the hours of 9:00am to 5:00pm (Hong Kong time)). |
10.12.4 | After the 60 day holding period, shares/units purchased may be transferred but only to family members previously nominated on the Relationship Declaration Formon commencement of employment, after marriage or on other notified changes of family relationships. Transfers to people not nominated on the Relationship Declaration Form will not be allowed. | |
10.12.6 | Staff will be allocated C shares in Invesco Funds wherever C shares are offered. However, transfers will be switched into A shares, if the value of the switch is below the normal C share threshold (normally USD1,000,000 or as stated in the prospectus). | |
10.12.7 | Subscribing for shares on behalf of other people to take advantage of staff FEL concessions is strictly against company policy and offender may be subject to disciplinary action. | |
10.13 | Dealing in Non Invesco Funds | |
10.13.1 | Employees are not required to seek permission to deal in units/shares of open-ended funds managed by other fund managers. |
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10.13.2 | Employees are not required to report deals in non- Invesco managed open-ended funds. | |
10.14 | Hong Kong Employee Referrals | |
10.14.1 | Invesco employees may invite friends or family to subscribe for units in Invesco Funds. Investors referred in this manner may, at the discretion of the Head of Investor Services, Pooled Products or his/her deputy, be offered a discount on the FEL. | |
10.14.2 | For any subscriptions into Invesco Funds referred by an employee, the employee should put his/her name in the Agents Stamp Box on the application form and sign the form. | |
10.14.3 | The completed application form should be given to the Head of Investor Services, Pooled Products or his/her deputy who will decide how much discount on the FEL fee should be given to the referred investor and countersigned by the local Head of Compliance or his/her deputy. | |
10.14.4 | The Head of Investor Services, Pooled Products or his/her deputy should write the FEL to be charged on the application form and sign to indicate his approval. | |
10.14.5 | The approved application form should be given to the Retail Administration Department to complete the subscription. | |
10.15 | Gifts and Entertainment | |
10.15.1 | It is required that all Invesco personnel adhere to the highest standards of ethical conduct, including sensitivity to actual or apparent conflicts of interest. The provision or receipt of gifts or entertainment can create, or can have the appearance of creating, conflicts of interest. In addition, Invescos clients and their personnel may be subject to similar restrictions regarding the receipt of gifts or entertainment. | |
10.15.2 | This Policy establishes minimum standards to protect our Company. If the laws or regulations establish higher standards, we must adhere to those standards. | |
10.15.3 | For purposes of this Policy, a Gift is anything of value given (1) by the Company or its personnel to a Business Associate (as defined in 10.2.1), or to a member of such a persons immediate family, or (2) by a Business Associate to any Invesco personnel, or to a member of such a persons immediate family. Gifts may include, but are not limited to, personal items, office accessories and sporting equipment (e.g., golf clubs, tennis rackets, etc.). For purposes of this Policy, Gifts also include charitable contributions made to or at the request of a Business Associate. For purposes of this |
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Policy, Gifts do not include promotional items of nominal value (e.g., golf balls, pens, etc.) that display the logo of Invesco, or of the Business Associate. |
10.15.4 | Entertainment involves attendance at activities, including but not limited to meals, sporting events, the theatre, parties or receptions, and similar functions. Entertainment requires the presence of both Invesco personnel and the Business Associate; unless personnel from both entities attend, the activity constitutes a Gift. The value of Entertainment includes the cost of the activity itself (for example, the cost of tickets or a meal), as well as the cost of any related activities or services provided (such as prizes, transportation, and lodging in connection with the event). Entertainment does not include research or analysts meetings provided by issuers and attended by investment personnel or industry educational events sponsored by industry groups, so long as such events are for educational or research purposes. All Invesco personnel also should keep in mind that regulators may attempt to treat entertainment as gifts for compliance purposes, particularly where the entertainment appears excessive in value or frequency. | |
10.15.5 | The providing or receiving of any Gift or Entertainment that is conditioned upon the Company doing business or not doing business with the Business Associate or any other person are strictly prohibited . | |
10.15.6 | Gifts . An employee may not retain a gift received from a Business Associate without the approval of the Head of Department and the local Head of Compliance (see Approval Form in Appendix 10.6). Reporting and approval are required for gifts received during festive seasons, including Christmas dinner sponsor, mooncakes, hampers, and flower and fruit baskets | |
10.15.7 | Under no circumstances, the value of gift given or received should exceed USD 200 or HKD 1,600 per individual annually . If the value of the gift received is not able to be determined, professional judgment should be used to determine the value of the gift. Should the value exceed USD 200 or HKD 1,600, it should be returned to the donor, passed to the Human Resources or donates to the charity. Approval from Head of Department is required for providing and receiving gift, however prior approval from local Head of Compliance is not necessary. Post approval from local Head of Compliance is required. If the gift is not giving to any particular person, the gift shall be passed to Human Resources Department and distributed to the staff on a raffle basis. The gift limit is applied to each individual office. | |
10.15.8 | Employees may not give, and must tactfully refuse, any gift of cash, a gift certificate or a gift that is substantially the same as cash. Notwithstanding this requirement, employees may give or receive Lai-See (red envelopes) at Lunar New Year of an amount not more than HK$200 each. In case the |
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amount is more than HK$200, the case must be reported to the Head of Department and the local Head of Compliance. Due to Chinese custom, it may be difficult to return the Lai-See. Therefore, the full amount should be donated to a charitable organization in Hong Kong, and the Business Associate be informed of the donation. | ||
10.15.9 | Gifts should not be given to an employee of any securities firm which is making a public offering of a fund advised by Invesco nor given in connection with the acquisition of a new client by Invesco. | |
10.15.10 | Each employee is required to report annually to his/her Department Head all gifts received and made each year. The Department Head is required to report annually to the Compliance Department all gifts received and made by the Department for the whole year. The relevant forms are attached as Appendix 10.7. | |
10.15.11 | Entertainment . Each employee is expected to use professional judgment, subject to review by his or her supervisor, in entertaining and in being entertained by a Business Associate. | |
10.15.12 | Provided that the employee and Business Associate both attend, an employee may accept from a single business partner, or provide to a single person or a Business Partner for Entertainment of value up to USD 1,200 or HKD 9,300 in a calendar year . Under no circumstances, the value of the entertainment should exceed USD 400 or HKD 3,100 per individual per event . Approval from Head of Department is required for providing and receiving entertainment, however prior approval from local Head of Compliance is not necessary. Post approval from local Head of Compliance is required. If the event of the entertainment such as movie tickets is not giving to any particular employee, the event of the entertainment shall be passed to the Human Resources Department and distributed to the staff on a raffle basis. The entertainment limit is applied to each individual office. | |
10.16 | Outside Activities | |
10.16.1 | In order to reduce potential conflicts of interest arising from the participation of employees on the boards of directors of public, private, non-profit and other enterprises, all employees are subject to the following restrictions and guidelines. | |
10.16.2 | An employee may not serve as a director of a public company without the approval of the Head of Asia Pacific after consultation with the local Head of Compliance. | |
10.16.3 | An employee may serve on the board of directors or participate as an adviser or otherwise, or advisers of a private company only if: |
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(a) | client assets have been invested in such company; and | ||
(b) | service on a such board has been approved in writing by the Head of Asia Pacific. The employee must resign from such board of directors as soon as the company contemplates going public, except where the Head of Asia Pacifichas determined that an employee may remain on a board. (In any event, an employee shall not accept any compensation for serving as a director (or in a similar capacity) of such company; except with the prior written approval of the Head of Asia Pacific. | ||
(c) | service on such a board is directly as a result of the employee position or status at Invesco. In this case any fees received for being a director must be reimbursed to Invesco. |
10.16.5 | If an employee serving on the board of directors or advisers of any entity comes into possession of material, nonpublic information through such service, he or she must immediately notify his or her local Head of Compliance. The local Head of Compliance will then consider the totality of facts and decide if there is conflict of interest. If such conflict of interest do exist, employee must resign from the board of directors or advisers immediately . | |
10.17 | Economic Opportunities | |
10.17.1 | An Invesco employee shall not take personal advantage of any economic opportunity properly belonging to a Invesco client or to Invesco itself. Such opportunities could arise, for example, from confidential information belonging to a client or the offer of a directorship. Employees must not disclose information relating to a clients intentions, activities or portfolios except: |
(a) | to fellow employees, or other agents of the client, who need to know it to discharge their duties; or |
10.17.2 | Employees may not cause or attempt to cause any client to purchase, sell or hold any Security in a manner calculated to create any personal benefit to the employee or Invesco. | |
10.17.3 | If an employee or immediate family member stands to materially benefit from an investment decision for a Client that the employee is recommending or participating in, the employee must disclose that interest to persons with authority to make investment decisions or to the Head of Compliance. Based on the information given, a decision will be made on whether or not to restrict the employees participation in causing a client to purchase or sell a Security in which the employee has an interest. |
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10.17.4 | Employees must disclose to those persons with authority to make investment decisions for a client (or to the Head of Compliance if the employee in question is a person with authority to make investment decisions for the client), any beneficial interest that the employee (or immediate family member) has in that Security, or in the issuer thereof, where the decision could create a material benefit to the employee (or immediate family member) or the appearance of impropriety. The person to whom the employee reports the interest, in consultation with the Head of Compliance, must determine whether or not the employee will be restricted in making investment decisions. | |
10.18 | Sanctions | |
10.18.1 | These rules will be interpreted by the local Head of Compliance, as applicable. Questions of interpretation should be directed in the first instance to the local Head of Compliance or his/her designee or, if necessary, with the Head of Compliance of another Invesco entity. | |
10.18.2 | If advised of a material violation of these rules by an employee, the Head of Compliance will report to the Head of Asia Pacific and discuss the appropriate action with him. | |
10.19 | Annual Review | |
Compliance Depart performs a review at least once a year. | ||
10.20 | Company Assistance | |
Any person who has a question about the above Policies or its application to any proposed transaction may obtain additional guidance from the Local Compliance Department. Do not try to resolve uncertainties on your own because the rule are often complex, not always intuitive and carry severe consequences. |
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| Best interests of clients As fiduciaries, we have a duty to act with reasonable care, skill and caution in the best interests of our clients, and to avoid conflicts of interest. | ||
| Global fiduciary standards Invesco seeks to maintain the same high fiduciary standards throughout the world, even though those standards may not be legally required, or even recognized, in some countries. | ||
| Client confidentiality We must maintain the confidentiality of information relating to the client, and comply with the data protection requirements imposed by many jurisdictions. | ||
| Information Clients must be provided with timely and accurate information regarding their accounts. | ||
| Segregation and protection of assets Processes must be established for the proper maintenance, control and protection of client assets. Fiduciary assets must be segregated from Invesco assets and property. | ||
| Delegation of duties Fiduciary duties should be delegated only when the client consents and where permitted by applicable law. Reasonable care, skill and caution must be exercised in the selection of agents and review of their performance. | ||
| Client guidelines Invesco is responsible for making investment decisions on behalf of clients that are consistent with the prospectus, contract, or other controlling document relating to the clients account. | ||
| Relations with regulators We seek relationships with regulators that are open and responsive in nature. |
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| Violations of any laws or regulations generally involving Invesco; | ||
| Questionable accounting matters, internal accounting controls, auditing matters, breaches of fiduciary duty or violations of United States or foreign securities laws or rules (collectively, Accounting Matters) including, but not limited to: |
| fraud or deliberate error in the preparation, evaluation, review or audit of any financial statement of Invesco; | ||
| fraud or deliberate error in the recording and maintaining of financial records of Invesco; | ||
| deficiencies in or non-compliance with Invescos internal accounting controls; | ||
| misrepresentation or false statements to or by a senior officer or accountant regarding a matter contained in the financial records, financial reports or audit reports of Invesco; | ||
| deviation from full and fair reporting of Invescos financial condition; or | ||
| fraudulent or criminal activities engaged in by officers, directors or employees of Invesco; |
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| is necessary to alleviate undue hardship or in view of unforeseen circumstances or is otherwise appropriate under all the relevant facts and circumstances; | ||
| will not be inconsistent with the purposes and objectives of the Code; |
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| will not adversely affect the interests of clients of the company or the interests of the company; and | ||
| will not result in a transaction or conduct that would violate provisions of applicable laws or regulations. |
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1. | Overview |
2. | Definitions |
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3. | Thresholds |
4. | Frequency |
5. | Prohibited Activities |
6. | Exceptions Invesco Trimark Charity Events |
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7. | Exceptions to Thresholds Prior Approval |
8. | Reporting/Record Keeping |
9. | Review and Monitoring |
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1. | Purpose and Application |
| A duty at all times to place the interests of client accounts first. | ||
| That Employees should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions. | ||
| That Employees must not use any non-public information about client accounts for their direct or indirect personal benefit. |
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2. | Definitions | |
2.1 | Covered Accounts |
| In which an Employee has a direct or indirect financial interest; | ||
| Over which such Employee has direct or indirect control over the purchase or sale of securities; or | ||
| In which securities are held for an Employees direct or indirect benefit. |
2.2 | Reportable Securities |
| Stocks, bonds, options, rights, warrants, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs), and any closed-end mutual funds. | ||
| Any mutual funds managed by Invesco Trimark. |
2.3 | Non-Reportable Securities |
| Unit investment trusts (i.e., variable insurance contracts funded by insurance company separate accounts organized as unit investment trusts) invested exclusively in open-end mutual funds that are not managed or distributed by Invesco Trimark. | ||
| Open-end U.S. and Canadian mutual funds that are not managed or distributed by Invesco Trimark. | ||
| Securities held in Invesco Trimark Employee accounts administered by Group Retirement Services (GRS). | ||
| Securities issued or guaranteed by (i.e., securities that are the direct obligations of) the government of Canada or the government of the United States. |
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| Principal protected or Linked note investment products. | ||
| Money market instruments, money market mutual funds, guaranteed investment certificates, bankers acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and repurchase agreements. |
3. | Pre-Clearance Requirements | |
3.1 | Submitting the Request to Trade |
| The proposed trade must be entered into the Star Compliance system. | ||
| The Star Compliance system will confirm if there is any activity currently on the trading desk and check the portfolio accounting system to verify if there have been any transactions in the same or equivalent security within the corresponding Blackout Rule period. | ||
| The Star Compliance system will check to see if the security is on the restricted list (refer to section 8.1). | ||
| The Star Compliance system will provide an automated response on a timely basis for all pre-approval requests indicating whether the transaction has been approved or denied. |
3.2 | Executing Approved Transactions |
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3.3 | De Minimis Exemption |
3.4 | Exceptions to Pre-clearance Requirements |
| Open-end mutual funds (including Invesco Trimark managed mutual funds), open-end unit investment trusts and pooled trust funds. | ||
| Variable annuities, variable life products, segregated funds, and other similar unit-based insurance products issued by insurance companies and insurance company separate accounts. |
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| Securities issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada, or the government of any province or territory in Canada. | ||
| Securities issued or guaranteed by the Governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, France and Italy. | ||
| Physical commodities or securities relating to those commodities. | ||
| Other securities or classes of securities as the Invesco Trimark Compliance department or the Code of Ethics (North America) team may from time to time designate. |
| Employee share purchase plans, except for the sale of the securities. | ||
| Invesco employee stock option purchase plans, except for the sale of the securities. |
4. | Reporting Requirements |
4.1 | Initial Holdings Reports |
| a complete list of all Covered Accounts (including the name of the financial institution with which the Employee maintains the account); | ||
| a list of each Reportable Security including the number of shares (equities) or principal amount (debt securities) held in each Covered Account. |
4.2 | Quarterly Transaction Reports |
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4.3 | Annual Holdings Reports |
| all Covered Accounts of such Employee (including the name of the financial institution with which the Employee maintained the account) | ||
| a list of each Reportable Security including the number of shares (equities) or principal amount (debt securities) in each Covered Account |
4.4 | Reports of Trade Confirmations |
4.5 | New Covered Accounts Opened Subsequently Joining Invesco Trimark |
5. | Discretionary Managed Accounts |
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| The account is subject to a written contract and all investment discretion has been delegated to another party. | ||
| The Employee has provided the Invesco Trimark Chief Compliance Officer or the Code of Ethics (North America) team with a copy of such written agreement. | ||
| The Employee certifies in writing that he or she has not discussed, and will not discuss, potential investment decisions with the party to whom investment discretion has been delegated. | ||
| Discretionary managed accounts for which this exemption is available would not include ones where the accountholder has given a power of attorney (POA) to another person such as a broker for temporary discretionary trading. |
6. | Options Trading |
7. | Short Sales |
| No short sales on shares of Invesco Ltd. |
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| No short sales on securities where there has been a trade in the same security where the corresponding Blackout Rule period applies in one of the client accounts. | ||
| Employees are prohibited from short-term trading (refer to section 8.2); therefore, the Employee is restricted from buying back the position within 60 days. | ||
| Portfolio managers are prohibited from short selling a security if the client account the Portfolio Manager manages are long the security. | ||
| If a Portfolio Manager is selling a stock there should generally be no short selling allowed until that position is completely sold. This provision includes the situation where the Portfolio Manager stops selling the security for a short period, for example to let the market absorb what has been sold, and then resumes selling the position. |
8. | Restrictions on Certain Activities |
8.1 | Prohibition against Trading in Securities on Restricted Lists |
8.2 | Prohibition against Short-Term Trading Activities |
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8.3 | Prohibition against Purchases in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) |
8.4 | Restricted Securities Issued by Public Companies |
8.5 | Restrictions on Private Placements |
8.6 | Investment Clubs |
8.7 | Trading in Securities of Invesco Ltd. |
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| Short term trading in Invesco shares is prohibited. | |
| Pledging Invesco securities as collateral for a loan is generally prohibited. Exceptions must be approved by the Invesco Trimark Chief Compliance Officer or the Code of Ethics (North America) team. |
9. | Independent Directors |
9.1 | For purposes of this exception the term independent director means |
a) | any director of Invesco Trimarks corporate funds or members of the Invesco Trimark Fund Advisory Board |
i) | who is neither an officer nor Employee of Invesco or of any Invesco Company. |
b) | any director of Invesco Trimark who |
i) | is neither an officer nor Employee of Invesco or of any Invesco Company, |
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ii) | is not an interested person of a US Fund under Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act (1940) and would otherwise be required to submit a pre-clearance request or make a report solely by reason of being an Invesco Aim director and |
iii) | does not regularly obtain information concerning the investment recommendations or decisions made by Invesco Trimark on behalf of the US Funds. |
10. | Certification of Compliance |
11. | Oversight |
11.1 | Code of Ethics Committee |
11.2 | Invesco Trimark Chief Compliance Officer |
| Compliance with the Policy for the period under review. |
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| Violations of the Policy for the period under review. | ||
| Sanctions imposed under the Policy by Invesco Trimark during the period under review. | ||
| Changes in procedures recommended for the Policy. | ||
| Any other information requested by the Committee. |
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| Prohibitions related to material, non-public information | |
| Personal securities investing | |
| Service as a director and other business opportunities. |
| Gifts, Benefits and Entertainment (Inducements) Policy; | |
| Conflicts of Interest Policy; | |
| Treating Customers Fairly Policy; and | |
| Whilstleblowing Policy |
1 | STATEMENT OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES |
1.1 | As a fiduciary, Invesco owes an undivided duty of loyalty to its clients. It is Invescos policy that all employees conduct themselves so as to avoid not only actual conflicts of interest with Invesco clients, but also that they refrain from conduct which could give rise to the appearance of a conflict of interest that may compromise the trust our clients have placed in us. | |
1.2 | The Code is designed to ensure, among other things, that the personal securities transactions of all employees are conducted in accordance with the following general principles: |
1.2.1 | A duty at all times to place the interests of Invescos clients first and foremost; | ||
1.2.2 | The requirement that all personal securities transactions be conducted in a manner consistent with this Code and national legal & regulatory requirements and in such a manner as to avoid any actual, potential or appearance of a conflict of interest or any abuse of an employees position of trust and responsibility; and | ||
1.2.3 | The requirement that employees should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions. |
1.3 | Invescos policy is to avoid actual or apparent conflicts of interest but, where they unavoidably occur, to record, manage, and disclose them to prevent abuse and protect our clients, employees and other counterparties | |
1.4 | Invesco does not make political contributions with corporate funds. No employees may, under any circumstances, use company funds to make political contributions, nor may you represent your personal political views as being those of the company. | |
1.5 | Invesco seeks to do business with clients and suppliers on a fair and equitable basis. Employees may not accept or provide gifts, entertainment or other non-monetary benefits of an unreasonable |
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value which could create a conflict with the duty owed to clients. Any limits imposed by our business units policies, local laws, or regulations with respect to the acceptance or provision of gifts, entertainment and non-monetary benefits must be complied with. | ||
1.6 | Legislation exists to protects employees who blow the whistle about wrongdoing within the Firm. This legislation encourages employees to raise concerns internally in the first instance. Invesco employees should feel able to raise any such concern internally, confident that it will be dealt with properly and that all reasonable steps will be taken to prevent victimisation. If employees wish to report concerns anonymously they can call the Invesco Compliance Reporting Line. The telephone number is 1-704-943-1136 | |
1.7 | It is Invesco policy, in the context of being an Asset Manager, to treat its customers fairly. | |
1.8 | No employee should have ownership in or other interest in or employment by any outside concern which does business with Invesco Ltd. This does not apply to stock or other investments in a publicly held company, provided that the stock and other investments do not, in the aggregate, exceed 5% of the outstanding ownership interests of such company. Invesco Ltd may, following a review of the relevant facts, permit ownership interests which exceed these amounts if management or the Board of Directors, as appropriate, concludes that such ownership interests will not adversely affect Invesco Ltds business interests or the judgment of the affected staff. | |
1.9 | Employees are prohibited from using personal hedging strategies or remuneration or liability related contracts of insurance to undermine any risk alignment effects embedded in their remuneration arrangements. This includes, for instance, entering into an arrangement with a third party under which that third party will make payments directly, or indirectly, to the employee that are linked to, or commensurate with, the amounts by which the employees remuneration is subject to reductions arising from the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD3). |
2 | MATERIAL, NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION |
2.1 | Restriction on Trading or Recommending Trading | |
Each employee is reminded that it constitutes a violation of law and/or Market Abuse regulations for any person to trade in or recommend trading in the securities of a company while in possession of material, non-public information concerning that company, or to disclose such information to any person not entitled to receive it if there is reason to believe that such information will be used in connection with a trade in the securities of that company. Violations of law and regulations may give rise to civil as well as criminal liability, including the imposition of monetary penalties or prison sentences upon the individuals involved. Persons who receive material, non-public information also may be held liable if they trade or if they do not trade but pass along such information to others. | ||
2.2 | What is material, non-public information? | |
Material information is any information about a company which, if disclosed, is likely to affect the market price of the companys securities or to be considered important by an average investor in deciding whether to purchase or sell those securities. Examples of information which should be presumed to be material are matters such as dividend increases or decreases, earnings estimates by the company, changes in the companys previously released earnings estimates, significant new products or discoveries, major litigation by or against the company, liquidity or solvency problems, extraordinary management developments, significant merger or acquisition proposals, or similar major events which would be viewed as having materially altered the total mix of information available regarding the company or the market for any of its securities. | ||
2.3 | Non-public information | |
Non-public information often referred to as inside information is information that has not yet been publicly disclosed. Information about a company is considered to be non-public information if it is received under circumstances which indicate that it is not yet in general circulation and that |
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such information may be attributable, directly or indirectly, to the company or its insiders, or that the recipient knows to have been furnished by someone in breach of a fiduciary obligation. Courts have held that fiduciary relationships exist between a company and another party in a broad variety of situations involving a relationship between a company and its lawyers, investment bankers, financial printers, employees, technical advisors and others. | ||
2.4 | Information should not be considered to have been publicly disclosed until a reasonable time after it has been made public (for example, by a press release). Someone with access to inside information may not beat the market by trading simultaneously with, or immediately after, the official release of material information. | |
2.5 | The responsibility of ensuring that the proposed transaction does not constitute insider dealing or a conflict with the interests of a client remains with the relevant employee and obtaining pre-clearance to enter into a transaction under Section 3.3 below does not absolve that responsibility. | |
2.6 | Invesco is in a unique position, being privy to market research and rumours and being privy also to information about its clients which may be public companies. Invesco employees must be aware and vigilant to ensure that they cannot be accused of being a party of any insider dealing or market abuse situations. | |
2.7 | In particular, the following investment activities must not be entered into without carefully ensuring that there are no implications of insider trading: |
2.7.1 | Trading in shares for a client in any other client of Invesco which is quoted on a recognised stock exchange. | ||
2.7.2 | Trading in shares for a client in a quoted company where Invesco: |
i) | obtains information in any official capacity which may be price sensitive and has not been made available to the general public. | ||
ii) | obtains any other information which can be substantiated in connection with a quoted company which is also both price sensitive and has not been made available to the general public. |
2.7.3 | Manipulation of the market through the release of information to regular market users which is false or misleading about a company. | ||
2.7.4 | Release of information about a company that would have the effect of distorting the market in such a way to be considered market abuse. |
2.8 | Reporting Requirement | |
Whenever an employee believes that he or she may have come into possession of material or non-public information about a public company, he or she personally must immediately notify the Compliance Department and should not discuss such information with anyone else including Invesco employees and should not engage in transactions for himself or others, including Invesco clients. | ||
2.9 | Upon receipt of such information the Compliance Department will include the company name on the IVZ Restricted list of which no transactions may be entered into. This list will be advised to the Equity dealing desk and no discussion will be entered into. Whenever an employee is aware of the reason why a company has been included on the IVZ Restricted list but nevertheless wishes to deal in a fund which contains the stock of that company, this must be notified to the local Compliance Officer to decide whether the deal will be permitted. | |
2.10 | Confidentiality | |
No information regarding the affairs of any client of Invesco may be passed to anyone outside Invesco unless specifically requested by law, regulation or court order. In any event, the Compliance and Legal Department must be consulted prior to furnishing such information. |
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2.11 | Employees should maintain the confidentiality of information entrusted to them by the Company and their fellow employees. External publication or distribution of internal company information, policies or procedures is prohibited except when disclosure is properly authorised by the functional owner of the information or legally mandated. Employees should make all reasonable efforts to safeguard such information that is in their possession against inadvertent disclosure and shall comply with any non-disclosure obligations imposed on Invesco in its agreements with third parties | |
2.12 | Sanctions | |
Any employee who knowingly trades or recommends trading while in possession of material, non-public information may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, as well as to immediate suspension and/or dismissal from Invesco. |
3 | PERSONAL INVESTING ACTIVITIES, PRE-CLEARANCE AND PRE-NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS |
3.1 | Transactions covered by this Code | |
All transactions in investments made for Covered Accounts are subject to the pre-clearance procedures, trading restrictions, pre-notification and reporting requirements described below, unless otherwise indicated. For a list of the types of employee and other accounts which fall within the definition of Covered Accounts please see Appendix B. | ||
3.2 | Exempt Investments | |
Transactions in the following investments (Exempt Investments) are not subject to the trading restrictions or other requirements of this Code and need not be pre-cleared, pre-notified or reported: |
3.2.1 | Registered unaffiliated (e.g. Schroders) open ended Collective Investment Schemes [CIS] including; mutual funds, open-ended investment companies/ICVCs or unit trusts but not closed-end funds, e.g. Investment Trusts; and | ||
3.2.2 | Securities which are direct obligations of an OECD country (e.g. US Treasury Bills). |
3.3 | Pre-Clearance |
3.3.1 | Prior to entering an order for a Securities Transaction in a Covered Account, the employee must complete a Trade Authorisation Form (available on the Compliance intranet site) and submit the completed form electronically to the Compliance department by e-mail. | ||
The Trade Authorisation Form requires employer to provide certain information and to make certain representations in connection with the specific securities transaction(s). | |||
3.3.2 | If satisfactory, then the Form will be authorised by Compliance and confirmation returned by e-mail to the individual, who will then be at liberty to deal through his or her broker within the designated timescales. | ||
3.3.3 | No order for a Securities Transaction for which pre-clearance authorisation is sought may be placed prior to the receipt of authorisation from Compliance. The authorisation and date and time of the authorisation must be reflected on the Trade Authorisation Form. The original of the completed form will be kept as part of Invescos books and records. Further, the employee is requested to send a copy of the transaction note to their local Compliance Officer in order for it to be matched to the Trade Authorisation Form. Any mismatches will be reported to the Director of European Compliance. | ||
3.3.4 | If an employee receives permission to trade a security or instrument, the trade must be executed by the close of business on the next business day, unless the local Compliance Officers authorisation to extend this period has been obtained. |
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Permission may be granted to place Stop loss and limit orders but only in cases where express clearance for this type of transaction has been granted by Compliance. | |||
3.3.5 | Where an employee receives permission to buy or sell Invesco Limited ordinary shares on the basis of a limit or stop loss order, the pre-clearance remains valid for up to two weeks or until the trade takes place if this is sooner; if the trade does not take place within two weeks, employees must notify Compliance again and seek further pre-clearance to trade. If, during this period, employees gain non-public price sensitive information, they must notify compliance immediately and cancel the trade. For those employees who are members of the Blackout Group, normal Blackout restrictions continue to apply; therefore, any such limit or stop loss order which remains outstanding when a closed period starts must be cancelled by the employee. Where trades involving limit or stop loss orders are approved, further pre-clearance is required before these orders can be changed. | ||
3.3.6 | For any transaction to buy or sell Invesco Ltd ordinary shares pre clearance needs to be sought from Compliance. The trade authorisation form should be completed in the way detailed above and sent to *UK- Compliance Personal Share Dealing. |
3.4 | Pre-Notification |
3.4.1 | Transactions to buy or sell Venture Capital Trust ordinary securities or to buy, sell, switch or transfer holdings in Invesco Ltd ordinary shares, Invesco funds or investment products or other affiliated schemes are subject to pre-notification directly to the Compliance Department regardless of whether the order is placed directly or through a broker/adviser. The employee must complete the relevant sections of the Trade Authorisation Form which can be found on the Compliance intranet site and send it by e-mail to *UK- Compliance Personal Share Dealing. Transactions are subject to the 60 day holding period requirements. | ||
3.4.2 | It will be necessary to send copies of contract notes to the Compliance Department. This must be done within 14 days of the transaction. |
3.5 | Transactions that do not need to be pre-cleared but must be reported. | |
The pre-clearance requirements (and the trading restrictions on personal investing described below) do not apply to the following transactions: |
3.5.1 | Discretionary Accounts | ||
Transactions effected in any Covered Account over which the employee has no direct or indirect influence or control (a Discretionary Account). An employee shall be deemed to have no direct or indirect influence or control over an account only if all of the following conditions are met: |
i) | investment discretion for such account has been delegated in writing to an independent fiduciary and such investment discretion is not shared with the employee, or decisions for the account are made by a family member or significant other and not by, or in connection with, the employee; | ||
ii) | the employee (and, where applicable, the family member or significant other) certifies in writing that he or she has not and will not discuss any potential investment decisions with such independent fiduciary or household member; and | ||
iii) | the Compliance Department has determined that the account satisfies the foregoing requirements. |
3.5.2 | Governmental Issues |
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Investments in the debt obligations of Federal agencies or of state and municipal governments or agencies, (e.g. Essex Council Electricity Bond). | |||
3.5.3 | Non-Volitional Trades | ||
Transactions which are non-volitional on the part of the employee (such as the receipt of securities pursuant to a stock dividend or merger). | |||
3.5.4 | Automatic Transactions | ||
Purchases of the stock of a company pursuant to an automatic dividend reinvestment plan or an employee stock purchase plan sponsored by such company. | |||
3.5.5 | Rights Offerings | ||
Receipt or exercise of rights issued by a company on a pro rata basis to all holders of a class of security. Employees must, however, pre-clear transactions for the acquisition of such rights from a third party or the disposition of such rights. | |||
3.5.6 | Interests in Securities comprising part of a broad-based, publicly traded market basket or index of stocks , e.g. S & P 500 Index, FTSE 100, DAX. | ||
3.5.7 | Non-Executive Directors transactions | ||
Transactions in securities, except for Invesco Ltd shares and/or UK Investment Trusts managed by Invesco, by non-executive Directors. | |||
3.5.8 | Note that all of the transactions described in paragraphs 3.5.1. to 3.5.7 while not subject to pre-clearance are nevertheless subject to all of the reporting requirements set forth below in paragraph 7.3. |
4 | TRADE RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONAL INVESTING |
4.1 | All transactions in Covered Accounts which are subject to the pre-clearance requirements specified in this Code are also subject to the following trading restrictions: |
4.1.1 | Blackout Restrictions | ||
Transactions in Covered Accounts generally will not be permitted during a specific period before and after a client account trades in the same security or instrument. | |||
4.1.2 | Blackout Periods | ||
An employee may not buy or sell, or permit any Covered Account to buy or sell, a security or any instrument: |
i) | within three business days before or after the day on which any client account trades in the same security or instrument or in a security convertible into or exchangeable for such security or instrument (including options) on transactions other than those covered under the paragraph below, or | ||
ii) | within two business days before or after the day on which a pro rata strip trade, which includes such security, is made for the purpose of rebalancing client accounts. |
4.1.3 | Exemptions from Blackout Periods | ||
Blackout periods will no longer apply to equity and corporate bond transactions in main index constituents, i.e. FTSE 100, Dow Jones, etc, subject to a cost and proceeds limit of 35.000 EUR per transaction for equities and 70,000 EUR per transaction for corporate bonds. Normal blackout conditions will apply to transactions outside of these criteria. If in any doubt please consult your local Compliance Officer. On a case by case basis and at the discretion of the Compliance Officer in consultation with the Chief Investment Officer, this limit may be relaxed. |
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4.1.4 | Trades effected by Invesco for the account of an index fund it manages in the ordinary course of such funds investment activity will not trigger the blackout period. However, the addition or removal of a security from an index, thereby triggering an index fund trade, would cause employee trades in such security to be blacked-out for the seven prior and subsequent calendar days, as described above. | ||
4.1.5 | In the event there is a trade in a client account in the same security or instrument within a blackout period, the employee may be required to close out the position and to disgorge any profit to a charitable organisation chosen by the local Board of Directors; provided, however, that if an employee has obtained pre-clearance for a transaction and a subsequent client trade occurs within the blackout period, the Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the Compliance Officer, upon a demonstration of hardship or extraordinary circumstances, may determine to review the application of the disgorgement policy to such transaction and may select to impose alternative restrictions on the employees position. The disgorgement of profits will only apply if the total profit exceeds 150 EUR within the blackout period. | ||
4.1.6 | Invesco Ltd Shares | ||
Pre-clearance is also required to buy or sell Invesco Ltd Shares. For staff who have been advised that they are part of the Blackout Group, permission will not be given during a closed period. | |||
Persons within the Blackout Group are determined on a quarterly basis and will be notified that they have been added to or removed from the list. | |||
In line with the Invesco Insider Trading Policy, the Blackout Periods for each quarter commence on 15 March, 15 June, 15 September and 15 December and end on the second business day following the Companys issue of the relevant earnings release. | |||
Full details of the Invesco Ltd stock transaction Pre-Clearance Guide and restrictions for all employees of Invesco Ltd can be found on the Compliance intranet site. | |||
4.1.7 | Invesco Investment Trusts | ||
Staff dealing in Invesco Investment Trusts will also be subject to closed periods as dictated by each of the Trusts. | |||
4.1.8 | UK ICVCs, the Offshore Global Product Range (GPR) | ||
and other affiliated schemes are subject to the Short Term Trading restrictions (60 day rule see 4.1.9). The preferential rate of sales charge allowed to staff will be withdrawn in circumstances where it is apparent that the employee has traded on a short term basis in those shares i.e. where previous transactions by that person have resulted in the short term holding of those investments. Shares of UK ICVCs, the GPR and affiliated schemes will not be accepted for redemption if the funds themselves are closed for redemption due to the effects of subsequent market or currency movements. | |||
4.1.9 | Short Term Trading Profits | ||
It is Invescos policy to restrict the ability of employees to benefit from short-term trading in securities and instruments. Employees must disgorge profits made on the sale by an employee of any security or instrument held less than 60 days and will not be permitted to purchase any security or instrument that has been sold by such employee within the prior 60 days. Employees are required to disgorge profits made on the sale in a Covered Account within the 60 days period. Exceptions may be granted by the Compliance Department on a case by case basis. This policy applies to trading in all types of securities and instruments, except where in a particular case the local Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the Compliance Officer has made a specific finding of hardship and it can be demonstrated that no potential abuse or conflict is presented (for example, when an employees request to sell a security purchased within 60 days prior to the request is prompted by a major corporate or market event, such as a tender offer, and the security was not held in client accounts). This section (4.1.9) will not apply to Financial Spread Betting |
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transactions which have been approved under the Exceptions section (4.1.16) of this Policy. | |||
4.1.10 | Initial Public Offerings | ||
No employee may purchase or permit any Covered Account to purchase a security offered pursuant to an initial public offering, wherever such offering is made except in a Venture Capital Trust. However, in certain circumstances an employee may be permitted to buy an IPO for example where the public offering is made by a Government of where the employee is resident and different amounts of the offering are specified for different investor types e.g. private and institutional, the local Compliance Officer may allow such purchases after consultation with the local Chief Executive Officer or his designee. | |||
4.1.11 | Privately-Issued Securities | ||
Employees may not purchase or permit a Covered Account to purchase or acquire any privately-issued securities, other than in exceptional cases specifically approved by the local Chief Executive Officer (e.g. where such investment is part of a family-owned and operated business venture that would not be expected to involve an investment opportunity of interest to any Invesco client). Requests for exceptions should be made in the first instance to the local Compliance Officer. | |||
4.1.12 | Private Investment Funds | ||
Employees, however, may invest in interests in private investment funds (i.e. hedge funds) that are established to invest predominantly in public securities and instruments, subject to the pre-clearance procedures, trading restrictions and reporting requirements contained in this Code. Employees may also invest in residential co-operatives and private recreational clubs (such as sports clubs, country clubs, luncheon clubs and the like) for their personal use; such investments are not subject to the pre-clearance procedures, trading restrictions and reporting requirements unless the employees investing is part of a business conducted by the employee. Such ownership should be reported to the Compliance Officer. | |||
4.1.13 | Short Sales | ||
An employee may not sell short a security unless this is specifically related to personal taxation issues. Requests for exceptions should be made to the local Compliance Officer. | |||
4.1.14 | Financial Spread Betting | ||
Employees may not enter into Financial Spread betting arrangements unless they have applied in writing to do so under the Exceptions section of this Policy (4.1.16) and have received written confirmation that this is permitted. Exceptions will not be granted for Financial Spread Betting on single stocks but, depending on the circumstances, spread betting on Exchange Rates, Main Indices and Government Bonds may be allowed on an exceptions basis. | |||
4.1.15 | Futures | ||
Employees may not write, sell or buy exchange-traded futures, synthetic futures, swaps and similar non-exchange traded instruments. | |||
4.1.16 | Exceptions | ||
The Chief Executive Officer or his designee in consultation with the Compliance Officer may in on a case by case basis grant exceptions from these trading restrictions upon written request. Any exceptions granted will be reported to the local Board of Directors at least annually. Additionally if a local Board or its designee wish to impose additional restrictions these should be communicated to the staff. |
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5 | ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, CONFIDENTIALITY AND OUTSIDE DIRECTORSHIPS |
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To be able to fully monitor the appearance of the name of Invesco, any employees activities on behalf of Invesco such as the participation in an industry body or an external consulting group need to be pre-cleared to the local Compliance Officer and the local CEO. | ||
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In order to reduce potential conflicts of interest arising from the participation of employees on the boards of directors of public, private, non-profit and other enterprises, all employees are subject to the following restrictions and guidelines: |
5.2.1 | An employee may not serve as a director of a public company without the approval of the local Chief Executive Officer after consultation with the local Compliance Officer, with the exception of approved industry associations. | ||
5.2.2 | An employee may serve on the board of directors or participate as an adviser or otherwise, or advisers of a private company only if: |
(i) | client assets have been invested in such company and having a seat on the board would be considered beneficial to our clients interest; and | ||
(ii) | service on such board has been approved in writing by the local Chief Executive Officer. The employee must resign from such board of directors as soon as the company contemplates going public, except where the local Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the Compliance Officer has determined that an employee may remain on a board. In any event, an employee shall not accept any compensation for serving as a director (or in a similar capacity) of such company; any compensation offered shall either be refused or, if unable to be refused, distributed pro rata to the relevant client accounts. |
5.2.3 | An employee must receive prior written permission from the Chief Executive Officer or his designee before serving as a director, trustee or member of an advisory board of either: |
(i) | any non-profit or charitable institution; or | ||
(ii) | a private family-owned and operated business. |
5.2.4 | An employee may serve as an officer or director of a residential co-operative, but must receive prior written permission from the local Chief Executive Officer and the local Compliance Department before serving as a director if, in the course of such service, he or she gives advice with respect to the management of the co-operatives funds. | ||
5.2.5 | If an employee serving on the board of directors or advisers of any entity comes into possession of material, non-public information through such service, he or she must immediately notify the local Compliance Officer. | ||
5.2.6 | An Invesco employee shall not take personal advantage of any economic opportunity properly belonging to an Invesco Client or to Invesco itself. Such opportunities could arise, for example, from confidential information belonging to a client or the offer of a directorship. Employees must not disclose information relating to a clients intentions, activities or portfolios except: |
i) | to fellow employees, or other agents of the client, who need to know it to discharge their duties; or | ||
ii) | to the client itself. |
5.2.7 | Employees may not cause or attempt to cause any Client to purchase, sell or hold any Security in a manner calculated to create any personal benefit to the employee or Invesco. | ||
5.2.8 | If an employee or immediate family member stands to materially benefit from an investment decision for an Advisory Client that the employee is recommending or participating in, the employee must disclose that interest to persons with authority to make investment decisions and to the local Compliance Officer. Based on the information given, a decision will be made on whether or not to restrict the employees participation in causing a client to purchase or sell a Security in which the employee has an interest. | ||
5.2.9 | An employee must disclose to those persons with authority to make investment decisions for a Client (or to the Compliance Officer if the employee in question is a person with authority to make investment decisions for the Client), any Beneficial Interest that the employee (or immediate family) has in that Security or an Equivalent Security, or in the issuer thereof, where the decision could create a material benefit to the employee (or immediate family) or the appearance of impropriety. The person to whom the employee reports the interest, in consultation with the Compliance Officer, must determine whether or not the employee will be restricted in making investment decisions. |
6 | CLIENT INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES OWNED BY INVESCO EMPLOYEES | |
6.1 | General principles | |
In addition to the specific prohibitions on certain personal securities transactions as set forth herein, all employees are prohibited from: |
6.1.1 | Employing any device, scheme or artifice to defraud any prospect or client; | ||
6.1.2 | Making any untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state to a client or a prospective client, a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; | ||
6.1.3 | Engaging in any act, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any prospect or client; | ||
6.1.4 | Engaging in any manipulative practice with respect to any prospect or client; or | ||
6.1.5 | Revealing to any other person (except in the normal course of his or her duties on behalf of a client) any information regarding securities transactions by any client or the consideration of any client or Invesco of any securities transactions. |
7 | REPORTS | |
7.1 | In order to implement the general principles, restrictions and prohibitions contained in this Code, each Employee is required to provide the following reports: | |
7.2 | Initial Certification and Schedules . This Code forms part of an employee s contract of employment and any breach may be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including summary dismissal. |
7.2.1 | On commencing employment at Invesco, each new employee shall receive a copy of the Code via electronic means and will be expected to confirm that they understand and accept this Code within their first month of employment. | ||
7.2.2 | New employees are also required on commencement of employment to provide the following to the Compliance Department: |
(i) | A list of all Covered Accounts and | ||
(ii) | Details of any directorships (or similar positions) of for-profit, non-profit and other enterprises. |
7.3 | Confirmations |
7.3.1 | Each employee shall cause to be provided to the Compliance Department where an outside broker undertakes the transaction duplicate copies of confirmations of all transactions in each Covered Account. |
7.4 | Annual Certification |
i) | all Covered Accounts and any other transactions not included in the monthly statements; and | ||
ii) | directorships (or similar positions) of for-profit, non-profit and other enterprises. | ||
iii) | trades undertaken for which contract notes/confirmations have not been provided to the Compliance Department; | ||
iv) | potential conflicts of interest identified which have not yet been reported to the Compliance Department; | ||
v) | potential Treating Customers Fairly issues identified which have not yet been reported to the Compliance Department. |
7.4.1 | A schedule listing directorships (or similar positions) of for-profit, non-profit and other enterprises; | ||
7.4.2 | With respect to Discretionary Accounts, if any, certifications that such employee does not discuss any investment decisions with the person making investment decisions; and | ||
7.4.3 | With respect to any non-public security owned by such employee, a statement indicating whether the issuer has changed its name or publicly issued securities during such calendar year. |
7.5 | Exempt Investments | |
Confirmations and periodic reports need not be provided with respect to Exempt Investments, (see 3.2). | ||
7.6 | Disclaimer of Beneficial Ownership | |
Any report required under this Code may contain a statement that such report is not to be construed as an admission by the person making the report that he or she has any direct and indirect beneficial ownership of the security to which the report relates. | ||
7.7 | Annual Review | |
The Director of European Compliance in consultation with the local Compliance Officers will review the Code as necessary, in light of legal and business developments and experience in implementing the Code, and will prepare a report to the relevant management committee that: |
7.7.1 | summarizes existing procedures concerning personal investing and any changes in the procedures made during the past year, | ||
7.7.2 | identifies any violations requiring significant remedial action during the past year, and | ||
7.7.3 | identifies any recommended changes in existing restrictions or procedures based on the experience under the Code, evolving industry practices, or developments in applicable laws or regulations. |
8 | TRAINING REQUIREMENTS | |
In order to make sure that every employee is fully aware of the current rules and guidelines as well as changes in the local regulatory environment, he has to participate in compliance and anti money laundering training at least once a year. Several of these training events will be provided in the local offices by the Compliance Officer and the AML Officer. |
9 | MISCELLANEOUS | |
9.1 | Interpretation | |
The provisions of this Code will be interpreted by the local Compliance Officer, as applicable. Questions of interpretation should be directed in the first instance to the local Compliance Officer or his/her designee or, if necessary, with the Compliance Officer of another Invesco entity. The interpretation of the local Compliance Officer is final. | ||
9.2 | Sanctions | |
If advised of a violation of this Code by an employee, the local Chief Executive Officer (or, in the case of the local Chief Executive Officer, the local Board of Directors) may impose such sanctions as are deemed appropriate. Any violations of this Code and sanctions therefore will be reported to the local Board of Directors at least annually. | ||
9.3 | Effective Date | |
This revised Code shall become effective as of 1 March 2011 . |
10 | Guidelines for Compliance in Real Estate Investments | |
11.1 | The purpose of this section is to ensure all personal real estate transactions of employees are conducted |
| to place the interests of Invescos clients first, | ||
| to avoid any actual, potential or appearance of a conflict of interest, | ||
| to avoid any abuse of an employees position of trust and responsibility and | ||
| to avoid the possibility that employees would take inappropriate advantage of their positions. |
11.2 | The requirements in these sections are an addition to rather than a substitute of all other requirements made in the Code of Ethics. |
| knowingly invests in real estate or recommends investments in real estate while in possession of material, non-public information, | ||
| informs somebody (outside of Invesco or the client) about a real estate investment or about a client using information he has received through his employment with Invesco |
1. | Personally investing in real estate for a client when another client or a business partner of Invesco is involved in setting up and selling the investment. I.e. as an intermediary or a financier. | ||
2. | Entering into a private real estate transaction when any cost or fees brought forth by it are other than at arms length. | ||
3. | Taking personal advantage of any economic opportunity properly belonging to an Invesco Client or to Invesco itself. |
4. | Investing in real estate for a client where Invesco has access to information which may be price sensitive. | ||
5. | Manipulation of the market through the release of information to regular market users which is false or misleading about a company or a real estate investment. | ||
6. | Release of any information (except in the normal course of his or her duties as an employee of Invesco) about a clients considerations of a real estate investment. | ||
7. | Personally engaging in real estate investments and thereby using information received through the employment with Invesco. |
1 | The procedures to deal are as follows: |
A: | Obtain the Pre-Clearance Trade Authorisation Form from the forms section of the Compliance Intranet site. | ||
B: | Complete Trade Authorisation Form noting: |
i) | permission sought to either buy or sell; | ||
ii) | the amount in shares or currency; | ||
iii) | is the transaction an Invesco ICVC/ISA/GPR or affiliated scheme yes or no if yes, then you will have to submit your pre-clearance form to *UK Compliance Personal Share Dealing e-mail group if no, then pre-clearance is not required; | ||
iv) | type of security; | ||
v) | name of company or other; | ||
vi) | date of request to deal; | ||
vii) | name of beneficial owner; and | ||
viii) | address of beneficial owner. |
Then complete each of the questions in connection with the transaction you require completed yes or no answers will be required. |
C: | For Venture Capital Trust ordinary securities or for Invesco ICVC/ISA/GPR Trades, you should now only complete section Two. Once you have answered both questions, the pre-clearance form must be submitted to the e-mail *UK Compliance Personal Share Dealing Compliance will review the prospective transaction and revert to you by e-mail. Once you have received this confirmation e-mail you are free to deal. However, the trade must be completed by the end of the next business day from the date of confirmation. If dealing is not completed in this time frame, then additional pre-clearance MUST be sought via the same process. | ||
D: | If you wish to sell/buy Invesco shares you should complete Section two as noted above. | ||
E: | For Equity, Bond or Warrant deals, you should now only complete section Three. Once you have answered these questions, the pre-clearance form must be submitted to the e-mail *UK Compliance Personal Share Dealing Compliance will review the prospective transaction and revert to you by e-mail. Once you have received this confirmation e-mail you are free to deal. However, the trade must be completed by the end of the next business day from the date of confirmation. If dealing is not completed in this time frame, then additional pre-clearance MUST be sought via the same process. |
NB | Permission to deal will not be granted retrospectively. Deals undertaken without permission will be brought to the Compliance Officers attention, by a review of the personal share dealing register, for discussion with the person concerned. |
1. | Advisory Client means any client (including both investment companies and managed accounts) for which Invesco serves as an investment adviser, renders investment advice, or makes investment decisions. | |
2 | Beneficial Interest means the opportunity to share, directly or indirectly, in any profit or loss on a transaction in Securities, including but not limited to all joint accounts, partnerships and trusts. | |
3 | Covered Accounts means: |
3.1 | any account/securities held by you, or your family, while an employee; | ||
3.2 | accounts/securities held by you for the benefit of your spouse, significant other, or any children or relatives who share your home; | ||
3.3 | accounts/securities for which you have or share, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise: |
(i) | voting power (which includes power to vote, or to direct the voting of, a security), or | ||
(ii) | investment power (which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition) of a security; or |
3.4 | accounts/securities held by any other person to whose support you materially contribute or in which, by reason of any agreement or arrangement, you have or share benefits substantially equivalent to ownership, including, for example: |
(i) | arrangements (which may be informal) under which you have agreed to share the profits from an investment, and | ||
(ii) | accounts maintained or administered by you for a relative (such as children or parents) who do not share your home. |
3.5 | Families include husbands and wives, significant other, sons and daughters and other immediate family only where any of those persons take part in discussion or passing on of investment information. |
4. | Employee means a person who has a contract of employment with, or employed by, Invesco UK or any associated Invesco Company within Europe; including consultants, contractors or temporary employees. | |
5. | Equivalent Security means any Security issued by the same entity as the issuer of a security, including options, rights, warrants, preferred stock, restricted stock, bonds and other obligations of that company. | |
6. | Fund means an investment company for which Invesco serves as an adviser or subadviser. | |
7. | High quality short-term debt instruments means any instrument having a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and which is treated in one of the highest two rating categories by a Nationally Recognised Statistical Rating Organisation, or which is unrated but is of comparable quality. | |
8. | Independent Fund Director means an independent director of an investment company advised by Invesco. |
9. | Initial Public Offering means any security which is being offered for the first time on a Recognised Stock Exchange. | |
10. | Open-Ended Collective Investment Scheme means any Open-ended Investment Company, US Mutual Fund, UK ICVC or Irish Unit Trust, Luxembourg SICAV, French SICAV or Bermuda Fund. | |
11. | Securities Transaction means a purchase of or sale of Securities. | |
12. | Security includes stock, notes, bonds, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness (including loan participations and assignments), limited partnership interests, investment contracts, and all derivative instruments, such as options and warrants. | |
13. | " UK ICVC and affiliate schemes defined as all UK domiciled retail Invesco ICVCs, all Invesco Continental European domestic ranges and all Invesco Ireland and Luxembourg SICAVs and Unit Trusts. | |
14. | Main Index defined as a member of the FTSE 100 or equivalent. The equivalency will be determined by the European Director of Compliance on a case by case basis. |
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| Best interests of clients As fiduciaries, we have a duty to act with reasonable care, skill and caution in the best interests of our clients, and to avoid conflicts of interest. | ||
| Global fiduciary standards Invesco seeks to maintain the same high fiduciary standards throughout the world, even though those standards may not be legally required, or even recognized, in some countries. | ||
| Client confidentiality We must maintain the confidentiality of information relating to the client, and comply with the data protection requirements imposed by many jurisdictions. | ||
| Information Clients must be provided with timely and accurate information regarding their accounts. | ||
| Segregation and protection of assets Processes must be established for the proper maintenance, control and protection of client assets. Fiduciary assets must be segregated from Invesco assets and property. | ||
| Delegation of duties Fiduciary duties should be delegated only when the client consents and where permitted by applicable law. Reasonable care, skill and caution must be exercised in the selection of agents and review of their performance. | ||
| Client guidelines Invesco is responsible for making investment decisions on behalf of clients that are consistent with the prospectus, contract, or other controlling document relating to the clients account. | ||
| Relations with regulators We seek relationships with regulators that are open and responsive in nature. |
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| Violations of any laws or regulations generally involving Invesco; | ||
| Questionable accounting matters, internal accounting controls, auditing matters, breaches of fiduciary duty or violations of United States or foreign securities laws or rules (collectively, Accounting Matters) including, but not limited to: |
| fraud or deliberate error in the preparation, evaluation, review or audit of any financial statement of Invesco; | ||
| fraud or deliberate error in the recording and maintaining of financial records of Invesco; | ||
| deficiencies in or non-compliance with Invescos internal accounting controls; | ||
| misrepresentation or false statements to or by a senior officer or accountant regarding a matter contained in the financial records, financial reports or audit reports of Invesco; | ||
| deviation from full and fair reporting of Invescos financial condition; or | ||
| fraudulent or criminal activities engaged in by officers, directors or employees of Invesco; |
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| is necessary to alleviate undue hardship or in view of unforeseen circumstances or is otherwise appropriate under all the relevant facts and circumstances; | ||
| will not be inconsistent with the purposes and objectives of the Code; |
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| will not adversely affect the interests of clients of the company or the interests of the company; and | ||
| will not result in a transaction or conduct that would violate provisions of applicable laws or regulations. |
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Risk Addressed by Policy
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Employee conduct violating Invesco Senior Secured Managements fiduciary duty to its clients, or creating even an appearance of impropriety | |
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Investment Advisers Act of 1940 | |
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A. | POLICY STATEMENT |
B. | OPERATING PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBLE PARTIES |
C. | RECORDKEEPING |
Code of Ethics | 1 |
Code of Ethics | 1 |
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Code of Ethics | 2 |
I. | Introduction |
| any director, officer, full or part time Employee of Invesco Advisers, Inc. or any full or part time Employee of any Invesco Advisers, Inc.s affiliates that, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in , or obtains any information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities or who is involved in making or obtains information concerning investment recommendations with respect to such purchase or sales of Covered Securities; or who has access to non-public information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities, access to non-public securities recommendations or access to non-public information concerning portfolio holdings of any portfolio advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. | ||
| all Employees of Invesco Ltd. located in the United States who are not covered by the Code of Ethics of a registered investment advisory affiliate of Invesco Ltd. | ||
| any other persons falling within such definitions under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 , as amended (the Investment Company Act)or Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act) and such other persons that may be so deemed by Compliance. |
II. | Statement of Fiduciary Principles |
| the interests of Clients and shareholders of investment company Clients must be placed first at all times and Covered Persons must not take inappropriate advantage of their positions; and | ||
| all personal securities transactions must be conducted consistent with this Code and in a manner to avoid any abuse of an individuals position of trust and responsibility. This Code is our effort to address conflicts of interest that may arise in the ordinary course of our business. |
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III. | Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations; Reporting of Violations |
IV. | Limits on Personal Investing |
A. | Personal Investing | ||
1. Pre-clearance of Personal Security Transactions . All Covered Persons must pre-clear with the Compliance Department using the automated review system all personal security transactions involving Covered Securities for which they have Beneficial Ownership. A Covered Person may have Beneficial Ownership in securities held by members of his or her immediate family sharing the same household (i.e., a spouse and children) or by certain partnerships, trusts, corporations, or other arrangements. | |||
Additionally, all Covered Persons must pre-clear personal securities transactions involving securities over which they have discretion. For example, if a Covered Person is directing the transactions for a friend or family member (regardless of whether they share the same household) all transactions in Covered Securities must be pre-cleared. Covered Securities include but are not limited to all investments that can be traded by an Invesco Advisers, Inc. entity for its Clients, including stocks, bonds, municipal bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and any of their derivatives such as options. Although Affiliated Mutual Funds are considered Covered Securities, those that are held by Employees at the Affiliated Mutual Funds transfer agent or in the Invesco Ltd. 401(k) or Money Purchase plans (excluding the Personal Choice Retirement Account (PCRA)) do not need to be pre-cleared through the automated review system because compliance monitoring for these plans is done through a separate process. |
Code of Ethics | 4 |
| Any approval granted to a Covered Person to execute a personal security transaction is valid for that business day only, except that if approval is granted after the close of trading day such approval is good through the next trading day. |
| Non-Investment Personnel. |
| may not buy or sell a Covered Security within two trading days before or after a Client trades in that security. | ||
| may not buy or sell a Covered Security if there is a Client order on that security currently with the trading desk. |
| Investment Personnel . |
| may not buy or sell a Covered Security within three trading days before or after a Client trades in that security. | ||
| may not buy or sell a Covered Security if there is a Client order on that security currently with the trading desk. |
Code of Ethics | 5 |
| Equity de minimis exemptions . |
| If a Covered Person does not have knowledge of trading activity in a particular equity security, he or she may execute up to 500 shares of such security in a rolling 30-day period provided the issuer of such security is included in the Russell 1000 Index. | ||
| If a Covered Person does not have knowledge of trading activity in a particular equity security, he or she may execute up to 500 shares of such security in a rolling 30 day period provided that there is no conflicting client activity in that security during the blackout period or on the trading desk that exceeds 500 shares per trading day. |
| Fixed income de minimis exemption . If a Covered Person does not have knowledge of trading activity in a particular fixed income security he or she may execute up to $100,000 of par value of such security in a rolling 30-day period. |
| A Letter of Education will be provided to any Covered Person whose failure to pre-clear is considered immaterial or inadvertent. | ||
| Repeat violations may result in in-person training, probation, withdrawal of personal trading privileges or employment termination, depending on the nature and severity of the violations. |
Code of Ethics | 6 |
| full service broker-dealers. | ||
| discount broker-dealers. discount brokerage are accounts in which all trading is completed online. These accounts must be held with firms that provide electronic feeds of confirmations directly to the Compliance Department, | ||
| Invesco Advisers, Incs. -affiliated Broker-dealer (Invesco Distributors, Inc.) |
Code of Ethics | 7 |
| A list of all security holdings, including the name, number of shares (for equities) and the principal amount (for debt securities) in which the person has direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership. A Covered Person may have Beneficial Ownership in securities held by members of their immediate family sharing the same household (i.e., a spouse and children) or by certain partnerships, trusts, corporations, or other arrangements. | ||
| The name of any broker-dealer or bank with which the person maintains an account in which any securities are held for the direct or indirect benefit of the person; and | ||
| The date that the report is submitted by the Covered Person |
| The nature of the transaction (buy, sell, etc.); | ||
| The price of the Covered Security at which the transaction was executed; | ||
| The name of the broker-dealer or bank executing the transaction; and | ||
| The date that the report is submitted to the Compliance Department. |
Code of Ethics | 8 |
| The date the account was established; | ||
| The name of the broker-dealer or bank; and | ||
| The date that the report is submitted to the Compliance Department. |
| The security and the number of shares (for equities) or the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable) and principal amount (for debt securities) for each Covered Security in which the Covered Person has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership; | ||
| The name of the broker-dealer or bank with or through which the security is held; and | ||
| The date that the report is submitted by the Covered Person to the Compliance Department. |
Code of Ethics | 9 |
B. | Invesco Ltd. Securities |
Code of Ethics | 10 |
C. | Limitations on Other Personal Activities |
| Entertainment . Employees must report Entertainment with the Compliance Department within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt or giving by submitting a Gift Report within the automated review system. The requirement to report Entertainment includes dinners or any other event with a Business Partner of Invesco Advisers, Inc. in attendance. | ||
Employees may not reimburse Business Partners for the cost of tickets that would be considered excessive or for travel related expenses without approval of the Compliance Department. | |||
Examples of Entertainment that may be considered excessive in value include Super Bowls, All-Star games, Kentucky Derby, hunting trips, ski trips, etc. An occasional sporting event, golf outing or concert when accompanied by the Business Partner may not be excessive. | |||
Gifts . Employees are prohibited from accepting or giving the following: single Gifts valued in excess of $100 in any calendar year; or Gifts from one person or firm valued in excess of $100 during a calendar year period. | |||
Reporting Requirements for Gifts and Entertainment: |
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| Reporting of Gifts and Entertainment given to an Invesco Employee by a Client or Business Partner. All Gifts and Entertainment received by an Employee must be reported through the automated pre-clearance system within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of the Gift or the attendance of the Entertainment event. | ||
| Reporting of Gifts and Entertainment given by an Invesco Employee to a Client or Business Partner. All Gifts and Entertainment given by an Employee must be reported through the reporting requirements of the Employees business unit. An Employee should contact their manager or Compliance if they are not sure how to report gifts they intend to give or have given to a Client or Business Partner. |
D. | Parallel Investing Permitted | ||
Subject to the provisions of this Code, Employees may invest in or own the same securities as those acquired or sold by Invesco Advisers, Inc. for its Clients. |
V. | Reporting of Potential Compliance Issues |
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VI. | Administration of the Code of Ethics |
| describes significant issues arising under the Code since the last report to the ICCC, including information about material violations of the Code and sanctions imposed in response to material violations; and | ||
| certifies that Invesco Advisers, Inc. has adopted procedures reasonably designed to prevent Covered Persons from violating the Code. |
VII. | Sanctions |
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VIII. | Exceptions to the Code |
IX. | Definitions |
| Affiliated Mutual Funds generally includes all mutual funds advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc All Invesco funds and Invesco Van Kampen funds are Affiliated Mutual Funds. | ||
| Automatic Investment Plan means a program in which regular purchases or sales are made automatically in or from investment accounts in accordance with a predetermined schedule and allocation, including dividend reinvestment plans. | ||
| Beneficial Ownership has the same meaning as Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 34 Act). To have a beneficial interest, Covered Persons must have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest, which is the opportunity to profit directly or indirectly from a transaction in securities. Thus a Covered Person may have Beneficial Ownership in securities held by members of his or her immediate family sharing the same household (i.e. a spouse and children) or by certain partnerships, trusts, corporations, or other arrangements. | ||
| Client means any account for which Invesco Advisers, Inc. is either the adviser or sub-adviser including Affiliated Mutual Funds. | ||
| Control has the same meaning as under Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act. | ||
| Covered Person means and includes: |
| any director, officer, full or part time Employee of Invesco Advisers, Inc. or any full or part time Employee of any Invesco Advisers, Inc.s affiliates that, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in , or obtains any information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities or who is involved in making or obtains information concerning investment recommendations with respect to such purchase or sales of Covered Securities ; or who has access to non-public information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities, access to non-public securities recommendations or access to non-public information concerning portfolio holdings of any portfolio advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. | ||
| all Employees of Invesco Ltd. located in the United States who are not covered by the Code of Ethics of a registered investment advisory affiliate of Invesco Ltd. | ||
| any other persons falling within such definitions under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 , as amended (the Investment Company Act)or Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act) and such other persons that may be so deemed by Compliance. |
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| Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act except that it does not include the following (Please note : exchange traded funds (ETFs) are considered a Covered Security). |
| Direct obligations of the Government of the United States or its agencies; | ||
| Bankers acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements; | ||
| Any open-end mutual fund not advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (All Affiliated Mutual Funds shall be considered Covered Securities regardless of whether they are advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. | ||
| Any unit investment trust, including unit investment trusts advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc.; | ||
| Invesco Ltd. stock because it is subject to the provisions of Invesco Ltd.s Code of Conduct. Notwithstanding this exception, transactions in Invesco Ltd. securities are subject to all the pre-clearance and reporting requirements outlined in other provisions of this Code and any other corporate guidelines issued by Invesco Ltd. |
| Employee means and includes: |
| Any full or part time Employee of Invesco Advisers, Inc. or any full or part time Employee of any Invesco Advisers, Inc.s affiliates that, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes or participates in, or obtains any information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securties or who is involved in making or obtains information concerning investment recommendations with respect to such purchase or sales of Covered Securities; or who has access to non-public information concerning any Clients purchase or sale of Covered Securities, access to non-public securities recommendations or access to non-public information concerning portfolio holdings of any portfolio advised or sub-advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. | ||
| All Employees of Invesco Ltd. located in the United States who are not covered by the Code of Ethics of a registered investment advisory affiliate of Invesco Ltd. | ||
| Any other persons falling within such definitions under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act or Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act and such other persons that may be so deemed by Compliance. |
| Gifts, Entertainment and Business Partner have the same meaning as provided in the Invesco Ltd. Gifts and Entertainment Policy. | ||
| Initial Public Offering means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the 34 Act. | ||
| Invesco Advisers, Inc.s -affiliated Broker-dealer means Invesco Distributors, Inc. or its successors. |
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| Private Securities Transaction means any securities transaction relating to new offerings of securities which are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided however that transactions subject to the notification requirements of Rule 3050 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authoritys (FINRA) Conduct Rules, transactions among immediate family members (as defined in the interpretation of the FINRA Board of Governors on free-riding and withholding) for which no associated person receives any selling compensation, and personal securities transactions in investment company and variable annuity securities shall be excluded. | ||
| Restricted List Securities means the list of securities that are provided to Compliance Department by Invesco Ltd. or investment departments, which include those securities that are restricted from purchase or sale by Client or Employee accounts for various reasons (e.g., large concentrated ownership positions that may trigger reporting or other securities regulatory issues, or possession of material, non-public information, or existence of corporate transaction in the issuer involving an Invesco Ltd. unit). |
X. | Invesco Ltd. Policies and Procedures |
XI. | Code Of Ethics Contacts |
| Telephone Hotline: 1-877-331-CODE [2633] | ||
| E-Mail: CodeofEthics(North America)@invesco.com |
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