UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-01540

 

 

AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77046

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Sheri Morris 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77046

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 626-1919

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

Date of reporting period: 12/31/19

 

 

 


Item 1. Report to Stockholders.


 

 

LOGO   Annual Report to Shareholders    December 31, 2019
 

 

  Invesco European Small Company Fund
 

 

Nasdaq:

  
  A: ESMAX C: ESMCX Y: ESMYX R6: ESMSX

 

 

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Letters to Shareholders

    

 

    

LOGO

Dear Shareholders:

This annual report includes information about your Fund, including performance data and a complete list of its investments as of the close of the reporting period. Inside is a discussion of how your Fund was managed and the factors that affected its performance during the reporting period.

    Despite a tumultuous end to 2018 and gloomy market outlook at the start of the year, 2019 proved a banner year for global investors. Rather than raise interest rates central banks signaled they would provide more stimulus. Global equities greeted this news with enthusiasm with several equity market indices reaching record highs multiple times throughout the year.

    As 2019 unfolded, global equity markets rebounded strongly buoyed by a more accommodative stance from central banks and optimism about a potential US-China trade deal. In May, US-China trade concerns and slowing global growth led to a global equity selloff and rally in US Treasuries. Despite the May sell-off, domestic equity markets rallied in June in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve (the Fed) interest rate cut and closed the second quarter with modest gains. Continued US-China trade worries and signs of slowing global economic growth led to increased market volatility in August. The US Treasury yield curve inverted several times as fears of a US recession increased. As a result, global equity markets were largely flat for the third quarter. In the final months of 2019, geopolitical and macroeconomic issues largely abated. This combined with better-than-expected third quarter corporate earnings and initial agreement of the phase one US-China trade deal provided a favorable backdrop for equities and impressive fourth quarter global equity returns.

    Throughout 2019, central banks continued to be accommodative, providing sources of liquidity. The Fed pivoted from raising rates in 2018 to reducing them in 2019. In July, the Fed lowered interest rates for the first time in 11 years. It again lowered rates in September and once again in October. In addition, the European Central Bank left its policy rate unchanged and continued its bond purchasing program. As 2020 unfolds, we’ll see how the interplay of interest rates, economic data, geopolitics and a host of other factors affect US and overseas equity and fixed income markets.

    Investor uncertainty and market volatility, such as we witnessed during the reporting period, are unfortunate facts of life when it comes to investing. That’s why Invesco encourages investors to work with a professional financial adviser who can stress the importance of starting to save and invest early and the importance of adhering to a disciplined investment plan. A financial adviser who knows your unique financial situation, investment goals and risk tolerance can be an invaluable partner as you seek to achieve your financial goals. Financial advisers can also offer a long-term perspective when markets are volatile and time-tested advice and guidance when your financial situation or investment goals change.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. To do so, select “Log In” on the right side of the homepage, and then select “Register for Individual Account Access.”

    In addition to the resources accessible on our website and through our mobile app, you can obtain timely updates to help you stay informed about the markets and the economy by connecting with Invesco on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. You can access our blog at blog.invesco.us.com. Our goal is to provide you the information you want, when and where you want it.

    Finally, I’m pleased to share with you Invesco’s commitment to both the Principles for Responsible Investment and to considering environmental, social and governance issues in our robust investment process. I invite you to learn more at invesco.com/esg.

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246.

    All of us at Invesco look forward to serving your investment management needs. Thank you for investing with us.

Sincerely,

 

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Andrew Schlossberg

Head of the Americas,

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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LOGO

    

Dear Shareholders:

Among the many important lessons I’ve learned in more than 40 years in a variety of business endeavors is the value of a trusted advocate.

    As independent chair of the Invesco Funds Board, I can assure you that the members of the Board are strong advocates for the interests of investors in Invesco’s mutual funds. We work hard to represent your interests through oversight of the quality of the investment management services your funds receive and other matters important to your investment, including but not

limited to:

Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can

    use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.

Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.

Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.

Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

      We believe one of the most important services we provide our fund shareholders is the annual review of the funds’ advisory and sub-advisory contracts with Invesco Advisers and its affiliates. This review is required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and focuses on the nature and quality of the services Invesco provides as the adviser to the Invesco funds and the reasonableness of the fees that it charges for those services. Each year, we spend months carefully reviewing information received from Invesco and a variety of independent sources, such as performance and fee data prepared by Lipper, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.), an independent, third-party firm widely recognized as a leader in its field. We also meet with our independent legal counsel and other independent advisers to review and help us assess the information that we have received. Our goal is to assure that you receive quality investment management services for a reasonable fee.

      I trust the measures outlined above provide assurance that you have a worthy advocate when it comes to choosing the Invesco Funds.

      On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2019, Class A shares of Invesco European Small Company Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the MSCI Europe Small Cap Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

    Your Fund’s long-term performance appears later in this report.

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/18 to 12/31/19, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares

     15.23

Class C Shares

     14.44  

Class Y Shares

     15.56  

Class R6 Shares

     15.59  

MSCI Europe Indexq (Broad Market Index)

     23.77  

MSCI Europe Small Cap Indexq (Style-Specific Index)

     29.06  

Lipper European Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

     23.42  

 

Source(s): qRIMES Technologies Corp.; Lipper Inc.

 

  

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

After a relatively calm start at the beginning of 2019, global equity markets faced greater volatility in the second and third quarters, hampered by ongoing US and China trade issues, potential for new tariffs and weakening global economic growth. Disagreement within the UK about its withdrawal from the European Union increased uncertainty for the UK and eurozone economies.

    Much of the year showed slowing manufacturing activity and declining business investment, which was evidence that trade tensions were stifling economic growth across both developed and emerging markets. Global recession concerns caused a sharp equity sell-off in August 2019, as investors crowded into asset classes perceived as safe havens, including US Treasuries and gold.

    During the year, third quarter macroeconomic and geopolitical issues mostly abated during the fourth quarter, providing a favorable backdrop for global equity returns. In response to third quarter

economic weakness, central banks maintained accommodative policies, with the US Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in October 2019 and the European Central Bank restarting net purchases in its asset purchase program in November. Better economic data and signs of progress in US and China trade talks also supported global equities. The UK’s general election in December delivered a decisive victory to the conservative party, reaffirming the original Brexit vote and the UK’s eventual exit from the European Union. In this environment, global equity markets had robust gains for the year, with developed markets outperforming emerging markets.

    During the year, stock selection in the financials and energy sectors was among the largest contributors to the Fund’s performance relative to its style-specific benchmark. Particular strength was seen in the portfolio’s Romanian-based investment company holding Fondul Proprietatea within the financials sector. The mutual fund company benefited from improving political and economic

 

 

sentiment in Romania. Conversely, the Fund’s holdings in the consumer discretionary, industrials, and consumer staples sectors underperformed those of the style-specific benchmark and detracted from the Fund’s relative performance for the year.

    On a geographic basis, the Fund’s exposure to Romania and Israel, countries not represented in the style-specific benchmark, contributed to relative performance, as both regions posted positive absolute results. In contrast, stock selection in the UK and France detracted from relative return during the year. Overweight exposure to France also hampered relative results.

    The Fund’s cash position in a rising market environment was a detractor from performance versus the style-specific benchmark. It is important to note that similar to the Fund’s sector and regional allocations, cash is a residual of our bottom-up investment process and not the result of any top-down tactical asset allocation or risk-management allocation decision.

    From an individual securities perspective, Israel-based Hilan was among the most significant absolute contributors to Fund performance during the year. The payroll processing company continued a strong run of consistent double-digit profit growth in the first half of the year. Given limited expansion potential in its market-leading human resources and payroll processing activities, the company has successfully diversified into information technology services while maintaining an attractive return-on-equity.

    UK-based Staffline Group, a third-party human resources and recruitment provider, was among the most significant detractors from the Fund’s relative performance for the year. Additionally, Ireland-based Origin Enterprises was a

 

Portfolio Composition

 

By sector    % of total net assets  
Industrials      32.99
Financials      20.25  
Consumer Discretionary      15.29  
Information Technology      12.25  
Energy      4.84  
Consumer Staples      3.79  
Health Care      3.16  
Real Estate      2.52  
Other Sectors, Each Less than 2% of Net Assets      0.93  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      3.98  

Top 10 Equity Holdings*

 

% of total net assets  

  1. Fondul Proprietatea S.A.

     5.13

  2. Societatea Nationala de Gaze   Naturale ROMGAZ S.A.

     3.77  

  3. Kardex AG

     3.77  

  4. Hilan Ltd.

     3.72  

  5. Kaufman & Broad S.A.

     3.33  

  6. Linedata Services

     3.24  

  7. Diploma PLC

     3.24  

  8. Bonheur ASA

     3.18  

  9. Gerard Perrier Industrie S.A.

     3.17  

10. MorphoSys AG

     3.16  

 

Total Net Assets

   $ 379.4 million  

Total Number of Holdings*

     49  

The Fund’s holdings are subject to change, and there is no assurance that the Fund will continue to hold any particular security.

*Excluding money market fund holdings, if any.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2019.

 

 

 

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significant absolute detractor in 2019. The company’s recent trading update was downbeat. Wet weather in the UK led to a lower level of crop planting activity during the year, while the opposite (dry conditions) in Brazil led to a delayed start to soya planting. The stock was also held back by uncertainty with regards to how Brexit will impact farm economics in the UK.

    Over the year, we continued to look for opportunities to improve the growth potential and quality of the Fund’s portfolio by adding companies based on our earnings, quality and valuation (EQV) outlook for each company. We initiated one new position in Singapore-based XP Power during the year and added to our position in Georgia-based TBC Bank. We also sold several Fund holdings with EQV characteristics that were no longer as compelling as when we first initiated positions in them, including Israel Discount Bank, Italy-based Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche, and France-based Tessi.

    As always, regardless of the macroeconomic environment, we remain focused on a bottom-up investment approach of identifying attractive companies that fit our EQV-focused investment process. We continue to look for high-quality growth companies that exhibit the following characteristics: strong organic revenue growth, high returns on capital, pricing power, strong balance sheets, cash generation, effective capital allocation and reasonable valuations. In addition, we continue to favor companies that are resilient in weak economic environments. Our balanced EQV-focused approach aligns with the Fund’s investment objective of long-term growth of capital.

    We thank you for your continued investment in Invesco European Small Company Fund.

 

 

Portfolio managers:

Borge Endresen

Jason Holzer - Lead

The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of Invesco Advisers, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but Invesco Advisers, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results,

these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.

See important Fund and, if applicable, index disclosures later in this report.

        

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

Results of a $10,000 Investment – Oldest Share Class(es)

Fund and index data from 12/31/09

 

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1

Source: RIMES Technologies Corp.

2

Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management

fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees;

performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns

 

As of 12/31/19, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

Class A Shares

        

Inception (08/31/00)

     10.04

10 Years

     8.63  

5 Years

     6.60  

1 Year

     8.89  

Class C Shares

        

Inception (08/31/00)

     9.96

10 Years

     8.44  

5 Years

     7.00  

1 Year

     13.44  

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (10/3/08)

     9.81

10 Years

     9.53  

5 Years

     8.07  

1 Year

     15.56  

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     9.35

5 Years

     8.00  

1 Year

     15.59  

Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

    The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/ performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Performance figures do not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class Y and Class R6 shares was 1.39%, 2.14%, 1.14% and 1.08%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class Y and Class R6 shares was 1.42% 2.17%, 1.17% and 1.11%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

    Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on

Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class Y and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

    The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.

    Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information.

 

1

Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2021. See current prospectus for more information.

 

 

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Invesco European Small Company Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2019, and is based on total net assets.

Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.

To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

 

 

About share classes

Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

The MSCI Europe Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of developed European countries. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.

The MSCI Europe Small Cap Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of small-cap European stocks. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.

The Lipper European Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of European funds tracked by Lipper.

The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).

A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

 

Other information

The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

 

 

This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.

 

NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2019

 

      Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–96.02%

 

Belgium–0.55%

     

Sioen Industries N.V.

     81,131      $      2,076,595  

France–26.19%

     

Caisse Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel Brie Picardie

     94,000        3,221,337  

Caisse Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel de Normandie-Seine

     46,988        8,357,487  

Caisse Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel de Paris et d’Ile-de-France

     55,078        6,147,922  

Caisse Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel Nord de France

     365,844        11,674,620  

CNIM Groupe S.A.

     39,315        884,223  

Credit Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel Sud Rhone Alpes-CCI

     19,700        5,016,687  

Gerard Perrier Industrie S.A.

     169,171        12,039,437  

HEXAOM

     132,990        5,499,670  

Infotel S.A.

     165,142        7,404,096  

Kaufman & Broad S.A.

     304,000        12,618,446  

Linedata Services(a)

     410,159        12,298,813  

Manutan International

     53,400        3,685,538  

Neurones

     280,000        6,467,190  

Total Gabon

     26,924        4,042,998  
                99,358,464  

Georgia–2.37%

     

TBC Bank Group PLC

     522,263        8,988,011  

Germany–4.03%

     

CENIT AG

     213,758        3,286,165  

MorphoSys AG(b)

     84,262        11,997,551  
                15,283,716  

Greece–0.76%

     

Karelia Tobacco Co., Inc. S.A.

     9,265        2,868,344  

Ireland–5.58%

     

Cpl Resources PLC

     1,141,792        9,645,706  

Origin Enterprises PLC

     2,759,056        11,526,504  
                21,172,210  

Israel–4.48%

     

Hilan Ltd.

     350,209        14,112,118  

MIND C.T.I. Ltd.(a)

     1,200,000        2,898,000  
                17,010,118  

Italy–2.22%

     

Gruppo MutuiOnline S.p.A.

     375,000        8,436,151  

Norway–5.53%

     

Bonheur ASA

     531,206        12,054,308  

Wilh Wilhelmsen Holding ASA, Class A

     474,539        8,919,843  
                20,974,151  
     
      Shares      Value  

Poland–1.66%

     

Warsaw Stock Exchange

     608,720      $      6,304,213  

Portugal–0.44%

     

Conduril - Engenharia S.A.

     46,308        1,662,198  

Romania–11.32%

     

Banca Transilvania S.A.

     15,101,882        9,183,208  

Fondul Proprietatea S.A.

     68,517,538        19,445,651  

Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ S.A.

     1,647,512        14,321,864  
                42,950,723  

Singapore–0.22%

     

XP Power Ltd.

     20,835        854,655  

Switzerland–5.52%

     

Carlo Gavazzi Holding AG

     14,625        3,928,543  

Kardex AG

     84,748        14,289,347  

OC Oerlikon Corp. AG

     231,945        2,720,536  
                20,938,426  

United Kingdom–25.15%

     

City of London Investment Group PLC

     900,000        5,233,828  

Clarkson PLC

     188,808        7,583,683  

DCC PLC

     58,026        5,050,894  

Diploma PLC

     458,327        12,287,283  

Eurocell PLC

     1,809,000        5,747,396  

Gamesys Group PLC(b)

     872,982        8,183,010  

IG Group Holdings PLC

     461,684        4,256,644  

Lookers PLC

     8,915,000        6,489,235  

Renew Holdings PLC

     1,649,626        11,937,653  

SafeStyle UK PLC(a)(b)

     5,375,000        4,398,743  

Savills PLC

     636,369        9,576,535  

Staffline Group PLC(b)

     2,036,000        2,347,447  

Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC

     313,583        8,799,509  

XLMedia PLC

     6,025,000        3,520,788  
                95,412,648  

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $308,972,457)

 

     364,290,623  

Money Market Funds–4.02%

     

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.50%(c)

     5,313,794        5,313,794  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.71%(c)

     3,875,693        3,876,856  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.49%(c)

     6,072,908        6,072,908  

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $15,263,179)

 

     15,263,558  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN
SECURITIES–100.04%
(Cost $324,235,636)

 

     379,554,181  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(0.04)%

 

     (139,150

NET ASSETS–100.00%

 

   $ 379,415,031  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) 

The Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the “1940 Act”), defines “affiliated person” to include an issuer of which a fund holds 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. The Fund has not owned enough to the outstanding voting securities of the issuer to have control (as defined in the 1940 Act) of that issuer. The table below shows the Fund’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investments in affiliates (excluding affiliated money market funds) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

     Value
December 31, 2018
    Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   

Realized

Gain

(Loss)

    Value
December 31, 2019
    Dividend
Income
 

Linedata Services

    $18,267,842         $-   $ (2,513,510)     $ (3,237,125)     $ (218,394)       $12,298,813         $ 651,590  

MIND C.T.I. Ltd.

    2,736,000           -     -       162,000       -       2,898,000           249,600  

Mondo TV S.p.A*

    2,633,448           -     (2,839,410)       6,144,316       (5,938,354)       -           -  

NAHL Group PLC*

    3,169,771           -     (2,626,280)       6,039,489       (6,582,980)       -           -  

SafeStyle UK PLC

    5,819,279           -     -       (1,420,536)       -       4,398,743           -  

Total

    $32,626,340         $-   $ (7,979,200)     $ 7,688,144     $ (12,739,728)       $19,595,556         $ 901,190  

 

  *

At December 31, 2019, this security was no longer held.

 

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2019.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2019

 

Assets:

  

Investments in securities, at value
(Cost $283,168,909)

   $ 344,695,067  

Investments in affiliates, at value
(Cost $41,066,727)

     34,859,114  

Cash

     258,272  

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $43,281)

     42,874  

Receivable for:

  

Investments sold

     70,774  

Fund shares sold

     82,989  

Dividends

     507,024  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

     95,168  

Other assets

     28,033  

Total assets

     380,639,315  

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares reacquired

     754,103  

Accrued fees to affiliates

     186,529  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

     520  

Accrued other operating expenses

     178,874  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

     104,258  

Total liabilities

     1,224,284  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

   $ 379,415,031  

 

       

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

   $ 323,956,675  

Distributable earnings

     55,458,356  
     $ 379,415,031  

Net Assets:

  

Class A

   $ 121,763,020  

Class C

   $ 12,199,562  

Class Y

   $ 230,577,100  

Class R6

   $ 14,875,349  

Shares outstanding, no par value, with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

 

Class A

     8,551,958  

Class C

     919,583  

Class Y

     16,138,733  

Class R6

     1,041,426  

Class A:

  

Net asset value per share

   $ 14.24  

Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value of $14.24 ÷ 94.50%)

   $ 15.07  

Class C:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 13.27  

Class Y:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 14.29  

Class R6:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 14.28  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2019

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $1,460,291)

     $16,797,389  

 

 

Dividends from affiliates

     1,749,551  

 

 

Total investment income

     18,546,940  

 

 

Expenses:

  

Advisory fees

     4,482,871  

 

 

Administrative services fees

     68,821  

 

 

Custodian fees

     320,010  

 

 

Distribution fees:

  

Class A

     323,202  

 

 

Class C

     147,189  

 

 

Transfer agent fees – A, C and Y

     586,421  

 

 

Transfer agent fees – R6

     7,239  

 

 

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

     26,070  

 

 

Registration and filing fees

     75,956  

 

 

Reports to shareholders

     68,323  

 

 

Professional services fees

     60,440  

 

 

Other

     16,557  

 

 

Total expenses

     6,183,099  

 

 

Less: Fees waived and/or expense offset arrangement(s)

     (52,827

 

 

Net expenses

     6,130,272  

 

 

Net investment income

     12,416,668  

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investment securities

     11,893,576  

 

 

Foreign currencies

     (25,592

 

 
     11,867,984  

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation of:

  

Investment securities

     44,452,657  

 

 

Foreign currencies

     7,824  

 

 
     44,460,481  

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

     56,328,465  

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     $68,745,133  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

     2019     2018  

 

 

Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 12,416,668     $ 15,211,010  

 

 

Net realized gain

     11,867,984       23,757,932  

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     44,460,481       (162,383,980

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     68,745,133       (123,415,038

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from distributable earnings:

    

Class A

     (8,093,967     (7,742,166

 

 

Class C

     (761,110     (1,241,508

 

 

Class Y

     (16,377,743     (27,373,839

 

 

Class R6

     (1,046,081     (1,161,131

 

 

Total distributions from distributable earnings

     (26,278,901     (37,518,644

 

 

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

     (16,028,351     (25,256,609

 

 

Class B

           (472,760

 

 

Class C

     (11,981,359     (5,632,828

 

 

Class Y

     (209,258,503     (81,969,083

 

 

Class R6

     (4,722,093     23,811,202  

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

     (241,990,306     (89,520,078

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     (199,524,074     (250,453,760

 

 

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     578,939,105       829,392,865  

 

 

End of year

   $ 379,415,031     $ 578,939,105  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

 

                                                Ratio of   Ratio of        
                                                expenses   expenses        
              Net gains                                 to average   to average net        
              (losses)                                 net assets   assets without   Ratio of net    
     Net asset        on securities       Dividends   Distributions                     with fee waivers   fee waivers   investment    
     value,    Net   (both   Total from   from net   from net       Net asset        Net assets,    and/or   and/or   income    
     beginning    investment   realized and   investment   investment   realized   Total   value, end    Total   end of period    expenses   expenses   to average   Portfolio
      of period    income(a)   unrealized)   operations   income   gains   distributions   of period    return (b)   (000’s omitted)    absorbed   absorbed   net assets   turnover (c)

Class A

                                                           

Year ended 12/31/19

       $13.23        $0.34 (d)        $1.67       $2.01         $(0.63       $(0.37       $(1.00       $14.24        15.23 %       $121,763        1.42 %(e)       1.43 %(e)       2.40 %(d)(e)       1 %

Year ended 12/31/18

       16.58        0.28       (2.80 )       (2.52 )       (0.29 )       (0.54 )       (0.83 )       13.23        (15.21 )       127,904        1.35       1.38       1.73       11

Year ended 12/31/17

       13.35        0.29 (d)        3.47       3.76       (0.27 )       (0.26 )       (0.53 )       16.58        28.29       186,233        1.40       1.42       1.85 (d)        10

Year ended 12/31/16

       12.55        0.23       0.85       1.08       (0.28 )             (0.28 )       13.35        8.61       184,024        1.40       1.42       1.80       11

Year ended 12/31/15

       12.36        0.14       0.73       0.87       (0.19 )       (0.49 )       (0.68 )       12.55        7.01       205,621        1.44       1.46       1.12       19

Class C

                                                           

Year ended 12/31/19

       12.36        0.22 (d)        1.56       1.78       (0.50 )       (0.37 )       (0.87 )       13.27        14.44       12,200        2.17 (e)        2.18 (e)        1.65 (d)(e)        1

Year ended 12/31/18

       15.52        0.15       (2.61 )       (2.46 )       (0.16 )       (0.54 )       (0.70 )       12.36        (15.89 )       22,684        2.10       2.13       0.98       11

Year ended 12/31/17

       12.53        0.16 (d)        3.25       3.41       (0.16 )       (0.26 )       (0.42 )       15.52        27.27       34,366        2.15       2.17       1.10 (d)        10

Year ended 12/31/16

       11.78        0.13       0.79       0.92       (0.17 )             (0.17 )       12.53        7.87       30,709        2.15       2.17       1.05       11

Year ended 12/31/15

       11.66        0.04       0.69       0.73       (0.12 )       (0.49 )       (0.61 )       11.78        6.24       36,613        2.19       2.21       0.37       19

Class Y

                                                           

Year ended 12/31/19

       13.27        0.38 (d)        1.68       2.06       (0.67 )       (0.37 )       (1.04 )       14.29        15.56       230,577        1.17 (e)        1.18 (e)        2.65 (d)(e)        1

Year ended 12/31/18

       16.64        0.32       (2.81 )       (2.49 )       (0.34 )       (0.54 )       (0.88 )       13.27        (15.01 )       410,107        1.10       1.13       1.98       11

Year ended 12/31/17

       13.41        0.34 (d)        3.46       3.80       (0.31 )       (0.26 )       (0.57 )       16.64        28.48       608,335        1.15       1.17       2.10 (d)        10

Year ended 12/31/16

       12.60        0.27       0.85       1.12       (0.31 )             (0.31 )       13.41        8.95       265,250        1.15       1.17       2.05       11

Year ended 12/31/15

       12.39        0.18       0.73       0.91       (0.21 )       (0.49 )       (0.70 )       12.60        7.33       257,177        1.19       1.21       1.37       19

Class R6

                                                           

Year ended 12/31/19

       13.27        0.39 (d)        1.67       2.06       (0.68 )       (0.37 )       (1.05 )       14.28        15.59       14,875        1.09 (e)        1.10 (e)        2.73 (d)(e)        1

Year ended 12/31/18

       16.64        0.33       (2.81 )       (2.48 )       (0.35 )       (0.54 )       (0.89 )       13.27        (14.93 )       18,243        1.04       1.07       2.04       11

Year ended 12/31/17(f)

       14.67        0.27 (d)        2.28       2.55       (0.32 )       (0.26 )       (0.58 )       16.64        17.49       11        1.08 (g)        1.10 (g)        2.17 (d)(g)        10

 

(a) 

Calculated using average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.

(c) 

Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.

(d) 

Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include significant dividends received during the year ended December 31, 2019. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividends are $0.24 and 1.66%, $0.12 and 0.91%, $0.28 and 1.91% and $0.29 and 1.99% for Class A, Class C, Class Y and Class R6 shares, respectively.

Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include significant dividends received during the year ended December 31, 2017. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment to average net assets excluding the significant dividends are $0.24 and 1.51%, $0.11 and 0.76%, $0.29 and 1.76% and $0.22 and 1.83% for Class A, Class C, Class Y and Class R6 shares, respectively.

(e) 

Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $129,281, $14,719, $325,620 and $16,135 for Class A, Class C, Class Y and Class R6 shares, respectively.

(f) 

Commencement date of April 4, 2017.

(g) 

Annualized.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2019

NOTE 1–Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco European Small Company Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Trust”). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting the Fund or each class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of the Fund or each class.

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

The Fund currently consists of four different classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class Y and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met. Under certain circumstances, load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class Y and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Class C shares held for ten years after purchase are eligible for automatic conversion into Class A shares of the same Fund (the Conversion Feature). The automatic conversion pursuant to the Conversion Feature will generally occur at the end of the month following the tenth anniversary after a purchase of Class C shares.

As of the open of business on November 30, 2015, the Fund had closed public sales of its shares to new investors. Effective at the open of business November 15, 2019, the Fund reopened to all investors.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

A.

Security Valuations – Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining net asset value (“NAV”) per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that the investment adviser determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates

 

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depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B.

Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to Fund investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.

C.

Country Determination – For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

D.

Distributions – Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.

E.

Federal Income Taxes The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

The Fund files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

F.

Expenses – Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R6 are charged to such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.

G.

Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.

H.

Indemnifications – Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

I.

Foreign Currency Translations – Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net

 

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unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts – The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2–Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Rate      

 

 

First $ 250 million

     0.935%  

 

 

Next $ 250 million

     0.910%  

 

 

Next $ 500 million

     0.885%  

 

 

Next $ 1.5 billion

     0.860%  

 

 

Next $ 2.5 billion

     0.835%  

 

 

Next $ 2.5 billion

     0.810%  

 

 

Next $ 2.5 billion

     0.785%  

 

 

Over $ 10 billion

     0.760%  

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the effective advisory fee rate incurred by the Fund was 0.92%.

Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. and separate sub-advisory agreements with Invesco Capital Management LLC and Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2020, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class Y and Class R6 shares to 2.25%, 3.00%, 2.00% and 2.00%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2020. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2021, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $49,693.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees. Invesco has entered into a sub-administration agreement whereby State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”) serves as fund accountant and provides certain administrative services to the Fund. Pursuant to a custody agreement with the Trust on behalf of the Fund, SSB also serves as the Fund’s custodian.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the

 

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course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class Y and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A and Class C shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares and 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2019, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $3,575 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $1,164 and $1,086 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of the Adviser, IIS and/or IDI.

NOTE 3–Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

Level 1 -

  Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

Level 2 -

  Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

Level 3 -

  Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of December 31, 2019. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Investments in Securities

           

 

 

Belgium

   $      $ 2,076,595        $–      $ 2,076,595  

 

 

France

            99,358,464          –        99,358,464  

 

 

Georgia

            8,988,011          –        8,988,011  

 

 

Germany

            15,283,716          –        15,283,716  

 

 

Greece

     2,868,344                 –        2,868,344  

 

 

Ireland

            21,172,210          –        21,172,210  

 

 

Israel

     2,898,000        14,112,118          –        17,010,118  

 

 

Italy

            8,436,151          –        8,436,151  

 

 

Norway

            20,974,151          –        20,974,151  

 

 

Poland

            6,304,213          –        6,304,213  

 

 

Portugal

     1,662,198                 –        1,662,198  

 

 

Romania

            42,950,723          –        42,950,723  

 

 

Singapore

            854,655          –        854,655  

 

 

Switzerland

            20,938,426          –        20,938,426  

 

 

United Kingdom

            95,412,648          –        95,412,648  

 

 

Money Market Funds

     15,263,558                 –        15,263,558  

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 22,692,100      $ 356,862,081        $–      $ 379,554,181  

 

 

 

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NOTE 4–Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $3,134.

NOTE 5–Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6–Cash Balances

The Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period-end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.

NOTE 7–Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:

     2019      2018  

 

 

Ordinary income

   $ 16,827,223      $ 15,512,597  

 

 

Long-term capital gain

     9,451,678        22,006,047  

 

 

Total distributions

   $ 26,278,901      $ 37,518,644  

 

 

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

     2019  

 

 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 2,641,595  

 

 

Undistributed long-term capital gain

     3,749,274  

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation – investments

     49,137,824  

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation – foreign currencies

     9,262  

 

 

Temporary book/tax differences

     (79,599

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     323,956,675  

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 379,415,031  

 

 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund’s net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to passive foreign investment companies.

The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund’s temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2019.

NOTE 8–Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $4,456,514 and $216,857,441, respectively. Cost of

 

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investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

   $ 102,555,959  

 

 

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

     (53,418,135

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

   $ 49,137,824  

 

 

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $330,416,357.

NOTE 9–Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of passive foreign investment companies, on December 31, 2019, undistributed net investment income was increased by $1,336,202 and undistributed net realized gain was decreased by $1,336,202. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets or the distributable earnings of the Fund.

NOTE 10–Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  

 

 
     Year ended     Year ended  
     December 31, 2019(a)     December 31, 2018  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 

 

Sold:

        

Class A

     298,073     $ 4,204,921       1,022,588     $ 16,740,315  

 

 

Class B(b)

     -       -       150       2,338  

 

 

Class C

     21,556       281,814       94,841       1,459,222  

 

 

Class Y

     2,561,419       36,196,787       11,761,713       192,661,568  

 

 

Class R6

     213,648       3,064,051       1,722,614       29,538,742  

 

 

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

        

Class A

     531,516       7,515,639       541,803       7,184,313  

 

 

Class C

     54,190       714,226       94,802       1,175,541  

 

 

Class Y

     969,693       13,759,942       1,676,439       22,296,635  

 

 

Class R6

     66,085       937,750       85,239       1,133,683  

 

 

Conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:(c)

        

Class A

     -       -       26,182       458,973  

 

 

Class B

     -       -       (28,037     (458,973

 

 

Automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:

        

Class A

     609,417       8,518,572       -       -  

 

 

Class C

     (652,733     (8,518,572     -       -  

 

 

Reacquired:

        

Class A

     (2,557,922     (36,267,483     (3,155,360     (49,640,210

 

 

Class B(b)

     -       -       (1,000     (16,125

 

 

Class C

     (338,500     (4,458,827     (569,478     (8,267,591

 

 

Class Y

     (18,296,266     (259,215,232     (19,091,795     (296,927,286

 

 

Class R6

     (613,226     (8,723,894     (433,617     (6,861,223

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

     (17,133,050   $ (241,990,306     (6,252,916   $ (89,520,078

 

 

 

(a) 

There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 56% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

(b) 

Class B shares activity for the period January 1, 2018 through January 26, 2018 (date of conversion).

(c) 

Effective as of the close of business January 26, 2018, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) and Shareholders of Invesco European Small Company Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco European Small Company Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas

February 28, 2020

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not been able to determine the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

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Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Actual Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return.

The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

            ACTUAL   

 

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before

expenses)

  

    Annualized    
Expense

Ratio

      Beginning
    Account Value    
(07/01/19)
   Ending
    Account Value    
(12/31/19)1
   Expenses
    Paid During    
Period2
   Ending
    Account Value    
(12/31/19)
   Expenses
    Paid During    
Period2

Class A      

   $1,000.00      $1,063.80      $7.33      $1,018.10      $7.17      1.41%

Class C      

   1,000.00    1,060.40    11.22      1,014.32    10.97      2.16  

Class Y      

   1,000.00    1,065.70    6.04    1,019.36    5.90    1.16  

Class R6      

   1,000.00    1,065.10    5.73    1,019.66    5.60    1.10  

 

1 

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.

2 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

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Tax Information

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

                  

Federal and State Income Tax

     

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

   $ 9,451,678     

Qualified Dividend Income*

     62.62   

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     0.05   

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0.00   

Foreign Taxes

   $ 0.0537      Per Share

Foreign Source Income

   $ 0.3956      Per Share

 

  *

The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

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Trustees and Officers

The address of each trustee and officer is AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Trust”), 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77046-1173. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust’s organizational documents. Each officer serves for a one year term or until their successors are elected and qualified. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.

 

    Name, Year of Birth and        

    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

 

Trustee            

and/or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee            
During Past 5

Years

Interested Person
Martin L. Flanagan1 - 1960 Trustee and Vice Chair   2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Trustee and Vice Chair, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly 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)

  229   None

 

1 

Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) 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.

 

T-1                                   Invesco European Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and        

    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

 

Trustee            

and/or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in
Fund Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee            
During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees
Bruce L. Crockett - 1944 Trustee and Chair   1987  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

Formerly: Director, Captaris (unified messaging provider); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, COMSAT Corporation; Chairman, Board of Governors of INTELSAT (international communications company); ACE Limited (insurance company); Independent Directors Council and Investment Company Institute: Member of the Audit Committee, Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

  229   Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company); Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Ferroglobe PLC (metallurgical company)

David C. Arch - 1945

Trustee

  2010  

Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization

  229   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Beth Ann Brown - 1968

Trustee

  2019  

Independent Consultant

 

Formerly: Head of Intermediary Distribution, Managing Director, Strategic Relations, Managing Director, Head of National Accounts, Senior Vice President, National Account Manager and Senior Vice President, Key Account Manager, Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC; Vice President, Key Account Manager, Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc.; and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Director, Board of Directors of Caron Engineering Inc.; Advisor, Board of Advisors of Caron Engineering Inc.; President and Director, Acton Shapleigh Youth Conservation Corps (non - profit); and Vice President and Director of Grahamtastic Connection (non-profit)

Jack M. Fields - 1952

Trustee

  1997  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Chairman, Discovery Learning Alliance (non-profit)

 

Formerly: Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Dos Angeles Ranch L.P. (cattle, hunting, corporate entertainment); Director, Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider); Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company); Director of Cross Timbers Quail Research Ranch (non-profit); and member of the U.S. House of Representatives

  229   None

 

T-2                                    Invesco European Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and        

    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

 

Trustee            

and/or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in
Fund Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee            
During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees–(continued)

Cynthia Hostetler - 1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-Executive Director and Trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Director, Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Head of Investment Funds and Private Equity, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; President, First Manhattan Bancorporation, Inc.; Attorney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  229   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (railroads); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor); Investment Company Institute (professional organization); Independent Directors Council (professional organization)

Eli Jones - 1961

Trustee

  2016  

Professor and Dean, Mays Business School - Texas A&M University

 

Formerly: Professor and Dean, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University; Director, Arvest Bank

  229   Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)

Elizabeth Krentzman - 1959

Trustee

  2019  

Formerly: Principal and Chief Regulatory Advisor for Asset Management Services and U.S. Mutual Fund Leader of Deloitte & Touche LLP; General Counsel of the Investment Company Institute (trade association); National Director of the Investment Management Regulatory Consulting Practice, Principal, Director and Senior Manager of Deloitte & Touche LLP; Assistant Director of the Division of Investment Management - Office of Disclosure and Investment Adviser Regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and various positions with the Division of Investment Management - Office of Regulatory Policy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP; Advisory Board Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society; and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Trustee of the University of Florida National Board Foundation and Audit Committee Member; Member of the Cartica Funds Board of Directors (private investment funds); Member of the University of Florida Law Center Association, Inc. Board of Trustees and Audit Committee Member

Anthony J. LaCava, Jr. - 1956

Trustee

  2019  

Formerly: Director and Member of the Audit Committee, Blue Hills Bank (publicly traded financial institution) and Managing Partner, KPMG LLP

  229   Blue Hills Bank; Chairman, Bentley University; Member, Business School Advisory Council; and Nominating Committee KPMG LLP

Prema Mathai-Davis - 1950

Trustee

  1998  

Retired

 

Co-Owner & Partner of Quantalytics Research, LLC, (a FinTech Investment Research Platform for the Self-Directed Investor)

  229   None

 

T-3                                    Invesco European Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and        

    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

 

Trustee            

and/or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in
Fund Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee            
During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees–(continued)

Joel W. Motley - 1952

Trustee

  2019  

Director of Office of Finance, Federal Home Loan Bank; Member of the Vestry of Trinity Wall Street; Managing Director of Carmona Motley Inc. (privately held financial advisor); Member of the Finance and Budget Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations, Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Human Rights Watch and Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Historic Hudson Valley (non-profit cultural organization)

 

Formerly: Managing Director of Public Capital Advisors, LLC (privately held financial advisor); Managing Director of Carmona Motley Hoffman, Inc. (privately held financial advisor); Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds; and Director of Columbia Equity Financial Corp. (privately held financial advisor)

  229   Director of Greenwall Foundation (bioethics research foundation); Member of Board and Investment Committee of The Greenwall Foundation; Director of Southern Africa Legal Services Foundation; Board Member and Investment Committee Member of Pulizer Center for Crisis Reporting (non-profit journalism)

Teresa M. Ressel - 1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, Olayan America, The Olayan Group (international investor/commercial/industrial); Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC; Group Chief Operating Officer, Americas, UBS AG; Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget and CFO, US Department of the Treasury

  229   Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)

Ann Barnett Stern - 1957

Trustee

  2017  

President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Endowment Inc. (private philanthropic institution)

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital; Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

  229   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Robert C. Troccoli - 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Retired

  229   None

Daniel S. Vandivort - 1954

Trustee

  2019  

Treasurer, Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee, and Trustee, Board of Trustees, Huntington Disease Foundation of America; and President, Flyway Advisory Services LLC (consulting and property management)

 

Formerly: Trustee and Governance Chair, of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Chairman and Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Director, Board of Directors, Value Line Funds

James D. Vaughn - 1945

Trustee

  2019  

Retired

 

Formerly: Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Schroder Funds; Board Member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network (economic development corporation); and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank; Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation; Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (non-profit)

 

T-4                                    Invesco European Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and        

    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

 

Trustee            

and/or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in
Fund Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee            
During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees–(continued)

Christopher L. WIlson - 1957

Trustee, Vice Chair and Chair Designate

  2017  

Retired

 

Formerly: Director, TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); Managing Partner, CT2, LLC (investing and consulting firm); President/Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Funds, Bank of America Corporation; President/Chief Executive Officer, CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc.; Principal & Director of Operations, Scudder Funds, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Fidelity Investments

  229   ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-5                                    Invesco European Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and        

    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

 

Trustee            

and/or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee            
During Past 5

Years

Officers

Sheri Morris - 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

Head of Global Fund Services, Invesco Ltd.; President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; and Vice President, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco AIM 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.; and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk - 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

  2005  

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Jeffrey H. Kupor - 1968

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2018  

Head of Legal of the Americas, Invesco Ltd.; Senior Vice President and Secretary, 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.); Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Secretary, W.L. Ross & Co., LLC

 

Formerly: Secretary and Vice President, Jemstep, Inc.; Head of Legal, Worldwide Institutional, Invesco Ltd.; Secretary and General Counsel, INVESCO Private Capital Investments, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Assistant Secretary, INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Private Capital, Inc.; Assistant Secretary and General Counsel, INVESCO Realty, Inc.; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Secretary, Sovereign G./P. Holdings Inc.

  N/A   N/A

Andrew R. Schlossberg - 1974

Senior Vice President

  2019  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, Invesco UK Limited; Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Fund Managers Limited; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Administration Services Limited and Invesco Global Investment Funds Limited; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc.; Head of EMEA, Invesco Ltd.; President, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II and Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust; Managing Director and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Capital Management LLC

  N/A   N/A

 

T-6                                   Invesco European Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and        

    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

 

Trustee            

and/or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee            
During Past 5

Years

Officers–(continued)

John M. Zerr - 1962

Senior Vice President

  2006  

Chief Operating Officer of the Americas; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Senior Vice President, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.); Manager, Invesco Indexing LLC; Manager, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.; Member, Invesco Canada Funds Advisory Board; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); and Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent)

 

Formerly: Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.); Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.); Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM 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)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey - 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; and President, SNW Asset Management Corporation

 

Formerly: Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos - 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer - Investments Pool, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Principal Financial and Accounting Officer - Pooled Investments, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Vice President and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-7                                    Invesco European Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and        

    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

 

Trustee            

and/or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex  
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee            
During Past 5

Years

Officers–(continued)

Crissie M. Wisdom - 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser), Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.), Invesco Distributors, Inc., Invesco Investment Services, Inc., The Invesco Funds, and Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Bank Secrecy Act Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company and Invesco Trust Company; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp. and Invesco Management Group, Inc.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille - 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Putnam Investments and the Putnam Funds

  N/A   N/A

The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246. Please refer to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on the Fund’s sub-advisers.

 

Office of the Fund   Investment Adviser   Distributor   Auditors
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000   Invesco Advisers, Inc.   Invesco Distributors, Inc.   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, TX 77046-1173   1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.   11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000   1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800
  Atlanta, GA 30309   Houston, TX 77046-1173   Houston, TX 77002-5678
Counsel to the Fund   Counsel to the Independent Trustees   Transfer Agent   Custodian
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP   Goodwin Procter LLP   Invesco Investment Services, Inc.   State Street Bank and Trust Company
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600   901 New York Avenue, N.W.   11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000   225 Franklin Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018   Washington, D.C. 20001   Houston, TX 77046-1173   Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-8                                    Invesco European Small Company Fund


 

 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

   December 31, 2019
 

 

 

Invesco Global Core Equity Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: AWSAX C: AWSCX R: AWSRX Y: AWSYX R5: AWSIX R6: AWSSX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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  Andrew Schlossberg

           

Dear Shareholders:

This annual report includes information about your Fund, including performance data and a complete list of its investments as of the close of the reporting period. Inside is a discussion of how your Fund was managed and the factors that affected its performance during the reporting period.

    Despite a tumultuous end to 2018 and gloomy market outlook at the start of the year, 2019 proved a banner year for global investors. Rather than raise interest rates central banks signaled they would provide more stimulus. Global equities greeted this news with enthusiasm with several equity market indices reaching record highs multiple times throughout the year.

    As 2019 unfolded, global equity markets rebounded strongly buoyed by a more accommodative stance from central banks and optimism about a potential US-China trade deal. In May, US-China trade concerns and slowing global growth led to a global equity selloff and rally in US Treasuries. Despite the May sell-off, domestic equity markets rallied in June in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve (the Fed) interest rate cut and closed the second quarter with modest gains. Continued US-China trade worries and signs of slowing global economic growth led to increased market volatility in August. The US Treasury yield curve inverted several times as fears of a US recession increased. As a result, global equity markets were largely flat for the third quarter. In the final months of 2019, geopolitical and macroeconomic issues largely abated. This combined with better-than-expected third quarter corporate earnings and initial agreement of the phase one US-China trade deal provided a favorable backdrop for equities and impressive fourth quarter global equity returns.

    Throughout 2019, central banks continued to be accommodative, providing sources of liquidity. The Fed pivoted from raising rates in 2018 to reducing them in 2019. In July, the Fed lowered interest rates for the first time in 11 years. It again lowered rates in September and once again in October. In addition, the European Central Bank left its policy rate unchanged and continued its bond purchasing program. As 2020 unfolds, we’ll see how the interplay of interest rates, economic data, geopolitics and a host of other factors affect US and overseas equity and fixed income markets.

    Investor uncertainty and market volatility, such as we witnessed during the reporting period, are unfortunate facts of life when it comes to investing. That’s why Invesco encourages investors to work with a professional financial adviser who can stress the importance of starting to save and invest early and the importance of adhering to a disciplined investment plan. A financial adviser who knows your unique financial situation, investment goals and risk tolerance can be an invaluable partner as you seek to achieve your financial goals. Financial advisers can also offer a long-term perspective when markets are volatile and time-tested advice and guidance when your financial situation or investment goals change.

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    In addition to the resources accessible on our website and through our mobile app, you can obtain timely updates to help you stay informed about the markets and the economy by connecting with Invesco on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. You can access our blog at blog.invesco.us.com. Our goal is to provide you the information you want, when and where you want it.

    Finally, I’m pleased to share with you Invesco’s commitment to both the Principles for Responsible Investment and to considering environmental, social and governance issues in our robust investment process. I invite you to learn more at invesco.com/esg.

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For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246.

    All of us at Invesco look forward to serving your investment management needs. Thank you for investing with us. Sincerely,

 

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Head of the Americas,

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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      Bruce Crockett

 

Dear Shareholders:

Among the many important lessons I’ve learned in more than 40 years in a variety of business endeavors is the value of a trusted advocate.

 As independent chair of the Invesco Funds Board, I can assure you that the members of the Board are strong advocates for the interests of investors in Invesco’s mutual funds. We work hard to represent your interests through oversight of the quality of the investment management services your funds receive and other matters important to your investment, including but not limited to:

 

  Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
    Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light

 of changing economic and market conditions.

 

Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.

 

Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

 We believe one of the most important services we provide our fund shareholders is the annual review of the funds’ advisory and sub-advisory contracts with Invesco Advisers and its affiliates. This review is required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and focuses on the nature and quality of the services Invesco provides as the adviser to the Invesco funds and the reasonableness of the fees that it charges for those services. Each year, we spend months carefully reviewing information received from Invesco and a variety of independent sources, such as performance and fee data prepared by Lipper, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.), an independent, third-party firm widely recognized as a leader in its field. We also meet with our independent legal counsel and other independent advisers to review and help us assess the information that we have received. Our goal is to assure that you receive quality investment management services for a reasonable fee.

 I trust the measures outlined above provide assurance that you have a worthy advocate when it comes to choosing the Invesco Funds.

 On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3    Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2019, Class A shares of Invesco Global Core Equity Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the MSCI World Index, the Fund’s broad market/style-specific benchmark.

Your Fund’s long-term performance appears later in this report.

   

selection in the IT sector was favorable, the Fund’s underweight allocation to the sector was the largest drag on relative performance.

From a geographic perspective, stock selection in Australia, Japan and Hong Kong benefited the Fund’s performance versus the broad market/style-specific benchmark for the year. Conversely, stock selection in the US and UK detracted from the Fund’s relative performance.

The Fund’s top contributor relative to its broad market/style-specific benchmark for the year was Italian energy company Enel. Shares of the company returned 45% during the year as investors reacted favorably to the successful restructuring of the company’s Latin American business division. During the year, we trimmed our position in Enel, but we continued to hold the stock based on our belief in the durability of Enel’s position as one of the preeminent renewable energy players.

Another key contributor to the Fund’s performance relative to its broad market/style-specific benchmark for the year was Japanese technology company Hitachi. The company benefited from portfolio rationalization and improving corporate governance. At the close of the year, we continued to see a considerable asymmetric payoff in its shares.

EPAM Systems was also a leading contributor to the Fund’s performance relative to its broad market/style-specific benchmark for the year. The technology services company delivered strong top-line and earnings growth on the back of project wins. While we trimmed our position in EPAM Systems during the year, our outlook remained favorable, as we believed the company will continue to create value by helping its customers solve digital challenges.

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/18 to 12/31/19, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares

           24.53%  

Class C Shares

           23.74     

Class R Shares

           24.30     

Class Y Shares

           24.87     

Class R5 Shares

           24.92     

Class R6 Shares

           24.98     

MSCI World Indexq (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)

   27.67     

Lipper Global Large-Cap Core Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

   27.78     

 

Source(s): qRIMES Technologies Corp.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

After a relatively calm start at the beginning of 2019, global equity markets faced greater volatility in the second and third quarters, hampered by ongoing US and China trade issues, potential for new tariffs and weakening global economic growth. Disagreement within the UK about its withdrawal from the European Union increased uncertainty for the UK and eurozone economies.

Much of the year showed slowing manufacturing activity and declining business investment, which was evidence that trade tensions were stifling economic growth across both developed and emerging markets. Global recession concerns caused a sharp equity sell-off in August 2019, as investors crowded into asset classes perceived as safe havens, including US Treasuries and gold.

During the year, third quarter macroeconomic and geopolitical issues mostly abated during the fourth quarter, providing a favorable backdrop for global equity

   

 

returns. In response to third quarter economic weakness, central banks maintained accommodative policies, with the US Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in October 2019 and the European Central Bank restarting net purchases in its asset purchase program in November. Better economic data and signs of progress in US and China trade talks also supported global equities. The UK’s general election in December delivered a decisive victory to the conservative party, reaffirming the original Brexit vote and the UK’s eventual exit from the European Union. In this environment, global equity markets had robust gains for the year, with developed markets outperforming emerging markets.

During the year, stock selection in the information technology (IT) and utilities sectors contributed to the Fund’s performance relative to the broad market/ style-specific benchmark, while stock selection in the energy and consumer staples sectors detracted from the Fund’s relative performance. While stock

 

Portfolio Composition
By sector         % of total net assets  

Financials

     18.08%   
Industrials      15.34      
Communication Services      14.34      
Information Technology      13.30      
Consumer Staples      11.91      
Consumer Discretionary      9.92      
Health Care      6.19      
Energy      5.07      
Materials      3.91      
Utilities      1.89      
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.05      
Top 10 Equity Holdings*

 

% of total net assets 

 

  1. Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    3.87%   

  2. Royal Dutch Shell PLC,

      Class A, ADR

    2.66      

  3. Siemens AG

    2.51      

  4. Chevron Corp.

    2.40      

  5. Wynn Resorts Ltd.

    2.30      

  6. Hitachi Ltd.

    2.27      

  7. American Express Co.

    2.25      

  8. AIA Group Ltd.

    2.25      

  9. Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

    2.19      

10. First Republic Bank

    2.16      

 

Total Net Assets

 

 

$

 

768.5 million

 

 

Total Number of Holdings*

    71  

The Fund’s holdings are subject to change, and there is no assurance that the Fund will continue to hold any particular security.

*Excluding money market fund holdings, if any.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2019.

 

 

4    Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


During the year, Chinese internet company Baidu was the Fund’s largest individual detractor versus the broad market/style-specific benchmark, with shares declining 20%. Growth in Baidu’s core search business slowed dramatically as its competition gained market share. As such, we exited our position in the company before the close of the year in order to focus on what we believed were more promising, durable businesses.

Concho Resources was another detractor from the Fund’s performance relative to the broad market/style-specific benchmark during the year. The company sold off 14% as oil prices fell during the year. In addition, company-specific issues arose as production growth unexpectedly slowed. We exited our position in Concho Resources before the close of the year.

Finally, Glencore, a global mining company, detracted from the Fund’s performance relative to the broad market/ style-specific benchmark for the year. Shares of the company declined as a result of investigations into its business practices by the Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. We exited our position in the holding before the close of the year.

At the close of the year, the Fund’s largest overweight positions relative to the MSCI World Index were in the communication services, financials and industrials sectors. The largest underweight positions relative to the MSCI World Index were in the health care and IT sectors.

We believe the Fund is well-positioned for an improvement in economic data. We also believe it remains well-balanced and diversified with a focus on exploiting stock-specific opportunities. Our investment decision making process remains focused on our three Research Pillars of Durability, Asymmetry and Differentiated Thesis. We continue to exercise discipline in striving to manage outsized risks and focusing on opportunities with asymmetric return profiles. The Fund remains intentionally weighted toward stock-specific risk as opposed to macroeconomic and other risk factors.

We thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Global Core Equity Fund.

 

 

Portfolio managers:

Erik Esselink

Jeff Everett

Marty Steinik

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Core Equity Team

The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of Invesco Advisers, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but Invesco Advisers, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.

See important Fund and, if applicable, index disclosures later in this report.

 

 

5                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


 

Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

Results of a $10,000 Investment – Oldest Share Class(es)

Fund and index data from 12/31/09

 

LOGO

1  Source: RIMES Technologies Corp.

2  Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including

management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees;

performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

6                                    Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


    

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/19, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

 

 

Class A Shares

        

Inception (12/29/00)

     5.17

10 Years

     5.41  

  5 Years

     5.14  

  1 Year

     17.69  

Class C Shares

        

Inception (12/29/00)

     5.10

10 Years

     5.21  

  5 Years

     5.54  

  1 Year

     22.74  

Class R Shares

        

10 Years

     5.74

  5 Years

     6.05  

  1 Year

     24.30  

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (10/3/08)

     6.52

10 Years

     6.26  

  5 Years

     6.57  

  1 Year

     24.87  

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (10/25/05)

     4.96

10 Years

     6.38  

  5 Years

     6.63  

  1 Year

     24.92  

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     6.09

  5 Years

     6.49  

  1 Year

     24.98  

Class R shares incepted on May 23, 2011. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Performance figures do not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.22%, 1.97%, 1.47%, 0.97%, 0.97% and 0.91%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.29%, 2.04%, 1.54%, 1.04%, 0.97% and 0.91%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.

Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information.

 

1

Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2021. See current prospectus for more information.

 

 

 

7                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


 

 

 

Invesco Global Core Equity Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

 

Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2019, and is based on total net assets.

 

Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.

 

To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

About share classes

  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI World IndexSM is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of developed countries. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper Global Large-Cap Core Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of global large-cap core funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are

 

  based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.                                                    
   
NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NO BANK GUARANTEE  

 

8                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2019

 

      Shares      Value

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–99.95%

Australia–1.23%

     

Rio Tinto PLC

     159,201      $    9,459,241

Brazil–1.18%

     

Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A(a)

     264,553      9,037,130

China–0.83%

     

Autohome, Inc., ADR(a)

     80,021      6,402,480

Denmark–1.42%

     

AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class B

     4,450      6,421,128

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

     77,665      4,504,545
              10,925,673

France–1.11%

     

Airbus SE

     58,173      8,535,009

Germany–6.03%

     

Infineon Technologies AG

     271,547      6,227,083

KION Group AG

     140,399      9,694,278

SAP SE

     82,372      11,101,259

Siemens AG

     147,453      19,275,042
              46,297,662

Hong Kong–2.25%

     

AIA Group Ltd.

     1,643,400      17,291,288

India–0.99%

     

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

     115,248      3,902,775

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.(b)

     198,176      3,708,491
              7,611,266

Ireland–0.96%

     

Ryanair Holdings PLC, ADR(a)

     84,097      7,367,738

Italy–3.49%

     

Enel S.p.A.

     1,827,025      14,534,723

Prysmian S.p.A.

     510,869      12,310,628
              26,845,351

Japan–10.78%

     

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     368,300      16,823,831

FANUC Corp.

     21,800      4,026,203

Hitachi Ltd.

     413,400      17,413,251

KDDI Corp.

     462,800      13,768,204

Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.

     90,600      3,112,605

Nissan Chemical Corp.

     131,500      5,497,392

Shimano, Inc.

     69,900      11,348,972

SoftBank Group Corp.

     248,900      10,836,239
              82,826,697

Luxembourg–0.59%

     

ArcelorMittal S.A.

     255,668      4,516,207
      Shares      Value

Netherlands–1.33%

     

Heineken N.V.

     95,873      $    10,226,917

Singapore–1.41%

     

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     563,300      10,857,751

South Korea–0.69%

     

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     109,385      5,270,643

Spain–1.19%

     

Bankinter S.A.

     1,241,063      9,124,689

Sweden–1.21%

     

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

     865,184      9,315,710

Taiwan–1.04%

     

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     724,000      8,017,917

United Kingdom–11.49%

     

Experian PLC

     184,293      6,233,271

Imperial Brands PLC

     648,198      16,061,346

Nomad Foods Ltd.(a)

     737,575      16,499,553

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     158,860      12,900,384

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, ADR

     347,449      20,492,542

St James’s Place PLC

     1,042,465      16,130,588
              88,317,684

United States–50.73%

     

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     140,471      8,346,787

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)

     22,244      29,740,673

American Express Co.

     139,168      17,325,024

Aptiv PLC

     77,552      7,365,113

Biogen, Inc.(a)

     21,957      6,515,301

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

     74,305      6,282,488

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

     4,777      9,810,668

Carnival Corp.

     282,077      14,337,974

Chevron Corp.

     153,356      18,480,932

Comcast Corp., Class A

     326,194      14,668,944

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     154,913      9,059,312

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

     50,383      10,689,257

Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)

     63,131      12,957,638

FedEx Corp.

     47,277      7,148,755

First Republic Bank

     141,530      16,622,698

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)

     216,088      12,723,261

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     59,073      8,731,580

James Hardie Industries PLC, CDI

     538,059      10,548,816

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     99,172      11,048,753

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

     27,869      8,321,405

Moody’s Corp.

     33,695      7,999,530

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     75,470      7,645,866

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     30,384      5,898,446

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     14,430      4,963,487

PepsiCo., Inc.

     116,299      15,894,584
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

9                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


      Shares      Value

United States–(continued)

     

Progressive Corp. (The)

     105,114      $    7,609,202

salesforce.com, inc.(a)

     96,320      15,665,485

Samsonite International S.A.(b)

     3,348,000      8,020,816

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     81,210      10,418,431

U.S. Bancorp

     197,090      11,685,466

United Technologies Corp.

     88,434      13,243,876

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     219,990      13,507,386

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     127,534      17,710,647

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     58,991      8,829,773
              389,818,374

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $616,722,579)

 

   768,065,427
      Shares      Value

Money Market Funds–0.01%

     

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.50%(c)

     39,050      $         39,050

Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.49%(c)

     26,034      26,034

Total Money Market Funds (Cost $65,084)

 

   65,084

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES–99.96% (Cost $616,787,663)

 

   768,130,511

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.04%

 

   338,685

NET ASSETS–100.00%

            $768,469,196

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

CDI  – CREST Depository Interest

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at December 31, 2019 was $11,729,307, which represented 1.53% of the Fund’s Net Assets.

(c) 

The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2019.

 

Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

Settlement

Date

        Contract to     

Unrealized
Appreciation

 
   Counterparty    Deliver      Receive  

Currency Risk

                               

02/14/2020

   Royal Bank of Canada      JPY 2,400,000,000        USD  22,211,034        $76,775  

Abbreviations:

JPY  – Japanese Yen

USD – U.S. Dollar

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10                                    Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2019

 

Assets:

  

Investments in securities, at value
(Cost $616,722,579)

   $ 768,065,427  

 

 

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value (Cost $65,084)

     65,084  

 

 

Other investments:

  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts outstanding

     76,775  

 

 

Cash

     1,419  

 

 

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $785,473)

     792,850  

 

 

Receivable for:

  

Fund shares sold

     83,124  

 

 

Dividends

     924,127  

 

 

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

     229,237  

 

 

Other assets

     45,978  

 

 

Total assets

     770,284,021  

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares reacquired

     613,594  

 

 

Accrued foreign taxes

     206,935  

 

 

Accrued fees to affiliates

     566,243  

 

 

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

     636  

 

 

Accrued other operating expenses

     137,399  

 

 

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

     290,018  

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,814,825  

 

 

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

   $ 768,469,196  

 

 

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

   $ 624,924,441  

 

 

Distributable earnings

     143,544,755  

 

 
   $ 768,469,196  

 

 

Net Assets:

  

Class A

   $ 709,829,403  

 

 

Class C

   $ 14,289,522  

 

 

Class R

   $ 1,962,528  

 

 

Class Y

   $ 34,547,372  

 

 

Class R5

   $ 755,373  

 

 

Class R6

   $ 7,084,998  

 

 

Shares outstanding, no par value, with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

 

Class A

     45,332,678  

 

 

Class C

     956,626  

 

 

Class R

     125,200  

 

 

Class Y

     2,208,208  

 

 

Class R5

     47,575  

 

 

Class R6

     446,245  

 

 

Class A:

  

Net asset value per share

   $ 15.66  

 

 

Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value of $15.66 ÷ 94.50%)

   $ 16.57  

 

 

Class C:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 14.94  

 

 

Class R:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 15.68  

 

 

Class Y:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 15.64  

 

 

Class R5:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 15.88  

 

 

Class R6:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 15.88  

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2019

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $1,139,050)

   $ 19,109,844  

 

 

Dividends from affiliated money market funds (includes securities lending income of $3,565)

     63,640  

 

 

Total investment income

     19,173,484  

 

 

Expenses:

  

Advisory fees

     5,858,831  

 

 

Administrative services fees

     106,507  

 

 

Custodian fees

     65,755  

 

 

Distribution fees:

  

Class A

     1,718,025  

 

 

Class C

     205,332  

 

 

Class R

     8,535  

 

 

Transfer agent fees – A, C, R and Y

     1,326,975  

 

 

Transfer agent fees – R5

     641  

 

 

Transfer agent fees – R6

     3,338  

 

 

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

     29,136  

 

 

Registration and filing fees

     95,094  

 

 

Reports to shareholders

     100,837  

 

 

Professional services fees

     95,985  

 

 

Other

     21,709  

 

 

Total expenses

     9,636,700  

 

 

Less: Fees waived, expenses reimbursed and/or expense offset arrangement(s)

     (436,548

 

 

Net expenses

     9,200,152  

 

 

Net investment income

     9,973,332  

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investment securities (net of foreign taxes of $74,481)

     (3,981,247

 

 

Foreign currencies

     (74,267

 

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

     (209,992

 

 
     (4,265,506

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation of:

  

Investment securities (net of foreign taxes of $150,044)

     157,161,428  

 

 

Foreign currencies

     5,314  

 

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

     641,251  

 

 
     157,807,993  

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

     153,542,487  

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 163,515,819  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

12                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

     2019     2018  

 

 

Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 9,973,332     $ 8,062,076  

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (4,265,506     27,624,987  

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     157,807,993       (163,765,200

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     163,515,819       (128,078,137

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from distributable earnings:

    

Class A

     (8,541,048     (48,813,857

 

 

Class C

     (31,772     (4,312,991

 

 

Class R

     (16,933     (110,921

 

 

Class Y

     (500,296     (2,795,087

 

 

Class R5

     (11,022     (30,557

 

 

Class R6

     (104,683     (558,441

 

 

Total distributions from distributable earnings

     (9,205,754     (56,621,854

 

 

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

     (34,843,815     (33,354,620

 

 

Class B

           (10,193,666

 

 

Class C

     (49,295,662     (9,227,704

 

 

Class R

     152,342       146,143  

 

 

Class Y

     (4,868,371     (8,629,000

 

 

Class R5

     93,781       217,265  

 

 

Class R6

     (1,145,729     9,031,211  

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

     (89,907,454     (52,010,371

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     64,402,611       (236,710,362

 

 

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     704,066,585       940,776,947  

 

 

End of year

   $ 768,469,196     $ 704,066,585  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

13                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Financial Highlights

 

The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

 

 

    

Net asset

value,

beginning

of period

 

Net

investment

income

(loss)(a)

 

Net gains

(losses)

on securities

(both

realized and

unrealized)

 

Total from

investment

operations

 

Dividends

from net

investment

income

 

Distributions

from net

realized

gains

 

Total

distributions

 

Net asset

value, end

of period

 

Total

return (b)

 

Net assets,

end of period

(000’s omitted)

 

Ratio of

expenses

to average

net assets

with fee waivers

and/or

expenses

absorbed

 

Ratio of

expenses

to average
net assets
without

fee waivers

and/or

expenses

absorbed

 

Ratio of net

investment

income

(loss)

to average

net assets

 

Portfolio

turnover (c)

Class A

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

    $ 12.73     $ 0.19     $ 2.93     $ 3.12     $ (0.19 )     $     $ (0.19 )     $ 15.66       24.53 %     $ 709,829       1.22 %(d)       1.28 %(d)       1.33 %(d)       24 %

Year ended 12/31/18

      16.20       0.15       (2.53 )       (2.38 )       (0.17 )       (0.92 )       (1.09 )       12.73       (14.90 )       605,748       1.22       1.29       0.97       30

Year ended 12/31/17

      13.89       0.12       3.04       3.16       (0.15 )       (0.70 )       (0.85 )       16.20       22.83       798,219       1.22       1.34       0.80       64

Year ended 12/31/16

      13.19       0.13       0.76       0.89       (0.14 )       (0.05 )       (0.19 )       13.89       6.70       749,810       1.30       1.30       0.95 (e)        39

Year ended 12/31/15

      13.65       0.10       (0.40 )       (0.30 )       (0.09 )       (0.07 )       (0.16 )       13.19       (2.16 )       818,600       1.32       1.32       0.70       66

Class C

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      12.10       0.08       2.79       2.87       (0.03 )             (0.03 )       14.94       23.74       14,290       1.97 (d)        2.03 (d)        0.58 (d)        24

Year ended 12/31/18

      15.44       0.03       (2.40 )       (2.37 )       (0.05 )       (0.92 )       (0.97 )       12.10       (15.58 )       57,163       1.97       2.04       0.22       30

Year ended 12/31/17

      13.26       0.01       2.90       2.91       (0.03 )       (0.70 )       (0.73 )       15.44       21.97       81,668       1.97       2.09       0.05       64

Year ended 12/31/16

      12.60       0.03       0.71       0.74       (0.03 )       (0.05 )       (0.08 )       13.26       5.87       83,864       2.05       2.05       0.20 (e)        39

Year ended 12/31/15

      13.07       (0.01 )       (0.38 )       (0.39 )       (0.01 )       (0.07 )       (0.08 )       12.60       (2.95 )       94,854       2.07       2.07       (0.05 )       66

Class R

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      12.72       0.16       2.94       3.10       (0.14 )             (0.14 )       15.68       24.38       1,963       1.47 (d)        1.53 (d)        1.08 (d)        24

Year ended 12/31/18

      16.19       0.11       (2.53 )       (2.42 )       (0.13 )       (0.92 )       (1.05 )       12.72       (15.16 )       1,464       1.47       1.54       0.72       30

Year ended 12/31/17

      13.88       0.09       3.03       3.12       (0.11 )       (0.70 )       (0.81 )       16.19       22.54       1,689       1.47       1.59       0.55       64

Year ended 12/31/16

      13.18       0.09       0.76       0.85       (0.10 )       (0.05 )       (0.15 )       13.88       6.45       1,054       1.55       1.55       0.70 (e)        39

Year ended 12/31/15

      13.65       0.06       (0.39 )       (0.33 )       (0.07 )       (0.07 )       (0.14 )       13.18       (2.43 )       1,035       1.57       1.57       0.45       66

Class Y

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      12.71       0.23       2.93       3.16       (0.23 )             (0.23 )       15.64       24.87       34,547       0.97 (d)        1.03 (d)        1.58 (d)        24

Year ended 12/31/18

      16.19       0.19       (2.54 )       (2.35 )       (0.21 )       (0.92 )       (1.13 )       12.71       (14.72 )       32,382       0.97       1.04       1.22       30

Year ended 12/31/17

      13.88       0.16       3.04       3.20       (0.19 )       (0.70 )       (0.89 )       16.19       23.14       49,238       0.97       1.09       1.05       64

Year ended 12/31/16

      13.18       0.16       0.76       0.92       (0.17 )       (0.05 )       (0.22 )       13.88       6.98       25,996       1.05       1.05       1.20 (e)        39

Year ended 12/31/15

      13.64       0.13       (0.40 )       (0.27 )       (0.12 )       (0.07 )       (0.19 )       13.18       (1.94 )       18,405       1.07       1.07       0.95       66

Class R5

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      12.90       0.24       2.97       3.21       (0.23 )             (0.23 )       15.88       24.92       755       0.95 (d)        0.95 (d)        1.60 (d)        24

Year ended 12/31/18

      16.41       0.20       (2.58 )       (2.38 )       (0.21 )       (0.92 )       (1.13 )       12.90       (14.70 )       533       0.97       0.97       1.22       30

Year ended 12/31/17

      14.06       0.16       3.08       3.24       (0.19 )       (0.70 )       (0.89 )       16.41       23.14       416       0.97       0.99       1.05       64

Year ended 12/31/16

      13.35       0.18       0.77       0.95       (0.19 )       (0.05 )       (0.24 )       14.06       7.07       401       0.94       0.94       1.31 (e)        39

Year ended 12/31/15

      13.81       0.15       (0.40 )       (0.25 )       (0.14 )       (0.07 )       (0.21 )       13.35       (1.80 )       191       0.95       0.95       1.07       66

Class R6

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      12.90       0.24       2.98       3.22       (0.24 )             (0.24 )       15.88       24.98       7,085       0.90 (d)        0.90 (d)        1.65 (d)        24

Year ended 12/31/18

      16.41       0.20       (2.57 )       (2.37 )       (0.22 )       (0.92 )       (1.14 )       12.90       (14.64 )       6,776       0.91       0.91       1.28       30

Year ended 12/31/17(f)

      14.89       0.12       2.29       2.41       (0.19 )       (0.70 )       (0.89 )       16.41       16.27       11       0.97 (g)        1.01 (g)        1.05 (g)        64

 

(a) 

Calculated using average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.

(c) 

Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.

(d) 

Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $687,210, $20,533, $1,707, $34,020, $641 and $7,051 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

(e) 

Amount includes the effect of a one-time reimbursement of custody expenses. The ratio of net investment income excluding these payments would have been 0.84%, 0.09%, 0.59%, 1.09% and 1.20% for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Class R5 shares, respectively.

(f) 

Commencement date of April 4, 2017.

(g) 

Annualized.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

14                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2019

 

NOTE 1–Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Global Core Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Trust”). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting the Fund or each class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of the Fund or each class.

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

The Fund currently consists of six different classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met. Under certain circumstances, load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Class C shares held for ten years after purchase are eligible for automatic conversion into Class A shares of the same Fund (the “Conversion Feature”). The automatic conversion pursuant to the Conversion Feature will generally occur at the end of the month following the tenth anniversary after a purchase of Class C shares.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

A.

Security Valuations – Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining net asset value (“NAV”) per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that the investment adviser determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

 

15                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B.

Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to Fund investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.

C.

Country Determination – For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

D.

Distributions – Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.

E.

Federal Income Taxes – The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

The Fund files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

F.

Expenses – Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.

G.

Accounting Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.

H.

Indemnifications – Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

I.

Securities Lending – The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its sponsored agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. When loaning securities, the Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to the Fund the securities loaned and the Fund

 

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will return the collateral. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. The Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to the Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Dividends from affiliated money market funds on the Statement of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown as a footnote on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

J.

Foreign Currency Translations – Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

K.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts – The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

L.

Put Options Purchased – The Fund may purchase put options including options on securities indexes, or foreign currency and/or futures contracts. By purchasing a put option, the Fund obtains the right (but not the obligation) to sell the option’s underlying instrument at a fixed strike price. In return for this right, the Fund pays an option premium. The option’s underlying instrument may be a security, securities index, or a futures contract. Put options may be used by the Fund to hedge securities it owns by locking in a minimum price at which the Fund can sell. If security prices fall, the put option could be exercised to offset all or a portion of the Fund’s resulting losses. At the same time, because the maximum the Fund has at risk is the cost of the option, purchasing put options does not eliminate the potential for the Fund to profit from an increase in the value of the securities hedged. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on put options purchased are included in the Statement of Operations as Net realized gain (loss) from and Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of Investment securities. A risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. In addition, there can be no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any option purchased.

NOTE 2–Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Rate  

First $ 250 million

     0.800%  

Next $250 million

     0.780%  

Next $500 million

     0.760%  

Next $1.5 billion

     0.740%  

Next $2.5 billion

     0.720%  

Next $2.5 billion

     0.700%  

Next $2.5 billion

     0.680%  

Over $10 billion

     0.660%  

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the effective advisory fee rate incurred by the Fund was 0.78%.

 

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Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least April 30, 2021, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.22%, 1.97%, 1.47%, 0.97%, 0.97% and 0.97%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on April 30, 2021. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2021, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $3,970 and reimbursed class level expenses of $390,327, $11,663, $969 and $19,323, of Class A, Class C, Class R and Class Y shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees. Invesco has entered into a sub-administration agreement whereby State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”) serves as fund accountant and provides certain administrative services to the Fund. Pursuant to a custody agreement with the Trust on behalf of the Fund, SSB also serves as the Fund’s custodian.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2019, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $19,851 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $1,158 and $556 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund incurred $179 in brokerage commissions with Invesco Capital Markets, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser and IDI, for portfolio transactions executed on behalf of the Fund.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of the Adviser, IIS and/or IDI.

NOTE 3–Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

  Level 1 –

Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

  Level 2 –

Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

  Level 3 –

Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

 

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The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of December 31, 2019. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

                                                                                                                                       
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Investments in Securities

           

 

 

Australia

     $                  –        $    9,459,241        $–        $    9,459,241  

 

 

Brazil

     9,037,130                 –        9,037,130  

 

 

China

     6,402,480                 –        6,402,480  

 

 

Denmark

            10,925,673          –        10,925,673  

 

 

France

            8,535,009          –        8,535,009  

 

 

Germany

            46,297,662          –        46,297,662  

 

 

Hong Kong

            17,291,288          –        17,291,288  

 

 

India

            7,611,266          –        7,611,266  

 

 

Ireland

     7,367,738                 –        7,367,738  

 

 

Italy

            26,845,351          –        26,845,351  

 

 

Japan

            82,826,697          –        82,826,697  

 

 

Luxembourg

            4,516,207          –        4,516,207  

 

 

Netherlands

            10,226,917          –        10,226,917  

 

 

Singapore

            10,857,751          –        10,857,751  

 

 

South Korea

            5,270,643          –        5,270,643  

 

 

Spain

            9,124,689          –        9,124,689  

 

 

Sweden

            9,315,710          –        9,315,710  

 

 

Taiwan

            8,017,917          –        8,017,917  

 

 

United Kingdom

     36,992,095        51,325,589          –        88,317,684  

 

 

United States

     371,248,742        18,569,632          –        389,818,374  

 

 

Money Market Funds

     65,084                 –        65,084  

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     431,113,269        337,017,242          –        768,130,511  

 

 

Other Investments – Assets*

           

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

            76,775          –        76,775  

 

 

Total Investments

     $431,113,269        $337,094,017        $–        $768,207,286  

 

 

 

*

Unrealized appreciation.

NOTE 4–Derivative Investments

The Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) under which a fund may trade OTC derivatives. An OTC transaction entered into under an ISDA Master Agreement typically involves a collateral posting arrangement, payment netting provisions and close-out netting provisions. These netting provisions allow for reduction of credit risk through netting of contractual obligations. The enforceability of the netting provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement depends on the governing law of the ISDA Master Agreement, among other factors.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset OTC derivative assets or liabilities that are subject to ISDA Master Agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Value of Derivative Investments at Period-End

The table below summarizes the value of the Fund’s derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, held as of December 31, 2019:

 

     Value  
     Currency  
Derivative Assets    Risk  

 

 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts outstanding

   $ 76,775  

 

 

Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements

     -  

 

 

Total Derivative Assets subject to master netting agreements

   $ 76,775  

 

 

 

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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The table below reflects the Fund’s exposure to Counterparties subject to either an ISDA Master Agreement or other agreement for OTC derivative transactions as of December 31, 2019.

 

     Financial
Derivative
Assets
   Financial
Derivative
Liabilities
        Collateral
(Received)/Pledged
    
Counterparty   

Forward Foreign

Currency Contracts

  

Forward Foreign

Currency Contracts

  

Net Value of

Derivatives

   Non-Cash    Cash   

Net

Amount

 

Royal Bank of Canada

   $76,775    $–    $76,775    $–    $–    $76,775

 

Effect of Derivative Investments for the year ended December 31, 2019

The table below summarizes the gains (losses) on derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, recognized in earnings during the period:

 

     Location of Gain (Loss) on
Statement of Operations
 
    

Currency

Risk

      

Equity

Risk

       Total  

 

 

Realized Gain (Loss):

            

Forward foreign currency contracts

   $ (209,992      $ -        $ (209,992

 

 

Options purchased(a)

     -          (1,487,239        (1,487,239

 

 

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation):

            

Forward foreign currency contracts

     641,251          -          641,251  

 

 

Options purchased(a)

     -          (27,382        (27,382

 

 

Total

   $ 431,259        $ (1,514,621      $ (1,083,362

 

 

 

(a) 

Options purchased are included in the net realized gain (loss) from investment securities and the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investment securities.

The table below summarizes the average notional value of derivatives held during the period.

 

     Forward      Index  
     Foreign Currency      Options  
     Contracts      Purchased  

 

 

Average notional value

     $22,090,254      $ 25,975,938  

 

 

Average Contracts

            94  

 

 

NOTE 5–Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $10,296.

NOTE 6–Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 7–Cash Balances

The Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period-end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.

 

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NOTE 8–Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:

 

     2019      2018  

 

 

Ordinary income

     $9,205,754            $14,564,528  

 

 

Long-term capital gain

            42,057,326  

 

 

Total distributions

     $9,205,754        $56,621,854  

 

 

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

     2019  

 

 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 1,025,916  

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation – investments

     151,267,543  

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation - foreign currencies

     10,455  

 

 

Temporary book/tax differences

     (232,378

 

 

Capital loss carryforward

     (8,526,781

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     624,924,441  

 

 

Total net assets

   $ 768,469,196  

 

 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund’s net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to wash sales and forward foreign currency contracts.

The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund’s temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2019, as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  

 

 
Expiration         Short-Term    Long-Term      Total  

 

 

Not subject to expiration

      $–    $ 8,526,781      $ 8,526,781  

 

 

 

*

Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

NOTE 9–Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $178,412,692 and $267,385,215, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

   $ 169,441,722  

 

 

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

     (18,174,179

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

   $ 151,267,543  

 

 

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $616,939,743.

NOTE 10–Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions and foreign taxes, on December 31, 2019, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $56,080 and undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $56,080. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets or the distributable earnings of the Fund.

 

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NOTE 11–Share Information

 

Summary of Share Activity                        

 
     Year ended
December 31, 2019(a)
    Year ended
December 31, 2018
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

 

 

Sold:

        

Class A

     553,685     $ 8,019,336       1,149,223     $ 17,999,481  

 

 

Class B(b)

     -       -       73       1,209  

 

 

Class C

     76,591       1,050,435       203,827       2,966,793  

 

 

Class R

     19,424       284,278       21,177       333,253  

 

 

Class Y

     520,794       7,519,669       659,538       10,541,494  

 

 

Class R5

     12,411       184,797       27,865       389,843  

 

 

Class R6

     109,762       1,611,083       667,786       11,416,522  

 

 

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

        

Class A

     494,027       7,608,014       3,391,401       44,563,015  

 

 

Class C

     1,960       28,808       311,394       3,892,426  

 

 

Class R

     1,098       16,933       8,410       110,504  

 

 

Class Y

     25,183       387,564       172,557       2,265,681  

 

 

Class R5

     684       10,688       2,003       26,678  

 

 

Class R6

     6,394       99,877       39,572       527,095  

 

 

Conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:(c)

        

Class A

     -       -       530,251       9,194,555  

 

 

Class B

     -       -       (557,930     (9,194,555

 

 

Automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:

        

Class A

     3,359,021       46,182,391       -       -  

 

 

Class C

     (3,536,093     (46,182,391     -       -  

 

 

Reacquired:

        

Class A

     (6,675,091     (96,653,556     (6,745,174     (105,111,671

 

 

Class B(b)

     -       -       (61,362     (1,000,320

 

 

Class C

     (309,499     (4,192,514     (1,081,471     (16,086,923

 

 

Class R

     (10,388     (148,869     (18,810     (297,614

 

 

Class Y

     (884,676     (12,775,604     (1,325,723     (21,436,175

 

 

Class R5

     (6,843     (101,704     (13,882     (199,256

 

 

Class R6

     (195,221     (2,856,689     (182,721     (2,912,406

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

     (6,436,777   $ (89,907,454     (2,801,996   $  (52,010,371

 

 

 

(a) 

There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 54% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

(b) 

Class B shares activity for the period January 1, 2018 through January 26, 2018 (date of conversion).

(c) 

Effective as of the close of business January 26, 2018, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares.

 

22                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) and Shareholders of Invesco Global Core Equity Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Global Core Equity Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas

February 28, 2020

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not been able to determine the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

23                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Actual Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return.

The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

          ACTUAL  

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before

expenses)

    
     Beginning
    Account Value    
(07/01/19)
  Ending
    Account Value    
(12/31/19)1
  Expenses
    Paid During    
Period2
  Ending
    Account Value    
(12/31/19)
  Expenses
    Paid During    
Period2
 

    Annualized    
Expense

Ratio

Class A

  $1,000.00   $1,082.80   $  6.35   $1,019.11   $6.16   1.21%

Class C

    1,000.00     1,078.70     10.27     1,015.32     9.96   1.96   

Class R

    1,000.00     1,081.40       7.66     1,017.85     7.43   1.46   

Class Y

    1,000.00     1,084.10       5.04     1,020.37     4.89   0.96   

Class R5

    1,000.00     1,084.40       4.94     1,020.47     4.79   0.94   

Class R6

    1,000.00     1,085.00       4.68     1,020.72     4.53   0.89   

 

1 

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.

2 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

24                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Tax Information

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

 

          

                                                 

Federal and State Income Tax

  

Qualified Dividend Income*

     100.00

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     53.42

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0.00

*  The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

25                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers

The address of each trustee and officer is AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Trust”), 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77046-1173. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust’s organizational documents. Each officer serves for a one year term or until their successors are elected and qualified. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/ or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Interested Person

               

Martin L. Flanagan1 – 1960

Trustee and Vice Chair

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Trustee and Vice Chair, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly 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)

  229   None

 

1 

Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) 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.

 

T-1                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/ or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees

           

Bruce L. Crockett – 1944

Trustee and Chair

  1987  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

Formerly: Director, Captaris (unified messaging provider); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, COMSAT Corporation; Chairman, Board of Governors of INTELSAT (international communications company); ACE Limited (insurance company); Independent Directors Council and Investment Company Institute: Member of the Audit Committee, Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

  229   Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company); Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Ferroglobe PLC (metallurgical company)

David C. Arch – 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   229   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Beth Ann Brown – 1968

Trustee

  2019  

Independent Consultant

 

Formerly: Head of Intermediary Distribution, Managing Director, Strategic Relations, Managing Director, Head of National Accounts, Senior Vice President, National Account Manager and Senior Vice President, Key Account Manager, Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC; Vice President, Key Account Manager, Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc.; and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Director, Board of Directors of Caron Engineering Inc.; Advisor, Board of Advisors of Caron Engineering Inc.; President and Director, Acton Shapleigh Youth Conservation Corps (non - profit); and Vice President and Director of Grahamtastic Connection (non-profit)

Jack M. Fields – 1952

Trustee

  1997  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Chairman, Discovery Learning Alliance (non-profit)

 

Formerly: Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Dos Angeles Ranch L.P. (cattle, hunting, corporate entertainment); Director, Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider); Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company); Director of Cross Timbers Quail Research Ranch (non-profit); and member of the U.S. House of Representatives

  229   None

 

T-2                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers(continued)

    

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/ or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees–(continued)

       

Cynthia Hostetler –1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-Executive Director and Trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Director, Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Head of Investment Funds and Private Equity, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; President, First Manhattan Bancorporation, Inc.; Attorney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  229   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (railroads); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor); Investment Company Institute (professional organization); Independent Directors Council (professional organization)

Eli Jones – 1961

Trustee

  2016  

Professor and Dean, Mays Business School - Texas A&M University

 

Formerly: Professor and Dean, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University; Director, Arvest Bank

  229   Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)

Elizabeth Krentzman –1959

Trustee

  2019   Formerly: Principal and Chief Regulatory Advisor for Asset Management Services and U.S. Mutual Fund Leader of Deloitte & Touche LLP; General Counsel of the Investment Company Institute (trade association); National Director of the Investment Management Regulatory Consulting Practice, Principal, Director and Senior Manager of Deloitte & Touche LLP; Assistant Director of the Division of Investment Management - Office of Disclosure and Investment Adviser Regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and various positions with the Division of Investment Management – Office of Regulatory Policy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP; Advisory Board Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society; and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds   229   Trustee of the University of Florida National Board Foundation and Audit Committee Member; Member of the Cartica Funds Board of Directors (private investment funds); Member of the University of Florida Law Center Association, Inc. Board of Trustees and Audit Committee Member

Anthony J. LaCava, Jr. –1956

Trustee

  2019   Formerly: Director and Member of the Audit Committee, Blue Hills Bank (publicly traded financial institution) and Managing Partner, KPMG LLP   229   Blue Hills Bank; Chairman, Bentley University; Member, Business School Advisory Council; and Nominating Committee KPMG LLP

Prema Mathai-Davis – 1950

Trustee

  1998  

Retired

 

Co-Owner & Partner of Quantalytics Research, LLC, (a FinTech Investment Research Platform for the Self-Directed Investor)

  229   None

 

T-3                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers(continued)

    

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/ or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees–(continued)

       
Joel W. Motley – 1952 Trustee   2019  

Director of Office of Finance, Federal Home Loan Bank; Member of the Vestry of Trinity Wall Street; Managing Director of Carmona Motley Inc. (privately held financial advisor); Member of the Finance and Budget Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations, Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Human Rights Watch and Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Historic Hudson Valley (non-profit cultural organization)

 

Formerly: Managing Director of Public Capital Advisors, LLC (privately held financial advisor); Managing Director of Carmona Motley Hoffman, Inc. (privately held financial advisor); Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds; and Director of Columbia Equity Financial Corp. (privately held financial advisor)

  229   Director of Greenwall Foundation (bioethics research foundation); Member of Board and Investment Committee of The Greenwall Foundation; Director of Southern Africa Legal Services Foundation; Board Member and Investment Committee Member of Pulizer Center for Crisis Reporting (non-profit journalism)

Teresa M. Ressel – 1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, Olayan America, The Olayan Group (international investor/commercial/industrial); Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC; Group Chief Operating Officer, Americas, UBS AG; Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget and CFO, US Department of the Treasury

  229   Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)

Ann Barnett Stern – 1957

Trustee

  2017  

President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Endowment Inc. (private philanthropic institution)

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital; Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

  229   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Robert C. Troccoli – 1949

Trustee

  2016   Retired   229   None

Daniel S. Vandivort – 1954

Trustee

  2019  

Treasurer, Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee, and Trustee, Board of Trustees, Huntington Disease Foundation of America; and President, Flyway Advisory Services LLC (consulting and property management)

 

Formerly: Trustee and Governance Chair, of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Chairman and Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Director, Board of Directors, Value Line Funds

James D. Vaughn – 1945

Trustee

  2019  

Retired

 

Formerly: Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Schroder Funds; Board Member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network (economic development corporation); and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank; Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation; Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (non-profit)

 

T-4                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers(continued)

    

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/ or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees–(continued)

       

Christopher L. WIlson – 1957

Trustee, Vice Chair and Chair Designate

  2017  

Retired

 

Formerly: Director, TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); Managing Partner, CT2, LLC (investing and consulting firm); President/Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Funds, Bank of America Corporation; President/Chief Executive Officer, CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc.; Principal & Director of Operations, Scudder Funds, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Fidelity Investments

  229   ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-5                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/ or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Officers

       

Sheri Morris – 1964

President, Principal

Executive Officer and

Treasurer

  1999  

Head of Global Fund Services, Invesco Ltd.; President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; and Vice President, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco AIM 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.; and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk – 1958

Senior Vice President and

Senior Officer

  2005   Senior Vice President and Senior Officer, The Invesco Funds   N/A   N/A

Jeffrey H. Kupor – 1968

Senior Vice President,

Chief Legal Officer and

Secretary

  2018  

Head of Legal of the Americas, Invesco Ltd.; Senior Vice President and Secretary, 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.); Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Secretary, W.L. Ross & Co., LLC

 

Formerly: Secretary and Vice President, Jemstep, Inc.; Head of Legal, Worldwide Institutional, Invesco Ltd.; Secretary and General Counsel, INVESCO Private Capital Investments, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Assistant Secretary, INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Private Capital, Inc.; Assistant Secretary and General Counsel, INVESCO Realty, Inc.; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Secretary, Sovereign G./P. Holdings Inc.

  N/A   N/A

Andrew R. Schlossberg – 1974

Senior Vice President

  2019  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, Invesco UK Limited; Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Fund Managers Limited; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Administration Services Limited and Invesco Global Investment Funds Limited; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc.; Head of EMEA, Invesco Ltd.; President, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II and Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust; Managing Director and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Capital Management LLC

  N/A   N/A

 

T-6                                   Invesco Global Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/ or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Officers–(continued)

       

John M. Zerr – 1962

Senior Vice President

  2006  

Chief Operating Officer of the Americas; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Senior Vice President, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.); Manager, Invesco Indexing LLC; Manager, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.; Member, Invesco Canada Funds Advisory Board; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); and Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent)

 

Formerly: Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.); Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.); Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM 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)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey – 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; and President, SNW Asset Management Corporation

 

Formerly: Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos – 1970

Vice President, Principal

Financial Officer and

Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Investments Pool, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Pooled Investments, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Vice President and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

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Trustees and Officers(continued)

    

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/ or

Officer

Since

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Officers–(continued)

       

Crissie M. Wisdom – 1969

Anti-Money Laundering

Compliance Officer

  2013  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser), Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.), Invesco Distributors, Inc., Invesco Investment Services, Inc., The Invesco Funds, and Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Bank Secrecy Act Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company and Invesco Trust Company; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp. and Invesco Management Group, Inc.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille – 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Putnam Investments and the Putnam Funds

  N/A   N/A

The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246. Please refer to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on the Fund’s sub-advisers.

 

Office of the Fund    Investment Adviser    Distributor    Auditors

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

  

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

  

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

  

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

                
Counsel to the Fund    Counsel to the Independent Trustees    Transfer Agent    Custodian

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

  

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

  

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

  

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Invesco International Small Company Fund

 

 

Nasdaq:

  A: IEGAX C: IEGCX Y: IEGYX R5: IEGIX R6: IEGFX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Dear Shareholders:

This annual report includes information about your Fund, including performance data and a complete list of its investments as of the close of the reporting period. Inside is a discussion of how your Fund was managed and the factors that affected its performance during the reporting period.

Despite a tumultuous end to 2018 and gloomy market outlook at the start of the year, 2019 proved a banner year for global investors. Rather than raise interest rates central banks signaled they would provide more stimulus. Global equities greeted this news with enthusiasm with several equity market indices reaching record highs multiple times throughout the year.

As 2019 unfolded, global equity markets rebounded strongly buoyed by a more accommodative stance from central banks and optimism about a potential US-China trade deal. In May, US-China trade concerns and slowing global growth led to a global equity selloff and rally in US Treasuries.

Despite the May sell-off, domestic equity markets rallied in June in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve (the Fed) interest rate cut and closed the second quarter with modest gains. Continued US-China trade worries and signs of slowing global economic growth led to increased market volatility in August. The US Treasury yield curve inverted several times as fears of a US recession increased. As a result, global equity markets were largely flat for the third quarter. In the final months of 2019, geopolitical and macroeconomic issues largely abated. This combined with better-than-expected third quarter corporate earnings and initial agreement of the phase one US-China trade deal provided a favorable backdrop for equities and impressive fourth quarter global equity returns.

Throughout 2019, central banks continued to be accommodative, providing sources of liquidity. The Fed pivoted from raising rates in 2018 to reducing them in 2019. In July, the Fed lowered interest rates for the first time in 11 years. It again lowered rates in September and once again in October. In addition, the European Central Bank left its policy rate unchanged and continued its bond purchasing program. As 2020 unfolds, we’ll see how the interplay of interest rates, economic data, geopolitics and a host of other factors affect US and overseas equity and fixed income markets.

Investor uncertainty and market volatility, such as we witnessed during the reporting period, are unfortunate facts of life when it comes to investing. That’s why Invesco encourages investors to work with a professional financial adviser who can stress the importance of starting to save and invest early and the importance of adhering to a disciplined investment plan. A financial adviser who knows your unique financial situation, investment goals and risk tolerance can be an invaluable partner as you seek to achieve your financial goals. Financial advisers can also offer a long-term perspective when markets are volatile and time-tested advice and guidance when your financial situation or investment goals change.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. To do so, select “Log In” on the right side of the homepage, and then select “Register for Individual Account Access.”

In addition to the resources accessible on our website and through our mobile app, you can obtain timely updates to help you stay informed about the markets and the economy by connecting with Invesco on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. You can access our blog at blog.invesco.us.com. Our goal is to provide you the information you want, when and where you want it.

Finally, I’m pleased to share with you Invesco’s commitment to both the Principles for Responsible Investment and to considering environmental, social and governance issues in our robust investment process. I invite you to learn more at invesco.com/esg.

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246.

All of us at Invesco look forward to serving your investment management needs. Thank you for investing with us.

Sincerely,

 

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Andrew Schlossberg

Head of the Americas,

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


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Dear Shareholders:

Among the many important lessons I’ve learned in more than 40 years in a variety of business endeavors is the value of a trusted advocate.

As independent chair of the Invesco Funds Board, I can assure you that the members of the Board are strong advocates for the interests of investors in Invesco’s mutual funds. We work hard to represent your interests through oversight of the quality of the investment management services your funds receive and other matters important to your investment, including but not limited to:

  Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.

  Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.

Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.

Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

We believe one of the most important services we provide our fund shareholders is the annual review of the funds’ advisory and sub-advisory contracts with Invesco Advisers and its affiliates. This review is required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and focuses on the nature and quality of the services Invesco provides as the adviser to the Invesco funds and the reasonableness of the fees that it charges for those services. Each year, we spend months carefully reviewing information received from Invesco and a variety of independent sources, such as performance and fee data prepared by Lipper, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.), an independent, third-party firm widely recognized as a leader in its field. We also meet with our independent legal counsel and other independent advisers to review and help us assess the information that we have received. Our goal is to assure that you receive quality investment management services for a reasonable fee.

I trust the measures outlined above provide assurance that you have a worthy advocate when it comes to choosing the Invesco Funds.

On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2019, Class A shares of Invesco International Small Company Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Small Cap Index, the Fund’s broad market/style-specific benchmark.

Your Fund’s long-term performance appears later in this report.

 

 

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/18 to 12/31/19, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

 

Class A Shares      18.44
Class C Shares      17.45  
Class Y Shares      18.66  
Class R5 Shares      18.84  
Class R6 Shares      18.95  
MSCI All Country World ex-USA Small Cap Indexq (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)      22.42  
Lipper International Small/Mid-Cap Core Funds Index (Peer Group Index)      20.81  
Source(s): qRIMES Technologies Corp.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

After a relatively calm start at the beginning of 2019, global equity markets faced greater volatility in the second and third quarters, hampered by ongoing US and China trade issues, potential for new tariffs and weakening global economic growth. Disagreement within the UK about its withdrawal from the European Union increased uncertainty for the UK and eurozone economies.

    Much of the year showed slowing manufacturing activity and declining business investment, which was evidence that trade tensions were stifling economic growth across both developed and emerging markets. Global recession concerns caused a sharp equity sell-off in August 2019, as investors crowded into asset classes perceived as safe havens, including US Treasuries and gold.

    During the year, third quarter macroeconomic and geopolitical issues mostly

abated during the fourth quarter, providing a favorable backdrop for global equity returns. In response to third quarter economic weakness, central banks maintained accommodative policies, with the US Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in October 2019 and the European Central Bank restarting net purchases in its asset purchase program in November. Better economic data and signs of progress in US and China trade talks also supported global equities. The UK’s general election in December delivered a decisive victory to the conservative party, reaffirming the original Brexit vote and the UK’s eventual exit from the European Union. In this environment, global equity markets had robust gains for the year, with developed markets outperforming emerging markets.

    During the year, the Fund’s holdings in the financials and health care sectors outperformed those of the broad

 

market/style-specific benchmark and were among the largest contributors to the Fund’s relative performance. Conversely, stock selection and overweight exposure to the energy sector were the largest detractors from relative return. The Fund’s holdings in the industrials and consumer discretionary sectors underperformed those of the broad market/style-specific benchmark and were also detractors from the Fund’s relative performance. An underweight allocation to the real estate sector, one of the year’s strongest performing sectors, also hampered relative results.

    On a geographic basis, the Fund’s exposure to Romania (not represented in the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Small Cap Index) was among the largest contributors to relative performance. Stock selection in Sweden and Mexico added to the Fund’s relative performance versus the broad market/style-specific benchmark. The Fund’s lack of exposure to weaker-performing markets in South Korea and India was supportive of relative performance as well. In contrast, the Fund’s holdings in Canada underperformed those of the broad market/style-specific benchmark and were the most significant detractors from relative performance. Stock selection in France and Italy was also a drag on relative performance.

    The Fund’s cash position in a rising market environment was a detractor from performance versus the broad market/style-specific benchmark for the year. It is important to note that similar to the Fund’s sector and regional allocations, cash is a residual of our bottom-up investment process and is not the result of any top-down tactical asset allocation or a risk-management allocation decision.

 

Portfolio Composition

 

By sector

     % of total net assets  
Industrials      29.57
Financials      18.23  
Consumer Discretionary      11.58  
Health Care      7.83  
Energy      7.16  
Information Technology      6.83  
Real Estate      4.85  
Consumer Staples      3.88  
Communication Services      2.33  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      7.74  

Top 10 Equity Holdings*

        
% of total net assets  

  1. Calian Group Ltd.

     3.94

  2. Wilson Sons Ltd., BDR

     3.50  

  3. MorphoSys AG

     3.45  

  4. Bolsa Mexicana de Valores S.A.B. de C.V.

     3.43  

  5. Precia S.A.

     2.75  

  6. Fondul Proprietatea S.A.

     2.70  

  7. Vitec Software Group AB, Class B

     2.58  

  8. Savills PLC

     2.55  

  9. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V.

     2.49  

10. Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ S.A.

     2.48  

Total Net Assets

   $276.0 million  

Total Number of Holdings*

   64  

The Fund’s holdings are subject to change, and there is no assurance that the Fund will continue to hold any particular security.

*Excluding money market fund holdings, if any. Data presented here are as of December 31, 2019.

 

 

4                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


    On a security level, Vitec Software Group was the Fund’s largest contributor to absolute performance during the year. A market leader in the Nordic region for vertical market software, the Sweden-based company was bolstered by recent acquisitions of HK data and M&V Software Oy. In contrast, UK-based Staffline Group, a third-party human resources and recruitment provider, was among the most significant detractors from the Fund’s absolute performance for the year.

    During 2019, we continued to look for opportunities to improve the growth potential and quality of the Fund’s portfolio by adding companies based on our earnings, quality and valuation (EQV) outlook for each company. We added several new stocks to the portfolio, including Morocco-based automotive company Vivo Energy, Denmark-based home furnishings company TCM Group, and Canada-based real estate developer Information Services Corp. Deteriorating fundamentals and/or valuations led to the sale of several securities, including Israel Discount Bank, Trade Me Group, and Tassal Group.

    As always, regardless of the macroeconomic environment, we remain focused on a bottom-up investment approach of identifying attractive companies that fit our EQV-focused investment process. We continue to look for high-quality companies that exhibit the following characteristics: strong organic growth, high returns on capital, pricing power, strong balance sheets, cash generation and reasonable valuations. In addition, we continue to favor companies that are able to consistently generate cash during weak economic environments. Our balanced EQV-focused approach aligns with our goal of delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long term.

    We thank you for your continued investment in Invesco International Small Company Fund.

 

 

Portfolio managers:

Shuxin (Steve) Cao - Lead

Borge Endresen

Jason Holzer - Lead

The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of Invesco Advisers, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any

market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but Invesco Advisers, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.

See important Fund and, if applicable, index disclosures later in this report.

 

 

5                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


 

Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

 

Results of a $10,000 Investment – Oldest Share Class(es)

Fund and index data from 12/31/09

 

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1

Source: Lipper Inc.

2

Source: RIMES Technologies Corp.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management

fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees;

performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

6                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Average Annual Total Returns

 

As of 12/31/19, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

Class A Shares

        

Inception (8/31/00)

     8.38

10 Years

     5.84  

  5 Years

     3.69  

  1 Year

     11.94  

Class C Shares

        

Inception (8/31/00)

     8.30

10 Years

     5.65  

  5 Years

     4.07  

  1 Year

     16.45  

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (10/3/08)

     8.27

10 Years

     6.70  

  5 Years

     5.13  

  1 Year

     18.66  

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (10/25/05)

     7.45

10 Years

     6.84  

  5 Years

     5.25  

  1 Year

     18.84  

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     6.77

  5 Years

     5.33  

  1 Year

     18.95  

Class R6 shares incepted on September 24, 2012. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

    The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Performance figures do not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.57%, 2.32%, 1.32%, 1.23 and 1.16%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.58%, 2.33%, 1.33%, 1.24 and 1.17%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses

incurred during the period covered by this report.

    Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

    The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.

    Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information.

 

1

Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2021. See current prospectus for more information.

 

 

7                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


 

Invesco International Small Company Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2019, and is based on total net assets.

Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.

To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

Class Y shares are available to only certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

The MSCI All Country World ex-USA Small Cap Index represents the performance of small-cap stocks in developed and emerging markets, excluding the US. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.

The Lipper International Small/Mid-Cap Core Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of international small/mid-cap core funds tracked by Lipper.

The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).

A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles

 

require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

 

 

This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.

 

NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

8                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2019

 

      Shares      Value

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–92.26%

Brazil–6.34%

     

Fleury S.A.

     867,000      $      6,589,846

TOTVS S.A.

     78,000      1,252,944

Wilson Sons Ltd., BDR

     866,400      9,655,721
                   17,498,511

Canada–10.76%

     

Calian Group Ltd.

     367,000      10,880,983

E-L Financial Corp. Ltd.

     10,400      6,639,005

Information Services Corp.

     200,000      2,365,715

Total Energy Services, Inc.

     722,190      3,570,490

TransGlobe Energy Corp.

     3,402,269      4,742,295

Trican Well Service Ltd.(a)

     1,683,808      1,478,219
              29,676,707

Denmark–1.38%

     

TCM Group A/S

     201,000      3,800,978

Egypt–2.40%

     

Eastern Co. S.A.E.

     6,809,400      6,610,321

Estonia–0.83%

     

Silvano Fashion Group A.S., Class A

     937,000      2,278,567

France–9.03%

     

AURES Technologies S.A.

     67,164      1,883,706

Caisse Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel Nord de France

     206,000      6,573,763

CNIM Groupe S.A.

     15,951      358,750

Kaufman & Broad S.A.

     99,200      4,117,598

Linedata Services

     58,928      1,766,984

Metropole Television S.A.

     139,960      2,635,129

Precia S.A.(b)

     35,321      7,588,245
              24,924,175

Georgia–1.29%

     

TBC Bank Group PLC

     207,000      3,562,416

Germany–3.45%

     

MorphoSys AG(a)

     66,859      9,519,644

Greece–1.25%

     

European Reliance General Insurance Co. S.A.

     605,000      3,448,018

Indonesia–1.44%

     

PT Pakuwon Jati Tbk

     97,331,700      3,986,688

Ireland–0.61%

     

Origin Enterprises PLC

     405,000      1,691,968

Israel–0.98%

     

Tremor International Ltd.

     1,275,000      2,704,590
      Shares      Value

Italy–2.09%

     

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A., RSP

     237,910      $      2,696,595

Openjobmetis Spa agenzia per il lavoro

     314,146      3,067,104
              5,763,699

Japan–2.11%

     

Nabtesco Corp.

     160,800      4,744,846

Nippon Ceramic Co. Ltd.

     43,400      1,073,934
              5,818,780

Malaysia–0.87%

     

Heineken Malaysia Bhd.

     361,600      2,400,837

Mexico–5.92%

     

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores S.A.B. de C.V.

     4,325,494      9,457,407

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V.

     915,166      6,864,895
              16,322,302

Morocco–1.67%

     

Vivo Energy PLC(c)

     2,817,987      4,618,162

Netherlands–0.75%

     

Aalberts N.V.

     46,246      2,080,509

New Zealand–0.77%

     

Freightways Ltd.

     369,166      2,112,813

Norway–0.85%

     

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA

     148,378      2,332,342

Poland–2.16%

     

Altus Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

     700,000      272,680

Polski Bank Komorek Macierzystych S.A.

     247,000      4,077,062

Quercus TFI S.A.(a)

     1,250,000      767,667

Skarbiec Holding S.A.

     166,000      831,276
              5,948,685

Romania–7.21%

     

Banca Transilvania S.A.

     9,226,694      5,610,602

Fondul Proprietatea S.A.

     26,265,596      7,454,320

Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ S.A.

     786,000      6,832,718
              19,897,640

Singapore–1.03%

     

XP Power Ltd.

     69,000      2,830,392

South Africa–3.13%

     

Cartrack Holdings Ltd.

     2,000,000      3,464,651

Combined Motor Holdings Ltd.

     1,838,000      2,879,916

Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc.(a)

     615,000      2,287,800
              8,632,367
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

9                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


      Shares      Value

Sweden–2.58%

     

Vitec Software Group AB, Class B

     360,000      $      7,111,954

Switzerland–1.30%

     

Kardex AG

     21,300      3,591,390

United Kingdom–18.93%

     

Bioventix PLC

     32,000      1,403,371

Character Group PLC (The)

     440,000      2,392,201

Clarkson PLC

     142,000      5,703,588

DCC PLC

     75,551      6,576,364

Eurocell PLC

     1,131,000      3,593,314

Gamesys Group PLC(a)

     469,000      4,396,232

Goodwin PLC

     46,301      1,831,002

HomeServe PLC

     232,805      3,899,629

IG Group Holdings PLC

     300,791      2,773,240

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

     743,948      4,046,962

Mortgage Advice Bureau Holdings Ltd.

     615,000      6,324,256

Savills PLC

     467,099      7,029,240

Staffline Group PLC

     1,008,000      1,162,194

System1 Group PLC

     400,000      1,102,067
              52,233,660
      Shares      Value

United States–1.13%

     

Epsilon Energy Ltd.(a)

     947,280      $    3,126,024

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $213,607,492)

 

   254,524,139

Money Market Funds–7.57%

     

Invesco Government & Agency
Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.50%(d)

     7,282,806      7,282,806

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.71%(d)

     5,272,227      5,273,809

Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.49%(d)

     8,323,207      8,323,207

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $20,878,868)

 

   20,879,822

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES–99.83%
(Cost $234,486,360)

 

   275,403,961

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.17%

 

   468,592

NET ASSETS–100.00%

            $275,872,553
 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

BDR – Brazilian Depositary Receipt

RSP – Registered Savings Plan Shares

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

The Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the “1940 Act”), defines “affiliated person” to include an issuer of which a fund holds 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. The Fund has not owned enough to the outstanding voting securities of the issuer to have control (as defined in the 1940 Act) of that issuer. The table below shows the Fund’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investments in affiliates (excluding affiliated money market funds) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

 

      Value
December 31, 2018
   Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sales
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
   Realized
Gain
   Value
December 31, 2019
   Dividend
Income

Polski Bank Komorek Macierzystych S.A.(a)

     $ 3,828,076      $ -      $ -      $ 248,986      $ -      $ 4,077,062      $ -

Precia S.A.

       6,839,265        -        -        748,980        -        7,588,245        80,835

Total

     $ 10,667,341      $ -      $ -      $ 997,966      $ -      $ 11,665,307      $ 80,835

 

  (a)

As of December 31, 2019, this security was not considered as an affiliate of the Fund.

 

(c) 

Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The value of this security at December 31, 2019 represented 1.67% of the Fund’s Net Assets.

(d) 

The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2019.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2019

 

Assets:

  

Investments in securities, at value
(Cost $209,234,858)

   $ 246,935,894  

Investments in affiliates, at value
(Cost $25,251,502)

     28,468,067  

Cash

     5,123  

Foreign currencies, at value
(Cost $314,920)

     319,050  

Receivable for:

  

    Investments sold

     23,671  

    Fund shares sold

     215,569  

    Dividends

     417,883  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

     137,974  

Other assets

     37,133  

Total assets

     276,560,364  

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

    Fund shares reacquired

     296,891  

    Accrued fees to affiliates

     130,048  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

     254  

Accrued other operating expenses

     112,494  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

     148,124  

Total liabilities

     687,811  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

   $ 275,872,553  

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

   $ 236,319,750  

Distributable earnings

     39,552,803  
     $ 275,872,553  

 

 

 

Net Assets:

  

Class A

   $ 139,919,188  

Class C

   $ 4,213,101  

Class Y

   $ 46,476,662  

Class R5

   $ 5,655,992  

Class R6

   $ 79,607,610  

Shares outstanding, no par value, with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

 

Class A

     8,167,633  

Class C

     258,497  

Class Y

     2,710,497  

Class R5

     333,179  

Class R6

     4,694,031  

Class A:

  

Net asset value per share

   $ 17.13  

Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value of $17.13 ÷ 94.50%)

   $ 18.13  

Class C:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 16.30  

Class Y:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 17.15  

Class R5:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 16.98  

Class R6:

  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 16.96  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2019

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $639,601)

   $ 8,192,321  

 

 

Dividends from affiliates

     751,334  

 

 

Total investment income

     8,943,655  

 

 

Expenses:

  

Advisory fees

     2,570,547  

 

 

Administrative services fees

     39,073  

 

 

Custodian fees

     130,132  

 

 

Distribution fees:

  

Class A

     353,528  

 

 

Class C

     55,280  

 

 

Transfer agent fees – A, C and Y

     419,462  

 

 

Transfer agent fees – R5

     5,472  

 

 

Transfer agent fees – R6

     24,516  

 

 

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

     22,725  

 

 

Registration and filing fees

     98,872  

 

 

Reports to shareholders

     70,164  

 

 

Professional services fees

     57,176  

 

 

Other

     15,939  

 

 

Total expenses

     3,862,886  

 

 

Less: Fees waived and/or expense offset arrangement(s)

     (37,632

 

 

Net expenses

     3,825,254  

 

 

Net investment income

     5,118,401  

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investment securities

     5,044,462  

 

 

Foreign currencies

     (5,986

 

 
     5,038,476  

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation of:

  

Investment securities

     36,092,947  

 

 

Foreign currencies

     7,313  

 

 
     36,100,260  

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

     41,138,736  

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 46,257,137  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

12                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

     2019     2018  

 

 

Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 5,118,401     $ 6,981,973  

 

 

Net realized gain

     5,038,476       6,191,177  

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     36,100,260       (74,761,581

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     46,257,137       (61,588,431

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from distributable earnings:

    

Class A

     (6,107,050     (4,934,523

 

 

Class C

     (159,208     (394,275

 

 

Class Y

     (2,186,829     (1,766,872

 

 

Class R5

     (268,785     (211,877

 

 

Class R6

     (3,850,476     (3,199,904

 

 

Total distributions from distributable earnings

     (12,572,348     (10,507,451

 

 

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

     (8,625,203     4,844,762  

 

 

Class B

           (433,608

 

 

Class C

     (9,705,107     (3,150,858

 

 

Class Y

     (1,849,822     (8,298,732

 

 

Class R5

     (57,000     (38,732

 

 

Class R6

     (5,556,227     13,530,491  

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

     (25,793,359     6,453,323  

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     7,891,430       (65,642,559

 

 

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     267,981,123       333,623,682  

 

 

End of year

   $ 275,872,553     $ 267,981,123  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

13                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Financial Highlights

The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

 

                                            Ratio of   Ratio of        
                                            expenses   expenses        
            Net gains                               to average   to average net        
            (losses)                               net assets   assets without   Ratio of net    
    Net asset       on securities       Dividends   Distributions                   with fee waivers   fee waivers   investment    
    value,   Net   (both   Total from   from net   from net       Net asset       Net assets,   and/or   and/or   income    
    beginning   investment   realized and   investment   investment   realized   Total   value, end   Total   end of period   expenses   expenses   to average   Portfolio
     of period   income(a)   unrealized)   operations   income   gains   distributions   of period   return (b)   (000’s omitted)   absorbed   absorbed   net assets   turnover (c)

Class A

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

    $ 15.14     $ 0.28     $ 2.49     $ 2.77     $ (0.40 )     $ (0.38 )     $ (0.78 )     $ 17.13       18.37 %     $ 139,919       1.55 %(d)       1.56 %(d)       1.70 %(d)       10 %

Year ended 12/31/18

      19.33       0.38 (e)        (3.98 )       (3.60 )       (0.34 )       (0.25 )       (0.59 )       15.14       (18.67 )       131,610       1.55       1.56       2.07 (e)        15

Year ended 12/31/17

      15.44       0.27       4.84       5.11       (0.52 )       (0.70 )       (1.22 )       19.33       33.42       162,497       1.58       1.59       1.48       16

Year ended 12/31/16

      15.42       0.34       1.02       1.36       (0.37 )       (0.97 )       (1.34 )       15.44       8.79       122,232       1.57       1.58       2.13       15

Year ended 12/31/15

      18.40       0.21       (1.92 )       (1.71 )       (0.19 )       (1.08 )       (1.27 )       15.42       (9.30 )       119,301       1.52       1.53       1.18       8

Class C

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      14.41       0.15       2.36       2.51       (0.24 )       (0.38 )       (0.62 )       16.30       17.45       4,213       2.30 (d)        2.31 (d)        0.95 (d)        10

Year ended 12/31/18

      18.38       0.23 (e)        (3.76 )       (3.53 )       (0.19 )       (0.25 )       (0.44 )       14.41       (19.24 )       12,845       2.30       2.31       1.32 (e)        15

Year ended 12/31/17

      14.73       0.13       4.61       4.74       (0.39 )       (0.70 )       (1.09 )       18.38       32.46       19,819       2.33       2.34       0.73       16

Year ended 12/31/16

      14.76       0.21       0.97       1.18       (0.24 )       (0.97 )       (1.21 )       14.73       7.96       15,712       2.32       2.33       1.38       15

Year ended 12/31/15

      17.67       0.07       (1.84 )       (1.77 )       (0.06 )       (1.08 )       (1.14 )       14.76       (9.98 )       18,098       2.27       2.28       0.43       8

Class Y

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      15.16       0.32       2.50       2.82       (0.45 )       (0.38 )       (0.83 )       17.15       18.66       46,477       1.30 (d)        1.31 (d)        1.95 (d)        10

Year ended 12/31/18

      19.36       0.43 (e)        (3.99 )       (3.56 )       (0.39 )       (0.25 )       (0.64 )       15.16       (18.44 )       42,878       1.30       1.31       2.32 (e)        15

Year ended 12/31/17

      15.46       0.32       4.84       5.16       (0.56 )       (0.70 )       (1.26 )       19.36       33.74       62,218       1.33       1.34       1.73       16

Year ended 12/31/16

      15.43       0.38       1.03       1.41       (0.41 )       (0.97 )       (1.38 )       15.46       9.10       57,810       1.32       1.33       2.38       15

Year ended 12/31/15

      18.42       0.26       (1.94 )       (1.68 )       (0.23 )       (1.08 )       (1.31 )       15.43       (9.11 )       60,497       1.27       1.28       1.43       8

Class R5

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      15.01       0.34       2.48       2.82       (0.47 )       (0.38 )       (0.85 )       16.98       18.84       5,656       1.18 (d)        1.19 (d)        2.07 (d)        10

Year ended 12/31/18

      19.18       0.44 (e)        (3.96 )       (3.52 )       (0.40 )       (0.25 )       (0.65 )       15.01       (18.37 )       5,059       1.21       1.22       2.41 (e)        15

Year ended 12/31/17

      15.32       0.33       4.81       5.14       (0.58 )       (0.70 )       (1.28 )       19.18       33.90       6,433       1.24       1.25       1.82       16

Year ended 12/31/16

      15.30       0.39       1.02       1.41       (0.42 )       (0.97 )       (1.39 )       15.32       9.21       9,740       1.19       1.20       2.51       15

Year ended 12/31/15

      18.27       0.27       (1.91 )       (1.64 )       (0.25 )       (1.08 )       (1.33 )       15.30       (8.96 )       24,821       1.17       1.18       1.53       8

Class R6

                                                       

Year ended 12/31/19

      15.00       0.35       2.47       2.82       (0.48 )       (0.38 )       (0.86 )       16.96       18.88       79,608       1.11 (d)        1.12 (d)        2.14 (d)        10

Year ended 12/31/18

      19.17       0.45 (e)        (3.95 )       (3.50 )       (0.42 )       (0.25 )       (0.67 )       15.00       (18.31 )       75,590       1.14       1.15       2.48 (e)        15

Year ended 12/31/17

      15.31       0.36       4.80       5.16       (0.60 )       (0.70 )       (1.30 )       19.17       34.04       82,244       1.15       1.16       1.91       16

Year ended 12/31/16

      15.30       0.40       1.02       1.42       (0.44 )       (0.97 )       (1.41 )       15.31       9.22       15,436       1.13       1.14       2.57       15

Year ended 12/31/15

      18.27       0.28       (1.91 )       (1.63 )       (0.26 )       (1.08 )       (1.34 )       15.30       (8.87 )       38,080       1.09       1.10       1.61       8

 

(a) 

Calculated using average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.

(c) 

Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.

(d) 

Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $141,411, $5,528, $46,266, $5,480 and $76,924 for Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

(e)

Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets includes significant dividends received during the year ended December 31, 2018. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividends are $0.33 and 1.82%, $0.18 and 1.07%, $0.38 and 2.07%, $0.39 and 2.16% and $0.40 and 2.23% for Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2019

NOTE 1–Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco International Small Company Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Trust”). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting the Fund or each class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of the Fund or each class.

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

The Fund currently consists of five different classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met. Under certain circumstances, load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Class C shares held for ten years after purchase are eligible for automatic conversion into Class A shares of the same Fund (the “Conversion Feature”). The automatic conversion pursuant to the Conversion Feature will generally occur at the end of the month following the tenth anniversary after a purchase of Class C shares.

As of the open of business on September 11, 2015, the Fund has opened public sales of its shares to all investors.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

A.

Security Valuations – Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining net asset value (“NAV”) per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that the investment adviser determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates

 

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depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B.

Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to Fund investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.

C.

Country Determination – For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

D.

Distributions – Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.

E.

Federal Income Taxes The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

The Fund files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

F.

Expenses Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.

G.

Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.

H.

Indemnifications – Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

I.

Foreign Currency Translations – Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends,

 

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interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts – The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2–Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Rate  

First $ 250 million

     0.935%  

Next $250 million

     0.910%  

Next $500 million

     0.885%  

Next $1.5 billion

     0.860%  

Next $2.5 billion

     0.835%  

Next $2.5 billion

     0.810%  

Next $2.5 billion

     0.785%  

Over $10 billion

     0.760%  

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the effective advisory fee rate incurred by the Fund was 0.93%.

Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2020, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 2.25%, 3.00%, 2.00%, 2.00% and 2.00% of average daily net assets, respectively (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2020. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2021, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $35,415.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees. Invesco has entered into a sub-administration agreement whereby State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”) serves as fund accountant and provides certain administrative services to the Fund. Pursuant to a custody agreement with the Trust on behalf of the Fund, SSB also serves as the Fund’s custodian.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the

 

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course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A and Class C shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares and 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2019, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $24,853 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $3,232 and $161 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of the Adviser, IIS and/or IDI.

NOTE 3–Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

Level 1 -

  Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

Level 2 -

  Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

Level 3 -

  Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of December 31, 2019. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

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      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total

Investments in Securities

                                                 

Brazil

     $        $ 17,498,511        $        $ 17,498,511

Canada

       29,676,707                            29,676,707

Denmark

                3,800,978                   3,800,978

Egypt

                6,610,321                   6,610,321

Estonia

                2,278,567                   2,278,567

France

                24,924,175                   24,924,175

Georgia

                3,562,416                   3,562,416

Germany

                9,519,644                   9,519,644

Greece

                3,448,018                   3,448,018

Indonesia

                3,986,688                   3,986,688

Ireland

                1,691,968                   1,691,968

Israel

                2,704,590                   2,704,590

Italy

                5,763,699                   5,763,699

Japan

                5,818,780                   5,818,780

Malaysia

                2,400,837                   2,400,837

Mexico

       16,322,302                            16,322,302

Morocco

                4,618,162                   4,618,162

Netherlands

                2,080,509                   2,080,509

New Zealand

                2,112,813                   2,112,813

Norway

                2,332,342                   2,332,342

Poland

                5,948,685                   5,948,685

Romania

                19,897,640                   19,897,640

Singapore

                2,830,392                   2,830,392

South Africa

       2,287,800          6,344,567                   8,632,367

Sweden

                7,111,954                   7,111,954

Switzerland

                3,591,390                   3,591,390

United Kingdom

       1,102,067          51,131,593                   52,233,660

United States

       3,126,024                            3,126,024

Money Market Funds

       20,879,822                            20,879,822

Total Investments

     $ 73,394,722        $ 202,009,239        $        $ 275,403,961

NOTE 4–Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $2,217.

NOTE 5–Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6–Cash Balances

The Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period-end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.

 

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NOTE 7–Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:

 

      2019      2018  

Ordinary income

   $ 6,797,169      $ 6,686,624  

Long-term capital gain

     5,775,179        3,820,827  

Total distributions

   $ 12,572,348      $ 10,507,451  
Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:      
            2019  

 

 

Undistributed ordinary income

      $ 326,238  

 

 

Undistributed long-term capital gain

        1,380,761  

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation – investments

        37,968,713  

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) - foreign currencies

        (9,538

 

 

Temporary book/tax differences

        (113,371

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

        236,319,750  

 

 

Total net assets

      $ 275,872,553  

 

 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund’s net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to passive foreign investment companies.

The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund’s temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2019.

NOTE 8–Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $25,103,386 and $50,496,508, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis       

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

   $ 69,489,829  

 

 

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

     (31,521,116

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

   $ 37,968,713  

 

 

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $237,435,248.

NOTE 9–Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of passive foreign investment companies, on December 31, 2019, undistributed net investment income was increased by $431,651 and undistributed net realized gain was decreased by $431,651. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets or the distributable earnings of the Fund.

 

20                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


NOTE 10–Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  

 

 
     Year ended      Year ended  
     December 31, 2019(a)      December 31, 2018  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

 

 

Sold:

           

Class A

     991,266      $ 16,200,438        2,474,940      $ 45,569,362  

 

 

Class B(b)

     -        -        71        1,356  

 

 

Class C

     56,075        866,465        170,287        3,017,331  

 

 

Class Y

     1,228,302        20,144,382        1,024,050        18,249,762  

 

 

Class R5

     55,074        894,940        87,154        1,540,904  

 

 

Class R6

     1,163,095        18,860,510        1,718,958        31,579,715  

 

 

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

           

Class A

     338,597        5,708,752        299,850        4,569,709  

 

 

Class C

     9,363        150,273        24,932        361,519  

 

 

Class Y

     98,941        1,670,118        97,806        1,491,547  

 

 

Class R5

     16,085        268,785        14,022        211,877  

 

 

Class R6

     225,682        3,766,631        207,678        3,133,857  

 

 

Conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:(c)

           

Class A

     -        -        19,336        393,290  

 

 

Class B

     -        -        (20,347      (393,290

 

 

Automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:

           

Class A

     553,560        8,931,189        -        -  

 

 

Class C

     (582,398      (8,931,189      -        -  

 

 

Reacquired:

           

Class A

     (2,406,570      (39,465,582      (2,509,370      (45,687,599

 

 

Class B(b)

     -        -        (2,167      (41,674

 

 

Class C

     (116,204      (1,790,656      (381,957      (6,529,708

 

 

Class Y

     (1,445,655      (23,664,322      (1,507,045      (28,040,041

 

 

Class R5

     (74,925      (1,220,725      (99,532      (1,791,513

 

 

Class R6

     (1,733,968      (28,183,368      (1,177,372      (21,183,081

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

     (1,623,680    $ (25,793,359      441,294      $ 6,453,323  

 

 

 

(a) 

There is an entity that is a record owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and owns 57% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with this entity to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to this entity, which is considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as, securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by this entity are also owned beneficially.

(b) 

Class B shares activity for the period January 1, 2018 through January 26, 2018 (date of conversion).

(c) 

Effective as of the close of business January 26, 2018, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares.

 

21                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) and Shareholders of Invesco International Small Company Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco International Small Company Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas

February 28, 2020

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not been able to determine the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

22                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Actual Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return.

The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    ACTUAL

 

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before

expenses)

    Annualized    
Expense

Ratio

  Beginning
    Account Value    
(07/01/19)
Ending
    Account Value    
(12/31/19)1
Expenses
    Paid During    
Period2
Ending
    Account Value    
(12/31/19)
Expenses
    Paid During    
Period2

Class A

$1,000.00 $1,088.10 $7.95 $1,017.59 $7.68   1.51 %

Class C

  1,000.00   1,083.60 11.87   1,013.81 11.47   2.26

Class Y

  1,000.00   1,088.90   6.63   1,018.85   6.41   1.26

Class R5

  1,000.00   1,089.70   6.11   1,019.36   5.90   1.16

Class R6

  1,000.00   1,090.60   5.74   1,019.71   5.55   1.09

 

1 

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.

2 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

23                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Tax Information

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

        

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

   $ 5,775,179        

Qualified Dividend Income*

     74.53      

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     0.00      

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0.00      

Foreign Taxes

   $ 0.0388        per share     

Foreign Source Income

   $ 0.5949        per share     

 

  *

The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

24                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

    Name, Year of Birth and
    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

  

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex    

Overseen by
Trustee

   Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee        
During Past 5
Years
Interested Person

Martin L. Flanagan1 – 1960

Trustee and Vice Chair

   2007   

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Trustee and Vice Chair, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly 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)

  229    None

 

1 

Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) 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.

 

T-1                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and
    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

  

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex    
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee        
During Past 5
Years
Independent Trustees

Bruce L. Crockett – 1944

Trustee and Chair

   1987   

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

Formerly: Director, Captaris (unified messaging provider); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, COMSAT Corporation; Chairman, Board of Governors of INTELSAT (international communications company); ACE Limited (insurance company); Independent Directors Council and Investment Company Institute: Member of the Audit Committee, Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

  229    Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company); Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Ferroglobe PLC (metallurgical company)

David C. Arch – 1945

Trustee

   2010   

Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization

  229    Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Beth Ann Brown – 1968

Trustee

   2019   

Independent Consultant

 

Formerly: Head of Intermediary Distribution, Managing Director, Strategic Relations, Managing Director, Head of National Accounts, Senior Vice President, National Account Manager and Senior Vice President, Key Account Manager, Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC; Vice President, Key Account Manager, Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc.; and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229    Director, Board of Directors of Caron Engineering Inc.; Advisor, Board of Advisors of Caron Engineering Inc.; President and Director, Acton Shapleigh Youth Conservation Corps (non - profit); and Vice President and Director of Grahamtastic Connection (non- profit)

Jack M. Fields – 1952

Trustee

   1997   

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Chairman, Discovery Learning Alliance (non-profit)

 

Formerly: Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Dos Angeles Ranch L.P. (cattle, hunting, corporate entertainment); Director, Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider); Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company); Director of Cross Timbers Quail Research Ranch (non-profit); and member of the U.S. House of Representatives

  229    None

 

T-2                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and
    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

  

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex    
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee        
During Past 5
Years
Independent Trustees–(continued)
Cynthia Hostetler – 1962 Trustee    2017   

Non-Executive Director and Trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Director, Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Head of Investment Funds and Private Equity, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; President, First Manhattan Bancorporation, Inc.; Attorney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  229    Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (railroads); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor); Investment Company Institute (professional organization); Independent Directors Council (professional organization)

Eli Jones – 1961

Trustee

   2016   

Professor and Dean, Mays Business School - Texas A&M University

 

Formerly: Professor and Dean, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University; Director, Arvest Bank

  229    Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)

Elizabeth Krentzman – 1959

Trustee

   2019   

Formerly: Principal and Chief Regulatory Advisor for Asset Management Services and U.S. Mutual Fund Leader of Deloitte & Touche LLP; General Counsel of the Investment Company Institute (trade association); National Director of the Investment Management Regulatory Consulting Practice, Principal, Director and Senior Manager of Deloitte & Touche LLP; Assistant Director of the Division of Investment Management - Office of Disclosure and Investment Adviser Regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and various positions with the Division of Investment Management – Office of Regulatory Policy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP; Advisory Board Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society; and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229    Trustee of the University of Florida National Board Foundation and Audit Committee Member; Member of the Cartica Funds Board of Directors (private investment funds); Member of the University of Florida Law Center Association, Inc. Board of Trustees and Audit Committee Member

Anthony J. LaCava, Jr. – 1956

Trustee

   2019   

Formerly: Director and Member of the Audit Committee, Blue Hills Bank (publicly traded financial institution) and Managing Partner, KPMG LLP

  229    Blue Hills Bank; Chairman, Bentley University; Member, Business School Advisory Council; and Nominating Committee KPMG LLP

Prema Mathai-Davis – 1950

Trustee

   1998   

Retired

 

Co-Owner & Partner of Quantalytics Research, LLC, (a FinTech Investment Research Platform for the Self-Directed Investor)

  229    None

 

T-3                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and
    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

  

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex    
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee        
During Past 5
Years
Independent Trustees–(continued)

Joel W. Motley – 1952

Trustee

   2019   

Director of Office of Finance, Federal Home Loan Bank; Member of the Vestry of Trinity Wall Street; Managing Director of Carmona Motley Inc. (privately held financial advisor); Member of the Finance and Budget Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations, Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Human Rights Watch and Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Historic Hudson Valley (non-profit cultural organization)

 

Formerly: Managing Director of Public Capital Advisors, LLC (privately held financial advisor); Managing Director of Carmona Motley Hoffman, Inc. (privately held financial advisor); Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds; and Director of Columbia Equity Financial Corp. (privately held financial advisor)

  229    Director of Greenwall Foundation (bioethics research foundation); Member of Board and Investment Committee of The Greenwall Foundation; Director of Southern Africa Legal Services Foundation; Board Member and Investment Committee Member of Pulizer Center for Crisis Reporting (non-profit journalism)

Teresa M. Ressel – 1962

Trustee

   2017   

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, Olayan America, The Olayan Group (international investor/commercial/industrial); Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC; Group Chief Operating Officer, Americas, UBS AG; Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget and CFO, US Department of the Treasury

  229    Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)

Ann Barnett Stern – 1957

Trustee

   2017   

President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Endowment Inc. (private philanthropic institution)

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital; Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

  229    Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Robert C. Troccoli – 1949

Trustee

   2016   

Retired

  229    None

Daniel S. Vandivort –1954

Trustee

   2019   

Treasurer, Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee, and Trustee, Board of Trustees, Huntington Disease Foundation of America; and President, Flyway Advisory Services LLC (consulting and property management)

 

Formerly: Trustee and Governance Chair, of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229    Chairman and Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Director, Board of Directors, Value Line Funds

James D. Vaughn – 1945

Trustee

   2019   

Retired

 

Formerly: Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Schroder Funds; Board Member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network (economic development corporation); and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229    Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank; Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation; Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (non-profit)

 

T-4                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and
    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

  

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex    
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee        
During Past 5
Years
Independent Trustees–(continued)

Christopher L. WIlson - 1957

Trustee, Vice Chair and Chair Designate

   2017   

Retired

 

Formerly: Director, TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); Managing Partner, CT2, LLC (investing and consulting firm); President/Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Funds, Bank of America Corporation; President/Chief Executive Officer, CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc.; Principal & Director of Operations, Scudder Funds, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Fidelity Investments

  229    ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-5                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and
    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

  

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex    
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee        
During Past 5
Years
Officers

Sheri Morris – 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

   1999   

Head of Global Fund Services, Invesco Ltd.; President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; and Vice President, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco AIM 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.; and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A    N/A

Russell C. Burk – 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

   2005   

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer, The Invesco Funds

  N/A    N/A

Jeffrey H. Kupor – 1968

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

   2018   

Head of Legal of the Americas, Invesco Ltd.; Senior Vice President and Secretary, 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.); Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Secretary, W.L. Ross & Co., LLC

 

Formerly: Secretary and Vice President, Jemstep, Inc.; Head of Legal, Worldwide Institutional, Invesco Ltd.; Secretary and General Counsel, INVESCO Private Capital Investments, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Assistant Secretary, INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Private Capital, Inc.; Assistant Secretary and General Counsel, INVESCO Realty, Inc.; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Secretary, Sovereign G./P. Holdings Inc.

  N/A    N/A

Andrew R. Schlossberg – 1974

Senior Vice President

   2019   

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, Invesco UK Limited; Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Fund Managers Limited; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Administration Services Limited and Invesco Global Investment Funds Limited; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc.; Head of EMEA, Invesco Ltd.; President, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II and Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust; Managing Director and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Capital Management LLC

  N/A    N/A

 

T-6                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and
    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

  

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex    
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee        
During Past 5
Years
Officers–(continued)
John M. Zerr – 1962
Senior Vice President
   2006   

Chief Operating Officer of the Americas; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Senior Vice President, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.); Manager, Invesco Indexing LLC; Manager, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.; Member, Invesco Canada Funds Advisory Board; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); and Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent)

 

Formerly: Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.); Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.); Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM 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)

  N/A    N/A
Gregory G. McGreevey - 1962
Senior Vice President
   2012   

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; and President, SNW Asset Management Corporation

 

Formerly: Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A    N/A
Kelli Gallegos – 1970
Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer
   2008   

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Investments Pool, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Pooled Investments, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Vice President and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A    N/A

 

T-7                             Invesco International Small Company Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

    Name, Year of Birth and
    Position(s)

    Held with the Trust

  

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex    
Overseen by
Trustee
   Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee        
During Past 5
Years
Officers–(continued)

Crissie M. Wisdom – 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

   2013   

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser), Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.), Invesco Distributors, Inc., Invesco Investment Services, Inc., The Invesco Funds, and Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Bank Secrecy Act Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company and Invesco Trust Company; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp. and Invesco Management Group, Inc.

  N/A    N/A

Robert R. Leveille – 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

   2016   

Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Putnam Investments and the Putnam Funds

  N/A    N/A

 

Office of the Fund   Investment Adviser   Distributor   Auditors
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000   Invesco Advisers, Inc.   Invesco Distributors, Inc.   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, TX 77046-1173   1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.   11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000   1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800
  Atlanta, GA 30309   Houston, TX 77046-1173   Houston, TX 77002-5678
Counsel to the Fund   Counsel to the Independent Trustees   Transfer Agent   Custodian
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP   Goodwin Procter LLP   Invesco Investment Services, Inc.   State Street Bank and Trust Company
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600   901 New York Avenue, N.W.   11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000   225 Franklin Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018   Washington, D.C. 20001   Houston, TX 77046-1173   Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders                                              December 31, 2019

  

 

Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund

  

 

Nasdaq:

A: SMEAX C: SMECX R: SMERX Y: SMEYX R5: SMEIX R6: SMEFX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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  Andrew Schlossberg

   Dear Shareholders:
  

This annual report includes information about your Fund, including performance data and a complete list of its investments as of the close of the reporting period. Inside is a discussion of how your Fund was managed and the factors that affected its performance during the reporting period .

Despite a tumultuous end to 2018 and gloomy market outlook at the start of the year, 2019 proved a banner year for global investors. Rather than raise interest rates central banks signaled they would provide more stimulus. Global equities greeted this news with enthusiasm with several equity market indices reaching record highs multiple times throughout the year.

As 2019 unfolded, global equity markets rebounded strongly buoyed by a more accommodative stance from central banks and optimism about a potential US-China trade deal. In May, US-China trade concerns and slowing global growth led to a global equity selloff and rally in US Treasuries.

Despite the May sell-off, domestic equity markets rallied in June in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve (the Fed) interest rate cut and closed the second quarter with modest gains. Continued US-China trade worries and signs of slowing global economic growth led to increased market volatility in August. The US Treasury yield curve inverted several times as fears of a US recession increased. As a result, global equity markets were largely flat for the third quarter. In the final months of 2019, geopolitical and macroeconomic issues largely abated. This combined with better-than-expected third quarter corporate earnings and initial agreement of the phase one US-China trade deal provided a favorable backdrop for equities and impressive fourth quarter global equity returns.

Throughout 2019, central banks continued to be accommodative, providing sources of liquidity. The Fed pivoted from raising rates in 2018 to reducing them in 2019. In July, the Fed lowered interest rates for the first time in 11 years. It again lowered rates in September and once again in October. In addition, the European Central Bank left its policy rate unchanged and continued its bond purchasing program. As 2020 unfolds, we’ll see how the interplay of interest rates, economic data, geopolitics and a host of other factors affect US and overseas equity and fixed income markets.

Investor uncertainty and market volatility, such as we witnessed during the reporting period, are unfortunate facts of life when it comes to investing. That’s why Invesco encourages investors to work with a professional financial adviser who can stress the importance of starting to save and invest early and the importance of adhering to a disciplined investment plan. A financial adviser who knows your unique financial situation, investment goals and risk tolerance can be an invaluable partner as you seek to achieve your financial goals. Financial advisers can also offer a long-term perspective when markets are volatile and time-tested advice and guidance when your financial situation or investment goals change.

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Finally, I’m pleased to share with you Invesco’s commitment to both the Principles for Responsible Investment and to considering environmental, social and governance issues in our robust investment process. I invite you to learn more at invesco.com/esg.

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246.

All of us at Invesco look forward to serving your investment management needs. Thank you for investing with us. Sincerely,

 

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Head of the Americas,

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


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    Bruce Crockett

  

Dear Shareholders:

Among the many important lessons I’ve learned in more than 40 years in a variety of business endeavors is the value of a trusted advocate.

As independent chair of the Invesco Funds Board, I can assure you that the members of the Board are strong advocates for the interests of investors in Invesco’s mutual funds. We work hard to represent your interests through oversight of the quality of the investment management services your funds receive and other matters important to your investment, including but not limited to:

 Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.

 Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.

Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.

Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

    We believe one of the most important services we provide our fund shareholders is the annual review of the funds’ advisory and sub-advisory contracts with Invesco Advisers and its affiliates. This review is required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and focuses on the nature and quality of the services Invesco provides as the adviser to the Invesco funds and the reasonableness of the fees that it charges for those services. Each year, we spend months carefully reviewing information received from Invesco and a variety of independent sources, such as performance and fee data prepared by Lipper, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.), an independent, third-party firm widely recognized as a leader in its field. We also meet with our independent legal counsel and other independent advisers to review and help us assess the information that we have received. Our goal is to assure that you receive quality investment management services for a reasonable fee.

I trust the measures outlined above provide assurance that you have a worthy advocate when it comes to choosing the Invesco Funds.

On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

   

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2019, Class A shares of Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the Russell 2000 Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

Your Fund’s long-term performance appears later in this report.

 

 

 

 

    Fund vs. Indexes        
  Total returns, 12/31/18 to 12/31/19, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

    Class A Shares     26.13%  
    Class C Shares     25.10     
    Class R Shares     25.71     
    Class Y Shares     26.36     
    Class R5 Shares     26.65     
    Class R6 Shares     26.67     
    S&P 500 Indexq (Broad Market Index)     31.49     
    Russell 2000 Indexq (Style-Specific Index)     25.52     
    Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index (Peer Group Index)     24.80     
    Source(s): qRIMES Technologies Corp.; Lipper Inc.        

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Equity markets rallied in the first quarter of 2019, fueled by optimism about a potential US-China trade deal and indication that the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) would not raise interest rates in 2019, a surprising shift in monetary policy. The Fed’s more accommodative stance provided a supportive environment for equities and fixed income, even as US economic data were mixed and overseas growth appeared to be slowing. Against this backdrop, the S&P 500 Index posted its best first quarter returns since 1998.

Although the S&P 500 Index posted modest gains for the second quarter of 2019, the US stock market experienced increased volatility. After four consecutive months of rising stock markets, the market sold off in May 2019, along with bond yields and oil prices, as investors weighed the impact of the lingering trade war between the US and China, as well

 

 

Portfolio Composition

 

By sector                         % of total net assets

 

Industrials

     18.32%  

Financials

     18.14     

Information Technology

     17.90     

Health Care

     12.73     

Consumer Discretionary

     12.69     

Real Estate

     6.46     

Materials

     4.32     

Energy

     3.18     

Utilities

     2.10     

Other Sectors, Each Less than 2% of Net Assets

     3.85     

Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities

     0.31     

as potential tariffs imposed on Mexico. In addition, economic data showed a slowing domestic and global economy.

Key issues that concerned investors in the second quarter of 2019 carried over into the third quarter. The US-China trade conflict worried investors and stifled business investment, even as the Fed cut interest rates by 0.25% in July and again in September 2019.1 This environment, combined with evidence of slowing global economic growth, fueled market volatility in August 2019. The US Treasury yield curve inverted several times, increasing fears of a possible US recession. As a result, August saw increased risk aversion, with investors crowding into asset classes perceived as safe havens, such as US Treasuries and gold. However, the Fed’s accommodative tone provided some support for risk assets.

Macroeconomic issues that concerned investors in the third quarter of 2019

 

 

 Top 10 Equity Holdings*

 

  % of total net assets

 

1.

  SPX Corp.      1.97%  

2.

  Iridium Communications, Inc.      1.89     

3.

  Lumentum Holdings, Inc.      1.65     

4.

  Wolverine World Wide, Inc.      1.50     

5.

  Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.      1.49     

6.

  HealthEquity, Inc.      1.47     

7.

  NeoGenomics, Inc.      1.45     

8.

  Curtiss-Wright Corp.      1.34     

9.

  LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.      1.35     

10.

  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.      1.29     
 

mostly abated during the fourth quarter, providing the backdrop for strong equity market returns. Risk assets surged higher as a result of a delay in the Brexit agreement until January 2020, optimism that phase one of a US-China trade deal would be completed and better-than-expected third-quarter corporate earnings results. The US economy rose higher than expected, at 2.1% during the third quarter of 2019.2 During its October meeting, the Fed cut interest rates again by 0.25% based on business investment and exports remaining weak.1 Investors were also encouraged by a resilient US economy and corporate earnings, putting the US equity market on track for its largest annual rise since 2013.

Given this landscape, the Fund produced a strong, double-digit return and outperformed its style-specific benchmark during the year. Relative performance was primarily driven by stock selection in the health care, information technology (IT), industrials and energy sectors. Overweight exposures in IT and industrials also benefited the Fund’s relative performance. Conversely, stock selection in the financials and consumer staples sector detracted from the Fund’s relative performance. Ancillary cash also hurt the Fund’s relative returns, given strong stock market performance during the year.

Top individual contributors to the Fund’s performance during the year included Array BioPharma, Avalara and SPX.

Array BioPharma is a Colorado-based biotechnology company that experienced strong sales from its two drugs to treat metastatic melanoma in patients with a BRAF gene mutation. In May, Array reported positive phase 3 data for its BRAF-mutant colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment. This was significant as there

 

Total Net Assets

   $938.0 million

Total Number of Holdings*

   94

The Fund’s holdings are subject to change, and there is no assurance that the Fund will continue to hold any particular security.

*Excluding money market fund holdings, if any.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2019.

 

 

4                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


was a very substantial unmet need that could add significant sales to Array’s franchise. In June, on the heels of the CRC data and the early commercial success of Array’s combination drug treatment for BRAF-mutant melanoma, Pfizer (not a Fund holding) announced its intent to acquire Array at a roughly 60% premium to its prior day trading price. We sold our position in the holding before the close of the year.

Seattle-based software company Avalara experienced better-than-expected revenues and bookings growth driven by new clients seeking to automate online sales taxes before state mandates take effect. A 2018 US Supreme Court ruling gave states the authority to require retailers to collect state taxes for online purchases. Since then, many states have revised their sales tax laws. California began taxing sales by out-of-state sellers in April. By October, 14 states required marketplace facilitators to charge sales tax. Given this, we believed Avalara’s bookings would continue even as more states implement new sales tax laws.

SPX, a global supplier of heating, ventilating and air conditioning infrastructure equipment, benefited from gradual improvements and decreasing operational risk since the company separated from its parent company a few years ago. During the year, SPX reported strong organic growth, executed strategic acquisitions to increase its profitability and strengthened its portfolio via divestitures.

Top individual detractors from the Fund’s performance for the year included Retrophin, American Eagle Outfitters and ICU Medical.

Biopharmaceutical firm Retrophin suffered from a phase 3 drug trial failure, which, in our view, essentially removed one of the company’s two key value drivers. We sold the stock given the limited upside until its next phase 3 data is released in 2021.

Clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters sold off in May after President Trump threatened to impose tariffs on apparel sourced from China. Investors’ fears remained heightened that the potential for these List 4 tariffs would result in lower earnings and profits for American Eagle Outfitters. We continued to hold the stock as the company’s management team had high conviction that it would be able to mitigate any impacts from tariffs based on their conversations with suppliers.

During the year, ICU Medical announced it would exit the intravenous solutions business, which is primarily serviced

through short-term contracts, and instead focus on its long-term contracts business. Essentially, the company decided to sacrifice short-term sales and profits that can be volatile in favor of longer, more stable sales and profits. We viewed weakness in the share price as transitory and continued to hold the stock.

We wish to remind you that all positioning changes are based on a bottom-up stock selection process. Our portfolio construction process seeks to manage risk and ensure alignment with small-cap market sector exposure within modest over- and underweight allocations relative to the style-specific benchmark. At the close of the year, the Fund’s underweight exposures relative to the Russell 2000 Index were in the health care, utilities, real estate, consumer staples, communication services and energy sectors. Conversely, the Fund’s overweight exposures relative to the Russell 2000 Index were in the IT, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials and financials sectors.

Central bank actions in 2019 supported continued growth by keeping the cost of debt low. At the end of the year, the labor market remained healthy with employment and wage gains, which was beneficial to consumers. However, these were clearly the late innings of the economic cycle and, therefore, we expect only modest growth from here, as well as continued volatility spurred by trade and election headlines. Prolonged cyclical growth is likely to be scarce and we believe the market will continue to favor companies that can produce sustainable, above-average earnings and cash flow growth despite the economic cycle.

Thank you for investing in Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund and for sharing our long-term investment horizon.

1 Source: US Federal Reserve

2 Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

 

 

Portfolio managers:

Juan Hartsfield - Lead

Davis Paddock

The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of Invesco Advisers, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but Invesco Advisers, Inc. makes no

representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.

See important Fund and, if applicable, index disclosures later in this report.

 

 

5                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


 

Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

Results of a $10,000 Investment – Oldest Share Class(es)

Fund and index data from 12/31/09

 

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1   Source: RIMES Technologies Corp.

2   Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including

management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance

of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

6                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Average Annual Total Returns

 

As of 12/31/19, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

 Class A Shares

       

 Inception (8/31/00)

    6.68

 10 Years

    9.41  

   5 Years

    3.91  

   1 Year

    19.21  

 Class C Shares

       

 Inception (8/31/00)

    6.60

 10 Years

    9.22  

   5 Years

    4.30  

   1 Year

    24.10  

 Class R Shares

       

 Inception (6/3/02)

    7.10

 10 Years

    9.76  

   5 Years

    4.82  

   1 Year

    25.71  

 Class Y Shares

       

 Inception (10/3/08)

    9.20

 10 Years

    10.30  

   5 Years

    5.35  

   1 Year

    26.36  

 Class R5 Shares

       

 Inception (4/29/05)

    8.47

 10 Years

    10.52  

   5 Years

    5.53  

   1 Year

    26.65  

 Class R6 Shares

       

 10 Years

    10.42

   5 Years

    5.62  

   1 Year

    26.67  

Class R6 shares incepted on September 24, 2012. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Performance figures do not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C,

Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.28%, 2.03%, 1.53%, 1.03%, 0.87% and 0.80%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.

Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information.

 

 

7                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


 

Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2019, and is based on total net assets.

Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.

To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

About share classes

Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.

Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market.

The Russell 2000® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of small-cap stocks. The Russell 2000 Index is a trademark/service mark of the Frank Russell Co. Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Co.

The Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of small-cap core funds tracked by Lipper.

The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).

A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

 

 

This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.

 

 

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

 

8                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Schedule of Investments(a)

December 31, 2019

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests-99.69%

 

Aerospace & Defense-3.75%

 

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    182,393      $   11,322,957  

Cubic Corp.

    176,668        11,230,785  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    89,686        12,635,861  
               35,189,603  
Alternative Carriers-1.89%

 

Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)

    718,099        17,693,959  
Apparel Retail-2.80%

 

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    483,827        7,112,257  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(b)

    314,913        14,023,076  

Children’s Place, Inc. (The)(c)

    82,370        5,149,772  
               26,285,105  
Application Software-4.95%

 

Avalara, Inc.(b)

    144,163        10,559,940  

Blackbaud, Inc.

    117,476        9,351,089  

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.(b)

    165,043        9,663,268  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)

    85,288        6,801,718  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.(b)

    123,715        10,030,812  
               46,406,827  
Asset Management & Custody Banks-0.60%

 

Blucora, Inc.(b)

    213,636        5,584,445  
Auto Parts & Equipment-1.06%

 

Visteon Corp.(b)

    115,147        9,970,579  
Biotechnology-1.29%

 

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)

    112,784        12,123,152  
Building Products-0.50%

 

Trex Co., Inc.(b)

    51,771        4,653,177  
Casinos & Gaming-1.95%

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    302,412        9,054,215  

Penn National Gaming, Inc.(b)

    361,188        9,231,966  
               18,286,181  
Communications Equipment-2.69%

 

Ciena Corp.(b)

    228,318        9,746,896  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(b)

    195,624        15,512,983  
               25,259,879  
Construction & Engineering-1.45%

 

Dycom Industries, Inc.(b)

    110,887        5,228,322  

Primoris Services Corp.

    376,853        8,381,211  
               13,609,533  

Construction Materials-0.98%

    

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(b)

    383,616        9,168,422  
     Shares      Value  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services-2.07%

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(b)

    58,852      $ 9,272,721  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    69,929        10,186,557  
               19,459,278  
Diversified Support Services-1.15%

 

Mobile Mini, Inc.

    284,422        10,782,438  
Education Services-1.03%

 

Strategic Education, Inc.

    60,505        9,614,244  
Electric Utilities-1.02%

 

IDACORP, Inc.

    89,370        9,544,716  
Electrical Components & Equipment-1.21%

 

EnerSys

    151,658        11,348,568  
Electronic Equipment & Instruments-2.23%

 

Badger Meter, Inc.

    145,337        9,436,731  

FLIR Systems, Inc.

    220,749        11,494,401  
               20,931,132  
Environmental & Facilities Services-3.15%

 

ABM Industries, Inc.

    243,403        9,178,727  

BrightView Holdings, Inc.(b)

    575,584        9,710,102  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(b)

    230,848        10,625,934  
               29,514,763  
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals-1.12%

 

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

    99,331        10,546,966  
Financial Exchanges & Data-1.12%

 

TMX Group Ltd. (Canada)

    121,851        10,551,881  
Food Retail-0.94%

 

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(b)

    455,302        8,810,094  
Footwear-1.50%

 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    417,389        14,082,705  
General Merchandise Stores-0.61%

 

Big Lots, Inc.

    198,061        5,688,312  
Health Care Equipment-3.43%

 

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

    97,720        11,094,152  

STERIS PLC

    64,863        9,886,418  

Wright Medical Group N.V.(b)

    367,456        11,200,059  
               32,180,629  
Health Care Facilities-2.04%

 

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(b)

    263,572        8,755,862  

Encompass Health Corp.

    149,832        10,378,862  
               19,134,724  
Health Care REITs-1.06%

 

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A

    327,855        9,927,449  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

9                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


     Shares      Value  
Health Care Supplies-1.77%

 

ICU Medical, Inc.(b)

    41,132      $ 7,696,620  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(b)

    435,480        8,931,695  
               16,628,315  
Industrial Machinery-3.98%

 

Albany International Corp.

    118,212        8,974,655  

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

    271,792        9,841,588  

SPX Corp.(b)

    363,924        18,516,453  
               37,332,696  
Industrial REITs-1.05%

 

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    74,529        9,887,762  
Investment Banking & Brokerage-2.57%

 

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    136,874        12,626,627  

Piper Sandler Cos.

    143,293        11,454,842  
               24,081,469  
Life & Health Insurance-1.08%

 

Primerica, Inc.

    77,610        10,132,762  
Life Sciences Tools & Services-1.45%

 

NeoGenomics, Inc.(b)

    465,479        13,615,261  
Managed Health Care-1.47%

 

HealthEquity, Inc.(b)

    185,587        13,746,429  
Multi-line Insurance-1.04%

 

Assurant, Inc.

    74,165        9,721,548  
Office REITs-1.09%

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    209,400        10,241,754  
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services-0.97%

 

Apergy Corp.(b)

    270,600        9,140,868  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production-2.21%

 

Matador Resources Co.(b)

    365,724        6,572,060  

Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A

    370,937        7,014,419  

Viper Energy Partners L.P.

    287,916        7,100,008  
               20,686,487  
Packaged Foods & Meats-1.02%

 

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    105,818        9,586,053  
Paper Packaging-1.28%

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

    722,775        12,034,204  
Pharmaceuticals-1.28%

 

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(b)

    331,131        11,986,942  
Property & Casualty Insurance-1.74%

 

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

    64,074        8,756,994  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    115,333        7,518,558  
               16,275,552  
Real Estate Services-1.12%

 

FirstService Corp. (Canada)

    113,284        10,546,304  
     Shares      Value  
Regional Banks-8.92%

 

CenterState Bank Corp.

    371,286      $ 9,274,724  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    279,672        11,378,455  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    140,930        9,997,574  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    216,746        9,968,149  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    289,195        9,429,203  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    154,421        9,882,944  

Webster Financial Corp.

    221,801        11,835,302  

Western Alliance Bancorporation

    207,968        11,854,176  
               83,620,527  
Restaurants-1.93%

 

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    140,249        8,856,725  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    418,411        9,292,908  
               18,149,633  
Semiconductor Equipment-1.98%

 

Brooks Automation, Inc.

    211,220        8,862,791  

Entegris, Inc.

    194,193        9,727,128  
               18,589,919  
Semiconductors-3.00%

 

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(b)

    483,432        9,252,889  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    84,665        8,374,215  

Semtech Corp.(b)

    199,179        10,536,569  
               28,163,673  
Specialized Consumer Services-0.98%

 

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.(b)

    237,565        9,184,263  
Specialized REITs-2.13%

 

CubeSmart

    284,006        8,940,509  

CyrusOne, Inc.

    168,835        11,046,874  
               19,987,383  
Specialty Chemicals-0.94%

 

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    133,255        8,806,823  
Systems Software-0.96%

 

Rapid7, Inc.(b)

    161,256        9,033,561  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance-1.08%

 

Essent Group Ltd.

    195,203        10,148,604  
Tires & Rubber-0.83%

 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

    270,979        7,790,646  
Trading Companies & Distributors-1.02%

 

Univar Solutions, Inc.(b)

    393,163        9,530,271  
Trucking-2.12%

 

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

    265,785        9,525,735  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    54,394        10,322,893  
               19,848,628  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


     Shares      Value  

Water Utilities-1.09%

 

California Water Service Group

    197,592      $ 10,187,843  

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $779,979,932)

 

     935,034,941  

Money Market Funds-1.14%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.50%(d)

    3,676,084        3,676,084  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.71%(d)

    2,799,136        2,799,975  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.49%(d)

    4,201,239        4,201,239  

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $10,676,723)

 

     10,677,298  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)-100.83% (Cost $790,656,655)

 

     945,712,239  
     Shares      Value  

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from
Securities on Loan

 

Money Market Funds-0.49%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.50%(d)(e)

    3,486,859      $ 3,486,859  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.71%(d)(e)

    1,161,936        1,162,285  

Total Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan (Cost $4,649,199)

 

     4,649,144  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES-101.32%
(Cost $795,305,854)

 

     950,361,383  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES-(1.32)%

 

     (12,398,410

NET ASSETS-100.00%

 

   $ 937,962,973  
 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) 

Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security was out on loan at December 31, 2019.

(d) 

The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2019.

(e) 

The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 1I.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at value
(Cost $779,979,932)*

  $ 935,034,941  

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value (Cost $15,325,922)

    15,326,442  

Cash

    11,788  

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $52,020)

    52,796  

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    798,167  

Fund shares sold

    910,450  

Dividends

    733,646  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    203,706  

Other assets

    46,599  

Total assets

    953,118,535  

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    2,169,200  

Fund shares reacquired

    7,216,329  

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

    4,649,199  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    689,514  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    690  

Accrued other operating expenses

    210,175  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    220,455  

Total liabilities

    15,155,562  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 937,962,973  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 761,823,855  

Distributable earnings

    176,139,118  
    $ 937,962,973  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 495,572,624  

Class C

  $ 18,873,166  

Class R

  $ 47,520,719  

Class Y

  $ 62,022,818  

Class R5

  $ 20,673,650  

Class R6

  $ 293,299,996  

Shares outstanding, no par value, with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

 

Class A

    39,655,330  

Class C

    2,071,810  

Class R

    4,149,230  

Class Y

    4,727,115  

Class R5

    1,447,681  

Class R6

    20,350,702  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 12.50  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $12.50 ÷ 94.50%)

  $ 13.23  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.11  

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.45  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 13.12  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 14.28  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 14.41  

 

*

At December 31, 2019, securities with an aggregate value of $4,556,956 were on loan to brokers.

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

12                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2019

 

Investment income:

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $59,255)

  $ 11,696,882  

Dividends from affiliated money market funds (includes securities lending income of $93,423)

    676,875  

Total investment income

    12,373,757  

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    6,878,596  

Administrative services fees

    134,185  

Custodian fees

    16,840  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    1,232,067  

Class C

    220,558  

Class R

    261,410  

Transfer agent fees – A, C, R and Y

    1,745,687  

Transfer agent fees – R5

    15,528  

Transfer agent fees – R6

    50,071  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    31,857  

Registration and filing fees

    121,545  

Reports to shareholders

    173,092  

Professional services fees

    76,301  

Other

    31,296  

Total expenses

    10,989,033  

Less: Fees waived and/or expense offset arrangement(s)

    (40,552

Net expenses

    10,948,481  

Net investment income

    1,425,276  

Realized and unrealized gain from:

 

Net realized gain from:

 

Investment securities (includes net gains (losses) from securities sold to affiliates of $(118,342))

    89,073,152  

Foreign currencies

    1,537  

Forward foreign currency contracts

    500  
      89,075,189  

Change in net unrealized appreciation of:

 

Investment securities

    126,572,868  

Foreign currencies

    776  
      126,573,644  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    215,648,833  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 217,074,109  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

13                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

 

     2019      2018  

Operations:

    

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 1,425,276      $ (1,005,924

Net realized gain

    89,075,189        140,005,527  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    126,573,644        (287,832,527

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    217,074,109        (148,832,924

Distributions to shareholders from distributable earnings:

    

Class A

    (50,347,139      (68,714,030

Class C

    (2,524,011      (7,620,979

Class R

    (5,378,646      (8,489,306

Class Y

    (6,147,792      (11,713,570

Class R5

    (2,302,475      (3,787,589

Class R6

    (26,006,085      (35,888,595

Total distributions from distributable earnings

    (92,706,148      (136,214,069

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    8,176,936        25,490,674  

Class B

           (1,326,391

Class C

    (22,771,632      1,256,125  

Class R

    (9,440,454      (3,114,099

Class Y

    (19,189,374      (139,268,604

Class R5

    (9,784,812      (15,556,235

Class R6

    (1,910,329      29,719,070  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

    (54,919,665      (102,799,460

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    69,448,296        (387,846,453

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    868,514,677        1,256,361,130  

End of year

  $ 937,962,973      $ 868,514,677  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

14                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Financial Highlights

The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

 

     Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(a)
    Net gains
(losses)
on securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Distributions
from net
realized
gains
    Net asset
value,
end of
period
    Total
return(b)
   

Net assets,

end of period
(000’s omitted)

    Ratio of
expenses
to average net
assets
with fee waivers
and/or
expenses
absorbed
    Ratio of
expenses
to average net
assets without
fee waivers
and/or
expenses
absorbed
    Ratio of
net
investment
income
(loss)
to average 
net assets
    Portfolio
turnover (c)
 

Class A

                       

Year ended 12/31/19

  $ 11.04     $ (0.00   $ 2.86     $ 2.86     $ (1.40   $ 12.50       26.13   $ 495,573       1.31 %(d)      1.31 %(d)      (0.00 )%(d)      35

Year ended 12/31/18

    15.35       (0.03     (2.23     (2.26     (2.05     11.04       (15.16     427,637       1.28       1.28       (0.21     22  

Year ended 12/31/17

    14.25       (0.05     1.98       1.93       (0.83     15.35       13.58       549,010       1.30       1.30       (0.36     21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    13.43       (0.02     1.61       1.59       (0.77     14.25       11.72       557,205       1.31       1.31       (0.18     35  

Year ended 12/31/15

    15.16       (0.04     (0.82     (0.86     (0.87     13.43       (5.61     543,187       1.29       1.29       (0.23     29  

Class C

                       

Year ended 12/31/19

    8.42       (0.07     2.16       2.09       (1.40     9.11       25.10       18,873       2.06 (d)      2.06 (d)      (0.75 )(d)      35  

Year ended 12/31/18

    12.35       (0.12     (1.76     (1.88     (2.05     8.42       (15.76     37,757       2.03       2.03       (0.96     22  

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.69       (0.13     1.62       1.49       (0.83     12.35       12.79       51,355       2.05       2.05       (1.11     21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.22       (0.11     1.35       1.24       (0.77     11.69       10.90       56,845       2.06       2.06       (0.93     35  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.92       (0.13     (0.70     (0.83     (0.87     11.22       (6.36     59,546       2.04       2.04       (0.98     29  

Class R

                       

Year ended 12/31/19

    10.24       (0.03     2.64       2.61       (1.40     11.45       25.71       47,521       1.56 (d)      1.56 (d)      (0.25 )(d)      35  

Year ended 12/31/18

    14.44       (0.07     (2.08     (2.15     (2.05     10.24       (15.35     50,345       1.53       1.53       (0.46     22  

Year ended 12/31/17

    13.48       (0.09     1.88       1.79       (0.83     14.44       13.32       71,008       1.55       1.55       (0.61     21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.77       (0.06     1.54       1.48       (0.77     13.48       11.46       74,227       1.56       1.56       (0.43     35  

Year ended 12/31/15

    14.50       (0.07     (0.79     (0.86     (0.87     12.77       (5.87     82,078       1.54       1.54       (0.48     29  

Class Y

                       

Year ended 12/31/19

    11.51       0.03       2.98       3.01       (1.40     13.12       26.36       62,023       1.06 (d)      1.06 (d)      0.25 (d)      35  

Year ended 12/31/18

    15.86       0.00       (2.30     (2.30     (2.05     11.51       (14.92     71,037       1.03       1.03       0.04       22  

Year ended 12/31/17

    14.66       (0.02     2.05       2.03       (0.83     15.86       13.88       228,176       1.05       1.05       (0.11     21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    13.76       0.01       1.66       1.67       (0.77     14.66       12.02       409,479       1.06       1.06       0.07       35  

Year ended 12/31/15

    15.47       0.00       (0.84     (0.84     (0.87     13.76       (5.37     386,369       1.04       1.04       0.02       29  

Class R5

                       

Year ended 12/31/19

    12.40       0.07       3.21       3.28       (1.40     14.28       26.65       20,674       0.85 (d)      0.85 (d)      0.46 (d)      35  

Year ended 12/31/18

    16.88       0.03       (2.46     (2.43     (2.05     12.40       (14.79     26,543       0.87       0.87       0.20       22  

Year ended 12/31/17

    15.54       0.00       2.17       2.17       (0.83     16.88       14.00       50,217       0.91       0.91       0.03       21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    14.52       0.04       1.75       1.79       (0.77     15.54       12.22       111,621       0.87       0.87       0.26       35  

Year ended 12/31/15

    16.24       0.03       (0.88     (0.85     (0.87     14.52       (5.18     152,486       0.88       0.88       0.18       29  

Class R6

                       

Year ended 12/31/19

    12.50       0.07       3.24       3.31       (1.40     14.41       26.67       293,300       0.81 (d)      0.81 (d)      0.50 (d)      35  

Year ended 12/31/18

    16.99       0.05       (2.49     (2.44     (2.05     12.50       (14.75     255,195       0.80       0.80       0.27       22  

Year ended 12/31/17

    15.61       0.02       2.19       2.21       (0.83     16.99       14.19       305,344       0.85       0.85       0.09       21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    14.57       0.05       1.76       1.81       (0.77     15.61       12.31       62,583       0.79       0.79       0.34       35  

Year ended 12/31/15

    16.28       0.05       (0.89     (0.84     (0.87     14.57       (5.10     92,803       0.79       0.79       0.27       29  

 

(a) 

Calculated using average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.

(c) 

Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.

(d) 

Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $492,827, $22,056, $52,282, $69,155, $24,934 and $285,054 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

15                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2019

NOTE 1–Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Trust”). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting the Fund or each class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of the Fund or each class.

The Fund’s primary investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

The Fund currently consists of six different classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met. Under certain circumstances, load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Class C shares held for ten years after purchase are eligible for automatic conversion into Class A shares of the same Fund (the “Conversion Feature”). The automatic conversion pursuant to the Conversion Feature will generally occur at the end of the month following the tenth anniversary after a purchase of Class C shares.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

A. Security Valuations – Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining net asset value (“NAV”) per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that the investment adviser determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

 

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Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B.

Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to Fund investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.

C.

Country Determination – For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

D.

Distributions – Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.

E.

Federal Income Taxes – The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

The Fund files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

F.

Expenses – Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.

G.

Accounting Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.

H.

Indemnifications – Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

I.

Securities Lending – The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its sponsored agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. When loaning securities, the Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to the Fund the securities loaned and the Fund

 

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will return the collateral. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. The Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to the Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Dividends from affiliated money market funds on the Statement of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown as a footnote on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

J.

Foreign Currency Translations – Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

K.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts – The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2–Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0.745%  

Next $250 million

    0.730%  

Next $500 million

    0.715%  

Next $1.5 billion

    0.700%  

Next $2.5 billion

    0.685%  

Next $2.5 billion

    0.670%  

Next $2.5 billion

    0.655%  

Over $10 billion

    0.640%  

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the effective advisory fee rate incurred by the Fund was 0.73%.

Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. and separate sub-advisory agreements with Invesco Capital Management LLC and Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2020, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 2.00%, 2.75%, 2.25%, 1.75%, 1.75% and 1.75%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the

 

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following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2020. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees. To the extent that the annualized expense ratio does not exceed the expense limits, the Adviser will retain its ability to be reimbursed for such fee waivers or reimbursements prior to the end of each fiscal year. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2021, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending) in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $30,737.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees. Invesco has entered into a sub-administration agreement whereby State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”) serves as fund accountant and provides certain administrative services to the Fund. Pursuant to a custody agreement with the Trust on behalf of the Fund, SSB also serves as the Fund’s custodian.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2019, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $98,531 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $8,969 and $916 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund incurred $6,310 in brokerage commissions with Invesco Capital Markets, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser and IDI, for portfolio transactions executed on behalf of the Fund.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of the Adviser, IIS and/or IDI.

NOTE 3–Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

  Level 1 –

Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

  Level 2 –

Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

  Level 3 –

Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of December 31, 2019, all of the securities in this Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

19                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


NOTE 4–Derivative Investments

The Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) under which a fund may trade OTC derivatives. An OTC transaction entered into under an ISDA Master Agreement typically involves a collateral posting arrangement, payment netting provisions and close-out netting provisions. These netting provisions allow for reduction of credit risk through netting of contractual obligations. The enforceability of the netting provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement depends on the governing law of the ISDA Master Agreement, among other factors.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset OTC derivative assets or liabilities that are subject to ISDA Master Agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Effect of Derivative Investments for the year ended December 31, 2019

The table below summarizes the gains (losses) on derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, recognized in earnings during the period:

 

    Location of Gain on
Statement of Operations
 
    

Currency

Risk

 

Realized Gain:

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

    $500  

The table below summarizes the average notional value of derivatives held during the period.

 

    Forward
Foreign Currency
     Contracts

Average notional value

  $178,040

NOTE 5–Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other Invesco Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $25,970,651 and securities sales of $1,742,317, which resulted in net realized gains (losses) of $(118,342).

NOTE 6–Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $9,815.

NOTE 7–Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and OfficersFees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and OfficersFees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and OfficersFees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 8–Cash Balances

The Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period-end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.

 

20                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


NOTE 9–Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:

 

     2019        2018  

Ordinary income

  $ 4,505,805        $ 5,107,836  

Long-term capital gain

    88,200,343          131,106,233  

Total distributions

  $ 92,706,148        $ 136,214,069  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2019  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 1,140,880  

Undistributed long-term capital gain

    20,408,922  

Net unrealized appreciation – investments

    154,757,691  

Net unrealized appreciation – foreign currencies

    778  

Temporary book/tax differences

    (169,153

Shares of beneficial interest

    761,823,855  

Total net assets

  $ 937,962,973  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund’s net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to wash sales and real estate investments trusts.

The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund’s temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2019.

NOTE 10–Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $317,741,283 and $447,241,015, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 204,372,955  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (49,615,264

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

    $154,757,691  

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $795,603,692.

       

NOTE 11–Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of real estate investments distributions and partnership, on December 31, 2019, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $344,262 and undistributed net realized gain was increased by $344,262. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets or the distributable earnings of the Fund.

 

21                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


NOTE 12–Share Information

 

             Summary of Share Activity          
    Year ended
December 31, 2019(a)
     Year ended
December 31, 2018
 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    3,939,503        $   50,175,801        5,557,572        $   85,340,829  

Class C

    313,585        3,021,759        611,219        7,362,784  

Class R

    704,610        8,314,038        756,120        10,849,653  

Class Y

    1,012,800        13,622,657        1,191,057        19,070,606  

Class R5

    477,408        6,866,802        401,337        6,935,534  

Class R6

    2,884,770        41,752,403        3,685,368        61,425,012  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    3,943,862        48,351,886        5,781,473        65,850,960  

Class C

    270,074        2,414,457        838,976        7,282,312  

Class R

    477,200        5,363,728        802,968        8,479,342  

Class Y

    446,915        5,751,798        775,235        9,202,041  

Class R5

    164,419        2,301,867        294,240        3,763,328  

Class R6

    1,825,075        25,806,565        2,763,719        35,624,345  

Conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:(b)

          

Class A

    -        -        69,676        1,134,325  

Class B

    -        -        (86,590      (1,134,325

Automatic conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    1,632,266        20,000,423        -        -  

Class C

    (2,144,057      (20,000,423      -        -  

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (8,585,469      (110,351,174      (8,441,736      (126,835,440

Class B(c)

    -        -        (14,688      (192,066

Class C

    (854,192      (8,207,425      (1,122,133      (13,388,971

Class R

    (1,949,626      (23,118,220      (1,558,792      (22,443,094

Class Y

    (2,905,084      (38,563,829      (10,179,194      (167,541,251

Class R5

    (1,334,595      (18,953,481      (1,529,455      (26,255,097

Class R6

    (4,777,106      (69,469,297      (4,006,568      (67,330,287

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (4,457,642 )       $ (54,919,665      (3,410,196    $ (102,799,460

 

(a) 

There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 52% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

(b) 

Effective as of the close of business January 26, 2018, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares.

(c) 

Class B shares activity for the period January 1, 2018 through January 26, 2018 (date of conversion).

 

22                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) and Shareholders of Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas

February 28, 2020

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not been able to determine the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

23                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Actual Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return.

The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    

Beginning    
Account Value    
(07/01/19)    

 

ACTUAL

   HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return before
expenses)
  

Annualized    
Expense    
Ratio    

  Ending    
Account Value    
(12/31/19)1     
   Expenses    
Paid During    
Period2     
   Ending    
Account Value    
(12/31/19)    
   Expenses    
Paid During    
Period2     
Class A   $1,000.00       $1,058.90        $6.69        $1,018.70        $6.56        1.29%  
Class C     1,000.00         1,054.40        10.56          1,014.92        10.36        2.04     
Class R     1,000.00         1,056.90          7.98          1,017.44          7.83        1.54     
Class Y     1,000.00         1,060.10          5.40          1,019.96          5.30        1.04     
Class R5     1,000.00         1,061.10          4.26          1,021.07          4.18        0.82     
Class R6     1,000.00         1,061.20          4.21          1,021.12          4.13        0.81     

 

1 

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.

2 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

24                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Tax Information

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Federal and State Income Tax      

Long-term Capital Gain Distributions

  $ 88,200,343  

Qualified Dividend Income*

    100.00

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    100.00

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    0.00

 

  *

The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

25                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

The address of each trustee and officer is AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Trust”), 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77046-1173. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust’s organizational documents. Each officer serves for a one year term or until their successors are elected and qualified. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s)
Held with the Trust
  Trustee
and/or
Officer
Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee
During Past 5
Years
Interested Person                
Martin L. Flanagan1 –1960 Trustee and Vice Chair   2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Trustee and Vice Chair, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly 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)

  229   None

 

1 

Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) 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.

 

T-1                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)
Held with the Trust

 

Trustee
and/or
Officer
Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds
in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Directorship(s) Held by
Trustee
During Past 5
Years
Independent Trustees                
Bruce L. Crockett - 1944 Trustee and Chair   1987  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

Formerly: Director, Captaris (unified messaging provider); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, COMSAT Corporation; Chairman, Board of Governors of INTELSAT (international communications company); ACE Limited (insurance company); Independent Directors Council and Investment Company Institute: Member of the Audit Committee, Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

  229   Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company); Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Ferroglobe PLC (metallurgical company)
David C. Arch - 1945 Trustee   2010  

Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer);

Member, World Presidents’ Organization

  229   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Beth Ann Brown - 1968 Trustee   2019  

Independent Consultant

 

Formerly: Head of Intermediary Distribution, Managing Director, Strategic Relations, Managing Director, Head of National Accounts, Senior Vice President, National Account Manager and Senior Vice President, Key Account Manager, Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC; Vice President, Key Account Manager, Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc.; and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Director, Board of Directors of Caron Engineering Inc.; Advisor, Board of Advisors of Caron Engineering Inc.; President and Director, Acton Shapleigh Youth Conservation Corps (non - profit); and Vice President and Director of Grahamtastic Connection (non-profit)
Jack M. Fields - 1952 Trustee   1997  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Chairman, Discovery Learning Alliance (non-profit)

 

Formerly: Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Dos Angeles Ranch L.P. (cattle, hunting, corporate entertainment); Director, Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider); Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company); Director of Cross Timbers Quail Research Ranch (non-profit); and member of the U.S. House of Representatives

  229   None

 

T-2                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s)
Held with the Trust
  Trustee
and/or
Officer
Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds
in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee
During Past 5
Years
Independent Trustees–(continued)                

Cynthia Hostetler - 1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-Executive Director and Trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Director, Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Head of Investment Funds and Private Equity, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; President, First Manhattan Bancorporation, Inc.; Attorney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  229   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (railroads); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor); Investment Company Institute (professional organization); Independent Directors Council (professional organization)
Eli Jones - 1961 Trustee   2016  

Professor and Dean, Mays Business School - Texas A&M University

 

Formerly: Professor and Dean, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University; Director, Arvest Bank

  229   Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)

Elizabeth Krentzman - 1959

Trustee

  2019   Formerly: Principal and Chief Regulatory Advisor for Asset Management Services and U.S. Mutual Fund Leader of Deloitte & Touche LLP; General Counsel of the Investment Company Institute (trade association); National Director of the Investment Management Regulatory Consulting Practice, Principal, Director and Senior Manager of Deloitte & Touche LLP; Assistant Director of the Division of Investment Management - Office of Disclosure and Investment Adviser Regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and various positions with the Division of Investment Management – Office of Regulatory Policy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP; Advisory Board Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society; and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds   229   Trustee of the University of Florida National Board Foundation and Audit Committee Member; Member of the Cartica Funds Board of Directors (private investment funds); Member of the University of Florida Law Center Association, Inc. Board of Trustees and Audit Committee Member

Anthony J. LaCava, Jr. - 1956

Trustee

  2019   Formerly: Director and Member of the Audit Committee, Blue Hills Bank (publicly traded financial institution) and Managing Partner, KPMG LLP   229   Blue Hills Bank; Chairman, Bentley University; Member, Business School Advisory Council; and Nominating Committee KPMG LLP

Prema Mathai-Davis - 1950

Trustee

  1998  

Retired

 

Co-Owner & Partner of Quantalytics Research, LLC, (a FinTech Investment Research Platform for the Self-Directed Investor)

  229   None

 

T-3                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/or

Officer
Since                

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees–(continued)

Joel W. Motley - 1952

Trustee

  2019  

Director of Office of Finance, Federal Home Loan Bank; Member of the Vestry of Trinity Wall Street; Managing Director of Carmona Motley Inc. (privately held financial advisor); Member of the Finance and Budget Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations, Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Human Rights Watch and Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Historic Hudson Valley (non-profit cultural organization)

 

Formerly: Managing Director of Public Capital Advisors, LLC (privately held financial advisor); Managing Director of Carmona Motley Hoffman, Inc. (privately held financial advisor); Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds; and Director of Columbia Equity Financial Corp. (privately held financial advisor)

  229   Director of Greenwall Foundation (bioethics research foundation); Member of Board and Investment Committee of The Greenwall Foundation; Director of Southern Africa Legal Services Foundation; Board Member and Investment Committee Member of Pulizer Center for Crisis Reporting (non-profit journalism)

Teresa M. Ressel - 1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, Olayan America, The Olayan Group (international investor/commercial/industrial); Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC; Group Chief Operating Officer, Americas, UBS AG; Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget and CFO, US Department of the Treasury

  229   Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)

Ann Barnett Stern - 1957

Trustee

  2017  

President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Endowment Inc. (private philanthropic institution)

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital; Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

  229   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Robert C. Troccoli - 1949

Trustee

  2016   Retired   229   None

Daniel S. Vandivort - 1954

Trustee

  2019   Treasurer, Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee, and Trustee, Board of Trustees, Huntington Disease Foundation of America; and President, Flyway Advisory Services LLC (consulting and property management) Formerly: Trustee and Governance Chair, of certain Oppenheimer Funds   229   Chairman and Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Director, Board of Directors, Value Line Funds

James D. Vaughn - 1945

Trustee

  2019  

Retired

 

Formerly: Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Schroder Funds; Board Member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network (economic development corporation); and Trustee of certain Oppenheimer Funds

  229   Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank; Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation; Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (non-profit)

 

T-4                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/or

Officer
Since                

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of
Funds

in

Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Independent Trustees–(continued)

Christopher L. WIlson -

1957

Trustee, Vice Chair and Chair

Designate

  2017  

Retired

 

Formerly: Director, TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); Managing Partner, CT2, LLC (investing and consulting firm); President/Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Funds, Bank of America Corporation; President/Chief Executive Officer, CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc.; Principal & Director of Operations, Scudder Funds, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Fidelity Investments

  229   ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-5                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s)

Held with the Trust

 

Trustee

and/or

Officer

Since                

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other

Directorship(s)

Held by Trustee

During Past 5

Years

Officers

Sheri Morris - 1964

President, Principal Executive

Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

Head of Global Fund Services, Invesco Ltd.; President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; and Vice President, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco AIM 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.; and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk - 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

  2005   Senior Vice President and Senior Officer, The Invesco Funds   N/A   N/A

Jeffrey H. Kupor - 1968

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2018  

Head of Legal of the Americas, Invesco Ltd.; Senior Vice President and Secretary, 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.); Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Secretary, W.L. Ross & Co., LLC

 

Formerly: Secretary and Vice President, Jemstep, Inc.; Head of Legal, Worldwide Institutional, Invesco Ltd.; Secretary and General Counsel, INVESCO Private Capital Investments, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Assistant Secretary, INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Private Capital, Inc.; Assistant Secretary and General Counsel, INVESCO Realty, Inc.; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Secretary, Sovereign G./P. Holdings Inc.

  N/A   N/A

Andrew R. Schlossberg - 1974

Senior Vice President

  2019  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, Invesco UK Limited; Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Fund Managers Limited; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Administration Services Limited and Invesco Global Investment Funds Limited; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc.; Head of EMEA, Invesco Ltd.; President, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II and Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust; Managing Director and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Capital Management LLC

  N/A   N/A

 

T-6                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s)
Held with the Trust
  Trustee
and/or
Officer
Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee
During Past 5
Years
Officers–(continued)                
John M. Zerr – 1962
Senior Vice President
  2006  

Chief Operating Officer of the Americas; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Senior Vice President, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.); Manager, Invesco Indexing LLC; Manager, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.; Member, Invesco Canada Funds Advisory Board; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); and Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent)

 

Formerly: Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.); Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.); Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.;Director and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM 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)

  N/A   N/A
Gregory G. McGreevey – 1962 Senior Vice President   2012
 

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; and President, SNW Asset Management Corporation

 

Formerly: Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A
Kelli Gallegos – 1970
Vice President, Principal Financial
Officer and Assistant Treasurer
  2008  

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Investments Pool, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Pooled Investments, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Vice President and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-7                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s)
Held with the Trust
  Trustee
and/or
Officer
Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee
During Past 5
Years
Officers–(continued)                
Crissie M. Wisdom – 1969 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer   2013  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser), Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.), Invesco Distributors, Inc., Invesco Investment Services, Inc., The Invesco Funds, and Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Bank Secrecy Act Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company and Invesco Trust Company; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp. and Invesco Management Group, Inc.

  N/A   N/A
Robert R. Leveille – 1969 Chief Compliance Officer   2016   Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Putnam Investments and the Putnam Funds   N/A   N/A

 

Office of the Fund   Investment Adviser    Distributor    Auditors

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

  

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

  

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

Counsel to the Fund   Counsel to the Independent Trustees    Transfer Agent    Custodian

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

  

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

  

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-8                         Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund


 

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Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-01540 and 002-27334   Invesco Distributors, Inc.    SCE-AR-1


ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

There were no amendments to the Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”) during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or PFO during the period covered by this report.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its Audit Committee. The Audit Committee financial experts are David C. Arch, Bruce L. Crockett, Cynthia Hostetler, Elizabeth Krentzman, Anthony J. LaCava, Jr., Teresa M. Ressel, Jr., Robert C. Troccoli and James Vaughn. David C. Arch, Bruce L. Crockett, Cynthia Hostetler, Elizabeth Krentzman, Anthony J. LaCava, Jr., Teresa M. Ressel, Jr., Robert C. Troccoli and James Vaughn are “independent” within the meaning of that term as used in Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

During the reporting period, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC (“PwC”) advised the Audit Committee of the following matters for consideration under the SEC’s auditor independence rules. PwC advised the Audit Committee that a PwC Director, a PwC Manager and a PwC Senior Associate each held financial interests in investment companies within the Invesco Fund Complex that were inconsistent with the requirements of Rule 2-01(c)(1) of Regulation S-X. PwC noted, among other things, that during the time of its audit, the engagement team was not aware of the investments, (or with respect to the PwC Senior Associate was not aware until after the investments were confirmed as SEC exceptions), the individuals were not in the chain of command of the audit or the audit partners of Invesco or the affiliate of the Registrant, the services each individual provided were not relied upon by the audit engagement team with respect to the audit of the Registrant or its affiliates (or with respect to the PwC Senior Associate, the services were performed by an individual who did not have decision-making responsibility for matters that materially affected the audit and were reviewed by team members at least two levels higher than the PwC Senior Associate), and the investments were not material to the net worth of each individual or their respective immediate family members which PwC considered in reaching its conclusion. PwC advised the Audit Committee that it believes its objectivity and impartiality had not been adversely affected by these matters as they related to the audit of the Registrant.


(a) to (d)

Fees Billed by PwC Related to the Registrant

PwC billed the Registrant aggregate fees for services rendered to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years as shown in the following table. The Audit Committee pre-approved all audit and non-audit services provided to the Registrant.

 

     Fees Billed for
Services Rendered to
the Registrant for
fiscal year end 2019
     Fees Billed for
Services Rendered to
the Registrant for
fiscal year end 2018
 

Audit Fees

   $  132,872      $  143,200  

Audit-Related Fees

   $ 0      $ 0  

Tax Fees(1)

   $ 111,707      $ 32,800  

All Other Fees

   $ 0      $ 0  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Fees

   $ 244,579      $ 176,000  

 

(1)

Tax Fees for the fiscal year end December 31, 2019 includes fees billed for preparation of U.S. Tax Returns and Taxable Income calculations, including excise tax and year-to-date estimates for various book-to-tax differences. Tax fees for fiscal year end December 31, 2018 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns and/or services related to tax compliance.

Fees Billed by PwC Related to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates

PwC billed Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), the Registrant’s adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Invesco that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“Invesco Affiliates”) aggregate fees for pre-approved non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates for the last two fiscal years as shown in the following table. The Audit Committee pre-approved all non-audit services provided to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates that were required to be pre-approved.

 

     Fees Billed for Non-
Audit Services
Rendered to Invesco
and Invesco  Affiliates
for fiscal year end
2019 That Were
Required
to be Pre-Approved
by the Registrant’s
Audit Committee
     Fees Billed for Non-Audit
Services Rendered to
Invesco and Invesco
Affiliates for fiscal year
end 2018 That Were
Required
to be Pre-Approved
by the Registrant’s
Audit Committee
 

Audit-Related Fees(1)

   $  690,000      $  690,000  

Tax Fees

   $ 0      $ 0  

All Other Fees

   $ 0      $ 0  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Fees

   $ 690,000      $ 690,000  

 

(1)

Audit-Related Fees for the fiscal years ended 2019 and 2018 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization.


(e)(1)

PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

As adopted by the Audit Committees

of the Invesco Funds (the “Funds”)

Last Amended March 29, 2017

 

  I.

Statement of Principles

The Audit Committees (the “Audit Committee”) of the Boards of Trustees of the Funds (the “Board”) have adopted these policies and procedures (the “Procedures”) with respect to the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Funds’ independent auditor (the “Auditor”) to the Funds, and to the Funds’ investment adviser(s) and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser(s) that provides ongoing services to the Funds (collectively, “Service Affiliates”).

Under Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds by the Auditor must be preapproved by the Audit Committee. Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X requires that the Audit Committee also pre-approve a Service Affiliate’s engagement of the Auditor for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds (a “Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement”).

These Procedures set forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which the Audit Committee may pre-approve audit and non-audit services for the Funds and a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and other organizations and regulatory bodies applicable to the Funds (“Applicable Rules”).1 They address both general pre-approvals without consideration of specific case-by-case services (“general pre-approvals”) and pre-approvals on a case-by-case basis (“specific pre-approvals”). Any services requiring pre-approval that are not within the scope of general pre-approvals hereunder are subject to specific pre-approval. These Procedures also address the delegation by the Audit Committee of pre-approval authority to the Audit Committee Chair or Vice Chair.

 

  II.

Pre-Approval of Fund Audit Services

The annual Fund audit services engagement, including terms and fees, is subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by an independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committee will receive, review and consider sufficient information concerning a proposed Fund audit engagement to make a reasonable evaluation of the Auditor’s qualifications and independence. The Audit Committee will oversee the Fund audit services engagement as necessary, including approving any changes in terms, audit scope, conditions and fees.

 

1 

Applicable Rules include, for example, New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules applicable to closed-end funds managed by Invesco and listed on NYSE.


In addition to approving the Fund audit services engagement at least annually and specifically approving any changes, the Audit Committee may generally or specifically pre-approve engagements for other audit services, which are those services that only an independent auditor reasonably can provide. Other audit services may include services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC.

 

  III.

General and Specific Pre-Approval of Non-Audit Fund Services

The Audit Committee will consider, at least annually, the list of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services which list may be terminated or modified at any time by the Audit Committee. To inform the Audit Committee’s review and approval of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services, the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and Auditor shall provide such information regarding independence or other matters as the Audit Committee may request.

Any services or fee ranges that are not within the scope of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services have not received general pre-approval and require specific pre-approval. Each request for specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee for services to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds must be submitted to the Audit Committee by the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include detailed information about the services to be provided, the fees or fee ranges to be charged, and other relevant information sufficient to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether to pre-approve such engagement, including evaluating whether the provision of such services will impair the independence of the Auditor and is otherwise consistent with Applicable Rules.

 

  IV.

Non-Audit Service Types

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of audit-related, tax or other services, each as described in more detail below.

 

  a.

Audit-Related Services

“Audit-related services” are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements or that are traditionally performed by an independent auditor. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “Audit services”; assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; services related to mergers, acquisitions or dispositions; compliance with ratings agency requirements and interfund lending activities; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements.

 

  b.

Tax Services

“Tax services” include, but are not limited to, the review and signing of the Funds’ federal tax returns, the review of required distributions by the Funds and consultations regarding tax matters such as the tax treatment of new investments or the impact of new regulations. The Audit Committee will not approve proposed services of the Auditor which the Audit Committee believes are to be provided in connection with a service or transaction initially recommended by the Auditor, the sole business purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit


Committee will consult with the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and may consult with outside counsel or advisers as necessary to ensure the consistency of tax services rendered by the Auditor with the foregoing policy. The Auditor shall not represent any Fund or any Service Affiliate before a tax court, district court or federal court of claims.

Each request to provide tax services under either the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee will include a description from the Auditor in writing of (i) the scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or other amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement (whether oral, written, or otherwise) between the Auditor and the Funds, relating to the service; and (ii) any compensation arrangement or other agreement, such as a referral agreement, a referral fee or fee-sharing arrangement, between the Auditor (or an affiliate of the Auditor) and any person (other than the Funds or Service Affiliates receiving the services) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service. The Auditor will also discuss with the Audit Committee the potential effects of the services on the independence of the Auditor, and document the substance of its discussion with the Audit Committee.

 

  c.

Other Services

The Audit Committee may pre-approve other non-audit services so long as the Audit Committee believes that the service will not impair the independence of the Auditor. Appendix I includes a list of services that the Auditor is prohibited from performing by the SEC rules. Appendix I also includes a list of services that would impair the Auditor’s independence unless the Audit Committee reasonably concludes that the results of the services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the Funds’ financial statements.

 

  V.

Pre-Approval of Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagements

Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve a Service Affiliate’s engagement of the Auditor for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds, defined above as a “Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement”.

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, including for audit-related, tax or other services, as described above, if the Audit Committee believes that the provision of the services to a Service Affiliate will not impair the independence of the Auditor with respect to the Funds. Any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagements that are not within the scope of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services have not received general pre-approval and require specific pre-approval.

Each request for specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee of a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement must be submitted to the Audit Committee by the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include detailed information about the services to be provided, the fees or fee ranges to be charged, a description of the current status of the pre-approval process involving other audit committees in the Invesco investment company complex (as defined in Rule 2-201 of Regulation S-X) with respect to the proposed engagement, and other relevant information sufficient to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether the provision of such services will impair the independence of the Auditor from the Funds. Additionally, the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and the Auditor will provide the Audit Committee with a statement that the


proposed engagement requires pre-approval by the Audit Committee, the proposed engagement, in their view, will not impair the independence of the Auditor and is consistent with Applicable Rules, and the description of the proposed engagement provided to the Audit Committee is consistent with that presented to or approved by the Invesco audit committee.

Information about all Service Affiliate engagements of the Auditor for non-audit services, whether or not subject to pre-approval by the Audit Committee, shall be provided to the Audit Committee at least quarterly, to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence from the Funds. The Funds’ Treasurer and Auditor shall provide the Audit Committee with sufficiently detailed information about the scope of services provided and the fees for such services, to ensure that the Audit Committee can adequately consider whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence from the Funds.

 

  VI.

Pre-Approved Fee Levels or Established Amounts

Pre-approved fee levels or ranges for audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds, and for a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, under general pre-approval or specific pre-approval will be set periodically by the Audit Committee. Any proposed fees exceeding 110% of the maximum pre-approved fee levels or ranges for such services or engagements will be promptly presented to the Audit Committee and will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee before payment of any additional fees is made.

 

  VII.

Delegation

The Audit Committee hereby delegates, subject to the dollar limitations set forth below, specific authority to its Chair, or in his or her absence, Vice Chair, to pre-approve audit and non-audit services proposed to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds and/or a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, between Audit Committee meetings. Such delegation does not preclude the Chair or Vice Chair from declining, on a case by case basis, to exercise his or her delegated authority and instead convening the Audit Committee to consider and pre-approve any proposed services or engagements.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Audit Committee must pre-approve: (a) any non-audit services to be provided to the Funds for which the fees are estimated to exceed $500,000; (b) any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement for which the fees are estimated to exceed $500,000; or (c) any cost increase to any previously approved service or engagement that exceeds the greater of $250,000 or 50% of the previously approved fees up to a maximum increase of $500,000.

 

  VIII.

Compliance with Procedures

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, failure to pre-approve any services or engagements that are not required to be pre-approved pursuant to the de minimis exception provided for in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X shall not constitute a violation of these Procedures. The Audit Committee has designated the Funds’ Treasurer to ensure services and engagements are pre-approved in compliance with these Procedures. The Funds’ Treasurer will immediately report to the Chair of the Audit Committee, or the Vice Chair in his or her absence, any breach of these Procedures that comes to the attention of the Funds’ Treasurer or any


services or engagements that are not required to be pre-approved pursuant to the de minimis exception provided for in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

On at least an annual basis, the Auditor will provide the Audit Committee with a summary of all non-audit services provided to any entity in the investment company complex (as defined in section 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X, including the Funds and Service Affiliates) that were not pre-approved, including the nature of services provided and the associated fees.

 

  IX.

Amendments to Procedures

All material amendments to these Procedures must be approved in advance by the Audit Committee. Non-material amendments to these Procedures may be made by the Legal and Compliance Departments and will be reported to the Audit Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee.

Appendix I

Non-Audit Services That May Impair the Auditor’s Independence

The Auditor is not independent if, at any point during the audit and professional engagement, the Auditor provides the following non-audit services:

 

   

Management functions;

 

   

Human resources;

 

   

Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services ;

 

   

Legal services;

 

   

Expert services unrelated to the audit;

 

   

Any service or product provided for a contingent fee or a commission;

 

   

Services related to marketing, planning, or opining in favor of the tax treatment of confidential transactions or aggressive tax position transactions, a significant purpose of which is tax avoidance;

 

   

Tax services for persons in financial reporting oversight roles at the Fund; and

 

   

Any other service that the Public Company Oversight Board determines by regulation is impermissible.

An Auditor is not independent if, at any point during the audit and professional engagement, the Auditor provides the following non-audit services unless it is reasonable to conclude that the results of the services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the Funds’ financial statements:

 

   

Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client;

 

   

Financial information systems design and implementation;

 

   

Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports;

 

   

Actuarial services; and

 

   

Internal audit outsourcing services.


(e)(2) There were no amounts that were pre-approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimus exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) In addition to the amounts shown in the tables above, PwC billed Invesco and Invesco Affiliates aggregate fees of $4,089,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and $3,550,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 for non-audit services not required to be pre-approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee. In total, PwC billed the Registrant, Invesco and Invesco Affiliates aggregate non-audit fees of $4,890,707 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and $4,272,800 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

PwC provided audit services to the Investment Company complex of approximately $34 million.

(h) The Audit Committee also has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates that were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to SEC regulations, if any, is compatible with maintaining PwC’s independence.

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

None.


ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a)

As of February 12, 2020, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”), to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of February 12, 2020, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed so as to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b)

There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS.

 

13(a) (1)   Code of Ethics.
13(a) (2)   Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
13(a) (3)   Not applicable.
13(a) (4)   Not applicable.
13(b)   Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Registrant: AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group)

By:   /s/ Sheri Morris
  Sheri Morris
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   March 6, 2020

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:   /s/ Sheri Morris
  Sheri Morris
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   March 6, 2020

 

By:   /s/ Kelli Gallegos
  Kelli Gallegos
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   March 6, 2020

THE INVESCO FUNDS CODE OF ETHICS FOR COVERED OFFICERS

 

  I.

Introduction

The Boards of Trustees (“Board”) of the Invesco Funds (the “Funds”) have adopted this code of ethics (this “Code”) applicable to their Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer (or persons performing similar functions) (collectively, the “Covered Officers”) to promote:

 

   

honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

   

full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents filed with, or submitted to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Funds;

 

   

compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;

 

   

the prompt internal reporting of violations to the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code; and

 

   

accountability for adherence to the Code.

 

  II.

Covered Officers Should Act Honestly and Candidly

Each Covered Officer named in Exhibit A to this Code owes a duty to the Funds to act with integrity. Integrity requires, among other things, being honest and candid. Deceit and subordination of principle are inconsistent with integrity.

Each Covered Officer must:

 

   

act with integrity, including being honest and candid while still maintaining the confidentiality of information where required by law or the Funds’ policies;

 

   

observe both the form and spirit of laws and governmental rules and regulations, accounting standards and policies of the Funds;

 

   

adhere to a high standard of business ethics; and

 

   

place the interests of the Funds and their shareholders before the Covered Officer’s own personal interests.

Business practices Covered Officers should be guided by and adhere to these fiduciary standards.

 

  III.

Covered Officers Should Handle Ethically Actual and Apparent Conflicts of Interest

Guiding Principles. A “conflict of interest” occurs when an individual’s personal interest actually or potentially interferes with the interests of the Funds or their shareholders. A conflict of interest can arise when a Covered Officer takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her duties as a Fund officer objectively and effectively. For example, a conflict of interest would arise if a Covered Officer, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position as a Fund officer. In addition, investment companies should be sensitive to situations that create apparent, but not actual, conflicts of interest. Service to the Funds should never be subordinated to personal gain an advantage.

Certain conflicts of interest covered by this Code arise out of the relationships between Covered Officers and the Funds that already are subject to conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. For example, Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Funds because of their status as “affiliated persons” of the Funds. Therefore, as to the existing statutory and regulatory prohibitions on individual behavior, they will be


deemed to be incorporated in this Code and therefore any material violation will also be deemed a violation of this Code. Covered Officers must in all cases comply with applicable statutes and regulations. In addition, the Funds and their investment adviser have adopted Codes of Ethics designed to prevent, identify and/or correct violations of these statutes and regulations. This Code does not, and is not intended to, repeat or replace such Codes of Ethics.

As to conflicts arising from, or as a result of the contractual relationship between, the Funds and the investment adviser of which the Covered Officers are also officers or employees, it is recognized by the Board that, subject to the adviser’s fiduciary duties to the Funds, the Covered Officers will in the normal course of their duties (whether formally for the Funds or for the adviser, or for both) be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions which will have different effects on the adviser and the Funds. The Board recognizes that the participation of the Covered Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between the Funds and the adviser and is consistent with the expectation of the Board of the performance by the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Funds. In addition, it is recognized by the Board that the Covered Officers may also be officers or employees of other investment companies advised or serviced by the same adviser and the codes which apply to senior officers of those investment companies will apply to the Covered Officers acting in those distinct capacities.

Each Covered Officer must:

 

   

avoid conflicts of interest wherever possible;

 

   

handle any actual or apparent conflict of interest ethically;

 

   

not use his or her personal influence or personal relationships to influence investment decisions or financial reporting by an investment company whereby the Covered Officer would benefit personally to the detriment of any of the Funds;

 

   

not cause an investment company to take action, or fail to take action, for the personal benefit of the Covered Officer rather than the benefit of such company;

 

   

not use knowledge of portfolio transactions made or contemplated for an investment company to profit or cause others to profit, by the market effect of such transactions; and

 

   

as described in more detail below, discuss any material transaction or relationship that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest with the Chief Compliance Officer of the Funds (the “CCO”).

Some conflict of interest situations that should always be discussed with the CCO, if material, include the following:

 

   

any outside business activity that detracts from an individual’s ability to devote appropriate time and attention to his or her responsibilities with the Funds;

 

   

being in the position of supervising, reviewing or having any influence on the job evaluation, pay or benefit of any immediate family member;

 

   

any direct ownership interest in, or any consulting or employment relationship with, any of the Funds’ service providers, other than its investment adviser, distributor or other Invesco Ltd. affiliated entities and other than a de minimis ownership interest (for purposes of this section of the Code an ownership interest of 1% or less shall constitute a de minimis ownership interest, and an ownership interest of more than 1% creates a rebuttable presumption that there may be a material conflict of interest); and


   

a direct or indirect financial interest in commissions, transaction charges or spreads paid by the Funds for effecting portfolio transactions or for selling or redeeming shares, other than an interest arising from the Covered Officer’s employment with Invesco, its subsidiaries, its parent organizations and any affiliates or subsidiaries thereof, such as compensation or equity ownership, and other than an interest arising from a de minimis ownership interest in a company with which the Funds execute portfolios transactions or a company that receives commissions or other fees related to its sales and redemptions of shares of the Funds (for purposes of this section of the Code an ownership interest of 1% or less shall constitute a de minimis ownership interest, and an ownership interest of more than 1% creates a rebuttable presumption that there may be a material conflict of interest).

 

  IV.

Disclosure

Each Covered Officer is required to be familiar, and comply, with the Funds’ disclosure controls and procedures so that the Funds’ subject reports and documents filed with the SEC comply in all material respects with the applicable federal securities laws and SEC rules. In addition, each Covered Officer having direct or supervisory authority regarding these SEC filings or the Funds’ other public communications should, to the extent appropriate within his area of responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of the Funds and take other appropriate steps regarding these disclosures with the goal of making full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure.

Each Covered Officer must:

 

   

familiarize himself/herself with the disclosure requirements applicable to the Funds as well as the business and financial operations of the Funds; and

 

   

not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Funds to others, whether within or outside the Funds, including representations to the Funds’ internal auditors, independent Directors/Trustees, independent auditors, and to governmental regulators and self-regulatory organizations.

 

  V.

Compliance

It is the Funds’ policy to comply in all material respects with all applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations. It is the personal responsibility of each Covered Officer to adhere to the standards and restrictions imposed by those laws, rules and regulations, including those relating to affiliated transactions, accounting and auditing matters.

 

  VI.

Reporting and Accountability

Each Covered Officer must:

 

   

upon becoming a Covered Officer and receipt of this Code, sign and submit to the CCO of the Funds (or the CCO’s designee) an acknowledgement stating that he or she has received, read, and understands this Code.

 

   

annually thereafter submit a form to the CCO of the Funds (or the CCO’s designee) confirming that he or she has received, read and understands this Code and has complied with the requirements of this Code.

 

   

not retaliate against any employee or other Covered Officer for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith.


   

notify the CCO promptly if he becomes aware of any existing or potential violation of this Code. Failure to do so is itself a violation of this Code.

Except as described otherwise below, the CCO is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which questions are presented to him or her and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation. The CCO shall take all action he or she considers appropriate to investigate any actual or potential violations reported to him or her.

The CCO is authorized to consult, as appropriate, with the Chairman of the Audit Committees of the Board, counsel to the Funds and counsel to the Board members who are not “interested persons” of the Funds as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), and is encouraged to do so.

The CCO is responsible for granting waivers and determining sanctions, as appropriate. In addition, approvals, interpretations, or waivers sought by the Covered Officers may also be considered by the Chairman of the Audit Committees of the Board.

The Funds will follow these procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code, and in reporting on the Code:

 

   

the CCO will take all appropriate action to investigate any potential violations reported to him or her;

 

   

any matter that the CCO believes is a violation or potential violation will be reported to the Chairman of the Audit Committees of the Board after such investigation;

 

   

if the Chairman of the Audit Committees concurs that a violation has occurred, he or she will inform the Board, which will take all appropriate disciplinary or preventive action;

 

   

appropriate disciplinary or preventive action may include review of, and appropriate modifications to, applicable policies and procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the investment adviser or its board; or a recommendation to dismiss the Covered Officer; a letter of censure, suspension, dismissal; or, in the event of criminal or other serious violations of law, notification to the SEC or other appropriate law enforcement authorities;

 

   

the CCO will be responsible for granting waivers of this Code, as appropriate; and

 

   

any changes to or waivers of this Code will, to the extent required, be disclosed as provided by SEC rules.

 

  VII.

Other Policies and Procedures

The Funds’ and the Advisers’ and Principal Underwriters’ codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act and the Advisers’ more detailed policies and procedures set forth in its Compliance and Supervisory Procedures Manual are separate requirements applying to Covered Officers and others, and are not part of this Code.

 

  VIII.

Amendments

Any material amendments to this Code, other than amendments to Exhibit A, must be approved or ratified by a majority vote of the Funds’ Board, including a majority of Independent Trustees.


  IX.

Confidentiality

All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code shall be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the members of the Funds’ Board, counsel to the Funds, counsel to the Independent Trustees.


Exhibit A

Persons Covered by this Code of Ethics:

Sheri Morris – Principal Executive Officer

Kelli Gallegos – Principal Financial Officer


INVESCO FUNDS

CODE OF ETHICS FOR COVERED OFFICERS—ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I hereby acknowledge that I am a Principal Officer of the Funds and I am aware of and subject to the Funds’ Code of Ethics for Covered Officers. Accordingly, I have read and understood the requirements of the Code of Ethics for Covered Officers and I am committed to fully comply with the Code of Ethics for Covered Officers

I also recognize my obligation to promote:

1. Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

2. Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Funds file with, or submit to, the Commission and in other public communications made by the Funds; and

3. Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations.

4. The prompt internal reporting of violations to the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code; and

5. Accountability for adherence to the Code.

 

 

Date

     

 

Name:

            Title:

 

I, Sheri Morris, Principal Executive Officer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidating subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in this registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 6, 2020       /s/ Sheri Morris
      Sheri Morris, Principal Executive Officer


I, Kelli Gallegos, Principal Financial Officer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidating subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in this registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 6, 2020       /s/ Kelli Gallegos
      Kelli Gallegos, Principal Financial Officer

 

CERTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDER REPORT

In connection with the Certified Shareholder Report of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Company”) on Form N-CSR for the period ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Sheri Morris, Principal Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: March 6, 2020       /s/ Sheri Morris
      Sheri Morris, Principal Executive Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided by the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


CERTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDER REPORT

In connection with the Certified Shareholder Report of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (the “Company”) on Form N-CSR for the period ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Kelli Gallegos, Principal Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: March 6, 2020       /s/ Kelli Gallegos
      Kelli Gallegos, Principal Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided by the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.